acinose | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinic, acinous |
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acrocyanosis | (noun) cyanosis of the extremities; can occur when a spasm of the blood vessels is caused by exposure to cold or by strong emotion | Synonyms: Raynaud's sign |
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adenosine | (noun) (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP | - |
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adenosis | (noun) a disorder of the glands of the body | Synonyms: gland disease, glandular disease, glandular disorder |
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adrenosterone | (noun) a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland | - |
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agnosia | (noun) inability to recognize objects by use of the senses | - |
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agnostic | (adjective) uncertain of all claims to knowledge | Synonyms: agnostical |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism | - |
(noun) a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist) | - |
(noun) someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something | Synonyms: doubter |
agnostical | (adjective) uncertain of all claims to knowledge | Synonyms: agnostic |
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agnosticism | (noun) the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge | Synonyms: scepticism, skepticism |
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(noun) a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God | - |
anagnost | (noun) a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church) | - |
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anginose | (adjective) of or related to the pain of angina pectoris | Synonyms: anginal, anginous |
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anosmatic | (adjective) relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell | Synonyms: anosmic |
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anosmia | (noun) absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages) | - |
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anosmic | (adjective) relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell | Synonyms: anosmatic |
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(adjective) having impaired sense of smell | - |
argentinosaur | (noun) huge herbivorous dinosaur of Cretaceous found in Argentina | - |
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astereognosis | (noun) a loss of the ability to recognize objects by handling them | Synonyms: tactile agnosia |
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asthenosphere | (noun) the lower layer of the crust | - |
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atopognosia | (noun) absence or loss of topognosia; inability to locate correctly a point of touch | Synonyms: atopognosis |
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atopognosis | (noun) absence or loss of topognosia; inability to locate correctly a point of touch | Synonyms: atopognosia |
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avitaminosis | (noun) any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins | Synonyms: hypovitaminosis |
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bladdernose | (noun) medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters | Synonyms: Cystophora cristata, hooded seal |
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bluenose | (noun) a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia | Synonyms: Nova Scotian |
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bottlenose | (noun) northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead | Synonyms: bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus |
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(noun) any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean | Synonyms: bottle-nosed dolphin, bottlenose dolphin |
broadnosed | (adjective) of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses | Synonyms: platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic |
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bullnose | (noun) a small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front | Synonyms: bullnosed plane |
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carcinosarcoma | (noun) a malignant neoplasm composed of carcinoma and sarcoma extensively intermixed | - |
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carnosaur | (noun) large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws | - |
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chinos | (noun) (plural) trousers made with chino cloth | - |
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chronoscope | (noun) an instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of time | - |
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cognoscente | (noun) an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts | Synonyms: connoisseur |
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cognoscible | (adjective) capable of being known | Synonyms: cognisable, cognizable, knowable |
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colonoscope | (noun) an elongated fiberoptic endoscope for examining the entire colon from cecum to rectum | - |
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colonoscopy | (noun) visual examination of the colon (with a colonoscope) from the cecum to the rectum; requires sedation | - |
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conenose | (noun) large bloodsucking bug | Synonyms: big bedbug, cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, kissing bug |
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cyanosis | (noun) a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes | - |
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cynosure | (noun) something that strongly attracts attention and admiration | - |
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(noun) something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners) | - |
deipnosophist | (noun) someone skilled at informal chitchat | - |
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deoxyadenosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of adenosine and deoxyribose | - |
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deoxyguanosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: guanosine |
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diagnosable | (adjective) capable of being diagnosed | - |
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diagnose | (verb) determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis | Synonyms: name |
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(verb) subject to a medical analysis | - |
diagnosing | (noun) identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon | Synonyms: diagnosis |
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diagnosis | (noun) identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon | Synonyms: diagnosing |
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diagnostic | (adjective) concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis | - |
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(adjective) characteristic or indicative of a disease | Synonyms: symptomatic |
diagnostician | (noun) a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis | Synonyms: pathologist |
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diagnostics | (noun) the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease | Synonyms: nosology |
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diaphanoscope | (noun) An instrument for illuminating the interior of a cavity to determine the translucency of its walls. | - |
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didanosine | (noun) an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor | Synonyms: ddI, DDI, dideoxyinosine |
