| ACROTERIA | • acroteria n. Plural of acroterium. • ACROTERIUM n. a pedestal or ornament at the angle of a pediment, also ACROTER, ACROTERION. |
| ACROTISMS | • ACROTISM n. absence of pulsation. |
| CROTALINE | • crotaline adj. (Zoology) Resembling, or relating to, the Crotalinae, or rattlesnake subfamily. • crotaline n. Any snake of the subfamily Crotalinae. • CROTALINE adj. of or pertaining to rattlesnakes. |
| CROTALISM | • crotalism n. (Medicine) A condition caused by poisonous plants in the genus Crotalaria. • CROTALISM n. poisoning by crotalaria, any plant of the sunn hemp genus Crotalaria. |
| CROTCHETS | • crotchets n. Plural of crotchet. • CROTCHET n. a small hook. |
| CROTCHETY | • crotchety adj. Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies. • CROTCHETY adj. bad-tempered, also CROTCHETED. |
| CROTONBUG | • Croton␣bug n. Blattella germanica; German cockroach. See cockroach. • CROTONBUG n. a species of cockroach. |
| DICROTISM | • dicrotism n. The condition of each beat of the pulse consisting of two sphygmographic waves. • DICROTISM n. a condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart. |
| DICROTOUS | • dicrotous adj. Synonym of dicrotic. • DICROTOUS adj. of or pertaining to dicrotism, a condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart. |
| MACROTOUS | • macrotous adj. Large-eared. • MACROTOUS adj. having large ears. |
| MICROTOME | • microtome n. A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination… • microtome v. To cut into sections using a microtome. • MICROTOME n. an instrument used to cut very small sections of something. |
| MICROTOMY | • microtomy n. The preparation of very thin slices of animal or plant tissue by means of a microtome. • MICROTOMY n. the art of using the microtome. |
| MICROTONE | • microtone n. (Music) Any interval smaller than a semitone. • MICROTONE n. an interval less than a semitone. |
| MICROTUBE | • microtube n. A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers. • MICROTUBE n. a minute tube. |
| NECROTISE | • necrotise v. Alternative spelling of necrotize. • NECROTISE v. to affect with or undergo necrosis, also NECROTIZE. |
| NECROTIZE | • necrotize v. To undergo, or to cause necrosis; to become or to make necrotic. • NECROTIZE v. to affect with or undergo necrosis, also NECROTISE. |
| NECROTOMY | • necrotomy n. The dissection of a cadaver. • necrotomy n. (Medicine) The surgical removal of dead tissue, especially bone. • NECROTOMY n. the dissection of dead bodies; the removal of necrosed bone from a living body. |
| TRICROTIC | • tricrotic adj. (Physiology) Of or pertaining to tricrotism; characterized by tricrotism. • TRICROTIC adj. of (a tracing of) the pulse, showing three undulations for each beat of the heart, also TRICROTOUS. |