(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
glyoxalase
glyoxalase
noun
(biochemistry) Either of a pair of related thiol-dependent enzymes: glyoxalase І, which catalyses the isomerisation of the spontaneously formed hemithioacetal adduct between GSH and 2-oxoaldehydes (such as methylglyoxal) into S-2-hydroxyacylglutathione; and glyoxalase ІІ, which hydrolyses these thiolesters.
hexagynous
hexagynous
adj
(botany) Having six styles.
hexastylos
hydrotaxis
hydrotaxis
noun
(biology) movement (of an organism or organ) in response to water
myxogaster
myxomatous
myxomatous
adj
Of or relating to myxomata.
onychauxis
oxyblepsia
oxygenates
oxygenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oxygenate
oxystearic
oxystomata
oxyuriasis
oxyuriasis
noun
pinworm infection; enterobiasis
paroxysmal
paroxysmal
adj
Of, pertaining to, causing or accompanied by paroxysms.
paroxysmic
paroxysmic
adj
Relating to paroxysms.
pyosalpinx
pyosalpinx
noun
A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with pus.
sardonyxes
sardonyxes
noun
plural of sardonyx
stereotaxy
stereotaxy
noun
(medicine) Stereotaxic surgery: surgery that uses a three-dimensional coordinate system to locate small targets inside the body.
synaxarion
synaxarion
noun
(Christianity) A compilation of hagiographies corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.
xenopsylla
xylophagus
xylostroma
xylostroma
noun
(biology) the felted stroma of various wood-destroying fungi
