A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, causing a constriction of the trachea, preventing breathing; anaphylactic shock.
Extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug.
anhydroxime
anoxybiosis
anoxybiosis
noun
(physiology) A biological response triggered by a lack of oxygen in which an organism takes in water and becomes turgid and immobile; possibly a form of cryptobiosis.
anoxybiotic
anoxybiotic
adj
Of or pertaining to anoxybiosis.
antianxiety
antianxiety
adj
(psychology, pharmacology) Acting to combat or reduce anxiety.
noun
(pharmacology) A medication that combats or reduces anxiety.
anxiolytics
anxiolytics
noun
plural of anxiolytic
apophylaxis
archosyrinx
asphyxiated
asphyxiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphyxiate
asphyxiates
asphyxiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxiate
asphyxiator
asphyxiator
noun
One who or that which asphyxiates.
auxetically
auxetically
adv
By auxesis.
auxiliatory
auxiliatory
adj
(obsolete) auxiliary; helping.
auxinically
axisymmetry
axisymmetry
noun
symmetry about an axis; rotational symmetry
bimaxillary
bimaxillary
adj
Relating to both of the maxillae.
bisaxillary
bisexuality
bisexuality
noun
(chiefly botany) The state of being bisexual (“having both male and female parts or roles”).
(of humans or other animals) The state of being sexually or romantically attracted to members of either sex or gender.
epiphylaxis
epitaxially
epitaxially
adv
In an epitaxial way.
examinatory
examiningly
examiningly
adv
So as to examine.
excystation
excystation
noun
(biology) The stage in the life cycle of a parasite in which it escapes from a cyst (after being swallowed by its host)
exemplarily
exemplarily
adv
In an exemplary manner; ideally, admirably.
exemplarity
exemplarity
noun
The quality of being exemplary.
exfoliatory
exfoliatory
adj
Relating to, or performing, exfoliation.
exocycloida
exorability
exorability
noun
The quality or state of being exorable.
exorbitancy
exorbitancy
noun
Alternative form of exorbitance
expandingly
expandingly
adv
With expansion; so as to expand.
expansively
expansively
adv
In an expansive manner
expansivity
expansivity
noun
(mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
expansiveness
expatiatory
expatiatory
adj
expansive; diffusive
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
explanitory
explicatory
explicatory
adj
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
externality
externality
noun
(countable) A thing that is external relative to something else.
(economics, countable) An impact, positive or negative, on any party not involved in a given economic transaction or act.
(uncountable) The state of being external or externalized.
extirpatory
extirpatory
adj
extirpative
extracystic
extracystic
adj
Outside of a cyst.
fibromyxoma
fibromyxoma
noun
Alternative form of myxofibroma
fluxionally
fluxionally
adv
In a fluxional manner.
hematoxylic
hematoxylin
hematoxylin
noun
(medicine, organic chemistry) A phenolic compound having the chemical formula C₁₆H₁₄O₆, used (most often in conjunction with eosin) to make dye for staining tissue samples; extracted from the heart of the bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum.
hexahydride
hexahydride
noun
(chemistry) Any hydride containing six atoms of hydrogen
hexahydrite
hexahydrite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate hexahydrate.
hoaxability
hydroxamino
hyperclimax
hyperoxemia
hyperoxemia
noun
(pathology) A high level of oxygen in the blood, typically as a result of hyperoxia
hypoxanthic
indexically
indexically
adv
In an indexical way.
inexcitably
inexcusably
inexcusably
adv
In an inexcusable manner.
interxylary
intraxylary
keratonyxis
keratonyxis
noun
(medicine, archaic) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye and breaking up the opaque mass.
litholapaxy
litholapaxy
noun
(medicine) The removal of a vesical calculus by first crushing it and subsequently washing out the fragments.
luxuriantly
luxuriantly
adv
In a luxuriant manner.
lymphotaxis
lymphotaxis
noun
The attraction to, or repulsion from lymphocytes
midaxillary
midaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Describing a vertical line on the body downwards from the armpit
myxadenitis
myxasthenia
myxasthenia
noun
A reduced secretion of mucus
myxofibroma
myxofibroma
noun
(pathology) A neoplasm of the jaws
myxogastric
myxomatosis
myxomatosis
noun
A usually fatal viral disease of rabbits, causing skin tumors.
In general, a condition characterized by the growth of many myxomata (tumors of primitive connective tissue).
overanxiety
overanxiety
noun
Excessive anxiety.
oxidability
oxidability
noun
Capability of being converted into an oxide.
oxidatively
oxidatively
adv
By means of oxidation.
oxyacanthin
oxycephalic
oxycephalic
adj
Of or relating to oxycephaly.
oxycinnamic
oxycopaivic
oxycoumarin
oxyesthesia
oxygenating
oxygenating
verb
present participle of oxygenate
oxygenation
oxygenation
noun
The process of reacting or treating something with oxygen.
oxyhaematin
oxymandelic
oxymuriatic
oxymuriatic
adj
(chemistry, obsolete) Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and hydrochloric acid.
oxyphthalic
pachymeninx
pachymeninx
noun
(anatomy) dura mater
paroxysmist
paroxytonic
paroxytonic
adj
(prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable
phyllotaxic
phyllotaxis
phyllotaxis
noun
(botany) The arrangement of leaves on a stem, or the mathematical principles governing such arrangement.
phytoalexin
phytoalexin
noun
(medicine) any of several classes of antibiotics produced by plants in response to microorganisms
postaxially
postaxially
adv
In a postaxial manner or direction
prophylaxis
prophylaxis
noun
(chess) A move or strategy that frustrates an opponent's plan or tactic.
(medicine) Prevention of, or protective treatment for, disease.
proximately
proximately
adv
In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately.
psychataxia
psychotaxis
pyroxanthin
pyroxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A yellow, crystalline substance obtained from creosote etc; it seems to be a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
pyrrhuloxia
pyrrhuloxia
noun
Cardinalis sinuatus (desert cardinal), a North American bird with grey and red plumage
rhyotaxitic
saxonically
sexennially
sexennially
Adverb
Once in every six years.
sexivalency
sialosyrinx
subaxillary
subaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Situated under the axilla, or armpit.
(botany) Placed under the axil, or angle formed by the branch of a plant with the stem, or a leaf with the branch.
synallaxine
synallaxine
adj
(zoology) Having the outer and middle toes partially united; said of certain birds related to the creepers.
synaxaxaria
toxicopathy
toxicophagy
triaxiality
triaxiality
noun
The condition of being triaxial.
typhlolexia
typhlopexia
unanxiously
unanxiously
adv
In an unanxious way; without anxiety.
unisexually
unisexually
adv
In a unisexual way.
untoxically
vexatiously
vexatiously
adv
In a vexatious manner; so as to give annoyance.
xanthoxylin
xanthoxylin
noun
(organic chemistry, obsolete) The active principle of the prickly ash (formerly in genus Xanthoxylum, now Zanthoxylum).
xylariaceae
xylocopidae
xylographic
xylographic
adj
of or pertaining to xylographs
xyloplastic
xyloplastic
adj
(dated, engineering) Made from wood pulp shaped in a mould.
xylotomical
xyridaceous
xyridaceous
adj
Belonging or pertaining to the Xyridaceae, a family of flowering plants.