(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
acetmethylanilide
acetylmethylcarbinol
acetylmethylcarbinol
noun
(organic chemistry) acetoin
actinenchyma
actinochemistry
actinochemistry
noun
The science of chemistry and actinism.
actinomorphy
actinomorphy
noun
The condition of being actinomorphic.
acyloxymethane
adiathermancy
adiathermancy
noun
(obsolete) A resistance to the flow of heat.
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.
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.
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.
amyosthenic
amyosthenic
adj
Of or relating to amyosthenia.
noun
(medicine) A drug or agent that depresses muscular action.
anathematically
anathematically
adv
In an anathematic manner.
anatomicophysiologic
anatomicophysiological
anatomicophysiological
adj
Relating to anatomy and physiology.
anemometrographically
anhaemolytic
anhemolytic
antechinomys
anthracomancy
anthracomancy
noun
Divination by studying burning coals
anthropoclimatology
anthropoclimatology
noun
The scientific study of the relationship between human beings and the climate.
anthropomancy
anthropomancy
noun
divination by the interpretation of human sacrificial entrails.
anthropometrically
anthropometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, anthropometry.
anthropomorphically
anthropomorphically
adv
In an anthropomorphic manner.
anthropomorphologically
anthropomorphologically
adv
(biology) With regard to anthropomorphology (human morphology).
anthropopsychism
antiarrhythmic
antiarrhythmic
adj
(pharmacology) Used to treat or prevent (heart) arrhythmia (irregular beat).
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that treats or prevents (heart) arrhythmia (irregular beat).
antichymosin
antihemolytic
antihemolytic
adj
Inhibiting hemolysis
antimachinery
antimachinery
adj
Opposing the use of machinery.
antimechanistically
antimethodically
antimonarchally
antimonarchically
antimonarchically
adv
In opposition to the monarchy.
antimonarchy
antimonarchy
adj
(politics) Opposing a specific monarchical system or monarchy in general.
noun
(politics) An antimonarchic movement.
(politics) Stance against monarchy.
antimythic
antimythical
archvestryman
aristomonarchy
aristomonarchy
noun
Rule by the best class of people as monarchs.
arithmancy
arithmancy
noun
Divination using numbers that are the equivalent of letters of a name
arithmomancy
arithmomancy
noun
Alternative form of arithmancy
athermancy
athermancy
noun
Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat.
autonephrectomy
bacteriohemolysin
bathylimnetic
bathylimnetic
adj
Living in the depths of a lake or marsh.
blepharosphincterectomy
bothrenchyma
bothrenchyma
noun
(botany, obsolete) Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood.
brachydontism
brachygnathism
brachygnathism
noun
An underbite caused by a shortening of the upper mandible (in animals)
bronchostomy
bronchotomy
bronchotomy
noun
(surgery) An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy.
calycanthemous
calycanthemy
canthectomy
canthectomy
noun
The surgical removal of tissue at the junction of the upper and lower eyelids.
canthotomy
canthotomy
noun
The surgical division of the canthus, usually the outer canthus.
cataphrygianism
catechumenically
cathomycin
cathomycin
Noun
novobiocin
centauromachy
centauromachy
noun
(art) A fight in which centaurs take part; a common theme in ancient relief sculpture.
chanteyman
charactonym
charactonym
noun
(literature) A name that is somehow descriptive of the character who bears it.
chemosensitivity
chemosensitivity
noun
(medicine) A measure of the sensitivity of a microbial sample to the effects of an antimicrobial drug.
(medicine) A measure of the sensitivity of a tumour to the effects of an anticancer drug.
chemosynthesis
chemosynthesis
noun
the production of carbohydrates and other compounds from simple compounds such as carbon dioxide, using the oxidation of chemical nutrients as a source of energy rather than sunlight; it is limited to certain bacteria and fungi
chemosynthetic
chemosynthetic
adj
Using or relating to chemosynthesis.
chemosynthetically
chemosynthetically
adv
By means of chemosynthesis.
chemotaxonomically
chemotaxonomically
adv
In terms of, or by means of, chemotaxonomy.
chemotaxonomy
chemotaxonomy
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) The classification or taxonomy of organisms based on differences and similarities in biochemistry, especially on differences in amino acid sequence in proteins that the organisms have in common.
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chirogymnast
chloromycetin
chloromycetin
noun
(medicine) The antibiotic chloramphenicol
cholecystenterostomy
cholecystenterostomy
noun
A surgical procedure in which the gall bladder is joined to the small intestine, to allow bile to pass from the liver to the intestine when the common bile duct is obstructed.
cholecystnephrostomy
cholecystoduodenostomy
cholecystoduodenostomy
noun
(surgery) anastomosis of the gallbladder and the duodenum
cholecystojejunostomy
cholecystojejunostomy
noun
(surgery) anastomosis of the gallbladder and the jejunum
cholecystonephrostomy
choledochoduodenostomy
choledochoduodenostomy
noun
(surgery) anastomosis of the common bile duct to part of the duodenum
choledochoenterostomy
chondrectomy
chondrectomy
noun
(surgery) excision of cartilage
chondrotomy
chondrotomy
noun
(anatomy) The dissection of cartilage.
