| BETACAROTENE | • betacarotene n. (Pharmacology) The international nonproprietary name of beta-carotene when used as a drug. • beta-carotene n. (Biochemistry) A plant pigment that is an isomer of carotene, found in dark green and dark yellow vegetables… • beta␣carotene n. Alternative spelling of beta-carotene. |
| CRETACEOUSES | • CRETACEOUS n. the Cretaceous period. |
| CRETACEOUSLY | • cretaceously adv. In a chalky manner; as or like chalk. • CRETACEOUS adv. of or resembling chalk. |
| DETACHEDNESS | • detachedness n. The state or quality of being detached. • DETACHEDNESS n. the state of being detached. |
| INDOMETACINS | • INDOMETACIN n. a nonsteroidal drug used esp. to treat painful inflammatory conditions, also INDOMETHACIN. |
| METACARPUSES | Sorry, definition not available. |
| METACENTRICS | • metacentrics n. Plural of metacentric. • METACENTRIC n. a chromosome having the centromere approximately in the middle, such that the two arms are of similar length. |
| METACERCARIA | • metacercaria n. The encysted stage of a trematode parasite (flukes) in the tissues of an intermediate host. • METACERCARIA n. a parasitic trematode in encysted form. |
| METACHRONISM | • metachronism n. An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time. • METACHRONISM n. an error of dating an event too late. |
| METACOMPUTER | • METACOMPUTER n. a collection of computers that looks and functions like a single computer. |
| SEMIDETACHED | • semidetached adj. Alternative spelling of semi-detached. • semidetached n. Alternative spelling of semi-detached. • semi-detached adj. Of a house: joined to another one on one side, having one shared wall. |