| CATHECT | • cathect v. (Transitive, psychology) To focus one’s emotional energies on someone or something. • CATHECT v. to invest with psychic energy. |
| CATHECTED | • cathected adj. Charged with mental or emotional energy. • CATHECT v. to invest with psychic energy. |
| CATHECTIC | • cathectic adj. Of or pertaining to a connection that is charged with emotional energy. • CATHECTIC adj. invested with mental or emotional energy. |
| CATHECTING | • cathecting v. Present participle of cathect. • CATHECT v. to invest with psychic energy. |
| CATHECTS | • cathects v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cathect. • CATHECT v. to invest with psychic energy. |
| INTRATHECAL | • intrathecal adj. (Medicine) Delivered into the spinal canal (intrathecal space surrounding the spinal cord), e.g. a spinal anesthesia. • intrathecal n. (Medicine) An intrathecal injection. • INTRATHECAL adj. introduced into or occurring in the space under the arachnoid membrane of the brain or spinal cord. |
| INTRATHECALLY | • intrathecally adv. In an intrathecal way; into the spinal canal. • INTRATHECAL adv. introduced into or occurring in the space under the arachnoid membrane of the brain or spinal cord. |
| SPERMATHECA | • spermatheca n. (Anatomy) A small sac within the reproductive tract of some female invertebrates, such as insects, which… • SPERMATHECA n. a receptacle for storing spermatozoa in insects. |
| SPERMATHECAE | • spermathecae n. Plural of spermatheca. • SPERMATHECA n. a receptacle for storing spermatozoa in insects. |
| SPERMATHECAL | • spermathecal adj. Of or pertaining to a spermatheca. • SPERMATHECAL adj. of or like a spermatheca, a receptacle for storing spermatozoa in insects. |
| SPERMATHECAS | • spermathecas n. Plural of spermatheca. • SPERMATHECA n. a receptacle for storing spermatozoa in insects. |
| SYMPATHECTOMIES | • sympathectomies n. Plural of sympathectomy. • SYMPATHECTOMY n. the surgical excision of a sympathetic ganglion or other part of the sympathetic system. |
| SYMPATHECTOMY | • sympathectomy n. (Neurosurgery) The surgical cutting of a nerve in the sympathetic nervous system. • SYMPATHECTOMY n. the surgical excision of a sympathetic ganglion or other part of the sympathetic system. |