abdominocentesis | (noun) centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis | Synonyms: paracentesis |
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acanthocephalan | (noun) any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines | Synonyms: spiny-headed worm |
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acrocentric | (adjective) having a subterminal centromere | - |
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acrocephaly | (noun) a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape | Synonyms: oxycephaly |
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amboceptor | (noun) an immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen. | - |
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amniocentesis | (noun) (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities | Synonyms: amnio |
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anthropocentric | (adjective) human-centered | - |
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anthropocentricity | (noun) an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values | Synonyms: anthropocentrism |
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anthropocentrism | (noun) an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values | Synonyms: anthropocentricity |
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archdiocesan | (adjective) of or relating to an archdiocese | - |
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archdiocese | (noun) the diocese of an archbishop | - |
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arthrocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from a joint by centesis | - |
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avocet | (noun) long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill | - |
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blastocele | (noun) the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula | Synonyms: blastocoel, blastocoele, cleavage cavity, segmentation cavity |
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celiocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from the abdomen by centesis | - |
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clinocephalism | (noun) a congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex) | Synonyms: clinocephaly |
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clinocephaly | (noun) a congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex) | Synonyms: clinocephalism |
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colpocele | (noun) hernia projecting into the vagina | Synonyms: vaginocele |
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colpocystocele | (noun) hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth | Synonyms: cystocele |
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cystocele | (noun) hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth | Synonyms: colpocystocele |
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dinoceras | (noun) a variety of dinocerate | Synonyms: uintathere |
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dinocerate | (noun) an extinct ungulate | - |
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diocesan | (adjective) belonging to or governing a diocese | - |
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(noun) a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese | - |
diocese | (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop | Synonyms: bishopric, episcopate |
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docent | (noun) a teacher at some universities | - |
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dolichocephalic | (adjective) having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75 | Synonyms: dolichocranial, dolichocranic |
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(noun) an adult with a long narrow head | - |
dolichocephalism | (noun) the quality of being dolichocephalic | Synonyms: dolichocephaly |
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dolichocephaly | (noun) the quality of being dolichocephalic | Synonyms: dolichocephalism |
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egocentric | (adjective) concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others | Synonyms: egoistic, egoistical, self-centered, self-centred, self-seeking, self-serving, selfish |
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(noun) a self-centered person with little regard for others | Synonyms: egoist |
egocentrism | (noun) concern for your own interests and welfare | Synonyms: egoism, self-centeredness, self-concern, self-interest |
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encephalocele | (noun) protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull | - |
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endocentric | (adjective) fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents | - |
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endocervicitis | (noun) inflammation of the mucous lining of the uterine cervix | - |
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enteroceptor | (noun) any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body | Synonyms: interoceptor |
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ethnocentric | (adjective) centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own | - |
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ethnocentrism | (noun) belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group | - |
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exocentric | (adjective) not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents | - |
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exteroception | (noun) sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body | - |
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exteroceptive | (adjective) of or relating to exteroception | - |
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exteroceptor | (noun) any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body | - |
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ferrocerium | (noun) a pyrophoric alloy of iron with cerium; used for lighter flints | - |
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galactocele | (noun) a cystic tumor containing milk or a milky substance (especially in the mammary glands) | - |
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geocentric | (adjective) having the earth as the center | - |
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greengrocer | (noun) a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables | - |
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greengrocery | (noun) a greengrocer's grocery store | - |
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(noun) groceries sold by a greengrocer | - |
grocer | (noun) a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies) | - |
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grocery | (noun) a marketplace where groceries are sold | Synonyms: food market, grocery store, market |
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(noun) (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer | Synonyms: foodstuff |
haematocele | (noun) swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis) | Synonyms: haematocoele, hematocele, hematocoele |
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heliocentric | (adjective) having the sun as the center | - |
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hematocele | (noun) swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis) | Synonyms: haematocele, haematocoele, hematocoele |
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heterocercal | (adjective) possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe | - |
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holocephalan | (noun) fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail | Synonyms: holocephalian |
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holocephalian | (noun) fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail | Synonyms: holocephalan |
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homocentric | (adjective) having a common center | Synonyms: concentric, concentrical |
