| AUTOCHANGERS | • autochangers n. Plural of autochanger. • AUTOCHANGER n. a device by means of which records are dropped from a stack one at a time onto the turntable. |
| AUTOCHTHONAL | • autochthonal adj. Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous. • AUTOCHTHONAL adj. indigenous, aboriginal, also AUTOCHTHONIC, AUTOCHTHONOUS. |
| AUTOCHTHONES | • autochthones n. Plural of autochthon. • AUTOCHTHON n. one sprung from the ground he inhabits, aborigine, native. |
| AUTOCHTHONIC | • autochthonic adj. Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous. • AUTOCHTHONIC adj. indigenous, aboriginal, also AUTOCHTHONAL, AUTOCHTHONOUS. |
| BLASTOCHYLES | • BLASTOCHYLE n. the fluid in a blastocoel. |
| CYTOCHALASIN | • cytochalasin n. (Biochemistry) Any of several related fungal metabolites that have an effect on cytokinesis while not… • CYTOCHALASIN n. any of a group of metabolites isolated from fungi that inhibit various cell processes. |
| CYTOCHEMICAL | • cytochemical adj. (Biochemistry) Relating to cytochemistry. • cytochemical n. (Biochemistry) Any chemical compound that is found only in cells. • CYTOCHEMICAL adj. relating to cytochemistry. |
| HISTOCHEMIST | • histochemist n. One who studies histochemistry. • HISTOCHEMIST n. one who studies the chemistry of living tissue. |
| 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. |
| PHOTOCHEMIST | • photochemist n. (Chemistry) A chemist whose speciality is photochemistry. • PHOTOCHEMIST n. a practitioner of photochemistry. |
| PHOTOCHROMIC | • photochromic adj. Of, related to, or produced by photochromism. • photochromic adj. (Chemistry) Relating to the part of a molecule responsible for its photochromism. • PHOTOCHROMIC adj. changing colour, and hence changing the amount of light transmitted when the incident light increases, or decreases. |
| PHYTOCHEMIST | • phytochemist n. A person involved in phytochemistry. • PHYTOCHEMIST n. a chemist specialising in plant. |
| PHYTOCHROMES | • phytochromes n. Plural of phytochrome. • PHYTOCHROME n. a plant pigment which absorbs red or infrared rays and acts as an enzyme controlling growth. |
| TAUTOCHRONES | • tautochrones n. Plural of tautochrone. • TAUTOCHRONE n. a curve such that a particle travelling along it under gravity reaches a fixed point in the same time, no matter where it starts. |