ERYTHROCYTE | • erythrocyte n. (Hematology, cytology) A hemoglobin-containing cell, especially as found in humans but more generally… • ERYTHROCYTE n. a red blood corpuscle. |
ERYTHROCYTES | • erythrocytes n. Plural of erythrocyte. • ERYTHROCYTE n. a red blood corpuscle. |
ERYTHROCYTIC | • erythrocytic adj. Of or pertaining to erythrocytes. • ERYTHROCYTIC adj. of or like an erythrocyte, a red blood corpuscle. |
EXOERYTHROCYTIC | • exoerythrocytic adj. Outside of an erythrocyte. • EXOERYTHROCYTIC adj. occurring outside the red blood cells. |
HYDROXYBUTYRATE | • hydroxybutyrate n. (Chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. • HYDROXYBUTYRATE n. as in gamma hydroxybutyrate, a substance that occurs naturally in the brain, used medically as a sedative but also as a recreational drug and alleged aphrodisiac. |
HYPERPITUITARY | • HYPERPITUITARY adj. relating to increased hormone secretion by the pituitary body. |
HYPERREACTIVITY | • hyperreactivity n. (Uncountable) The condition of being hyperreactive. • hyperreactivity n. (Countable) An allergic response to a very low dose of irritant. • HYPERREACTIVITY n. the state of being hyperreactive. |
ORTHOPSYCHIATRY | • orthopsychiatry n. (Psychiatry) branch of psychiatry concerned with the prevention of mental illness, especially in the young. • ORTHOPSYCHIATRY n. preventive psychiatry for young people. |
PYRETOTHERAPY | • pyretotherapy n. (Obsolete, medicine) pyrotherapy. • PYRETOTHERAPY n. medical treatment by causing fever. |
PYROELECTRICITY | • pyroelectricity n. (Physics) The generation of electric charge as a result of a change in temperature. • PYROELECTRICITY n. electric charge produced in some crystals by temperature changes. |
PYROPHOTOMETRY | • PYROPHOTOMETRY n. the measurement of the temperature of an incandescent body by photometric measurement of the light it emits. |
TACHYARRHYTHMIA | • tachyarrhythmia n. (Cardiology) pathological tachycardia. • TACHYARRHYTHMIA n. arrhythmia characterized by a rapid irregular heartbeat. |