abdominoplasty | (noun) cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach | Synonyms: tummy tuck |
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achondroplasia | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasty, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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achondroplastic | (adjective) of or relating to achondroplasia | - |
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achondroplasty | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasia, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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aminoplast | (noun) a plastic (synthetic resin) made from amino compounds; used as an adhesive and as a coating for paper and textiles | Synonyms: amino plastic, amino resin |
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anaplasia | (noun) loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor | - |
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anaplasmosis | (noun) a disease of cattle that is transmitted by cattle ticks; similar to Texas fever | - |
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anaplastic | (adjective) of or relating to anaplasia | - |
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anaplasty | (noun) surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue | Synonyms: plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery |
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angioplasty | (noun) an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery | - |
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antineoplastic | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antitumor, antitumour |
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(noun) any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function | Synonyms: antineoplastic drug, cancer drug |
aplasia | (noun) failure of some tissue or organ to develop | - |
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arthroplasty | (noun) surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint | - |
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autoplastic | (adjective) of or relating to or involved in autoplasty | - |
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autoplasty | (noun) surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body | - |
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(noun) tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person | Synonyms: autograft |
beplaster | (verb) cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on | Synonyms: plaster |
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cataplasia | (noun) (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form | - |
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cataplasm | (noun) a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. | Synonyms: plaster, poultice |
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cataplastic | (adjective) of or relating to cataplasia | - |
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ceroplastics | (noun) the art of modeling in wax. | - |
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chloroplast | (noun) plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis | - |
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chromoplast | (noun) plastid containing pigments other than chlorophyll usually yellow or orange carotenoids | - |
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cothromboplastin | (noun) a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K | Synonyms: factor VII, proconvertin, stable factor |
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cytoplasm | (noun) the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism | Synonyms: cytol |
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cytoplasmatic | (adjective) of or relating to cytoplasm | Synonyms: cytoplasmic |
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cytoplasmic | (adjective) of or relating to cytoplasm | Synonyms: cytoplasmatic |
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cytoplasmically | (adverb) by means of cytoplasm | - |
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cytoplast | (noun) the intact cytoplasmic content of a cell | - |
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cytoplastic | (adjective) of or relating to a cytoplast | - |
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dysplasia | (noun) abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth | - |
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dysplastic | (adjective) relating to or evidencing dysplasia | - |
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ectoplasm | (noun) the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm | - |
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(noun) (spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance | - |
endoplasm | (noun) the inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell | - |
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hyaloplasm | (noun) the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell | Synonyms: ground substance |
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hyaloplasmic | (adjective) of or relating to hyaloplasm | - |
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hyperplasia | (noun) abnormal increase in number of cells | - |
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hypoplasia | (noun) underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells | - |
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karyoplasm | (noun) the protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cell | Synonyms: nucleoplasm |
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keratoplasty | (noun) a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor | Synonyms: corneal graft, corneal transplant |
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mycoplasma | (noun) any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection | - |
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myringoplasty | (noun) surgical repair of a perforated eardrum with a tissue graft | - |
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neoplasia | (noun) the pathological process that results in the formation and growth of a tumor | - |
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neoplasm | (noun) an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose | Synonyms: tumor, tumour |
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neoplastic | (adjective) of or related to or having the properties of a neoplasm | - |
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neuroplasty | (noun) plastic surgery of the nerves | - |
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nucleoplasm | (noun) the protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cell | Synonyms: karyoplasm |
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otoplasty | (noun) reconstructive surgery of the auricle of the external ear | - |
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palatopharyngoplasty | (noun) surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) | Synonyms: PPP, UPPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty |
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phalloplasty | (noun) reconstructive surgery on the penis to repair congenital abnormality or injury | - |
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phenoplast | (noun) a thermosetting resin | Synonyms: phenolic, phenolic resin |
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piroplasm | (noun) minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals | - |
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plash | (noun) the sound like water splashing | Synonyms: splash |
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(verb) dash a liquid upon or against | Synonyms: spatter, splash, splatter, splosh, swash |
(verb) interlace the shoots of | Synonyms: pleach |
plasm | (noun) the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes | Synonyms: germ plasm |
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(noun) the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended | Synonyms: blood plasma, plasma |
plasma | (noun) the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended | Synonyms: blood plasma, plasm |
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(noun) (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons | - |
(noun) a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone | - |
plasmablast | (noun) the precursor of a plasma cell | - |
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plasmacyte | (noun) a cell that develops from a B lymphocyte in reaction to a specific antigen; found in bone marrow and sometimes in the blood | Synonyms: plasma cell |
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plasmacytoma | (noun) neoplasm of plasma cells (usually in bone marrow) | - |
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plasmapheresis | (noun) plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor | - |
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plasmid | (noun) a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication | Synonyms: plasmid DNA |
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plasmin | (noun) an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots | Synonyms: fibrinolysin |
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plasminogen | (noun) an inactive form of plasmin that occurs in plasma and is converted to plasmin by organic solvents | - |
