acanthocytosis | (noun) the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia) | - |
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acetose | (adjective) tasting or smelling like vinegar | Synonyms: acetous, vinegarish, vinegary |
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agalactosis | (noun) a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered | Synonyms: agalactia |
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agranulocytosis | (noun) an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes | Synonyms: agranulosis, granulocytopenia |
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altostratus | (noun) a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles | Synonyms: altostratus cloud |
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amitosis | (noun) the direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomes | - |
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apatosaur | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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apatosaurus | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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apoptosis | (noun) a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival | Synonyms: caspase-mediated cell death, programmed cell death |
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asbestos | (noun) a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer | - |
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asbestosis | (noun) lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles | - |
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athetosis | (noun) a continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts | - |
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attosecond | (noun) one quintillionth (10^-18) of a second; one thousandth of a femtosecond | - |
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autosemantic | (adjective) of a word or phrase meaningful in isolation, independent of context | - |
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autosexing | (noun) (especially of domestic fowl) breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatching | - |
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autosomal | (adjective) of or relating to an autosome | - |
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autosome | (noun) any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa | Synonyms: somatic chromosome |
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autostereotype | (noun) the standardized mental picture held in common by members of a cultural group depicting an oversimplified image of themselves and their behaviour. | - |
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autostrada | (noun) an expressway in an Italian-speaking country | - |
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autosuggestion | (noun) a system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s | Synonyms: auto-suggestion, self-suggestion |
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blastosphere | (noun) early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs | Synonyms: blastula |
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blastospheric | (adjective) of or relating to a blastula | Synonyms: blastular |
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brontosaur | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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brontosaurus | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, thunder lizard |
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caespitose | (adjective) (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts | Synonyms: cespitose, tufted |
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catostomid | (noun) a cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae | - |
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ceratosaur | (noun) primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America | Synonyms: ceratosaurus |
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ceratosaurus | (noun) primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America | Synonyms: ceratosaur |
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cespitose | (adjective) (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts | Synonyms: caespitose, tufted |
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comatose | (adjective) relating to or associated with a coma | - |
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(adjective) in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli | - |
comatoseness | (noun) a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury | Synonyms: coma |
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crustose | (adjective) (of lichens) having a thin crusty thallus that adheres closely to the surface on which it is growing | - |
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cytosine | (noun) a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine | Synonyms: C |
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cytoskeleton | (noun) a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence | - |
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cytosmear | (noun) a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope | Synonyms: cytologic smear, smear |
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cytosol | (noun) the aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended | - |
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cytostome | (noun) mouth of a protozoan | - |
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dermatophytosis | (noun) fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing) | Synonyms: dermatomycosis |
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dermatosclerosis | (noun) an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin | Synonyms: scleroderma |
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dermatosis | (noun) disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin (in which there is usually no inflammation) | - |
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dictostylium | (noun) any slime mold of the genus Dictostylium | - |
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dideoxycytosine | (noun) an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection; a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NARTI) | Synonyms: ddC, DDC, zalcitabine |
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distomatosis | (noun) a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products | Synonyms: black disease, liver rot, sheep rot |
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edmontosaurus | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin | - |
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elastosis | (noun) breakdown of elastic tissue (as the loss of elasticity in the skin of elderly people that results from degeneration of connective tissue) | - |
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encephalartos | (noun) any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves | - |
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enteroptosis | (noun) an abnormally downward position of the intestines in the abdominal cavity | - |
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erythroblastosis | (noun) a blood disease characterized by the abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood | - |
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exostosis | (noun) a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage) | - |
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femtosecond | (noun) one quadrillionth (10^-15) of a second; one thousandth of a picosecond | - |
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fetoscope | (noun) a stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat | Synonyms: foetoscope |
