| ALDOPENTOSE | • aldopentose n. (Biochemistry) A pentose that is also an aldose. • ALDOPENTOSE n. a type of sugar. |
| ATTOSECONDS | • attoseconds n. Plural of attosecond. • ATTOSECOND n. ten to the power of minus eighteen seconds. |
| AUTOSEXINGS | • AUTOSEXING n. the act of self-sexing. |
| CESPITOSELY | • cespitosely adv. In a cespitose manner. • CESPITOSE adv. growing in clusters or tufts. |
| ENDOCYTOSES | • endocytoses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of endocytose. • ENDOCYTOSIS n. the process by which a living cell takes up molecules bound to its surface. |
| ENDOMITOSES | • endomitoses n. Plural of endomitosis. • ENDOMITOSIS n. division of chromosomes not followed by nuclear division that results in an increased number of chromosomes in the cell. |
| FEMTOSECOND | • femtosecond n. A unit of time equal to 0.000 000 000 000 001 seconds (i.e. 1×10−15 seconds) and with symbol fs. • FEMTOSECOND n. one quadrillionth part of a second. |
| GLIOMATOSES | • GLIOMATOSIS n. diffuse overgrowth of neuroglia in the brain or spinal cord. |
| LIPOMATOSES | • LIPOMATOSIS n. the presence of many lipomata; obesity. |
| MYXOMATOSES | • MYXOMATOSIS n. a fatal contagious disease of rabbits. |
| PARASITOSES | • parasitoses n. Plural of parasitosis. • PARASITOSIS n. a disease resulting from parasites. |
| PHAGOCYTOSE | • phagocytose v. (Immunology, cytology) To phagocytize; to ingest by phagocytosis. • PHAGOCYTOSE v. to subject to phagocytic action. |
| PHOTOSENSOR | • photosensor n. A photodetector. • PHOTOSENSOR n. a detector that is sensitive to electromagnetic radiation. |
| PHOTOSETTER | • photosetter n. A photocomposer; a machine for photosetting. • PHOTOSETTER n. an apparatus for photosetting. |
| PINOCYTOSES | • pinocytoses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pinocytose. • PINOCYTOSIS n. a process by which droplets of liquid are taken into a cell in small vesicles pinched off from the cell membrane. |
| YOCTOSECOND | • yoctosecond n. (Metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10-24 seconds. Symbol: ys. • YOCTOSECOND n. a very small unit of time. |
| ZEPTOSECOND | • zeptosecond n. (Metrology) A unit of time equal to 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001 seconds, that is, 10-21 second, and… • ZEPTOSECOND n. a 10 to the -21 part of a second. |