(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominohysterotomy
abdominohysterotomy
noun
(surgery) An incision of the uterus, done through a surgical hole in the abdomen.
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.
abyssobenthonic
abyssolith
abyssolith
noun
(geology) A mass of igneous rock deep in the crust with no known bottom; a large batholith.
acantholysis
acantholysis
noun
(medicine) The loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.
acanthopterygian
acanthopterygian
adj
(zoology) Similar to an acanthopterygian.
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterygii
acetoxyphthalide
acetylcholine
acetylcholine
noun
(biochemistry) A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH₃COOCH₂CH₂N⁺(CH₃)₃.
acetylcholinesterase
acetylcholinesterase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid.
acetylcholinic
acetylcholinic
adj
(biochemistry) Of or relating to acetylcholine.
acetylmethylcarbinol
acetylmethylcarbinol
noun
(organic chemistry) acetoin
achillodynia
achillodynia
noun
(pathology) pain due to achillobursitis
achlorhydria
achlorhydria
noun
(medicine) The absence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach
achlorhydric
achlorhydric
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to achlorhydria
achroiocythaemia
achroiocythemia
achromatically
achromatically
adv
In an achromatic manner.
achromaticity
achromaticity
noun
(optics) The state or quality of being achromatic.
achromatolysis
achromatolysis
noun
(cytology) dissolution of achromatin
achromycin
acidosteophyte
acidosteophyte
noun
(medicine) A sharp or needle-shaped osteophyte.
acritochromacy
acritochromacy
noun
(archaic, medicine) Color blindness, achromatopsia.
acroasphyxia
acroasphyxia
noun
(pathology) Impaired circulation to the fingers
acromiohyoid
acronichally
acrophonically
acrophonically
adv
In an acrophonic way.
actinautography
actinautography
noun
(obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image
actinochemistry
actinochemistry
noun
The science of chemistry and actinism.
actinography
actinography
noun
measurement with an actinograph
actinomorphy
actinomorphy
noun
The condition of being actinomorphic.
actinophryan
actinophrys
actinotherapy
actinotherapy
noun
(medicine) The treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light; radiotherapy.
adenohypersthenia
adenohypophysial
adenohypophysial
adj
Relating to the adenohypophysis.
adenohypophysis
adenohypophysis
noun
(anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones that regulate many physiological processes including stress, growth, and reproduction.
adenopharyngitis
adenotyphoid
adiaphory
adiaphory
noun
(obsolete) indifference
admonishingly
admonishingly
adv
In an admonishing manner.
aepyornithidae
aepyornithiformes
aerohydrodynamic
aerohydrodynamic
adj
Acting by the force of air and water.
aerolithology
aerolithology
noun
The study of meteorites
aerophilately
aerophilately
noun
(philately) The study or collection of airmail stamps, cancellations, etc.
aerophysical
aerophysical
adj
Relating to aerophysics.
aerophysicist
aerophysics
aerophysics
noun
(physics) The physics of the design and construction of aerodynamic devices
aerothermodynamic
aerothermodynamic
adj
Of or pertaining to aerothermodynamics
aerothermodynamics
aerothermodynamics
noun
(physics) The scientific study of the thermodynamic properties of gases, especially when travelling at a high velocity.
aesthiology
aesthophysiology
aesthophysiology
noun
The science of sensation in relation to the actions of the nerves.
aetiophyllin
aglyphodontia
agyrophobia
agyrophobia
noun
fear of crossing the street
airohydrogen
airohydrogen
adj
Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and air.
airworthy
airworthy
adj
Meeting standards for safe flight
albitophyre
alcoholically
alcoholically
adv
In an alcoholic manner.
