(surgery) Extraction of peritoneal fluid from the abdomen for evaluation, using a trocar
abdominohysterectomy
abdominohysterectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
academization
academization
noun
Process or action of academizing.
acanthomeridae
acarodermatitis
acarodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the skin caused by mites
accommodate
accommodate
adj
(obsolete) Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
verb
(intransitive, of an eye) To change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.
(intransitive, rare) To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
(transitive) To contain comfortably; to have space for.
(transitive) To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
(transitive) To give consideration to; to allow for.
(transitive) To provide housing for.
(transitive) To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
(transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.
(transitive, often reflexive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
To provide sufficient space for
accommodated
accommodated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accommodate
accommodately
accommodately
adv
(rare) suitably; fitly
accommodateness
accommodateness
noun
(rare) Fitness.
accommodates
accommodates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accommodate
accommodatingness
accommodative
accommodative
adj
Supplying with or obliging; accommodating.
accommodatively
accommodatively
adv
In a accommodative manner; accommodatingly.
accommodativeness
accommodativeness
noun
The state or quality of being accommodative.
accomodate
accomodate
verb
(Scotland) accommodated
Misspelling of accommodate.
accustomed
accustomed
adj
(obsolete) Frequented by customers.
(of a person) Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions.
(of a thing, condition, activity, etc.) Familiar through use; usual; customary.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accustom
accustomedly
accustomedly
adv
In an accustomed manner.
accustomedness
accustomedness
noun
Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
accustomized
accustomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accustomize
acetamido
acetamido
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from acetamide
acetazolamide
acetazolamide
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that inhibits the enzyme carbonic anhydrase, used in the treatment of glaucoma and epilepsy and as a diuretic (now especially in the prevention of acute mountain sickness).
acetbromamide
acetoamidophenol
acetobromanilide
achromatised
achromatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of achromatise
achromatized
achromatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of achromatize
acidometer
acidometer
noun
A hydrometer, especially one that is used to measure the strength of an acid.
Any of various other devices used to measure acidity, either chemical or electronic.
acidometry
acidometry
noun
Alternative form of acidimetry
acknowledgement
acknowledgement
noun
(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledgment
acknowledgment
noun
(law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
(law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
(telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
The act of acknowledging
The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
acrodermatitis
acrodermatitis
noun
(pathology) dermatitis that affects the hands and feet
acromiodeltoid
actinodermatitis
actinodermatitis
noun
actinic dermatitis
actinodrome
actinodrome
adj
Alternative form of actinodromous
adenectomies
adenectomies
noun
plural of adenectomy
adenectomy
adenectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery.
adenoacanthoma
adenoacanthoma
noun
(pathology) An adenocarcinoma characterised by the presence of squamous cells
adenocarcinomata
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenocystoma
adenocystoma
noun
(pathology) An adenoma in which the neoplastic glandular epithelium forms cysts
adenocystomatous
adenoidectomies
adenoidectomies
noun
plural of adenoidectomy
adenoidectomy
adenoidectomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.
adenosarcomata
adenosarcomata
noun
plural of adenosarcoma
adenotomic
adenotomic
adj
Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland).
adrenalectomies
adrenalectomies
noun
plural of adrenalectomy
adrenalectomize
adrenalectomize
verb
(transitive) To subject to an adrenalectomy.
adrenalectomized
adrenalectomized
adj
Having been adrenalectomized (subjected to adrenalectomy).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adrenalectomize
adrenalectomizing
adrenalectomizing
verb
present participle of adrenalectomize
adrenalectomy
adrenalectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.
aecidiomycetes
aerodermectasia
aerodermectasia
noun
(medicine) subcutaneous emphysema
aerodynamicist
aerodynamicist
noun
A person who studies aerodynamics.
aerothermodynamic
aerothermodynamic
adj
Of or pertaining to aerothermodynamics
aerothermodynamics
aerothermodynamics
noun
(physics) The scientific study of the thermodynamic properties of gases, especially when travelling at a high velocity.
agathodaemonic
agathodaemonic
adj
Relating to an agathodaemon.
alumohydrocalcite
alumohydrocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
amboceptoid
amboceptoid
noun
(obsolete) A hypothetical form of amboceptor that has undergone a degenerative change and lost its cytophil or complementophile groups.
amethodical
amethodical
adj
Not methodical; unsystematic.
amethodically
amethodically
adv
In an amethodical manner.
