ALEXIPHARMIC | • alexipharmic n. (Pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical, also figuratively) Synonym of alexipharmac (“a medical… • alexipharmic adj. (Pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical) Synonym of alexipharmac (“of or pertaining to an alexipharmac;… • ALEXIPHARMIC adj. acting as an antidote to poison. |
CARBOXYLASES | • carboxylases n. Plural of carboxylase. • CARBOXYLASE n. an enzyme that catalyzes decarboxylation or carboxylation. |
CARBOXYLATED | • carboxylated v. Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate. • carboxylated adj. (Chemistry) Converted into a carboxylic acid, normally by the oxidation of an alcohol or aldehyde. • CARBOXYLATE v. to introduce carboxyl or carbon dioxide into (a compound) with formation of a carboxylic acid. |
CARBOXYLATES | • carboxylates n. Plural of carboxylate. • CARBOXYLATE v. to introduce carboxyl or carbon dioxide into (a compound) with formation of a carboxylic acid. |
CONTRASEXUAL | • contrasexual adj. (Jungian psychology, of part of the psyche) Having characteristics of the opposite gender. • CONTRASEXUAL n. one who represses the personality traits that most people repress because they are characteristic of the opposite sex. |
DEXTROCARDIA | • dextrocardia n. (Medicine) A congenital abnormality in which the heart is transposed to the right side of the chest. • DEXTROCARDIA n. a condition in which the heart is on the right-hand side of the chest. |
EXACERBATING | • exacerbating v. Present participle of exacerbate. • exacerbating adj. That exacerbates. • EXACERBATE v. to make more violent, bitter, or severe. |
EXACERBATION | • exacerbation n. An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease). • EXACERBATION n. the act of exarcebating. |
EXCARNATIONS | • excarnations n. Plural of excarnation. • EXCARNATION n. the act of excarnating, removing the flesh from. |
EXOPARASITIC | • EXOPARASITIC adj. of or like an exoparasite. |
EXTRACRANIAL | • extracranial adj. Not intracranial, but outside the cranium. • EXTRACRANIAL adj. situated or occurring outside the cranium. |
EXTRAHEPATIC | • extrahepatic adj. Originating or occurring outside the liver. • EXTRAHEPATIC adj. situated or originating outside the liver. |
EXTRALOGICAL | • extralogical adj. Outside of the domain of logic. • EXTRALOGICAL adj. not guided or determined by considerations of logic. |
EXTRAMUSICAL | • extramusical adj. Apart from and in addition to music. • EXTRAMUSICAL adj. lying outside the province of music. |
EXTRANUCLEAR | • extranuclear adj. Outside the nucleus. • extranuclear adj. (Biology) Outside the nucleus but within the cell cytoplasm. • EXTRANUCLEAR adj. situated in or affecting the parts of a cell external to the nucleus. |
EXTRAVAGANCE | • extravagance n. Excessive or superfluous expenditure of money. • extravagance n. Prodigality, as of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands. • EXTRAVAGANCE n. an instance of excess or prodigality, also EXTRAVAGANCY. |
EXTRAVAGANCY | • extravagancy n. (Archaic, 17-19th centuries) The characteristic of being extravagant. • extravagancy n. (Archaic, 17-19th centuries) A thing that is extravagant. • EXTRAVAGANCY n. an instance of excess or prodigality, also EXTRAVAGANCE. |
HEXAMETRICAL | • hexametrical adj. Hexametric; consisting of six metrical feet. • HEXAMETRICAL adj. of verse, written in hexameters, also HEXAMETRAL, HEXAMETRIC. |
TOXOCARIASES | • TOXOCARIASIS n. a disease caused by parasitic worms. |