YOUNGBERRY | • youngberry n. A hybrid between a blackberry and a dewberry of the rose family, first cultivated in the western United States. • YOUNGBERRY n. a large reddish-black fruit, a cross between a blackberry and a dewberry. |
CRYOSURGERY | • cryosurgery n. (Medicine) The use of a probe containing liquid nitrogen to freeze and thus destroy tissue. • CRYOSURGERY n. surgery using instruments at very low temperatures to cut and destroy tissue. |
NEURYPNOLOGY | • neurypnology n. (Obsolete) Alternative form of neurohypnology. • NEURYPNOLOGY n. an old name for the science of hypnotism, also NEUROHYPNOLOGY. |
ANDROGYNOUSLY | • androgynously adv. In an androgynous manner. |
DAGUERREOTYPY | • daguerreotypy n. The art or technique of producing daguerreotypes. • DAGUERREOTYPY n. the art of daguerreotyping. |
GYROFREQUENCY | • gyrofrequency n. (Physics) The frequency of the circular motion of a charged particle in the presence of a uniform magnetic field. • GYROFREQUENCY n. the frequency with which a charged particle (as an electron) executes spiral gyrations in moving obliquely across a magnetic field. |
PSYCHOSURGERY | • psychosurgery n. (Surgery) Surgery of the brain to treat or alleviate mental illness. • PSYCHOSURGERY n. cerebral surgery employed in treating psychic symptoms. |
UROGYNECOLOGY | • urogynecology n. A surgical subspecialty of urology and gynecology. |
AUTOTYPOGRAPHY | • autotypography n. (Archaic) A process by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from… • AUTOTYPOGRAPHY n. a process by which drawings made on gelatine are transferred to a plate from which impressions may be taken. |
CIRCUMGYRATORY | • circumgyratory adj. Moving in a circle; turning round. • CIRCUMGYRATORY adj. whirling around. |
NEUROHYPNOLOGY | • neurohypnology n. (Obsolete) hypnotism. • NEUROHYPNOLOGY n. an old name for the science of hypnotism, also NEURYPNOLOGY. |
PYROMETALLURGY | • pyrometallurgy n. Any process that uses high temperatures to transform either metals or their ores. • PYROMETALLURGY adj. chemical metallurgy depending on heat action (as roasting and smelting). |
HYDROMETALLURGY | • hydrometallurgy n. The field of extractive metallurgy involving the use of aqueous chemistry for the recovery of metals… • HYDROMETALLURGY n. the treatment of ores by wet processes (as leaching). |
NEUROPHYSIOLOGY | • neurophysiology n. (Physiology, neuroscience) The branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system. • NEUROPHYSIOLOGY n. the physiology of the nervous system. |
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY | • neuropsychology n. A branch of neurology and of clinical psychology that investigates the physiological basis of psychological processes. • neuropsychology n. The facts uncovered thereby, or the body of knowledge thus produced. • NEUROPSYCHOLOGY n. the study of the relation between brain and behaviour. |