| ACHONDROPLASIAS | • achondroplasias n. Plural of achondroplasia. • ACHONDROPLASIA n. a condition where cartilage does not develop normally, resulting in dwarfism. |
| ACHONDROPLASTIC | • achondroplastic adj. (Teratology) Of, related to, or suffering from achondroplasia. • ACHONDROPLASTIC adj. suffering from achondroplasia. |
| ANDROGYNOPHORES | • androgynophores n. Plural of androgynophore. • ANDROGYNOPHORE n. another name for the androphore, a support or column on which stamens are raised. |
| ANDROMEDOTOXINS | • andromedotoxins n. Plural of andromedotoxin. • ANDROMEDOTOXIN n. a poisonous substance extracted from plants of the heath family and used in medicine to lower high blood pressure. |
| ANDROMONOECIOUS | • andromonoecious adj. (Botany) Producing both bisexual and male flowers on the same plant. • ANDROMONOECIOUS adj. having hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same plant. |
| ANDROMONOECISMS | • ANDROMONOECISM n. having hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same plant. |
| ANDROSTENEDIONE | • androstenedione n. (Biochemistry, steroids) A steroid sex hormone C19H26O2 that is secreted by the testes, ovaries, and… |
| CHONDROCRANIUMS | • CHONDROCRANIUM n. the cartilaginous parts of an embryonic cranium. |
| CHONDROPHORINES | • CHONDROPHORINE n. a member of the Chondrophora, a suborder of hydrozoans similar to medusae but with a different internal structure. |
| CHONDROSKELETON | • chondroskeleton n. A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage. • CHONDROSKELETON n. the cartilaginous part of the skeleton of vertebrates. |
| ENCHONDROMATOUS | • enchondromatous adj. Relating to enchondroma. • ENCHONDROMATOUS adj. of or like an enchondroma, an abnormal cartilaginous growth. |
| ERGATANDROMORPH | • ergatandromorph n. (Biology) An andromorph ant that is also a worker. • ERGATANDROMORPH n. an ant combining characteristics of males and workers. |
| GYNANDROMORPHIC | • gynandromorphic adj. (Of an organism) Having male and female characteristics. • GYNANDROMORPHIC adj. of or like a gynandromorph, an animal having both male and female characteristics. |
| LEPIDODENDROIDS | • lepidodendroids n. Plural of lepidodendroid. • LEPIDODENDROID n. any of a genus of fossil trees. |
| OLIGODENDROCYTE | • oligodendrocyte n. (Biology) Any of the cells of the oligodendroglia in the nervous system. • OLIGODENDROCYTE n. a glial cell resembling an astrocyte but smaller with few and slender processes having few branches. |
| OLIGODENDROGLIA | • oligodendroglia n. (Anatomy) tissue (neuroglia) consisting of glial cells that are smaller than astrocytes and form the myelin sheath. • OLIGODENDROGLIA n. a glia made up of oligodendrocytes that forms the myelin sheath around axons in the central nervous system. |