(medicine) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease, using an endoscope.
abiotrophy
abiotrophy
noun
(medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
absorptivity
absorptivity
noun
(analytical chemistry) The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
(thermodynamics) The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.
abyssopelagic
abyssopelagic
adj
Of or pertaining to the depths of the ocean; of the open waters of the abyssal zone.
acyanoblepsia
acyanoblepsia
noun
Inability to see the colour blue.
adoptability
adoptability
noun
The property of being adoptable.
agyrophobia
agyrophobia
noun
fear of crossing the street
albitophyre
alphabetology
amblyocarpous
amblyope
amblyope
noun
A person afflicted with amblyopia.
amblyopia
amblyopia
noun
A disorder of visual development in which the brain partially or wholly ignores input from one or both eyes.
dimness or blurring of the eyesight due to a fault in transmission of signals to the brain from an otherwise healthy eye.
amblyopic
amblyopic
adj
of, relating to, or suffering from amblyopia
amblyopsidae
amblyopsis
amblyoscope
amblyoscope
noun
A reflecting stereoscope used to evaluate binocular vision
amblypod
amblypoda
amblypodous
ambrotype
ambrotype
noun
(photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when displayed on a black background.
amphibiology
amphibiology
noun
The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphibologically
amphibologically
adv
In an amphibological manner.
amphibology
amphibology
noun
(archaic) Amphiboly.
amphibolostylous
amphiboly
amphiboly
noun
(grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction.
amphibryous
ankyloblepharon
ankyloblepharon
noun
(pathology) fusion of the margins of the eyelids
ankylophobia
ankylophobia
noun
The fear of ankylosis.
anthropobiology
anthropobiology
noun
bioanthropology
antihydrophobic
antihydrophobic
adj
Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia.
noun
(rare) A remedy for hydrophobia.
apoembryony
apometaboly
apposability
apposability
noun
The property of being apposable.
approachability
approachability
noun
The characteristic of being approachable; the ability to be approached.
approbatory
approbatory
adj
Tending to approve or confirm
approvability
approvably
approvably
adv
In an approvable manner; in a manner that is able to be approved.
archbishopry
arteriophlebotomy
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autobiography
autobiography
noun
(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
automysophobia
automysophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of being dirty.
autophoby
autophoby
noun
Archaic form of autophobia.
babyproofed
babyproofed
adj
Made babyproof.
babyproofing
babyproofing
noun
The act or process of making babyproof.
bacillariophyta
bacteriochlorophyll
bacteriochlorophyll
noun
(biology) A photosynthetic pigment occurring in various phototrophic bacteria, related to the chlorophylls.
bacteriopathology
bacteriophagy
bacteriophagy
noun
The feeding on bacteria.
bacterioscopically
bacterioscopically
adv
By means of bacterioscopy.
bacterioscopy
bacterioscopy
noun
The use of microscopy to study bacteria.
bacteriotherapy
bacteriotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any therapeutic use of bacteria
bacteriotrypsin
balanoplasty
balanoplasty
noun
(surgery) reconstruction of the glans penis
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
balneography
balneography
noun
A description of therapeutic baths.
balneophysiology
balneotherapy
balneotherapy
noun
The treatment of disease by bathing.
barometrography
barothermohygrograph
barothermohygrograph
noun
A device for measuring atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity.
barotropy
barotropy
noun
(physics) The state of a fluid in which density is directly proportional to pressure
baryphonia
baryphonic
baryphony
barytophyllite
barytosulphate
basicytoparaplastin
basiotripsy
basipterygoid
basipterygoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone
noun
(anatomy) The basipterygoid process
bathycolpian
bathycolpic
bathycolpic
adj
Alternative form of bathukolpic
bathyorographical
bathyorographical
adj
Of, embodying, or pertaining to elevation heights and pelagic depths.
bathyplankton
bathyplankton
noun
(biology) plankton living in the bathyal zone
bathysophic
bathysophical
bathythermograph
bathythermograph
noun
A small torpedo-shaped device that holds a temperature sensor and a transducer to detect changes in hydrostatic pressure.
batrachoplasty
batyphone
bayport
behypocrite
benzalphenylhydrazone
benzoapyrene
benzoapyrene
noun
A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, the result of incomplete combustion of organic matter at high temperatures, found in grilled meats, tobacco smoke, etc.
benzopyran
benzopyran
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of pyran, but especially 2-benzopyran
benzopyranyl
benzopyrazolone
benzopyrene
benzopyrene
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (having five fused benzene rings) that is both mutagenic and carcinogenic
benzopyrylium
benzopyrylium
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic ion or salt containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrylium ion
benzothiopyran
benzothiopyran
noun
(organic chemistry) A bicyclic heterocycle consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of thiopyran
benzoxycamphor
benzoxyphenanthrene
beparody
berycomorphi
biblicopsychological
bibliographically
bibliographically
adv
Concerning bibliography.
bibliography
bibliography
noun
A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.