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homocercal | (adjective) possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes) | - |
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hydrocele | (noun) disorder in which serous fluid accumulates in a body sac (especially in the scrotum) | - |
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hydrocephalic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by or evidencing hydrocephalus | - |
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hydrocephalus | (noun) an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological | Synonyms: hydrocephaly |
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hydrocephaly | (noun) an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological | Synonyms: hydrocephalus |
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hypocellularity | (noun) the state of having abnormally few cells | - |
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innocence | (noun) the quality of innocent naivete | Synonyms: artlessness, ingenuousness, naturalness |
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(noun) a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense | - |
(noun) the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil | Synonyms: pureness, purity, sinlessness, whiteness |
innocency | (noun) an innocent quality or thing or act | - |
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innocense | (noun) white and lavender to pale-blue flowers grow in perfect rings of widely spaced bands around the stems forming a kind of pagoda; California | Synonyms: Collinsia bicolor, Collinsia heterophylla, purple chinese houses |
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innocent | (adjective) free from evil or guilt | Synonyms: clean-handed, guiltless |
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(adjective) lacking intent or capacity to injure | Synonyms: innocuous |
(adjective) lacking in sophistication or worldliness | Synonyms: ingenuous |
(adjective) completely wanting or lacking | Synonyms: barren, destitute, devoid, free |
(adjective) (used of things) lacking sense or awareness | - |
(adjective) not knowledgeable about something specified | Synonyms: unacquainted |
(adjective) free from sin | Synonyms: impeccant, sinless |
(noun) a person who lacks knowledge of evil | Synonyms: inexperienced person |
innocently | (adverb) in a naively innocent manner | - |
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(adverb) in a not unlawful manner | - |
interoception | (noun) sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body | - |
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interoceptive | (adjective) of or relating to interoception | - |
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interoceptor | (noun) any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body | Synonyms: enteroceptor |
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keratocele | (noun) hernia of the cornea | - |
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laparocele | (noun) hernia through the abdomen | - |
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leptocephalus | (noun) slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes | - |
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macrocephalic | (adjective) having an exceptionally large head and brain | Synonyms: macrocephalous |
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macrocephalous | (adjective) having an exceptionally large head and brain | Synonyms: macrocephalic |
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macrocephaly | (noun) an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical | Synonyms: megacephaly, megalocephaly |
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marginocephalian | (noun) includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs | Synonyms: Marginocephalia, suborder Marginocephalia |
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megalocephaly | (noun) an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical | Synonyms: macrocephaly, megacephaly |
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meningocele | (noun) a congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue) | - |
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microcephalic | (adjective) having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | Synonyms: microcephalous, nanocephalic |
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microcephalous | (adjective) having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | Synonyms: microcephalic, nanocephalic |
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microcephalus | (noun) an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | Synonyms: microcephaly, nanocephaly |
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microcephaly | (noun) an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | Synonyms: microcephalus, nanocephaly |
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microprocessor | (noun) integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system | - |
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monocentrism | (noun) the property of having or proceeding from a single center. | - |
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multiprocessing | (noun) simultaneous processing by two or more processing units | Synonyms: parallel processing |
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multiprocessor | (noun) a computer that uses two or more processing units under integrated control | - |
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myelomeningocele | (noun) a congenital defect of the central nervous system in which a sac containing part of the spinal cord and its meninges protrude through a gap in the vertebral column; frequently accompanied by hydrocephalus and mental retardation | - |
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nanocephalic | (adjective) having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | Synonyms: microcephalic, microcephalous |
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nanocephaly | (noun) an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | Synonyms: microcephalus, microcephaly |
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nitrocellulose | (noun) a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives | Synonyms: cellulose nitrate, guncotton, nitrocotton |
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nocent | (adjective) having a tendency to cause harm | - |
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ocean | (noun) a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere | - |
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(noun) anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume | Synonyms: sea |
oceanaut | (noun) a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research | Synonyms: aquanaut |
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oceanfront | (noun) land bordering an ocean | - |
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oceangoing | (adjective) used on the high seas | Synonyms: seafaring, seagoing |
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oceanic | (adjective) relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean | Synonyms: pelagic |
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(adjective) constituting or living in the open sea | - |
(adjective) resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree | - |
oceanographer | (noun) a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas | - |
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oceanography | (noun) the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans | Synonyms: oceanology |
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oceanology | (noun) the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans | Synonyms: oceanography |
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ocellated | (adjective) having ocelli | - |
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ocellus | (noun) an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color | Synonyms: eyespot |
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(noun) an eye having a single lens | Synonyms: simple eye, stemma |