abetalipoproteinemia | (noun) a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (acanthocytes) and abnormally low cholesterol levels | - |
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adenohypophysis | (noun) the anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature | Synonyms: anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland |
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anthropopathism | (noun) Attribution of human feelings to things not human, such as inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. | - |
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anthropophagite | (noun) a person who eats human flesh | Synonyms: anthropophagus, cannibal, man-eater |
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anthropophagus | (noun) a person who eats human flesh | Synonyms: anthropophagite, cannibal, man-eater |
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anthropophagy | (noun) human cannibalism; the eating of human flesh | - |
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antipope | (noun) someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected | - |
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apophasis | (noun) mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned | - |
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apophatism | (noun) the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not) | - |
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apophthegm | (noun) a short pithy instructive saying | Synonyms: aphorism, apothegm |
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apophysis | (noun) (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra | - |
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(noun) (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers | - |
apoplexy | (noun) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain | Synonyms: cerebrovascular accident, CVA, stroke |
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apoptosis | (noun) a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival | Synonyms: caspase-mediated cell death, programmed cell death |
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carpophore | (noun) a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel | - |
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depopulation | (noun) the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all) | - |
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hippopotamus | (noun) massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa | Synonyms: hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius, river horse |
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hyperbetalipoproteinemia | (noun) a genetic disorder characterized by high levels of beta-lipoproteins and cholesterol; can lead to atherosclerosis at an early age | - |
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hyperlipoproteinemia | (noun) any of various disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism that result in high levels of lipoprotein and cholesterol in the circulating blood | - |
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hypobetalipoproteinemia | (noun) a hereditary disorder characterized by low levels of beta-lipoproteins and lipids and cholesterol | - |
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hypolipoproteinemia | (noun) any of various disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism that result in low levels of lipoprotein and cholesterol in the circulating blood | - |
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hypoparathyroidism | (noun) inadequate secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally low levels of calcium in the blood | - |
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hypophysectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the pituitary gland | - |
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hypophysis | (noun) the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain | Synonyms: pituitary, pituitary body, pituitary gland |
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hypopigmentation | (noun) unusual lack of skin color | - |
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hypoplasia | (noun) underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells | - |
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hypopnea | (noun) slow or shallow breathing | - |
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hypoproteinemia | (noun) abnormally low level of protein in the blood; can indicate inadequate diet or intestinal or renal disorders | - |
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lipoprotein | (noun) a conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood | - |
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lollipop | (noun) hard candy on a stick | Synonyms: all-day sucker, sucker |
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(noun) ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick | Synonyms: ice lolly, lolly, popsicle |
maypop | (noun) of southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen egg | Synonyms: Passiflora incarnata |
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neurohypophysis | (noun) the posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature | Synonyms: pars nervosa, posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland |
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opopanax | (noun) an odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines | - |
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overpopulation | (noun) too much population | - |
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pop | (noun) music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love | Synonyms: pop music |
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(noun) a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork | Synonyms: popping |
(noun) a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring | Synonyms: soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic |
(noun) an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk | Synonyms: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa |
popcorn | (noun) small kernels of corn exploded by heat | - |
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(noun) corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat | Synonyms: Zea mays everta |
pope | (noun) the head of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pontiff, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ |
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popery | (noun) offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: papism |
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popgun | (noun) plaything consisting of a toy gun that makes a popping sound | - |
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popinjay | (noun) an archaic term for a parrot | - |
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(noun) a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot) | - |
poplar | (noun) any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins | Synonyms: poplar tree |
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(noun) soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar | - |
poplin | (noun) a ribbed fabric used in clothing and upholstery | - |
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popover | (noun) light hollow muffin made of a puff batter (individual Yorkshire pudding) baked in a deep muffin cup | - |
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popper | (noun) a container for cooking popcorn | - |
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(noun) a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite) | - |
poppet | (noun) a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines | Synonyms: poppet valve |
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popping | (noun) a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork | Synonyms: pop |
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poppy | (noun) annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers | - |
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poppycock | (noun) senseless talk | Synonyms: hooey, stuff, stuff and nonsense |
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popsicle | (noun) ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick | Synonyms: ice lolly, lollipop, lolly |
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populace | (noun) people in general considered as a whole | Synonyms: public, world |
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popularisation | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularization, vulgarisation, vulgarization |
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(noun) an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable | Synonyms: popularization |
populariser | (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularizer, vulgariser, vulgarizer |
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popularism | (noun) music adapted to the understanding and taste of the majority | - |
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popularity | (noun) the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after | - |
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popularization | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularisation, vulgarisation, vulgarization |
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(noun) an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable | Synonyms: popularisation |
popularizer | (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: populariser, vulgariser, vulgarizer |
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population | (noun) the act of populating (causing to live in a place) | - |
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(noun) (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn | Synonyms: universe |
(noun) the people who inhabit a territory or state | - |
(noun) a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area | - |
(noun) the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.) | - |
populism | (noun) the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite | - |
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populist | (noun) someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite | - |
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prosopopoeia | (noun) representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature | Synonyms: personification |
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subpopulation | (noun) a population that is part of a larger population | - |
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tropopause | (noun) the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere | - |
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unpopularity | (noun) the quality of lacking general approval or acceptance | - |
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