(surgery) Extraction of peritoneal fluid from the abdomen for evaluation, using a trocar
abdominocystic
abdominocystic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the bladder.
abdominohysterectomy
abdominohysterectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominoscope
abdominoscope
noun
An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
abdominoscopy
abdominoscopy
noun
(medicine) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease, using an endoscope.
abdominovesical
abdominovesical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
abducens
abducens
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of abducens nerve.
abducentes
abducentes
noun
plural of abducens
abductions
abductions
noun
plural of abduction
abecedarians
abecedarians
noun
plural of abecedarian
abidances
abidances
noun
plural of abidance
abjectedness
abjectedness
noun
(rare) The state of being abjected.
abscind
abscind
verb
(transitive, archaic) To cut off.
abscond
abscond
verb
(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
(intransitive) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.
(intransitive, of bee colonies) To abandon a hive.
(law) To hide, conceal, or absent oneself clandestinely, with the intent to avoid legal process
(obsolete, transitive) To conceal; to take away.
(transitive, uncommon) To evade, to hide or flee from.
absconded
absconded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abscond
abscondedly
abscondence
abscondence
noun
(rare) The act of absconding, or illicitly escaping; hiding of a fugitive.
absconder
absconder
noun
A person who absconds.
absconders
absconders
noun
plural of absconder
absconding
absconding
noun
An instance in which someone absconds.
verb
present participle of abscond
absconds
absconds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abscond
abscound
abstractedness
abstractedness
noun
The state of being abstracted; abstract character.
abundances
abundances
noun
plural of abundance
academicians
academicians
noun
plural of academician
academicianship
academicianship
noun
A membership in a national academy of arts or sciences
academising
academising
verb
present participle of academise
acanthocladous
acanthocladous
adj
(botany) describing a plant which has spiny branches
acanthodes
acanthopodous
acanthopodous
adj
Having spiny peduncles.
acaridans
acaridans
noun
plural of acaridan
acaudelescent
accelerandos
accelerandos
noun
plural of accelerando
accensed
accensed
adj
(obsolete) kindled
accessioned
accessioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accession
accidencies
accidentalism
accidentalism
noun
A system of medicine based on belief that symptoms of disease are caused by external factors.
Accidental character or effect.
The belief that events happen by random chance, without cause or purpose.
The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas).
accidentalist
accidentalist
noun
An expert in accidents, especially those involving motor vehicles.
Someone who believes in accidentalism.
accidentalness
accidentalness
noun
The quality of being accidental; casualness.
accidentals
accidentals
noun
plural of accidental
accidents
accidents
noun
plural of accident
accommodableness
accommodableness
noun
(rare) The quality or condition of being accommodable
accommodateness
accommodateness
noun
(rare) Fitness.
accommodatingness
accommodationist
accommodationist
noun
Someone who tries to accommodate and compromise with an opposition.
accommodations
accommodations
noun
plural of accommodation
accommodativeness
accommodativeness
noun
The state or quality of being accommodative.
accordances
accordances
noun
plural of accordance
accordionist
accordionist
noun
Someone who plays the accordion.
accordionists
accordionists
noun
plural of accordionist
accordions
accordions
noun
plural of accordion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accordion
accreditations
accreditations
noun
plural of accreditation
accrescendi
accrescendo
accursedness
accursedness
noun
The quality of being accursed.
accustomedness
accustomedness
noun
Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
acensuada
acensuador
acesodyne
acesodynous
acetanilides
acetanilides
noun
plural of acetanilide
acetanilids
acetanilids
noun
plural of acetanilid
acetaniside
acetanisidide
acetanisidide
noun
(organic chemistry) The amide N-(4-methoxyphenyl)acetamide related to paracetamol
acetanisidine
achaemenides
achaemenids
achondrites
achondrites
noun
plural of achondrite
achondroplasia
achondroplasia
noun
(teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism.
achondroplastic
achondroplastic
adj
(teratology) Of, related to, or suffering from achondroplasia.
achrodextrinase
achroodextrinase
acidness
acidness
noun
acidity, sourness
acidnesses
acidulations
acidulations
noun
plural of acidulation
acidulousness
acidulousness
noun
A state of or tendency toward being acidulous or somewhat sour or acid.
