ASPHYXIA | • asphyxia n. Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia. • asphyxia n. Loss of consciousness due to the body’s inability to deliver oxygen to its tissues, either by the breathing… • asphyxia n. (Medicine, obsolete) A condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the… |
CACHEXIA | • cachexia n. (Pathology) A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease. • CACHEXIA n. general ill health, also CACHEXY. |
CHAPEAUX | • chapeaux n. Plural of chapeau. • CHAPEAU n. (French) a hat. |
CHATEAUX | • chateaux n. Plural of chateau. • châteaux n. Plural of château. • CHATEAU n. (French) a large country house. |
EARTHWAX | • earthwax n. Ozocerite. • EARTHWAX n. a natural wax used for electrical insulation. |
EXARCHAL | • exarchal adj. Of or relating to an exarch. • EXARCHAL adj. relating to an exarch, the rank below patriarch in the Eastern church. |
EXHALANT | • exhalant adj. Exhaling (emitting a fluid). • exhalant n. Something that emits a fluid. • EXHALANT n. a vessel that emits vapour or liquid, also EXHALENT. |
HANDAXES | • handaxes n. Plural of handax. • handaxes n. Plural of handaxe. • hand␣axes n. Plural of hand ax. |
HEXAGRAM | • hexagram n. A hollow six-pointed star formed by overlapping two equilateral triangles. • hexagram n. Any of the 64 sets of solid and broken lines, formed by pairs of trigrams, used for divination in the I Ching. • hexagram n. A large silver coin minted during the Byzantine Empire. |
HEXAPLAR | • Hexaplar adj. Being or relating to a Hexapla. • HEXAPLAR adj. relating to a hexapla, an edition of the bible in six languages, also HEXAPLARIAN, HEXAPLARIC. |
HEXAPLAS | • hexaplas n. Plural of hexapla. • Hexaplas n. Plural of Hexapla. • HEXAPLA n. (Greek) a book of six (especially Biblical) parallel texts. |
TAXIARCH | • taxiarch n. (Historical, Ancient Greece) An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army. • TAXIARCH n. an Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army. |
XANTHAMS | • XANTHAM n. a gum produced by the culture fermentation of glucose, used as a stabilizer, also XANTHAN. |
XANTHANS | • xanthans n. Plural of xanthan. • XANTHAN n. a gum produced by culture fermentation of glucose, used as a stabilizer, also XANTHAM. |
XANTHATE | • xanthate n. (Chemistry) Any salt or ester of xanthic acid. • XANTHATE n. a salt of xanthic acid. |
XANTHOMA | • xanthoma n. (Medicine) A small, yellow nodule, rich in cholesterol and other lipids, that occurs in the skin, often near a joint. • XANTHOMA n. a skin disease marked by the development of irregular yellowish patches upon the skin, esp. upon the eyelids. |