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fetoscopy | (noun) prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood | Synonyms: foetoscopy |
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foetoscope | (noun) a stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat | Synonyms: fetoscope |
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foetoscopy | (noun) prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood | Synonyms: fetoscopy |
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fructose | (noun) a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits | Synonyms: fruit sugar, laevulose, levulose |
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fructosuria | (noun) the presence of levulose is the urine | - |
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galactose | (noun) a simple sugar found in lactose | Synonyms: brain sugar |
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galactosemia | (noun) a genetic disease (autosomal recessive) in which an enzyme needed to metabolize galactose is deficient or absent; typically develops shortly after birth | - |
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galactosis | (noun) the secretion of milk | - |
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glossoptosis | (noun) abnormal downward or back placement of the tongue | - |
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halitosis | (noun) offensive breath | - |
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hemochromatosis | (noun) pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues; characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints | Synonyms: bronzed diabetes, iron-storage disease, iron overload |
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heptose | (noun) a monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms. | - |
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histiocytosis | (noun) a blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages | - |
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keratoscleritis | (noun) inflammation of the cornea and sclera of the eye | - |
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keratoscope | (noun) medical instrument to examine the cornea in order to detect irregularities in its anterior surface | - |
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keratoscopy | (noun) examination of the cornea with a keratoscope to detect irregularities in its anterior surface | - |
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keratosis | (noun) a skin condition marked by an overgrowth of layers of horny skin | - |
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ketoheptose | (noun) A seven-carbon sugar possessing a ketone group. | - |
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ketose | (noun) any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal | - |
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ketosis | (noun) an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: acetonemia, ketonemia |
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ketosteroid | (noun) a steroid containing a ketone group | - |
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kinetosis | (noun) the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle | Synonyms: motion sickness |
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lactose | (noun) a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk | Synonyms: milk sugar |
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lactosuria | (noun) presence of lactose in the urine; can occur during pregnancy or lactation | - |
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leptospira | (noun) important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever | - |
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leptospirosis | (noun) an infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever | Synonyms: swamp fever |
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leptosporangiate | (adjective) (of ferns) having each sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell | - |
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leptosporangium | (noun) a sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell; characteristic of the Filicales or of almost all modern ferns | - |
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leucocytosis | (noun) an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection (as in leukemia) | Synonyms: leukocytosis |
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leukocytosis | (noun) an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection (as in leukemia) | Synonyms: leucocytosis |
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lipomatosis | (noun) pathology in which fat accumulates in lipomas in the body | - |
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lymphocytosis | (noun) an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood | - |
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macintosh | (noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | Synonyms: mac, mack, mackintosh |
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(noun) a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric | Synonyms: mackintosh |
mackintosh | (noun) a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric | Synonyms: macintosh |
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(noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | Synonyms: mac, macintosh, mack |
macrocytosis | (noun) the presence of macrocytes in the blood | - |
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magnetosphere | (noun) the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field | - |
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maltose | (noun) a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches | Synonyms: malt sugar |
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methyltestosterone | (noun) an androgenic compound contained in drugs that are used to treat testosterone deficiency and female breast cancer and to stimulate growth and weight gain | - |
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metroptosis | (noun) prolapse of the uterus | Synonyms: descensus uteri |
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microcytosis | (noun) a blood disorder characterized by the presence of microcytes (abnormally small red blood cells) in the blood; often associated with anemia | - |
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mitosis | (noun) cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes | - |
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monocytosis | (noun) increase in the number of monocytes in the blood; symptom of monocytic leukemia | - |
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myxomatosis | (noun) a viral disease (usually fatal) of rabbits | - |
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nephroptosia | (noun) prolapse of the kidney | Synonyms: nephroptosis |
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nephroptosis | (noun) prolapse of the kidney | Synonyms: nephroptosia |
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neurofibromatosis | (noun) autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous neurofibromas and by spots on the skin and often by developmental abnormalities | Synonyms: von Recklinghausen's disease |
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nonphotosynthetic | (adjective) not photosynthetic | - |
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octosyllabic | (adjective) having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables | - |
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octosyllable | (noun) a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines | - |
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