chronocinematography
chronocinematography
noun
chronography by means of cinematography
chronogrammatically
chronogrammatically
adv
In a chronogrammatic manner
chronometrically
chronometrically
adv
In terms of or by means of chronometry, the scientific observation of time.
chronometry
chronometry
noun
The science of the measurement of time
chrysanthemin
chrysanthemin
noun
(organic chemistry) An anthocyanin, the 3-glucoside of cyanidin, found in various plants and fruits including peaches and lychees.
chrysanthemum
chrysanthemum
noun
Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.
chrysanthemums
chrysanthemums
noun
plural of chrysanthemum
chrysothamnus
chymification
chymification
noun
The conversion of food into chyme
chymotrypsin
chymotrypsin
noun
An endopeptidase enzyme that cleaves peptides at the carboxyl side of tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine amino acids.
chymotrypsinogen
chymotrypsinogen
noun
(biochemistry) An inactive precursor to chymotrypsin
cinematographically
cinematographically
adv
By means of cinematography.
cinematography
cinematography
noun
Motion picture photography.
The art, process, or job of filming movies.
cinenchymatous
cinenchymatous
adj
Of or relating to cinenchyma.
cinephotomicrography
cinephotomicrography
noun
cinematographic photomicrography
clethrionomys
coenenchymata
coenenchymata
noun
plural of coenenchyma
coenenchymatous
coenenchymatous
adj
Composed of coenenchyme
collenchymatic
collenchymatous
collenchymatous
adj
Relating to collenchyma.
comprehensibility
comprehensibility
noun
The characteristic of being comprehensible; clarity.
conchometry
conchometry
noun
The measurement of shells or their curves.
coniothyrium
countermyth
countermyth
noun
A myth that counters or contradicts another.
countermyths
countermyths
noun
plural of countermyth
countersympathy
crithomancy
crithomancy
noun
Divination by interpreting food, usually bread and grain used in sacrifice.
crymoanesthesia
cyanmethemoglobin
cyanmethemoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) A relatively non-toxic cyanide derivative of methemoglobin formed when amyl nitrite and sodium nitrite are used as antidotes to cyanide poisoning
cyanomethaemoglobin
cyanomethemoglobin
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine
noun
(organic chemistry) cyclonite, RDX
cynarctomachy
cynarctomachy
noun
(obsolete) bearbaiting with a dog
cystenchyma
cystenchymatous
cystenchyme
dacryocystorhinostomy
dacryocystorhinostomy
noun
(ophthalmology) A surgical procedure to restore the flow of tears into the nose from the lacrimal sac when the nasolacrimal duct does not function.
demethylchlortetracycline
diacetylmorphine
diacetylmorphine
noun
(pharmacology) The INN name for the drug heroin.
diathermancy
diathermancy
noun
The condition of being diathermic
dihydrostreptomycin
dihydrostreptomycin
Noun
A particular antibiotic.
dimethylcarbinol
duodenocholecystostomy
duodenocholedochotomy
duodenocholedochotomy
noun
(surgery) incision into the duodenum and common bile duct
dynamometamorphic
ectodynamomorphic
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
electromechanically
electromechanically
adv
in an electromechanical way
electrothermancy
encephalomyelitic
encephalomyelitic
adj
Relating to encephalomyelitis.
encephalomyelitis
encephalomyelitis
noun
(pathology) Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
encephalomyelopathy
encephalomyelopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease that affects both the brain and the spinal cord
encephalomyocarditis
encephalomyocarditis
noun
(veterinary medicine) A viral disease afflicting pigs and some non-human primates, attacking muscle tissue and the central nervous system.
encephalotomy
encephalotomy
noun
The dissection of the brain.
enchylematous
enchymatous
endolymphatic
endolymphatic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
endothermically
endothermically
adv
In an endothermic manner
engastrimythic
engastrimythic
adj
ventriloquistic
enterocholecystostomy
enthymematic
enthymematic
adj
Of or pertaining to enthymeme.
enthymematical
enthymematical
adj
Alternative form of enthymematic
erythromycin
erythromycin
noun
(pharmacology) A broad-spectrum macrolide antibiotic C₃₇H₆₇NO₁₃ produced by an actinomycete Saccharopolyspora erythraea (formerly Streptomyces erythreus) and similar in its effects to penicillin, administered orally or topically in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria.
ethnomusicologically
ethnomusicologically
adv
In an ethnomusicologic manner.
ethnomusicology
ethnomusicology
noun
(music) The study of music and culture; the study of music as it relates to its cultural context.
eutychianism
eutychianism
Noun
Monophysitism; especially, the form of monophysitism taught by Eutyches.
extraparenchymal
extraparenchymal
adj
Unrelated to a parenchyma
extrathermodynamic
extrathermodynamic
adj
Outside of the realm of thermodynamics.
geochronometry
geochronometry
noun
(geology) the science of the measurement of the age of rocks etc. based on the radioactive decay of naturally occurring isotopes
gigantomachy
gigantomachy
noun
(Greek mythology) The battle of the Giants (offspring of Gaia, according to Hesiod conceived from the spilt blood of Uranus) against the Olympian gods.
(by extension) Any battle envisaged as being waged by giants against gods or against an established universal order.