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dideoxyinosine | (noun) an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor | Synonyms: ddI, DDI, didanosine |
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dinosaur | (noun) any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era | - |
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dominos | (noun) any of several games played with small rectangular blocks | Synonyms: dominoes |
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enosis | (noun) the union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots) | - |
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enterostenosis | (noun) abnormal narrowing of the intestine | - |
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ethnos | (noun) people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture | Synonyms: ethnic group |
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glasnost | (noun) a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems | - |
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glutinosity | (noun) the property of having a viscosity like jelly | Synonyms: gelatinousness, glutinousness |
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gnosis | (noun) intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics | - |
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gnostic | (adjective) possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things | - |
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guanosine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: deoxyguanosine |
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gymnosophical | (adjective) of or relating to gymnosophy | - |
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gymnosophist | (noun) member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism) | - |
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gymnosophy | (noun) the doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation | - |
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gymnosperm | (noun) plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary | - |
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gymnospermous | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of plants of the class Gymnospermae | - |
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gynostegium | (noun) the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias | - |
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hallucinosis | (noun) a mental state in which the person has continual hallucinations | - |
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hooknose | (noun) a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge | Synonyms: Roman nose |
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hypervitaminosis | (noun) an abnormal condition resulting from taking vitamins excessively; can be serious for vitamins A or D or K | - |
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hypnosis | (noun) a state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion | - |
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hypovitaminosis | (noun) any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins | Synonyms: avitaminosis |
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iconoscope | (noun) the first practical television-camera for picture pickup; invented in 1923 by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin | - |
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immunosuppressant | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
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immunosuppressed | (adjective) of persons whose immune response is inadequate | - |
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immunosuppression | (noun) lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer) | - |
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immunosuppressive | (adjective) of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression | - |
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(noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
immunosuppressor | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug |
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incognoscible | (adjective) incapable of being perceived or known | Synonyms: incognizable |
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inosculate | (verb) cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis | Synonyms: anastomose |
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(verb) come together or open into each other | Synonyms: anastomose |
inosculation | (noun) a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous | Synonyms: anastomosis |
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inosine | (noun) a nucleoside that is formed by the deamination of adenosine; used in kidney transplantation to provide a temporary source of sugar | - |
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inositol | (noun) an optically inactive alcohol that is a component of the vitamin B complex | - |
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ionosphere | (noun) the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons | - |
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jejunostomy | (noun) surgical creation of an opening between the jejunum and the anterior abdominal wall; will allow artificial feeding | - |
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kenosis | (noun) the concept of emptying one's own will and receive God's will, in Catholicism | - |
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keratonosis | (noun) any abnormal condition of the outer skin (epidermis) | - |
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keratonosus | (noun) any disease of the cornea | - |
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laryngostenosis | (noun) abnormal narrowing of the larynx | - |
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lentiginose | (adjective) relating to or covered with or resembling freckles | Synonyms: freckled, lentiginous |
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lignosae | (noun) a category in some early taxonomies | - |
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luminosity | (noun) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light | Synonyms: brightness, brightness level, light, luminance, luminousness |
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melanosis | (noun) a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) | Synonyms: melanism |
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monosaccharide | (noun) a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates | Synonyms: monosaccharose, simple sugar |
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monosaccharose | (noun) a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates | Synonyms: monosaccharide, simple sugar |
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monosemous | (adjective) having only one meaning | - |
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monosemy | (noun) having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases | - |
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monosomy | (noun) chromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number | - |
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monosyllabic | (adjective) having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable | - |
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monosyllabically | (adverb) in a monosyllabic manner | - |
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monosyllable | (noun) a word or utterance of one syllable | Synonyms: monosyllabic word |
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nanosecond | (noun) one billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond | - |
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