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plasmodium | (noun) parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans | Synonyms: malaria parasite, Plasmodium vivax |
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(noun) multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds | - |
plaster | (noun) adhesive tape used in dressing wounds | Synonyms: adhesive plaster, sticking plaster |
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(noun) a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling) | Synonyms: plasterwork |
(noun) a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. | Synonyms: cataplasm, poultice |
(noun) a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings | - |
(noun) any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs | Synonyms: plaster of Paris |
(verb) dress by covering with a therapeutic substance | Synonyms: poultice |
(verb) coat with plaster | Synonyms: daub |
(verb) apply a heavy coat to | Synonyms: plaster over, stick on |
(verb) apply a plaster cast to | - |
(verb) affix conspicuously | - |
(verb) cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on | Synonyms: beplaster |
plasterboard | (noun) wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls | Synonyms: gypsum board |
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plastered | (adjective) (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster | Synonyms: sealed |
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(adjective) (of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance | Synonyms: slicked |
(adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet |
plasterer | (noun) a worker skilled in applying plaster | - |
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plastering | (noun) the application of plaster | Synonyms: daubing |
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plasterwork | (noun) a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling) | Synonyms: plaster |
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plastic | (adjective) forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning | Synonyms: formative, shaping |
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(adjective) capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material) | Synonyms: fictile, moldable |
(adjective) capable of being influenced or formed | Synonyms: pliant |
(noun) a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has sufficient means of payment and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered | Synonyms: charge card, charge plate |
(noun) generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives | - |
plastically | (adverb) in a plastic manner | - |
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plasticise | (verb) make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer | Synonyms: plasticize |
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(verb) become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added | Synonyms: plasticize |
plasticiser | (noun) a substance added to plastics or other materials to make them more pliable | Synonyms: plasticizer |
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plasticity | (noun) the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking | Synonyms: malleability |
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plasticize | (verb) make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer | Synonyms: plasticise |
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(verb) become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added | Synonyms: plasticise |
plasticizer | (noun) a substance added to plastics or other materials to make them more pliable | Synonyms: plasticiser |
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plastid | (noun) any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein | - |
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plastinate | (verb) preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes | - |
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plastination | (noun) a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened | - |
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plastique | (noun) an explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy | Synonyms: plastic explosive |
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plastron | (noun) (zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside | - |
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(noun) a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest | - |
(noun) a metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail | - |
(noun) the front of man's dress shirt | - |
(noun) the ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt | - |
proctoplasty | (noun) reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum | Synonyms: rectoplasty |
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protoplasm | (noun) the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) | Synonyms: living substance |
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protoplast | (noun) a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts | Synonyms: energid |
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rectoplasty | (noun) reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum | Synonyms: proctoplasty |
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rhinoplasty | (noun) cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose | Synonyms: nose job |
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rhytidoplasty | (noun) plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised | Synonyms: cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy |
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sarcoplasm | (noun) the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber | - |
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shinplaster | (noun) paper money of little value issued on insufficient security | - |
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splash | (noun) the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splashing, splattering |
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(noun) the act of scattering water about haphazardly | Synonyms: splashing |
(noun) a patch of bright color | - |
(noun) the sound like water splashing | Synonyms: plash |
(noun) a small quantity of something moist or liquid | Synonyms: dab, splatter |
(noun) a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event | Synonyms: stir |
(verb) dash a liquid upon or against | Synonyms: plash, spatter, splatter, splosh, swash |
(verb) cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force | Synonyms: splosh, sprinkle |
(verb) strike and dash about in a liquid | - |
(verb) soil or stain with a splashed liquid | - |
(verb) mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered | - |
(verb) walk through mud or mire | Synonyms: slop, slosh, splosh, squelch, squish |
(verb) make a splashing sound | Synonyms: slosh, slush, splosh |
splashboard | (noun) protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side | Synonyms: washboard |
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(noun) protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. | Synonyms: dashboard, splasher |
splashdown | (noun) a landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight | - |
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splashed | (adjective) covered with bright patches (often used in combination) | Synonyms: dabbled, spattered, splattered |
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(adjective) (of a fluid) having been propelled about in flying drops or masses | - |
splasher | (noun) a protective covering over or beside a wheel to protect the upper part of a vehicle from splashes of mud | - |
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(noun) protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. | Synonyms: dashboard, splashboard |
splashiness | (noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness |
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splashing | (noun) the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splash, splattering |
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(noun) the act of scattering water about haphazardly | Synonyms: splash |
splashy | (adjective) characterized by water flying about haphazardly | - |
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(adjective) covered with patches of bright color | - |
(adjective) marked by ostentation but often tasteless | Synonyms: flamboyant, showy |
thermoplastic | (adjective) having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled | - |
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(noun) a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled | Synonyms: thermoplastic resin |
thromboplastin | (noun) an enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot | Synonyms: factor III, thrombokinase |
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toxoplasmosis | (noun) infection caused by parasites transmitted to humans from infected cats; if contracted by a pregnant woman it can result in serious damage to the fetus | - |
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tympanoplasty | (noun) surgical correction or repair of defects or injuries in the eardrum or the bones of the middle ear | - |
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