blastomere | (noun) any cell resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg | - |
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customer | (noun) someone who pays for goods or services | Synonyms: client |
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cyclostome | (noun) primitive aquatic vertebrate | - |
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cytomegalovirus | (noun) any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems | Synonyms: CMV |
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cytomembrane | (noun) a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like sodium or potassium or calcium) in and out of the cell | Synonyms: cell membrane, plasma membrane |
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cytophotometer | (noun) a photometer that can be used to locate and identify chemical compounds in a cell by measuring the intensity of the light that passes through stained sections of the cytoplasm | - |
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cytophotometry | (noun) the study of chemical compounds inside a cell by means of a cytophotometer | - |
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cytostome | (noun) mouth of a protozoan | - |
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densitometer | (noun) a measuring instrument for determining optical or photographic density | - |
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(noun) a measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity | Synonyms: densimeter |
densitometry | (noun) measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmission | - |
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dermatome | (noun) a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin | - |
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elastomer | (noun) any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed) | - |
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epitome | (noun) a standard or typical example | Synonyms: image, paradigm, prototype |
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(noun) a brief abstract (as of an article or book) | - |
femtometer | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter | Synonyms: femtometre, fermi |
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femtometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter | Synonyms: femtometer, fermi |
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fetometry | (noun) measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head) | Synonyms: foetometry |
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foetometry | (noun) measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head) | Synonyms: fetometry |
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gnathostome | (noun) a vertebrate animal possessing true jaws | - |
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hectometer | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters | Synonyms: hectometre, hm |
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hectometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters | Synonyms: hectometer, hm |
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hepatomegaly | (noun) abnormal enlargement of the liver | Synonyms: megalohepatia |
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leptomeninges | (noun) the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers | - |
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leptomeningitis | (noun) inflammation of the leptomeninges | - |
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magnetometer | (noun) a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields | Synonyms: gaussmeter |
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microphotometer | (noun) special kind of densitometer that measures density variations over a very small area | - |
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microtome | (noun) scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination | - |
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optometrist | (noun) a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses | Synonyms: oculist |
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optometry | (noun) the practice of an optometrist | - |
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peristome | (noun) region around the mouth in various invertebrates | - |
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(noun) (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule | - |
photomechanics | (noun) the technique of using photomechanical methods to make photographs into plates for printing | - |
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(noun) the process whereby printing surfaces (plates or cylinders) are produced by photographic methods | Synonyms: photoplate making |
photometer | (noun) photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light | Synonyms: exposure meter, light meter |
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(noun) measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or photoelectrically) with a standard source | - |
photometrician | (noun) someone who practices photometry | Synonyms: photometrist |
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photometrist | (noun) someone who practices photometry | Synonyms: photometrician |
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photometry | (noun) measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity) | - |
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reflectometer | (noun) a meter that measures the reflectance of a surface | - |
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refractometer | (noun) measuring instrument for measuring the refractive index of a substance | - |
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sensitometer | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring the light sensitivity of film over a range of exposures | - |
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spectrophotometer | (noun) a photometer for comparing two light radiations wavelength by wavelength | - |
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stactometer | (noun) a device for investigating surface tension using the stalagmometric method. | Synonyms: stalagmometer, stalogometer |
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tintometer | (noun) a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents | Synonyms: colorimeter |
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tome | (noun) a (usually) large and scholarly book | - |
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tomentum | (noun) a network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: tomentum cerebri |
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(noun) filamentous hairlike growth on a plant | Synonyms: fuzz, hair |