| ANDROGYNOPHORE | • androgynophore n. (Botany) A stalk bearing both the androecium and the gynoecium of a flower above the level of insertion… • ANDROGYNOPHORE n. another name for the androphore, a support or column on which stamens are raised. |
| CHONDROPHORINE | • CHONDROPHORINE n. a member of the Chondrophora, a suborder of hydrozoans similar to medusae but with a different internal structure. |
| CHROMATOPHORES | • chromatophores n. Plural of chromatophore. • CHROMATOPHORE n. a pigment-bearing cell. |
| CHROMATOPHORIC | • chromatophoric adj. Relating to a chromatophore. • CHROMATOPHORIC adj. of or like a chromatophore, a pigment-bearing cell. |
| CONIDIOPHOROUS | • CONIDIOPHOROUS adj. of or like a conidiophore, a hypha that produces conidia. |
| ELECTROPHORESE | • electrophorese v. (Biochemistry) To carry out electrophoresis on something. • ELECTROPHORESE v. to subject to electrophoresis. |
| GALACTOPHOROUS | • galactophorous adj. (Anatomy) Milk-carrying; applied to the ducts of mammary glands. • GALACTOPHOROUS adj. bearing milk. |
| IMMUNOPHORESES | • IMMUNOPHORESIS n. a technique for identifying an (unknown) antigen or testing for a specific antibody in serum. |
| IMMUNOPHORESIS | • IMMUNOPHORESIS n. a technique for identifying an (unknown) antigen or testing for a specific antibody in serum. |
| MASTIGOPHORANS | • mastigophorans n. Plural of mastigophoran. • MASTIGOPHORAN n. any protozoan having one or more flagella, also MASTIGOPHORE. |
| MASTIGOPHOROUS | • mastigophorous adj. (Obsolete, rare) Carrying a whip, scourge, or wand. • mastigophorous adj. (Biology) mastigophoran. • MASTIGOPHOROUS adj. like a mastigophoran; whip-bearing, also MASTIGOPHORIC. |
| OOPHORECTOMIES | • oophorectomies n. Plural of oophorectomy. • oöphorectomies n. Plural of oöphorectomy. • OOPHORECTOMY n. the operation of removing one or both of the ovaries, aka ovariotomy. |
| OOPHORECTOMISE | • oophorectomise v. Alternative form of oophorectomize. • OOPHORECTOMISE v. to perform an oophorectomy, removal of one or both ovaries, also OOPHORECTOMIZE. |
| OOPHORECTOMIZE | • oophorectomize v. (Surgery) To perform, or to undergo an oophorectomy. • OOPHORECTOMIZE v. to perform an oophorectomy, removal of one or both ovaries, also OOPHORECTOMISE. |
| PNEUMATOPHORES | • pneumatophores n. Plural of pneumatophore. • PNEUMATOPHORE n. an upward-growing respiratory root in swamp plants. |
| RHYNCHOPHOROUS | • rhynchophorous adj. Belonging to genus Rhynchophorus. • RHYNCHOPHOROUS adj. of or belonging to the Rhynchophora; snouted. |
| SIPHONOPHOROUS | • siphonophorous adj. Of or relating to the siphonophores. • SIPHONOPHOROUS adj. of or like a siphonophore, a type of colonial hydrozoan. |
| SPERMATOPHORAL | • spermatophoral adj. Relating to spermatophores. • SPERMATOPHORAL adj. of or like a spermatophore, a case enclosing the spermatozoa of certain crustaceans. |
| SPERMATOPHORES | • spermatophores n. Plural of spermatophore. • SPERMATOPHORE n. a case enclosing the spermatozoa of certain crustaceans, molluscs and amphibians. |
| SPORANGIOPHORE | • sporangiophore n. (Botany) A receptacle in ferns which bears the sporangia, usually a stalk, but sometimes a scale (as in horsetails). • sporangiophore n. (Mycology) A special type of hypha that bears sporangia on the tip. • SPORANGIOPHORE n. a stalk to which sporangia are attached. |