CHAMAEPHYTES | • chamaephytes n. Plural of chamaephyte. • CHAMAEPHYTE n. a winter-flowering plant. |
CHEMOTHERAPY | • chemotherapy n. (Medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state. • chemotherapy n. (Oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous… • CHEMOTHERAPY n. therapy involving the use of chemicals. |
HEMERYTHRINS | • hemerythrins n. Plural of hemerythrin. • HEMERYTHRIN n. an iron-containing respiratory pigment in the blood of various chiefly marine invertebrates. |
HEMIHYDRATED | • hemihydrated adj. (Chemistry) In the form of a hemihydrate. • HEMIHYDRATED adj. in the form of a hemihydrate. |
HEMIHYDRATES | • hemihydrates n. Plural of hemihydrate. • HEMIHYDRATE n. a hydrate, such as plaster of paris, containing half a mole of water to one mole of the compound forming the hydrate. |
HETEROMORPHY | • heteromorphy n. (Biology) The state or quality of being heteromorphic; heteromorphism. • HETEROMORPHY n. dissimilarity in shape, structure, or magnitude. |
HONEYMONTHED | • HONEYMONTH v. (obsolete) to spend one's honeymoon, also HONEYMOON. |
HYMENOPHORES | • hymenophores n. Plural of hymenophore. • HYMENOPHORE n. the fruiting body of some basidiomycetous fungi. |
HYPERTHERMAL | • hyperthermal adj. Of, pertaining to, or causing hyperthermia. • hyperthermal n. (Geology) Any of several brief geological periods of global warming. • HYPERTHERMAL adj. suffering from hyperthermia. |
HYPERTHERMIA | • hyperthermia n. (Pathology) The condition of having an abnormally high body temperature caused by a failure of the heat-regulating… • hyperthermia n. (Medicine) The therapeutic application of heat to a patient, especially as treatment to cancer. • HYPERTHERMIA n. exceptionally high fever esp. when induced artificially for therapeutic purposes. |
HYPERTHERMIC | • hyperthermic adj. Having a very high temperature. • hyperthermic adj. Relating to hyperthermia. • HYPERTHERMIC adj. relating to hyperthermia. |
METHYLPHENOL | • METHYLPHENOL n. a type of aromatic organic compound, aka cresol. |
NYCHTHEMERAL | • nychthemeral adj. Lasting a nychthemeron (24 hours). • NYCHTHEMERAL adj. (Greek) of or relating to a nychthemeron or 24-hour period. |
NYCHTHEMERON | • nychthemeron n. A period of one day and one night, a date: in the West, this is a period of 24 consecutive hours. • NYCHTHEMERON n. (Greek) a full period of a day and night. |
PHENYLMETHYL | • phenylmethyl n. (Organic chemistry) Benzyl: the cyclic radical, ion or functional group having the formula C6H5CH2. • PHENYLMETHYL n. an ester of benzene, aka benzyl. |
RHYTHMOMETER | • rhythmometer n. An instrument for marking time in musical movements. • RHYTHMOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the speed of rhythms. |