(organic chemistry) Any reaction that introduces a carboxylate group into a molecule
carboxypeptidase
carboxypeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the terminal amino acid of a polypeptide/protein from the end that contains a free carboxyl group
cardiotoxicity
cardiotoxicity
noun
The state or condition of being cardiotoxic.
chrysothrix
cryptoxanthin
cryptoxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A xanthophyll pigment (a hydroxy derivative of carotene) that occurs widely in nature.
cyclodextrin
cyclodextrin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of cyclic oligosaccharides consisting of glucopyranose residues linked as in amylose; cycloamylose.
cyclohexatriene
cyclohexatriene
noun
Synonym of benzene
any molecule composed of a ring of 6 carbon atoms with 3 double bonds
the theoretical resonance isomers of benzene
cystosyrinx
decarboxylating
decarboxylating
verb
present participle of decarboxylate
decarboxylation
decarboxylation
noun
(organic chemistry) The removal of one or more carboxyl groups from a molecule
decarboxylization
deoxycorticosterone
deoxycorticosterone
noun
(biochemistry, steroids) A steroid hormone, produced in the adrenal cortex; sometimes manufactured synthetically for use in cases of adrenal insufficiency.
deoxyribonucleoprotein
deoxyribonucleoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) The complex of DNA and protein in which DNA is usually found upon cell disruption and isolation.
deoxyribonucleotide
deoxyribonucleotide
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) Any nucleotide containing deoxyribose.
desoxycorticosterone
desoxycorticosterone
noun
(biochemistry, steroids) US form of deoxycorticosterone.
desoxyribonucleoprotein
dextrocularity
dicarboxylate
dicarboxylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a dicarboxylic acid, but especially any of such compounds (such as glutamates) that have biological activity
dicrostonyx
dihydroxyacetone
dihydroxyacetone
noun
(biochemistry) The only ketotriose
(organic chemistry) The compound CO(CH₂OH)₂ that has a number of industrial uses
erythrocytorrhexis
exceptionary
excitatory
excitatory
adj
Stimulating, exciting or causing excitation; excitative.
excitomotory
excitomotory
adj
(physiology) Exciting motion; said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex action, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve centre and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition.
excitory
excitory
adj
Misspelling of excitatory.
excitosecretory
excitosecretory
adj
(physiology) Triggering secretion; said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are activated.
exclamatorily
exclamatorily
adv
In an exclamatory way.
excommunicatory
excommunicatory
Adjective
Relating to excommunication.
excrementitiously
excrementitiously
adv
In an excrementitious manner.
excretionary
exculpatorily
exculpatorily
adv
So as to exculpate.
exoerythrocytic
exoerythrocytic
adj
Outside of an erythrocyte
exogastrically
exogastrically
adv
In an exogastric manner.
exopterygotic
exorbitancy
exorbitancy
noun
Alternative form of exorbitance
exoterically
exoterically
adv
In an exoteric manner.
exothermically
exothermically
adv
In an exothermic manner
exothermicity
exothermicity
noun
(chemistry, physics, uncountable) The quality or state of being exothermic.
(countable) The release of heat during an exothermic reaction.
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
explicatory
explicatory
adj
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
expressionistically
expressionistically
adv
In an expressionistic manner.
extracommunity
extradictionary
extradictionary
adj
(obsolete) Consisting not of words but of realities.
extraembryonic
extraembryonic
adj
(medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
extraparochially
extraparochially
adv
Outside the limits of a parish.
extraphysiological
extrasyllogistic
extrasyllogistic
adj
Outside of a syllogism.
extrasystolic
extrasystolic
adj
Relating to extrasystole, the premature contraction of the heart.
extrathermodynamic
extrathermodynamic
adj
Outside of the realm of thermodynamics.
hydroxyacetic
hydroxybutyricacid
hydroxycorticosterone
hydroxydehydrocorticosterone
hydroxydesoxycorticosterone
hyperoxymuriatic
hyperoxymuriatic
adj
(obsolete, chemistry) perchloric
hypertoxic
hypertoxic
adj
(rare, toxicology) Excessively toxic.
hypertoxicity
hypertoxicity
noun
The quality of being hypertoxic.
intercomplexity
juxtapyloric
juxtapyloric
adj
Next to the pylorus.
micropteryx
myxobacteria
myxobacteria
noun
plural of myxobacterium
myxobacteriaceae
myxobacteriaceous
myxobacteriales
myxogastric
nephrotoxicity
nephrotoxicity
noun
The state or condition of being nephrotoxic; toxicity that damages kidneys.
neurotoxicity
neurotoxicity
noun
The state or property of being neurotoxic.
nonexcitatory
nonexcitatory
adj
Not excitatory.
nonextricably
nonextrinsically
nycticorax
orthodoxically
orthodoxically
adv
In an orthodoxical manner.
overcomplexity
overcomplexity
noun
Excessive complexity.
overexcitability
overexcitability
noun
The state of being overexcitable.
overexcitably
overexcitably
adv
In an overexcitable manner.
oxybutyric
oxybutyric
adj
(organic chemistry) hydroxybutyric
oxycalorimeter
oxychromatic
oxychromatin
oxychromatinic
oxymuriatic
oxymuriatic
adj
(chemistry, obsolete) Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and hydrochloric acid.
oxynarcotine
oxystearic
oxytetracycline
oxytetracycline
noun
(pharmacology) A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₉ that is produced by a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces rimosus) and works by interfering with bacteria's ability to produce essential proteins.
oxytricha
paradoxicality
paradoxicality
noun
The quality of being paradoxical.
paroxytonic
paroxytonic
adj
(prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable
preexceptionally
proparoxytonic
proparoxytonic
adj
(prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the antepenultimate (third to last) syllable
pyroxenitic
pyroxenitic
adj
Of or relating to pyroxenite.
rhyotaxitic
scleroticonyxis
stereotaxically
stereotaxically
adv
In a stereotaxic manner
With regard to stereotaxis
supercomplexity
superexceptionally
tetracarboxylic
tetracarboxylic
adj
(organic chemistry) Having four carboxyl groups
thermoexcitory
thyreotoxicosis
thyreotoxicosis
noun
Misspelling of thyrotoxicosis.
thyrotoxic
thyrotoxic
adj
Marked by toxic activity of the thyroid gland.
thyrotoxicity
thyrotoxicity
noun
the quality of being thyrotoxic
thyrotoxicosis
thyrotoxicosis
noun
(medicine) The medical condition caused by the state of raised levels of thyroid hormone.
thyroxinic
tricarboxylic
tricarboxylic
adj
(organic chemistry) Having three carboxylic groups
tyrotoxicon
tyrotoxicon
noun
(organic chemistry) A ptomaine found in putrid cheese and other dairy products, producing symptoms similar to cholera infantum.
unorthodoxically
urotoxicity
urotoxicity
noun
The quality of being urotoxic.
xanthopsydracia
xanthopsydracia
noun
(archaic, medicine) A condition characterized by the occurrence on the skin of small yellow pustules.
xenocrystic
xenocrystic
adj
Relating to xenocrysts.
xerophytic
xerophytic
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte
(ecology) Having a very dry environment
noun
xerophyte
xerophytically
xerophytically
adv
As a xerophyte.
xylotypographic
xylotypographic
adj
Of or pertaining to xylotypography.
zygomaticomaxillary
zygomaticomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the zygomatic bone and maxilla.