(pharmacology, obsolete, rare) Having the effect of reducing fever.
noun
(pharmacology, obsolete) A medicine which reduces fever.
axisymmetric
axisymmetric
adj
Exhibiting symmetry around an axis; exhibiting cylindrical symmetry.
bradyauxetic
citharexylum
cyclodextrin
cyclodextrin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of cyclic oligosaccharides consisting of glucopyranose residues linked as in amylose; cycloamylose.
dacryosyrinx
dicarboxylic
dicarboxylic
adj
(organic chemistry) Having two carboxylic groups
excentricity
excentricity
noun
(mathematics) Archaic form of eccentricity.
exceptionary
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.
exclusionary
exclusionary
adj
Acting to exclude something
excretionary
excursionary
execratively
execratively
adv
In an execrative manner.
exocrinology
exocrinology
noun
The study of external (exocrine) secretions, especially of pheromones
exoterically
exoterically
adv
In an exoteric manner.
extractively
extractively
adv
By a extractive process.
hyperexcited
hyperexcited
adj
Very highly excited.
inextricably
inextricably
adv
In an inextricable manner.
To an inextricable degree.
juxtapyloric
juxtapyloric
adj
Next to the pylorus.
lexicography
lexicography
noun
(countable) A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.
(uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
(uncountable, linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
myxobacteria
myxobacteria
noun
plural of myxobacterium
oxychromatic
oxychromatin
oxyluciferin
oxyluciferin
noun
(biochemistry) The luminescent product of the oxidation of luciferin by luciferase