acipenserid
acipenserid
noun
(ichthyology) Any member of the Acipenseridae (the true sturgeons)
acipenseridae
acipenseroid
acipenseroid
noun
Synonym of chondrostean
acipenseroidei
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledgers
acknowledgers
noun
plural of acknowledger
acknowledges
acknowledges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acknowledge
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
acnodes
acnodes
noun
plural of acnode
acondylose
acondylose
adj
Alternative form of acondylous
acondylous
acondylous
adj
(anatomy) Without joints; jointless.
acotyledonous
acotyledonous
adj
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
acquaintedness
acquaintedness
noun
(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
acridines
acridines
noun
plural of acridine
acridness
acridness
noun
bitterness or acerbity
acridnesses
acrodontism
acrodonts
acrodonts
noun
plural of acrodont
actinides
actinides
noun
plural of actinide
actinodermatitis
actinodermatitis
noun
actinic dermatitis
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
actinoids
actinoids
noun
plural of actinoid
acutonodose
adamances
adamancies
adamancies
noun
plural of adamancy
adcons
addictedness
addictedness
noun
The degree of addiction.
The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.
addictions
addictions
noun
plural of addiction
addictiveness
addictiveness
noun
The characteristic of being addictive.
adenectomies
adenectomies
noun
plural of adenectomy
adenocarcinomas
adenocarcinomas
noun
plural of adenocarcinoma
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenocellulitis
adenocellulitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a lymph node and the surrounding connective tissue
adenochondrosarcoma
adenocyst
adenocystoma
adenocystoma
noun
(pathology) An adenoma in which the neoplastic glandular epithelium forms cysts
adenocystomatous
adenoidectomies
adenoidectomies
noun
plural of adenoidectomy
adenomycosis
adenomyxosarcoma
adenoncus
adenosarcoma
adenosarcoma
noun
An uncommon form of cancer that arises from mesenchymal tissue and has a benign glandular component.
adenosarcomas
adenosarcomata
adenosarcomata
noun
plural of adenosarcoma
adenosclerosis
adenosclerosis
noun
(medicine) The hardening of a gland.
adherences
adherences
noun
plural of adherence
adherescence
adherescent
adiadochokinesia
adiadochokinesia
noun
A dyskinesia characterized by the inability to perform the rapid alternating movements of diadochokinesia.
adiadochokinesis
adiadochokinesis
noun
Alternative form of adiadochokinesia
adiagnostic
adiagnostic
adj
(geology) Difficult to identify.
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adirondacks
adirondacks
Proper noun
A range of mountains in New York State.
adjacencies
adjacencies
noun
plural of adjacency
adjudications
adjudications
noun
plural of adjudication
adjunctions
adjunctions
noun
plural of adjunction
adjuncts
adjuncts
noun
plural of adjunct
adjutancies
adjutancies
noun
plural of adjutancy
administratrices
administratrices
noun
plural of administratrix
admittances
admittances
noun
plural of admittance
adnascence
adnascence
noun
Adhesion of parts to each other by the whole surface.
adnascent
adnascent
adj
Growing to or on something else.
adnescent
adolescence
adolescence
noun
The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.
adolescences
adolescences
noun
plural of adolescence
adolescency
adolescency
noun
adolescence
adolescent
adolescent
adj
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
noun
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
adolescently
adolescently
adv
In a adolescent manner; like a teenager.
adolescents
adolescents
noun
plural of adolescent
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adosculation
adosculation
noun
(biology) impregnation by external contact, without intromission
adrenalectomies
adrenalectomies
noun
plural of adrenalectomy
adrenocorticosteroid
adrenocorticosteroid
noun
(biochemistry) adrenal corticosteroid
adscendent
adscription
adscription
noun
The state of being joined, bound or annexed
adsignification
adsignification
noun
additional signification
adularescence
adularescence
noun
The optical phenomenon, exhibited by some specimens (moonstones) of the mineral adularia, of exhibiting a white to pale bluish or rarely pale orange sheen along crystal faces.