CHOLESTYRAMINES | • cholestyramines n. Plural of cholestyramine. • CHOLESTYRAMINE n. a strongly basic synthetic resin that forms insoluble complexes with bile acids and has been used to lower cholesterol levels in hypercholesterolemic patients. |
COLLENCHYMATOUS | • collenchymatous adj. Relating to collenchyma. • COLLENCHYMATOUS adj. relating to collenchyma. |
DEMYTHOLOGISING | • demythologising v. Present participle of demythologise. • DEMYTHOLOGISE v. to remove mythology from in order to arrive at the basic meaning, also DEMYTHOLOGIZE. |
ETHNOMUSICOLOGY | • ethnomusicology n. (Music) The study of music and culture; the study of music as it relates to its cultural context. • ETHNOMUSICOLOGY n. the study of comparative musical systems. |
HARMONISTICALLY | • harmonistically adv. In a harmonistic manner. • HARMONISTIC adv. relating to harmony. |
HEMICRYSTALLINE | • HEMICRYSTALLINE adj. consisting of crystals in a glassy or partly glassy groundmass. |
LYMPHADENITISES | • lymphadenitises n. Plural of lymphadenitis. • LYMPHADENITIS n. inflammation of the lymph nodes. |
MECHANISTICALLY | • mechanistically adv. In a mechanistic, impersonal or automatic manner. • mechanistically adv. (Not comparable) In terms of a mechanism. • MECHANISTIC adv. relating to mechanism. |
METHOXYFLURANES | • methoxyfluranes n. Plural of methoxyflurane. • METHOXYFLURANE n. a potent general anaesthetic administered as a vapor. |
METHYLTHIONINES | • METHYLTHIONINE n. as in methylthionine chloride, a dark green dye used as a stain, antiseptic etc. |
METHYLXANTHINES | • methylxanthines n. Plural of methylxanthine. • METHYLXANTHINE n. a methylated xanthine derivative, such as caffeine, theobromine, or theophylline. |
MYTHOLOGISATION | • mythologisation n. Alternative form of mythologization. • MYTHOLOGISATION n. the process of mythologising, also MYTHOLOGIZATION. |
PHENETHYLAMINES | • phenethylamines n. Plural of phenethylamine. |
POLYSYNTHESISMS | • POLYSYNTHESISM n. the state of being polysynthetic. |
POLYSYNTHETISMS | • POLYSYNTHETISM n. the state of being polysynthetic. |
REMYTHOLOGISING | • REMYTHOLOGISE v. to mythologise again, also REMYTHOLOGIZE. |
TRIMETHYLAMINES | • trimethylamines n. Plural of trimethylamine. • TRIMETHYLAMINE n. a gas obtainable from herring-brine, corresponding to ammonia with methyl replacing all the hydrogen. |
TRIPHENYLAMINES | • triphenylamines n. Plural of triphenylamine. • TRIPHENYLAMINE n. a crystalline compound corresponding to ammonia with all the hydrogen replaced by phenyl. |