| ACETYLCHOLINES | • acetylcholines n. Plural of acetylcholine. • ACETYLCHOLINE n. a substance secreted at the ends of nerve fibres when they activate muscles. |
| CATECHOLAMINES | • catecholamines n. Plural of catecholamine. • CATECHOLAMINE n. any of various amines, such as epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine, that function as hormones or neurotransmitters or both. |
| CHOLANGIOGRAMS | • cholangiograms n. Plural of cholangiogram. • CHOLANGIOGRAM n. a record produced by cholangiography, bile duct X-rays. |
| CHOLECYSTOTOMY | • cholecystotomy n. (Surgery) The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as when removing a gallstone. • CHOLECYSTOTOMY n. the surgical formation of an opening in the wall of the gall bladder, also CHOLECYSTOSTOMY. |
| CHOLELITHIASES | • cholelithiases n. Plural of cholelithiasis. • CHOLELITHIASIS n. the production of gall stones. |
| CHOLELITHIASIS | • cholelithiasis n. (Medicine) gallstones. • CHOLELITHIASIS n. the production of gall stones. |
| CHOLESTYRAMINE | • cholestyramine n. (Pharmacology) The United States Adopted Name of colestyramine. • CHOLESTYRAMINE n. a strongly basic synthetic resin that forms insoluble complexes with bile acids and has been used to lower cholesterol levels in hypercholesterolemic patients. |
| CHOLINESTERASE | • cholinesterase n. (Biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of choline-based esters (acetylcholine or butyrylcholine). • CHOLINESTERASE n. an enzyme which breaks down a choline ester into choline and an acid, esp. acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid. |
| ESCHSCHOLTZIAS | • eschscholtzias n. Plural of eschscholtzia. • ESCHSCHOLTZIA n. a flower of the poppy family, also ESCHSCHOLZIA. |
| MELANCHOLINESS | • melancholiness n. The quality of being melancholy. • MELANCHOLINESS n. the state of being melancholy. |
| METAPSYCHOLOGY | • metapsychology n. (Psychology) The philosophical study of psychology and of the mind. • metapsychology n. (Psychology) A set of principles governing Freudian psychology. • metapsychology n. (Philosophy) The study of how human experience forms, filters perception and shapes identity. |
| PARAPSYCHOLOGY | • parapsychology n. The study of alleged paranormal phenomena; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts. • PARAPSYCHOLOGY n. the study of unexplained mental phenomena. |
| PSYCHOLINGUIST | • psycholinguist n. A practitioner of psycholinguistics. • PSYCHOLINGUIST n. a student of psycholinguistics. |
| PSYCHOLOGISING | • psychologising v. Present participle of psychologise. • PSYCHOLOGISE v. to speculate in psychological terms or on psychological motivations, also PSYCHOLOGIZE. |
| PSYCHOLOGISTIC | • psychologistic adj. Of or pertaining to psychologism. • PSYCHOLOGISTIC adj. relating to psychologism, a theory that applies psychological conceptions to the interpretation of historical events or logical thought. |
| PSYCHOLOGIZING | • psychologizing v. Present participle of psychologize. • psychologizing n. Psychological analysis or interpretation. • PSYCHOLOGIZE v. to speculate in psychological terms or on psychological motivations, also PSYCHOLOGISE. |
| SCHOLASTICALLY | • scholastically adv. In a scholastic manner. • SCHOLASTICAL adv. (archaic) scholastic. |
| SCHOLASTICATES | • scholasticates n. Plural of scholasticate. • SCHOLASTICATE n. a preparatory college for those intending to enter Catholic order. |
| SCHOLASTICISMS | • scholasticisms n. Plural of scholasticism. • Scholasticisms n. Plural of Scholasticism. • SCHOLASTICISM n. the aims, methods, and products of thought which constituted the main endeavour of the intellectual life of the Middle Ages. |