| COLLAGENASE | • collagenase n. (Biochemistry) An enzyme that breaks the peptide bonds in collagen. • COLLAGENASE n. any of a group of proteolytic enzymes that decompose collagen and gelatin. |
| COLLAGENASES | • collagenases n. Plural of collagenase. • COLLAGENASE n. any of a group of proteolytic enzymes that decompose collagen and gelatin. |
| LAGENA | • lagena n. (Anatomy) The upper part of the cochlear duct. • lagena n. (Anatomy) A similar structure, shaped like a flask, that is a hearing organ in some vertebrates. • lagena n. (Historical) A wine-vase; an amphora. |
| LAGENAS | • lagenas n. Plural of lagena. • LAGENA n. (Latin) a narrow-necked bottle. |
| NONAGENARIAN | • nonagenarian n. Synonym of ninetysomething: a person between 90 and 99 years old. • nonagenarian adj. Of or related to ninetysomethings. • NONAGENARIAN n. a person whose age is in the nineties. |
| NONAGENARIANS | • nonagenarians n. Plural of nonagenarian. • NONAGENARIAN n. a person whose age is in the nineties. |
| QUADRAGENARIAN | • quadragenarian n. Synonym of fortysomething: a person between 40 and 49 years old. • quadragenarian adj. Of or related to fortysomethings. • QUADRAGENARIAN n. a person who is forty years old, or between forty and fifty. |
| QUADRAGENARIANS | • quadragenarians n. Plural of quadragenarian. • QUADRAGENARIAN n. a person who is forty years old, or between forty and fifty. |
| QUINQUAGENARIAN | • quinquagenarian n. (Obsolete, rare) Synonym of pentecoster: an officer who commands 50 men. • quinquagenarian n. Synonym of fiftysomething: a person between 50 and 59 years old. • quinquagenarian adj. (Obsolete, rare) Of or related to command over 50 men. |
| SEPTUAGENARIAN | • septuagenarian n. Synonym of seventysomething: a person between 70 and 79 years old. • septuagenarian adj. Of or related to seventysomethings. • SEPTUAGENARIAN n. a person whose age is in the seventies. |
| SEPTUAGENARIANS | • septuagenarians n. Plural of septuagenarian. • SEPTUAGENARIAN n. a person whose age is in the seventies. |
| SEPTUAGENARIES | • septuagenaries n. Plural of septuagenary. • SEPTUAGENARY n. a septuagenarian. |
| SEPTUAGENARY | • septuagenary adj. (Now rare) Of or related to the number seventy, particularly. • septuagenary n. (Now rare) Synonym of septuagenarian: a seventy-year-old. • SEPTUAGENARY n. a septuagenarian. |
| SEXAGENARIAN | • sexagenarian n. Synonym of sixtysomething: a person between 60 and 69 years old. • sexagenarian adj. Of or related to sixtysomethings. • SEXAGENARIAN adj. aged between sixty and seventy years old. |
| SEXAGENARIANS | • sexagenarians n. Plural of sexagenarian; Individuals in their sixth decade of life. • SEXAGENARIAN n. a person aged between fifty and sixty. |
| SEXAGENARIES | • sexagenaries n. Plural of sexagenary. • SEXAGENARY n. someone in their sixties. |
| SEXAGENARY | • sexagenary adj. Of or related to the number sixty, particularly… • sexagenary n. (Mathematics, astronomy, now rare) Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60 numeration. • sexagenary n. (Now rare) Synonym of sexagenarian: a sixty-year-old. |