CHOLECYSTECTOMY | • cholecystectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure to remove the gall bladder. • CHOLECYSTECTOMY n. a surgical operation to remove the gall bladder. |
CHOLECYSTOSTOMY | • cholecystostomy n. The surgical creation of a stoma in the gallbladder, which can facilitate placement of a tube for drainage. • CHOLECYSTOSTOMY n. the surgical formation of an opening in the wall of the gall bladder, also CHOLECYSTOTOMY. |
CHOLECYSTOTOMY | • cholecystotomy n. (Surgery) The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as when removing a gallstone. • CHOLECYSTOTOMY n. the surgical formation of an opening in the wall of the gall bladder, also CHOLECYSTOSTOMY. |
CYANOETHYLATE | • cyanoethylate v. (Chemistry, transitive) To subject to cyanoethylation. • CYANOETHYLATE v. to introduce a cyano-ethyl group into. |
CYANOETHYLATED | • cyanoethylated v. Simple past tense and past participle of cyanoethylate. • CYANOETHYLATE v. to introduce a cyano-ethyl group into. |
CYANOETHYLATES | • cyanoethylates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cyanoethylate. • CYANOETHYLATE v. to introduce a cyano-ethyl group into. |
CYANOETHYLATING | • cyanoethylating v. Present participle of cyanoethylate. • CYANOETHYLATE v. to introduce a cyano-ethyl group into. |
CYANOETHYLATION | • cyanoethylation n. (Organic chemistry) Any reaction, or treatment, with acrylonitrile, especially such treatment of cotton… • CYANOETHYLATION n. the act of introducing a cyano-ethyl group into a compound. |
CYTOTECHNOLOGY | • cytotechnology n. The microscopic interpretation of cells to detect cancer and other abnormalities. • CYTOTECHNOLOGY n. the identification of cells and cellular abnormalities in cancer. |
HETEROSTYLY | • heterostyly n. (Botany) The condition of having unequal styles. • HETEROSTYLY n. the state of having styles of different length in different flowers, also HETEROSTYLISM. |
HYDROXYLAPATITE | • hydroxylapatite n. Alternative spelling of hydroxyapatite. • HYDROXYLAPATITE n. a mineral of the apatite group that is rare in the ground but is the principal inorganic constituent of tooth enamel and bone. |
HYPOTHETICALLY | • hypothetically adv. In a hypothetical way; as a hypothesis. • hypothetically adv. Used to introduce a proposition to discussion without commitment to its truth. • HYPOTHETICAL adv. being or involving a hypothesis. |
ICHTHYODORYLITE | • ICHTHYODORYLITE n. a fossilised fish-spine, also ICHTHYODORULITE. |
POLYSYNTHETIC | • polysynthetic adj. (Grammar, of languages) Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number… • polysynthetic adj. (Mineralogy) Having layers of twin crystals. • POLYSYNTHETIC adj. made up of many separate elements, also POLYSYNTHETICAL. |
POLYSYNTHETICAL | • polysynthetical adj. Alternative form of polysynthetic. • POLYSYNTHETICAL adj. made up of many separate elements, also POLYSYNTHETIC. |
POLYSYNTHETISM | • polysynthetism n. Synonym of polysynthesis. • POLYSYNTHETISM n. the state of being polysynthetic. |
POLYSYNTHETISMS | • POLYSYNTHETISM n. the state of being polysynthetic. |
THELYTOKY | • thelytoky n. (Biology) A form of parthenogenesis in which females are produced from unfertilized eggs. • THELYTOKY n. the parthenogenetic production of females only. |