HYDROPOLYPS | • hydropolyps n. Plural of hydropolyp. • HYDROPOLYP n. a hydrozoan polyp. |
HYPOSTROPHE | • hypostrophe n. (Medicine) The act of a patient turning himself or herself. • hypostrophe n. (Medicine) A relapse, or return of a disease. • hypostrophe n. (Rhetoric) The use of insertion or parenthesis. |
LAPAROSCOPY | • laparoscopy n. (Medicine) Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal… • LAPAROSCOPY n. an examination done via a laparoscope. |
NEPHROSCOPY | • nephroscopy n. (Surgery) The examination of the kidney by means of a nephroscope. • NEPHROSCOPY n. use of the nephroscope. |
PHONOTYPERS | • PHONOTYPER n. one who phonotypes, prints in phonotype. |
PHOSPHORYLS | • phosphoryls n. Plural of phosphoryl. • PHOSPHORYL n. the radical PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds. |
POLYCARPOUS | • polycarpous adj. Alternative form of polycarpic. • POLYCARPOUS adj. fruiting many times, or year after year, also POLYCARPIC. |
PORPHYROIDS | • porphyroids n. Plural of porphyroid. • PORPHYROID n. a metamorphic rock having a texture characterized by large crystals set in a finer groundmass. |
PROCTOSCOPY | • proctoscopy n. The examination of the anal cavity, rectum or sigmoid colon by means of a proctoscope. • PROCTOSCOPY n. examination by use of a proctoscope, an instrument for examining the rectum. |
PROTOPHYTES | • protophytes n. Plural of protophyte. • PROTOPHYTE n. any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium, having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division. |
PYCNOSPORES | • pycnospores n. Plural of pycnospore. • PYCNOSPORE n. a conidium produced in a pycnidium, also PYCNIDIOSPORE. |
PYROPHOBIAS | • PYROPHOBIA n. fear of fire. |
PYROPHOBICS | • pyrophobics n. Plural of pyrophobic. • PYROPHOBIC n. one having an irrational fear of fires. |
PYROPHOROUS | • pyrophorous adj. (Archaic) light-producing. • pyrophorous adj. (Archaic) of or relating to pyrophorus. • PYROPHOROUS adj. spontaneously igniting in air, also PYROPHORIC. |
SPOROPHYLLS | • sporophylls n. Plural of sporophyll. • SPOROPHYLL n. a leaf that bears sporangia, also SPOROPHYL. |
SPOROPHYTES | • sporophytes n. Plural of sporophyte. • SPOROPHYTE n. a spore-producing phase in plants that reproduce by metagenesis (alternating asexual and sexual reproduction). |
SPOROPHYTIC | • sporophytic adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to a sporophyte plant. • sporophytic adj. (Botany) Having the characteristics of a sporophyte. • SPOROPHYTIC adj. of or like a sporophyte. |
SUPPOSITORY | • suppository n. (Medicine) A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially… • SUPPOSITORY n. a solid but readily meltable cone or cylinder of usually medicated material for insertion into a bodily passage or cavity, as the rectum. |
TROPOPHYTES | • tropophytes n. Plural of tropophyte. • TROPOPHYTE n. a plant adapted to alterations of moisture and drought. |