aging | (noun) the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age | Synonyms: ageing, senescence |
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(noun) acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time | Synonyms: ageing, ripening |
asparaginase | (noun) antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia | Synonyms: Elspar |
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asparagine | (noun) a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus) | - |
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bandaging | (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: binding, dressing |
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cartilaginification | (noun) abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues; observed in some Asians | - |
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foraging | (noun) the act of searching for food and provisions | Synonyms: forage |
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imaginary | (noun) (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1 | Synonyms: complex number, complex quantity, imaginary number |
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imagination | (noun) the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses | Synonyms: imaginativeness, vision |
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(noun) the ability to form mental images of things or events | Synonyms: imagery, imaging, mental imagery |
(noun) the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems | Synonyms: resource, resourcefulness |
imaginativeness | (noun) the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses | Synonyms: imagination, vision |
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imaging | (noun) (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body | Synonyms: tomography |
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(noun) the ability to form mental images of things or events | Synonyms: imagery, imagination, mental imagery |
invagination | (noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: infolding, introversion, intussusception |
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(noun) the condition of being folded inward or sheathed | Synonyms: introversion |
leveraging | (noun) investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) | Synonyms: leverage |
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messaging | (noun) the sending and processing of e-mail by computer | Synonyms: electronic messaging |
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oleaginousness | (noun) consisting of or covered with oil | Synonyms: greasiness, oiliness |
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(noun) smug self-serving earnestness | Synonyms: fulsomeness, oiliness, smarminess, unction, unctuousness |
packaging | (noun) the business of packing | - |
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(noun) material used to make packages | - |
(noun) a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | Synonyms: promo, promotion, promotional material, publicity |
pagination | (noun) the system of numbering pages | Synonyms: folio, page number, paging |
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paging | (noun) calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system) | - |
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(noun) the system of numbering pages | Synonyms: folio, page number, pagination |
pillaging | (noun) the act of stealing valuable things from a place | Synonyms: pillage, plundering |
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ravaging | (noun) plundering with excessive damage and destruction | Synonyms: devastation |
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reagin | (noun) an immunoglobulin E that is formed as an antibody against allergens (such as pollen); attaches to cell membranes causing the release of histamine and other substances responsible for the local inflammation characteristic of an allergy | - |
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staginess | (noun) an artificial and mannered quality | Synonyms: theatricality |
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staging | (noun) travel by stagecoach | - |
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(noun) getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket | - |
(noun) a system of scaffolds | Synonyms: scaffolding |
(noun) the production of a drama on the stage | Synonyms: theatrical production |
vagina | (noun) the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus | - |
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vaginismus | (noun) muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination | - |
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vaginitis | (noun) inflammation of the vagina (usually associated with candidiasis) | - |
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vaginocele | (noun) hernia projecting into the vagina | Synonyms: colpocele |
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vaginoscope | (noun) An endoscopic instrument that magnifies the epithelia of the vagina and cervix in vivo to allow direct observation and study of these tissues. | Synonyms: colposcope |
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vulvovaginitis | (noun) inflammation of the vulva and the vagina | - |
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