| ANALGESIC | • analgesic n. (Pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss… • analgesic adj. (Pharmacology) Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne. • ANALGESIC adj. relieving pain. |
| ANAPHASIC | • anaphasic adj. (Cytology) Relating to the anaphase. • ANAPHASIC adj. relating to the anaphase, the stage of meiosis in which daughter chromosomes move towards the nuclear spindle. |
| ANTIMUSIC | • antimusic n. (Music) Any form of music that defies convention to such a degree that some people would not recognise it as musical. • antimusic adj. Opposing music. • ANTIMUSIC n. music intended to overthrow traditional conventions. |
| ATHETOSIC | • athetosic adj. (Medicine) Of or relating to athetosis. • ATHETOSIC adj. showing symptoms of athetosis, nervous twitching of digits and extremities, also ATHETOTIC. |
| DIASTASIC | • diastasic adj. Pertaining to, or consisting of, diastase. • DIASTASIC adj. of or like diastase, also DIASTATIC. |
| DIGLOSSIC | • diglossic adj. (Linguistics) Of or relating to diglossia. • diglossic adj. Using two languages or dialects together. • DIGLOSSIC adj. relating to diglossia, the coexistence of a prestige language and a lower language. |
| DYSCRASIC | • dyscrasic adj. Of or relating to dyscrasia. • DYSCRASIC adj. relating to dyscrasia, a disordered condition of the body, also DYSCRATIC. |
| DYSPHASIC | • dysphasic adj. Having or relating to dysphasia. • dysphasic n. A person who has dysphasia. • DYSPHASIC adj. suffering from dysphasia, impairment of speech coordination, due to brain disease or injury. |
| EXTRINSIC | • extrinsic adj. External; separable from the thing itself; inessential. • extrinsic adj. Not belonging to something; outside. • extrinsic n. An external factor. |
| INTRINSIC | • intrinsic adj. Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential. • intrinsic adj. (Anatomy, of a body part) Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member. • intrinsic adj. (Programming, of a function or operator) Built-in. |
| KERATOSIC | • keratosic adj. Relating to keratosis. • KERATOSIC adj. relating to keratosis , excessive growth of horny tissue of skin, also KERATOTIC. |
| KLENDUSIC | • klendusic adj. (Botany) resistant to infection. • KLENDUSIC adj. of a plant, able to withstand disease due to some protective mechanism. |
| MONOBASIC | • monobasic adj. (Chemistry, of an acid) Containing one replaceable hydrogen atom. • monobasic adj. (Chemistry, of a salt) Having one atom of a univalent metal. • monobasic adj. (Zoology) Having only one subordinate taxon; monotypic. |
| PARADISIC | • paradisic adj. (Archaic) paradisiacal. • PARADISIC adj. relating to paradise, also PARADISAL. |
| POLYBASIC | • polybasic adj. (Chemistry, of an acid) containing two or more replaceable hydrogen atoms; see also polyprotic. • polybasic adj. (Chemistry, of a salt) having two or more atoms of a univalent metal. • polybasic adj. (Chemistry, of a base) Having two or more basic groups; see also polybase and polyprotic. |
| PROPHASIC | • prophasic adj. Relating to the prophase. • PROPHASIC adj. relating to prophase, the first stage in cell division. |
| RHEOBASIC | • rheobasic adj. Relating to a rheobase. • RHEOBASIC adj. relating to a rheobase, the smallest amount of electricity required to stimulate a nerve. |
| THALASSIC | • thalassic adj. Of or relating to seas and oceans. • thalassic adj. Pelagic. • THALASSIC adj. marine; of the seas, esp. those which are small or inland. |
| VIRTUOSIC | • virtuosic adj. (Music) requiring a high level of technical skill. • virtuosic adj. Impressive and sometimes flamboyant. • VIRTUOSIC adj. exhibiting the qualities of a virtuoso. |