(obsolete) Something which protects against, or cures, a poison; an antidote.
alexipharmic
alexipharmic
adj
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical) Synonym of alexipharmac (“of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom”)
noun
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical, also figuratively) Synonym of alexipharmac (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake)”); an antidote.
alexipharmical
alexipharmical
adj
Alternative form of alexipharmic
amyxorrhea
amyxorrhea
noun
(medicine) Absence of the normal mucous secretion.
amyxorrhoea
angiemphraxis
anhydroxime
antheximeter
antixerophthalmic
antixerophthalmic
adj
(medicine) Countering xerophthalmia.
auxochrome
auxochrome
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) any atom or group which, when added to a chromophore, causes a bathochromic shift in its spectrum
auxochromic
auxochromic
adj
Relating to an auxochrome
auxochromism
auxochromous
auxohormone
axhammer
axhammered
benzhydroxamic
benzoxycamphor
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
camphocarboxylic
carbomethoxy
carbomethoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, in combination) A methyl ester of a carboxylic acid when used as a substituent -CO₂-CH₃
carbomethoxyl
carbomethoxyl
noun
Alternative form of carbomethoxy
carboxyhemoglobin
carboxyhemoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) The stable complex of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin; it prevents the normal complexing with oxygen and thus leads to anoxia
cardiemphraxia
chemoprophylaxis
chemoprophylaxis
noun
chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs.
chondromyxoma
chondromyxoma
noun
(pathology) chondromyxoid fibroma
chondromyxosarcoma
chondromyxosarcoma
noun
(biology, medicine) A rare type of bone tumor with chondromatous, myxomatous, and sarcomatous features demonstrable on histopathology; it has been reported in various body parts.
christianomastix
chromoxylograph
chromoxylograph
noun
A woodcut produced in colour.
chromoxylography
chromoxylography
noun
The art or technique of producing chromoxylographs.
chronomastix
citharexylum
dextroamphetamine
dextroamphetamine
noun
(pharmacology) One of the stereoisomers of amphetamine, with the chemical formula C₉H₁₃N, that is used to stimulate the central nervous system.
emphraxis
emphraxis
noun
(medicine) An obstruction, especially of a sweat gland.
ethmomaxillary
ethmomaxillary
adj
Relating to the ethmoid bone and the maxilla
examinership
examinership
noun
(Ireland, law) A legal process whereby a company gets protection from the Court, in order to survive.
exhumator
exhumator
noun
One who exhumes or disinters.
exhumatory
exhumatory
adj
Relating to exhumation or disinterment.
exothermal
exothermal
adj
exothermic
exothermally
exothermally
adv
In an exothermal manner
exothermically
exothermically
adv
In an exothermic manner
extrachromosomal
extrachromosomal
adj
Happening outside a chromosome.
extrahuman
extrahuman
noun
Synonym of nonhuman
Synonym of parahuman
extrametaphysical
extrametaphysical
adj
(rare) Outside of metaphysics.
extraparenchymal
extraparenchymal
adj
Unrelated to a parenchyma
extraphenomenal
extraphenomenal
adj
Beyond or outside of phenomena.
extrarhythmical
extrarhythmical
adj
Alternative form of extrarhythmic
extrastomachal
extrathermodynamic
extrathermodynamic
adj
Outside of the realm of thermodynamics.
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
gastromyxorrhea
gymnothorax
haemothorax
hematothorax
hemiapraxia
hemopneumothorax
hemopneumothorax
noun
(medicine) pneumothorax and hemothorax occurring together
hemothorax
hemothorax
noun
(pathology) A condition resulting from accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity
hexabromid
hexabromide
hexabromide
noun
(chemistry) any bromide containing six bromine atoms in each molecule
hexaemeric
hexaemeron
hexaemeron
noun
Alternative form of hexameron
hexagram
hexagram
noun
A hollow six-pointed star formed by overlapping two equilateral triangles.
A large silver coin minted during the Byzantine Empire.
Any of the 64 sets of solid and broken lines, formed by pairs of trigrams, used for divination in the I Ching.
hexagrammidae
hexagrammoid
hexagrammos
hexagrams
hexagrams
noun
plural of hexagram
hexahemeric
hexahemeron
hexahemeron
noun
A term of six days, especially the hexameron, or six days of the biblical creation.
hexahydrothymol
hexamer
hexamer
noun
A subunit of a viral capsid
An oligomer having six subunits
hexameral
hexameral
adj
(biblical) Relating to the hexameron.
hexameric
hexameric
adj
Of or pertaining to a hexamer.
hexamerism
hexamerism
noun
six-part radial symmetry
hexameron
hexameron
noun
(literature) A treatise concerning the biblical creation story.
(theology) The narrative in the Book of Genesis describing the events of the hexameron.
