| APPENDICECTOMY | • appendicectomy n. (Surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix. • APPENDICECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the appendix, also APPENDECTOMY. |
| AUTOPOLYPLOIDS | • autopolyploids n. Plural of autopolyploid. • AUTOPOLYPLOID n. an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of more than two complete copies of the genome of a single ancestral species. |
| AUTOPOLYPLOIDY | • autopolyploidy n. The property of being autopolyploid. • AUTOPOLYPLOIDY n. the state of being an autopolyploid, an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of more than two complete copies of the genome of a single ancestral species. |
| CRYPTOSPORIDIA | • cryptosporidia n. Plural of cryptosporidium. • CRYPTOSPORIDIUM n. any of a genus of protozoans parasitic in the gut of vertebrates including humans and sometimes causing diarrhea. |
| CYPROHEPTADINE | • cyproheptadine n. (Pharmacology) A particular antihistaminic, anticholinergic and antiserotonergic agent. • CYPROHEPTADINE n. a powerful antihistamine drug used to treat allergies. |
| DISAPPOINTEDLY | • disappointedly adv. In a disappointed manner. • DISAPPOINTED adv. DISAPPOINT, to fail to meet the expectation or hope of. |
| DISAPPROBATORY | • disapprobatory adj. Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove. • DISAPPROBATORY adj. disapproving. |
| DISPROPERTYING | • dispropertying v. Present participle of disproperty. • DISPROPERTY v. (Shakespeare) to deprive of property. |
| HYPERPIGMENTED | • hyperpigmented adj. Afflicted with hyperpigmentation. • HYPERPIGMENTED adj. excessively pigmented. |
| PEPTIDOGLYCANS | • peptidoglycans n. Plural of peptidoglycan. • PEPTIDOGLYCAN n. a polymer in the cell walls of procaryotes. |
| PHOSPHORYLATED | • phosphorylated v. Simple past tense and past participle of phosphorylate. • phosphorylated adj. (Chemistry) reacted or combined with phosphoric acid. • PHOSPHORYLATE v. to cause (an organic compound) to take up or combine with phosphoric acid or a phosphorus-containing group. |
| POLYDISPERSITY | • polydispersity n. (Uncountable) The state of being polydisperse. • polydispersity n. (Countable) A measure of the degree to which a colloid is polydisperse. • POLYDISPERSITY n. the state of being polydisperse, characterized by particles of varied sizes in the dispersed phase of a disperse system. |
| POLYPROTODONTS | • polyprotodonts n. Plural of polyprotodont. • POLYPROTODONT n. any member of the Polyprotodontia, the suborder of marsupials, including opossums, dasyures, etc., with many small incisors. |
| POSTPRANDIALLY | • postprandially adv. In a postprandial manner; after a meal; especially, after dinner. |
| PREPONDERANTLY | • preponderantly adv. In a preponderant manner. • PREPONDERANT adv. having superior weight, force, or influence. |
| PREPONDERATELY | • preponderately adv. Synonym of preponderantly. • PREPONDERATE adv. surpassing. |
| PTERIDOPHYTOUS | • PTERIDOPHYTOUS adj. of or like a pteridophyte, a fern, also PTERIDOPHYTIC. |