| BIOSURGERY | • biosurgery n. (Medicine, surgery) The medicinal use of maggots to clean wounds and promote healing. • BIOSURGERY n. medical treatment with living agents e.g. maggots to clean wounds. |
| COMPOSURES | • composures n. Plural of composure. • COMPOSURE n. calmness, self-possession. |
| DISCLOSURE | • disclosure n. The act of revealing something. • disclosure n. That which is disclosed; a previously hidden fact or series of facts that is made known. • disclosure n. (Law) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing. |
| DISPOSURES | • disposures n. Plural of disposure. • DISPOSURE n. disposal, disposition. |
| EGOSURFING | • egosurfing n. (Internet) The act of using a search engine to find mentions of one’s name on the Internet. • egosurfing v. Present participle of egosurf. • ego-surfing n. Alternative form of egosurfing. |
| ENCLOSURES | • enclosures n. Plural of enclosure. • ENCLOSURE n. the act of enclosing, also INCLOSURE. |
| ENDOSULFAN | • endosulfan n. (Chemistry) a toxic chlorinated polycyclic insecticide used to control mites. • ENDOSULFAN n. a brownish crystalline insecticide. |
| EXCLOSURES | • exclosures n. Plural of exclosure. • EXCLOSURE n. an area shut off from intrusion. |
| GLUCOSURIA | • glucosuria n. (Medicine) A condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine; diabetes mellitus. • GLUCOSURIA n. a condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine, also GLYCOSURIA. |
| GLUCOSURIC | • GLUCOSURIC adj. relating to glucosuria, a condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine. |
| GLYCOSURIA | • glycosuria n. (Medicine) The presence of sugars (especially glucose) in the urine, often as a result of diabetes mellitus. • GLYCOSURIA n. a condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine, also GLUCOSURIA. |
| GLYCOSURIC | • glycosuric adj. Of or relating to glycosuria. • GLYCOSURIC adj. relating to glycosuria, the presence of sugar in the urine. |
| INCLOSURES | • inclosures n. Plural of inclosure. • INCLOSURE n. the act of inclosing; the separation of land from common ground by a fence, also ENCLOSURE. |
| LACTOSURIA | • lactosuria n. The presence of lactose in the urine. • LACTOSURIA n. the presence of lactose in the urine. |
| LIPOSUCKED | • liposucked v. Simple past tense and past participle of liposuck. • LIPOSUCK v. to subject to liposuction. |
| QINGHAOSUS | • QINGHAOSU n. (Chinese) a crystalline compound obtained from artemisia. |
| REEXPOSURE | • reexposure n. A second or subsequent exposure. • REEXPOSURE n. a new exposure. |
| URICOSURIC | • uricosuric adj. (Medicine) Pertaining to gout suppressants that act directly on the renal tubule to increase the excretion… • uricosuric n. Any medicine of this kind. • URICOSURIC adj. promoting the excretion of uric acid. |
| XIPHOSURAN | • xiphosuran n. (Zoology) Any member of the order Xiphosura, including horseshoe crabs. • xiphosuran adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the order Xiphosura. • XIPHOSURAN adj. belonging to the Xiphosura, an order of Arthropoda of which the only survivors are the king crabs. |