In the manner of an alcoholic.
alcoholicity
alcoholicity
noun
A measure of the alcoholic content of something
alcoholysis
alcoholysis
noun
(organic chemistry) Solvolysis using an alcohol.
alcoholytic
alcoholytic
adj
Relating to alcoholysis
alethiology
alethiology
noun
(logic) The branch of logic dealing with truth and error.
algorithmically
algorithmically
adv
Using an algorithm.
alimentotherapy
aliyoth
allicholly
allochirally
allopathetically
allopathically
allopathically
adv
By allopathic methods.
allophonically
allophonically
adv
In an allophonic manner.
allophylian
allophylian
Adjective
Allophylic
allophylic
allophylic
adj
Belonging or relating to another tribe
allophytoid
allopsychic
allopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the relationship between the mind and the outside world
allorhythmia
allorhythmia
noun
(pathology) An irregular pattern of the heartbeat
allorrhyhmia
allorrhythmic
allothigenetically
allotriophagy
allotriophagy
noun
(rare) Having food cravings that are different from the expected or the norm
allylthiourea
allylthiourea
noun
A particular organic carcinogen.
alphitomancy
alphitomancy
noun
An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
aluminothermy
aluminothermy
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
alumohydrocalcite
alumohydrocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
amblychromatic
amethodically
amethodically
adv
In an amethodical manner.
amidoaldehyde
aminobenzaldehyde
aminodiphenyl
aminophylline
aminophylline
noun
(pharmacology) A bronchodilator comprising theophylline and ethylenediamine in a 2:1 ratio.
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
amphichromy
amphicondyla
amphicondylous
amphictyon
amphictyon
noun
(Ancient Greece) One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
amphictyonian
amphictyonic
amphictyonic
adj
(Ancient Greece) Of or relating to the amphictyons or their League or Council.
amphictyonies
amphictyonies
noun
plural of amphictyony
amphictyons
amphictyons
noun
plural of amphictyon
amphictyony
amphictyony
noun
A religious foundation or co-operative shared between Greek city states during the classical period, typically to support the temple or cult of a deity shared by the city states. Also used academically to refer to similar arrangements in non-Greek cultures.
amphicyon
amphicyonidae
amphicyrtous
amphidiploidy
amphidiploidy
noun
The property of being amphidiploid.
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphigony
amphigony
noun
(obsolete) sexual reproduction
amphigory
amphigory
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
amphikaryon
amphikaryotic
amphilogy
amphilogy
noun
ambiguity of speech; equivocation
amphiploidy
amphiploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being amphiploid
amphiprostylar
amphiprostylar
adj
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
adj
(architecture, chiefly historical, of a temple or edifice) Having columns at either end but not along the sides.
noun
(architecture, historical) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
amphithyron
amphithyrons
amphitoky
amphitryon
ampholytic
ampholytic
adj
(chemistry, of an electrolyte) amphoteric
amphoricity
amphoricity
noun
(rare) The quality of being amphoric.
amphoriloquy
amphoriloquy
noun
(medicine) A condition where the voice is characterized by amphoric sound over the patient's lung cavity.
amygdalolith
amygdalothripsis
amygdophenin
amylohydrolysis
amylohydrolytic
amylophagia
amylophagia
noun
(pathology) the pathologic desire to eat excessive starch, starchlike or carbohydrate-rich foods
amylophosphoric
amylosynthesis
amyosthenia
amyosthenia
noun
(medicine) Myasthenia.
amyosthenic
amyosthenic
adj
Of or relating to amyosthenia.
noun
(medicine) A drug or agent that depresses muscular action.
amyotrophia
amyotrophia
noun
Alternative form of amyotrophy
amyotrophic
amyotrophic
adj
(medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles)
anachronically
anachronically
adv
In an anachronic manner.
anachronistically
anachronistically
adv
In an anachronistic manner; in the manner of an anachronism.
anacoluthically
anacoluthically
adv
In an anacoluthic manner.
anaesthesiology
anaesthesiology
noun
(British spelling, medicine) Alternative spelling of anesthesiology
anaglyptographic
anaglyptographic
adj
Relating to anaglyptography.
anaphorically
anaphorically
adv
In an anaphoric manner.
anaphylactogenic
anaphylactogenic
adj
That tends to cause anaphylaxis.
anaphylactoid
anaphylactoid
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling anaphylaxis
anaphylatoxin
anaphylatoxin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several toxic substances that trigger anaphylaxis
anapophysial
anapophysis
anapophysis
noun
(anatomy) An accessory process in many lumbar vertebrae.