| astrocyte | (noun) comparatively large neuroglial cell | - |
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| atrociousness | (noun) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane | Synonyms: atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness |
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| atrocity | (noun) an act of atrocious cruelty | Synonyms: inhumanity |
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| (noun) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane | Synonyms: atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness |
| dextrocardia | (noun) abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chest | - |
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| electrocardiogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph | Synonyms: cardiogram, ECG, EKG |
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| electrocardiograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart | Synonyms: cardiograph |
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| electrocardiography | (noun) diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) | Synonyms: cardiography |
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| electrocautery | (noun) application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts) | - |
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| electrochemistry | (noun) branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of electricity and the production of electricity by chemical reactions | - |
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| electrocution | (noun) killing by electric shock | - |
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| (noun) execution by electricity | Synonyms: burning |
| electrocutioner | (noun) an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person | - |
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| gastrocnemius | (noun) the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot | Synonyms: gastrocnemius muscle |
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| gritrock | (noun) a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone | Synonyms: grit, gritstone |
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| nitrocalcite | (noun) the mineral form of calcium nitrate | - |
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| nitrocellulose | (noun) a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives | Synonyms: cellulose nitrate, guncotton, nitrocotton |
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| nitrochloroform | (noun) a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas | Synonyms: chloropicrin |
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| nitrochloromethane | (noun) gaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas | - |
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| nitrocotton | (noun) a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives | Synonyms: cellulose nitrate, guncotton, nitrocellulose |
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| petrochemical | (noun) any compound obtained from petroleum or natural gas | - |
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| quattrocento | (noun) the 15th century in Italian art and literature | - |
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| trochanter | (noun) one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached | - |
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| troche | (noun) a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat | Synonyms: cough drop, pastil, pastille |
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| trochee | (noun) a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables | - |
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| trochlear | (noun) either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes | Synonyms: fourth cranial nerve, trochlear nerve, trochlearis |
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| trochlearis | (noun) either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes | Synonyms: fourth cranial nerve, trochlear, trochlear nerve |
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