the process of abolishing a practice that has been considered a norm
the process of reducing a person's dependence on an institutional environment
the process of releasing a person from a facility where their freedom to leave has been restrained
deoxyribonucleoprotein
deoxyribonucleoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) The complex of DNA and protein in which DNA is usually found upon cell disruption and isolation.
dicyclopentadienyliron
dinitrophenylhydrazine
dinitrophenylhydrazine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of six isomeric aromatic azines, but especially 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine that is used as a reagent in the analysis of aldehydes and ketones
hexanitrodiphenylamine
hexanitrodiphenylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) A substance that was mixed with TNT in World War II to make it more explosive.
hydropneumopericardium
interdenominationalism
lymphangioendothelioma
lymphangioendothelioma
noun
(pathology) acquired progressive lymphangioma (in which endothelial cells are the main component)
nondistinguishableness
pneumohydropericardium
pseudoaristocratically
pseudoenthusiastically
scleroticochorioiditis
sternocleidomastoideus
sternocleidomastoideus
noun
(anatomy) Alternative form of sternocleidomastoid muscle.
thyroparathyroidectomy
thyroparathyroidectomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of both the thyroid and parathyroid glands.