| AMNIOCENTESES | • amniocenteses n. Plural of amniocentesis. • AMNIOCENTESIS n. a surgical insertion of a needle into the uterus. |
| AMNIOCENTESIS | • amniocentesis n. (Medicine) A procedure for obtaining amniotic fluid from a pregnant animal, by inserting a hollow needle… • AMNIOCENTESIS n. a surgical insertion of a needle into the uterus. |
| ANDROCENTRISM | • androcentrism n. An ideological focus on males and men, and issues affecting them, possibly to the detriment of non-males. • ANDROCENTRISM n. regarding the male sex as central or primary. |
| CHROMOCENTERS | • chromocenters n. Plural of chromocenter. • CHROMOCENTER n. a densely staining aggregation of heterochromatic regions in the nucleus of some cells, also CHROMOCENTRE. |
| CHROMOCENTRES | • chromocentres n. Plural of chromocentre. • CHROMOCENTRE n. a densely staining aggregation of heterochromatic regions in the nucleus of some cells, also CHROMOCENTER. |
| CORDOCENTESES | • cordocenteses n. Plural of cordocentesis. • CORDOCENTESIS n. the removal of a sample of fetal blood from the umbilical vein by inserting a hollow needle through the wall of the pregnant woman's abdomen. |
| CORDOCENTESIS | • cordocentesis n. (Surgery) The removal of blood from an umbilical cord in utero for testing. • CORDOCENTESIS n. the removal of a sample of fetal blood from the umbilical vein by inserting a hollow needle through the wall of the pregnant woman's abdomen. |
| EGOCENTRICITY | • egocentricity n. The quality of being egocentric. • EGOCENTRICITY n. the state of being egocentric, also EGOCENTRISM. |
| ETHNOCENTRISM | • ethnocentrism n. The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one’s own traditional, deferred… • ETHNOCENTRISM n. the state of being ethnocentric, also ETHNOCENTRICITY. |
| GEOCENTRICISM | • geocentricism n. Alternative form of geocentrism. • GEOCENTRICISM n. the belief that the earth is the centre of the universe. |
| HIPPOCENTAURS | • hippocentaurs n. Plural of hippocentaur. • HIPPOCENTAUR n. a mythical creature, half man and half horse. |
| LOGOCENTRISMS | • logocentrisms n. Plural of logocentrism. • LOGOCENTRISM n. a philosophy holding that all forms of thought are based on an external point of reference which is held to exist and given a certain degree of authority. |
| NOVOCENTENARY | • NOVOCENTENARY n. a 900th anniversary. |
| OCTOCENTENARY | • octocentenary n. An eight-hundredth anniversary. • OCTOCENTENARY n. an eight-hundredth anniversary, also OCTINGENARY, OCTINGENTENARY. |
| PHALLOCENTRIC | • phallocentric adj. Focused on the phallus, especially as a symbol of male dominance; characterised by male attitudes, focused on men. • PHALLOCENTRIC adj. centered on or emphasizing the masculine point of view. |
| PRIVATDOCENTS | • privatdocents n. Plural of privatdocent. • privat-docents n. Plural of privat-docent. • PRIVATDOCENT n. (German) in German universities, a recognized teacher who is not a member of the salaried staff, also PRIVATDOZENT. |
| QUATTROCENTOS | • QUATTROCENTO n. (Italian) the fifteenth century in Italy; the Italian style of art, architecture, etc. of this period. |
| SELENOCENTRIC | • selenocentric adj. (Astronomy) Having the moon at the center. • SELENOCENTRIC adj. pertaining to moon's centre; having moon as centre. |
| THEOCENTRISMS | • theocentrisms n. Plural of theocentrism. • THEOCENTRISM n. the belief that God is the central fact of existence. |