amidoacetal
amidoacetic
amidoacetophenone
aminoacetanilide
aminoacetophenetidine
ammocoetid
ammocoetidae
ammocoetoid
amygdalectomy
amygdalectomy
Noun
Surgical removal of the amygdala.
anatomicomedical
anatomicomedical
adj
Relating to anatomy and medicine.
anecdotalism
anecdotalism
noun
A predisposition to relate anecdotes.
anticonfederationism
antidemocracies
antidemocracy
antidemocracy
adj
Opposed to democracy.
noun
Opposition to democracy.
antidemocrat
antidemocrat
noun
One who opposes democracy.
antidemocratic
antidemocratic
adj
Opposed to the tenets of democracy.
antidemocratical
antidemocratical
adj
Alternative form of antidemocratic
antidemocratically
antidemocratically
adv
Contrary to democracy; in a way that opposes democracy.
antidemoniac
antidemoniac
adj
Alternative form of antidemonic
antidicomarianite
antidomestic
antidomestic
adj
Opposing what is domestic.
antidomestically
antimedication
antimethodic
antimethodical
antimethodically
antimethodicalness
antimodernistic
aphthartodocetism
appendectomies
appendectomies
noun
plural of appendectomy
appendectomy
appendectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.
appendicectomies
appendicectomies
noun
plural of appendicectomy
appendicectomy
appendicectomy
noun
(surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix
appendicocaecostomy
appendicostomy
appendicostomy
noun
(surgery) The creation of an opening into the vermiform appendix, typically via the navel
archmediocrity
aristodemocracies
aristodemocracy
aristodemocracy
noun
A form of government in which power is shared between the people and the aristocracy.
aristodemocratical
aristodemocratical
adj
Alternative form of aristodemocratic
audiometric
audiometric
adj
Measured using an audiometer
Of or pertaining to audiometry
audiometrically
audiometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, audiometry.
autobasidiomycetes
autobasidiomycetous
autodecomposition
autodecomposition
noun
(chemistry) The spontaneous decomposition of a substance, especially in an explosive manner
autodecrement
autodecrement
noun
(computing) An automatic decrement.
verb
(computing) To decrement automatically.
autodecremented
autodecremented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autodecrement
autodecrements
autodecrements
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autodecrement
autodermic
autoincremented
autoincremented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoincrement
autoschediasm
autoschediasm
noun
Anything done with little forethought or preparation.
basidiomycete
basidiomycete
noun
(mycology) Any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota, that produces sexual spores on a basidium.
basidiomycetes
basidiomycetes
noun
plural of basidiomycete
basidiomycetous
basidiomycetous
adj
Relating to the basidiomycetes.
bichromated
blastodermatic
blastodermic
blastodermic
adj
Of or pertaining to the blastoderm.
branchiostomidae
bromacetanilide
butcherdom
butcherdom
noun
The condition or trade of a butcher.
calotermitid
calotermitid
noun
Obsolete form of kalotermitid.
calotermitidae
camaldolite
cambridgeport
camdenton
camdenton
Proper noun
a city in Missouri, USA
camphorated
camphorated
adj
Treated or impregnated with camphor.
camptodrome
carbacidometer
carbacidometer
noun
A instrument used to measure the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air
carbodynamite
carbodynamite
noun
A form of dynamite in which charcoal is used as the absorbent
cardiectomize
cardiectomy
cardiectomy
noun
The surgical removal of the cardia (the part of the esophagus that connects to the stomach).
cardiometer
cardiometric
cardiometric
adj
Relating to cardiometry.
cardiometry
cardiometry
noun
(medicine) measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation
cardiopneumatic
catadrome
catadrome
noun
(engineering) A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.
cathodoluminescence
cathodoluminescence
noun
(physics) A form of luminescence produced by the bombardment of a metal or a phosphor by electrons (as in a traditional television).
cathodoluminescent
cathodoluminescent
adj
Exhibiting cathodoluminescence.
catostomidae
celtdom
centaurdom
centaurdom
noun
The condition of being, or resembling, a centaur.
The world or realm of centaurs.
centrodesmose
centrodesmus
centropomidae
ceratomandibular
chaetosomatidae
chaetosomidae
chamaeleontidae
chemopallidectomies
chemopallidectomies
noun
plural of chemopallidectomy
chemopallidectomy
chemopallidectomy
noun
(surgery) A pallidectomy that uses a chemical to destroy the globus pallidus.