| APOPHYSES | • apophyses n. Plural of apophyse. • APOPHYSIS n. an expanded or projecting part of an organism, esp. of bone. |
| APOPHYSIS | • apophysis n. (Anatomy) A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; a protuberance on a bone. • apophysis n. (Botany) The external part of a cone scale. • apophysis n. (Geology) A branch of a dike or vein. |
| DIAPHYSES | • diaphyses n. Plural of diaphysis. • DIAPHYSIS n. (Greek) the shaft of a long bone. |
| DIAPHYSIS | • diaphysis n. (Anatomy) The central shaft of any long bone. • diaphysis n. (Botany) An abnormal elongation of the axis of a flower or of an inflorescence. • DIAPHYSIS n. (Greek) the shaft of a long bone. |
| DIPHYSITE | • Diphysite n. Alternative form of Dyophysite. • DIPHYSITE n. a believer in the existence of two natures in Christ, human and divine, also DIOPHYSITE, DYOPHYSITE. |
| EMPHYSEMA | • emphysema n. (Pathology) An abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in tissues, most commonly the lungs. • emphysema n. (Medicine) Pulmonary emphysema, a chronic lung disease, one type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. • EMPHYSEMA n. a swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. |
| EPIPHYSES | • epiphyses n. Plural of epiphysis. • EPIPHYSIS n. any portion of a bone having its own centre of ossification. |
| EPIPHYSIS | • epiphysis n. (Anatomy) The pineal gland. • epiphysis n. (Anatomy) The rounded end of any long bone. • epiphysis n. (Zoology) A small upper piece of each half of an alveolus of a sea urchin. |
| PHYSALIAS | • physalias n. Plural of physalia. • PHYSALIA n. a genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of-war. |
| PHYSETERS | • physeters n. Plural of physeter. • PHYSETER n. (Greek) a whale which spouts, a sperm whale. |
| PHYSIATRY | • physiatry n. (Medicine) The treatment of disabled people. • PHYSIATRY n. the treatment of injury by physical means. |
| PHYSICALS | • physicals n. Plural of physical. • PHYSICAL n. a physical examination. |
| PHYSICIAN | • physician n. A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in internal medicine, especially as opposed to a surgeon;… • physician n. A medical doctor trained in human medicine. • PHYSICIAN n. a doctor; someone legally qualified to practise medicine, also PHYSICIANER. |
| PHYSICISM | • physicism n. The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with, physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy… • PHYSICISM n. belief in the material or physical as opposed to the spiritual. |
| PHYSICIST | • physicist n. A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level. • physicist n. (Archaic) A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely… • PHYSICIST n. an expert in or student of physics. |
| PHYSICKED | • physicked v. Simple past tense and past participle of physic. • PHYSIC v. to treat with medicine. |
| PHYSIQUED | • physiqued adj. Having a specified kind of physique. • PHYSIQUED adj. having a particular physique. |
| PHYSIQUES | • physiques n. Plural of physique. • PHYSIQUE n. the form or structure of the body. |
| SYMPHYSES | • symphyses n. Plural of symphysis. • SYMPHYSIS n. the union or growing together of bones. |
| SYMPHYSIS | • symphysis n. (Anatomy) The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with… • symphysis n. (Anatomy) A place where two bones are closely joined in the median plane of the body, either forming… • SYMPHYSIS n. the union or growing together of bones. |