(toxicology) Any of a family of mycotoxins, produced by molds of the Aspergillus genus, that can be toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic; typically found as contaminants of animal food or peanuts.
anteflexion
anteflexion
noun
(anatomy) A forward bending or an organ, especially that of the uterus near the cervix
anterofixation
anteroflexion
bufotoxin
bufotoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a family of toxic substances found in toads, other amphibians, and some plants and mushrooms.
complexification
complexification
noun
(countable, mathematics) An extension from a basis on real numbers to a basis on complex numbers.
(uncountable) The act or process of making something more complex.
confluxibility
counterfix
detoxification
detoxification
noun
The process of removing toxins.
detoxifying
detoxifying
verb
present participle of detoxify
ethoxycaffeine
excalfaction
exemplification
exemplification
noun
(law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.
That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.
The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
exemplificational
exemplifications
exemplifications
noun
plural of exemplification
exfetation
exfetation
noun
(medicine) imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus
exfiguration
exfiltration
exfiltration
noun
(biology) A gradual movement of a substance to exterior (as through cell membrane to extracellular fluid or medium).
(civil engineering) A method for managing storm water runoff.
(computing) Covert extraction of data.
(military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
(sciences) A filtering out (usually movement of a substance through a barrier).
exflagellation
exflagellation
noun
The protrusion or formation of flagella by a protozoon.
exfodiation
exfoliating
exfoliating
verb
present participle of exfoliate
exfoliation
exfoliation
noun
(cosmetics) The removal of a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
The loss of leaves from a plant.
The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
exfoliations
exfoliations
noun
plural of exfoliation
expergefaction
expergefaction
noun
An awakening
exsufflation
exsufflation
noun
(biology, obsolete) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
(obsolete) A blast from beneath.
(obsolete) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.
extraprofessional
extraprofessional
adj
Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.
fixation
fixation
noun
(cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
(genetics) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
(law) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
(ophthalmology) maintaining of the gaze on a single location.
(orthopaedics) process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
The act of fixing.
The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
The state of being fixed or fixated.
fixations
fixations
noun
plural of fixation
fluoxetines
fluxation
fluxation
noun
The act of fluxing; a flowing or passing away.
fluxionist
fluxionist
noun
One skilled in fluxions.
fornicatrix
fornicatrix
noun
A female fornicator.
foxhuntings
foxtrotting
foxtrotting
verb
present participle of foxtrot
frontomaxillary
frontomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) frontal and maxillary
fucoxanthin
fucoxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.
fucoxanthine
fucoxanthins
fucoxanthins
noun
plural of fucoxanthin
fungitoxic
fungitoxic
adj
That is toxic to fungi.
fungitoxicity
fungitoxicity
noun
The quality of being fungitoxic.
infixation
infixation
noun
(grammar) The state or quality of being infixed.
(linguistic morphology) Word-formation involving an infix or infixes; adding an infix to a word.
infixations
infixations
noun
plural of infixation
introflex
introflexion
introflexion
noun
(medicine) A bending inward.
lateriflexion
lateroflexion
lateroflexion
noun
lateral flexion (bending to one side)
nonexemplification
nonexemplification
noun
Lack of exemplification.
nonexemplificatior
nonfixation
nonfixation
noun
An absence of fixation
nonflexibility
omentofixation
outfoxing
outfoxing
verb
present participle of outfox
pontifex
pontifex
noun
(historical) A pontiff, or high priest, in Ancient Rome.
postfixation
postfixation
noun
(biology) A secondary fixation of a histological sample, often using osmium tetroxide to fixate lipids.
postfixing
postfixing
verb
present participle of postfix
postflexion
postflexion
adj
(zoology) After the flexion stage of larval development.
prefixation
prefixation
noun
(anatomy, of a nerve) The state or condition of being prefixed.
(biology, cytology) Initial treatment of tissue with a fixative, as a preliminary to the application of another fixative or to the use of a different treatment.
(linguistics) The adding of a prefix to a word.
refixation
refixation
noun
The fixing in place of something that had previously been removed
retroflexion
retroflexion
noun
The act of retroflexing; the state of being retroflexed.
sixteenfold
sixteenfold
adj
By a factor of sixteen.
suffixation
suffixation
noun
The process of adding a suffix to a word.
suffixations
suffixations
noun
plural of suffixation
sulfadimethoxine
sulfadimethoxine
noun
(pharmacology) A sulfonamide antibacterial derivative of sulfadiazine
toxifying
toxifying
verb
present participle of toxify
toxiinfection
toxiinfectious
toxinfection
toxinfection
noun
infection with a toxin
toxinfectious
transfixation
transfixation
noun
The condition of being transfixed
transfixion
transfixion
noun
(surgery) In amputation, passing the knife from side to side through tissue close to the bone and dividing muscles outward.
transfixions
transfixions
noun
plural of transfixion
uterofixation
vaginofixation
vaginofixation
noun
(surgery) suture of a prolapsed vagina to the abdominal wall
ventrifixation
ventrofixation
ventrofixation
noun
The suture of a displaced viscus, such as the uterus, to the abdominal wall.
