| ANEMOCHOROUS | • anemochorous adj. (Botany) Adapted for dispersal via wind. • ANEMOCHOROUS adj. of or like an anemochore, a plant in which the fruits or seeds are dispersed by wind. |
| ENDOCHONDRAL | • endochondral adj. Within cartilage. • ENDOCHONDRAL adj. relating to a type of ossification affecting cartilage. |
| EPITROCHOIDS | • epitrochoids n. Plural of epitrochoid. • EPITROCHOID n. a curve like an epicycloid but generated by any point on a radius. |
| HYPOCHONDRIA | • hypochondria n. (Medicine) A psychological disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness. • hypochondria n. (Obsolete, medicine) Melancholy; depression. • hypochondria n. Plural of hypochondrium. |
| HYPOTROCHOID | • hypotrochoid n. (Geometry) A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on the radius line outside one circle which rotates… • HYPOTROCHOID n. the curve traced by a point on the radius, or radius produced, of a circle rolling within another circle. |
| KINETOCHORES | • kinetochores n. Plural of kinetochore. • KINETOCHORE n. a structure forming at the centromere during mitosis for binding microtubules. |
| MITOCHONDRIA | • mitochondria n. Plural of mitochondrion. • mitochondria n. (Sometimes proscribed) mitochondrion. • MITOCHONDRION n. a cell structure containing enzymes that provide the cell with energy. |
| MYRMECOCHORY | • myrmecochory n. (Biology) The dispersal of seeds, spores, or fruit by ants. • MYRMECOCHORY n. the dispersal of fruits and seeds by ants. |
| TROCHOIDALLY | • TROCHOIDAL adv. of or pertaining to a trochoid. |
| TROCHOMETERS | • trochometers n. Plural of trochometer. • TROCHOMETER n. a hodometer, also TROCHEAMETER. |
| TROCHOPHORES | • trochophores n. Plural of trochophore. • TROCHOPHORE n. a free-swimming pelagic form of many invertebrates, also TROCHOSPHERE. |
| TROCHOSPHERE | • trochosphere n. (Zoology) A young larval form of many annelids, mollusks, and bryozoans, in which a circle of cilia… • TROCHOSPHERE n. a free-swimming pelagic form of many invertebrates, also TROCHOPHORE. |
| UROCHORDATES | • urochordates n. Plural of urochordate. • UROCHORDATE n. a member of the Urochordata, tunicates. |