chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs.
chiropompholyx
chromoxylograph
chromoxylograph
noun
A woodcut produced in colour.
chromoxylography
chromoxylography
noun
The art or technique of producing chromoxylographs.
desoxymorphine
dextroamphetamine
dextroamphetamine
noun
(pharmacology) One of the stereoisomers of amphetamine, with the chemical formula C₉H₁₃N, that is used to stimulate the central nervous system.
exomorphic
exomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to exomorphism.
exomorphism
exomorphism
noun
(geology) A change in a rock that happens when igneous material intrudes upon it.
extraphenomenal
extraphenomenal
adj
Beyond or outside of phenomena.
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
hemopneumothorax
hemopneumothorax
noun
(medicine) pneumothorax and hemothorax occurring together
hexametrographer
hexanitrodiphenylamine
hexanitrodiphenylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) A substance that was mixed with TNT in World War II to make it more explosive.
hexaspermous
hexosemonophosphoric
hydropneumothorax
hydropneumothorax
noun
(medicine) The presence of both fluid and air in the pleural cavity
hydroxytryptamine
hydroxytryptamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of tryptamine, but especially 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin)
hypercomplex
hypercomplex
adj
(mathematics) Describing any of several types of higher-dimensional numbers having some characteristics of complex numbers.
noun
(mathematics) A hypercomplex number.
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
maxillopharyngeal
maxillopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the maxilla and the pharynx.
mixotrophic
mixotrophic
adj
Of or pertaining to mixotrophy or mixotrophs
morphallaxes
morphallaxes
noun
plural of morphallaxis
morphallaxis
morphallaxis
noun
(biology) The regeneration of specific tissue due to loss or death of the existing tissue.
omphalorrhexis
ophthalmorrhexis
oxycamphor
oxycamphor
noun
An oxidation product of camphor, used in treating dyspnea.
pharyngomaxillary
pharyngomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pharynx and maxilla.
phorminx
phorminx
noun
A kind of lyre used by the Ancient Greeks.
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.
pyohemothorax
pyopneumothorax
pyopneumothorax
noun
(medicine) The accumulation of air (or other gas) and pus in the pleural cavity.
seropneumothorax
sphenomaxillary
sphenomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the sphenoid bone and the maxilla.
trachelectomopexia
xanthospermous
xanthospermous
adj
(botany) Having yellow seeds
xenomorpha
xenomorphic
xenomorphic
adj
(petrography, of a mineral grain) That does not have its characteristic crystalline form but has a form impressed on it by surrounding grains; anhedral.
In an unusual form; having a strange form.
xenomorphically
xenomorphosis
xenomorphosis
noun
(film studies)
xeromorph
xeromorph
noun
any plant, with xeromorphic leaves, that is adapted to a dry atmosphere; a xerophyte
xeromorphic
xeromorphic
adj
(biology) Of, relating to, or characteristic of the xerophytes, especially having the ability to store water in leaves and stems.
xeromorphous
xeromorphous
adj
xeromorphic
xeromorphy
xeromorphy
noun
Quality of being xeromorphic.
xerophthalmia
xerophthalmia
noun
(ophthalmology) A condition due to a deficiency of vitamin A where the conjunctiva and cornea become dry. The condition starts with conjunctival xerosis and night blindness and progresses to corneal xerosis and, later, a severe condition called keratomalacia.
xerophthalmic
xerophthalmic
adj
Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.
xerophthalmos
xerophthalmy
xerophthalmy
noun
Alternative form of xerophthalmia
xerophyllum
xerophytism
xerophytism
noun
(botany) The adaptation of plants to habitats where water is scarce.