(theology) The six days in which God created the world according to the biblical creation story.
hexamerous
hexamerous
adj
(botany) In six parts; occurring in sixes.
hexameter
hexameter
noun
(countable) A line in a poem having six metrical feet.
(uncountable) A poetic metre in which each line has six feet.
hexameters
hexameters
noun
plural of hexameter
hexamethylenetetramine
hexamethylenetetramine
noun
(organic chemistry) A crystalline compound C₆H₁₂N₄ used especially as an accelerator in vulcanizing rubber.
hexametral
hexametral
adj
hexametric
hexametric
hexametric
adj
Relating to or exhibiting hexameter
hexametrical
hexametrical
adj
hexametric; consisting of six metrical feet
hexametrist
hexametrist
noun
One who writes in hexameter.
hexametrize
hexametrize
verb
(transitive) To convert to hexameter.
hexametrographer
hexanitrodiphenylamine
hexanitrodiphenylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) A substance that was mixed with TNT in World War II to make it more explosive.
hexaspermous
histriomastix
homeromastix
hrimfaxi
hydrohemothorax
hydropneumothorax
hydropneumothorax
noun
(medicine) The presence of both fluid and air in the pleural cavity
hydroxamic
hydroxamic
adj
(organic chemistry) Describing any of several classes of compounds derived from oxoacids by replacing -OH by -NHOH; the N-hydroxy amides
hydroxamino
hydroxylamine
hydroxylamine
noun
(inorganic chemistry) An explosive inorganic derivative of ammonia, NH₂OH, used as a reducing agent, and in organic synthesis.
(organic chemistry) Any organic derivative of this compound.
hydroxytryptamine
hydroxytryptamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of tryptamine, but especially 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin)
hyperclimax
hypermixolydian
hyperoxemia
hyperoxemia
noun
(pathology) A high level of oxygen in the blood, typically as a result of hyperoxia
hyperoxymuriate
hyperoxymuriate
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) Any perchlorate.
hyperoxymuriatic
hyperoxymuriatic
adj
(obsolete, chemistry) perchloric
hyperparoxysm
ichthytaxidermy
ichthytaxidermy
noun
The taxidermy of fishes.
laryngemphraxis
laryngemphraxis
noun
(medicine) The closure or obstruction of the larynx.
maxillopharyngeal
maxillopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the maxilla and the pharynx.
medithorax
mesothorax
mesothorax
noun
(entomology) The middle of the three segments of the thorax of an insect, carrying the second pair of legs, and the forewings when present.
mesothoraxes
metahydroxide
metathorax
metathorax
noun
(entomology) The hindmost of the three sections of the thorax of an insect, carrying the posterior pair of legs and the hindwings when present.
metathoraxes
metathoraxes
noun
plural of metathorax
methotrexate
methotrexate
noun
(pharmacology) An antimetabolite and antifolate drug used in treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
methoxyflurane
methoxyflurane
noun
(pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned because of detrimental effects on the kidneys.
microthorax
morphallaxes
morphallaxes
noun
plural of morphallaxis
morphallaxis
morphallaxis
noun
(biology) The regeneration of specific tissue due to loss or death of the existing tissue.
myxochondroma
myxochondroma
noun
An unusual benign tumor of cartilaginous skeletal tissues (bones, ligaments, and tendons) that is a type of chondroma with myxoid (mucoid) degeneration of chondrocytes.
myxochondrosarcoma
myxoenchondroma
myxorrhea
myxorrhea
noun
Excessive secretion of mucus
nephremphraxis
omphalorrhexis
ophthalmorrhexis
oxycamphor
oxycamphor
noun
An oxidation product of camphor, used in treating dyspnea.
oxychromatic
oxychromatin
oxychromatinic
pancreatemphraxis
pharyngemphraxis
pharyngomaxillary
pharyngomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pharynx and maxilla.
phlebemphraxis
plasmatorrhexis
pneumohemothorax
pneumohemothorax
noun
hemopneumothorax
pneumohydrothorax
pneumopyothorax
pneumothorax
pneumothorax
noun
(medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.
prehexameral
pyohemothorax
pyopneumothorax
pyopneumothorax
noun
(medicine) The accumulation of air (or other gas) and pus in the pleural cavity.
rhamnohexite
rhamnohexitol
rhamnohexose
rhamnohexose
noun
(biochemistry) A carbohydrate with chemical formula C₇H₁₄O₆.
salpingemphraxis
seropneumothorax
sphenomaxillary
sphenomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the sphenoid bone and the maxilla.
splanchnemphraxis
splenemphraxis
thermofax
thermotaxes
thermotaxes
noun
plural of thermotaxis
thermotaxic
thermotaxic
adj
(biology) Relating to the regulation of temperature in the animal body
thermotaxis
thermotaxis
noun
(biology) Movement in response to temperature
thromboxane
thromboxane
noun
(organic chemistry, medicine) Any of a number of eicosanoids, related to prostaglandin, that have a role in the clotting of blood