The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.
bibliopegically
bibliopegy
bibliopegy
noun
The art of bookbinding.
bibliophily
bibliophily
Noun
A love of books.
bibliopolery
bibliopolery
noun
(archaic) bookselling
bibliopolically
bibliopolically
adv
In terms of bookselling.
bibliopoly
bibliopoly
noun
(literary) Bookselling.
bibliotherapy
bibliotherapy
noun
A nonpharmacological therapy using reading materials to meet people’s therapeutic or developmental needs.
bicycloheptane
bicycloheptane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any bicyclic alicyclic hydrocarbon that has seven carbon atoms
(organic chemistry) The compound cycloheptylcycloheptane
biobibliography
biobibliography
noun
A bibliography that also contains a short biography of the author
biogeographically
biogeographically
adv
In a biogeographic manner
With regard to biogeography
biogeography
biogeography
noun
(biology, geography, countable) The geographical distribution of a particular living thing.
(biology, geography, uncountable) The study of the geographical distribution of living things.
biographically
biographically
adv
In the form of a biography.
biography
biography
noun
A person's life story, especially one published.
The art of writing this kind of story.
verb
(transitive) To write a biography of.
biomicroscopy
biomicroscopy
noun
The examination of the eye using a slit lamp biomicroscope
The microscopic examination of biological tissue
biophagy
biophagy
noun
The property of being a biophage, a living organism that feeds on other living organisms.
biophysic
biophysical
biophysical
adj
of or pertaining to a combination of biology and physics
of or pertaining to biophysics
biophysically
biophysically
adv
With regard to biophysics.
biophysicist
biophysicist
noun
A biologist or physicist whose speciality is biophysics.
biophysicists
biophysicists
noun
plural of biophysicist
biophysicochemical
biophysicochemical
adj
(biology, chemistry) biophysical and biochemical
biophysics
biophysics
noun
The interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology.
biophysiography
biophysiography
noun
The branch of biology that deals with the natural history of living organisms; descriptive biology.
biophysiological
biophysiological
adj
Relating to biophysiology
biophysiologist
biophysiologist
noun
One who studies biophysiology.
biophysiology
biophysiology
noun
(biology, physiology) biological physiology
biophyte
biophyte
noun
(biology) Any plant that obtains nourishment from the bodies of insects (or other once-living organisms)
biopolymers
biopolymers
noun
plural of biopolymer
biopsy
biopsy
noun
The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.
verb
To take a sample (a biopsy) for pathological examination.
biopsychic
biopsychic
adj
Relating to psychic phenomena in their relation to the living organism or to the general phenomena of life
biopsychical
biopsychical
adj
Alternative form of biopsychic
biopsychological
biopsychological
adj
Of or pertaining to biopsychology.
biopsychologies
biopsychologist
biopsychologist
noun
A specialist in biopsychology.
biopsychology
biopsychology
noun
biological psychology
biopyribole
biopyribole
noun
(mineralogy) Any of the rock-forming minerals pyroxene, amphibole, and mica.
bioscopy
bioscopy
noun
(medicine) the examination of a body to determine if it is alive or dead
biospeleology
biospeleology
noun
(biology) The biology of organisms that live in caves
biostratigraphy
biostratigraphy
noun
(biology, geology) The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils.
biotherapy
biotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes, especially those that use parts of the immune system.
(medicine) The use of living organisms (such as maggots or leeches) in the control of disease or the healing of wounds.
biotype
biotype
noun
(genetics) A group of organisms having the same specific genotype
verb
To sort, arrange of classify into such groups
biotypes
biotypes
noun
plural of biotype
biotypic
biotypic
adj
Relating to a biotype.
biotypology
biotypology
noun
(biology) The study of biotypes
bipolarity
bipolarity
noun
The state of being bipolar.
bipotentiality
bipotentiality
noun
The capacity to develop in either of two different ways, especially to become either male or female
The presence of both male and female reproductive organs in an individual; hermaphroditism
blasphemously
blasphemously
adv
In blasphemous manner.
blastophyllum
blastoporphyritic
blennoptysis
blepharodyschroia
blepharophryplasty
blepharophyma
blepharoplasty
blepharoplasty
noun
(surgery) Plastic surgery on the eyelid to improve vision or for cosmetic reasons.