APOPHYSIAL | • apophysial adj. Alternative form of apophyseal. • APOPHYSIAL adj. relating to an apophysis, an expanded or projecting part of an organism, esp. of bone, also APOPHYSATE, APOPHYSEAL. |
BIOPHYSICS | • biophysics n. The interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology. • BIOPHYSICS n. the science of the application of the laws of physics to biological phenomena. |
DIAPHYSIAL | • diaphysial adj. Alternative spelling of diaphyseal. • DIAPHYSIAL adj. of or like a diaphysis, the shaft of a long bone, also DIAPHYSEAL. |
DIOPHYSITE | • Diophysite n. Alternative form of Dyophysite. • DIOPHYSITE n. a believer in the existence of two natures in Christ, human and divine, also DIPHYSITE, DYOPHYSITE. |
DIPHYSITES | • Diphysites n. Plural of Diphysite. • DIPHYSITE n. a believer in the existence of two natures in Christ, human and divine, also DIOPHYSITE, DYOPHYSITE. |
DYOPHYSITE | • Dyophysite n. (Theology) Someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ. • DYOPHYSITE n. a believer in the existence of two natures in Christ, human and divine, also DIOPHYSITE, DIPHYSITE. |
EPIPHYSIAL | • epiphysial adj. Alternative form of epiphyseal. • EPIPHYSIAL adj. pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphysis, also EPIPHYSEAL. |
GEOPHYSICS | • geophysics n. A branch of earth science dealing with the physical processes and phenomena occurring in the earth and… • GEOPHYSICS n. the study of the earth's physical properties. |
HYPOPHYSIS | • hypophysis n. (Anatomy) The pituitary gland. • hypophysis n. (Botany) The top cell of the suspensor in a dicot embryo, which will differentiate to form part of the root cap. • HYPOPHYSIS n. the pituitary gland. |
METAPHYSIC | • metaphysic adj. (Philosophy, archaic) Metaphysical. • metaphysic n. (Philosophy, uncountable, archaic) The field of study of metaphysics. • metaphysic n. (Philosophy, countable) The metaphysical system of a particular philosopher or of a particular school of thought. |
PARAPHYSIS | • paraphysis n. (Botany) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the… • paraphysis n. (Mycology) A type of sterile cell amongst the spore-bearing asci. • paraphysis n. (Anatomy) A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon. |
PHYSIATRIC | • physiatric adj. Relating to physiatry. • PHYSIATRIC adj. relating to physiatry, treatment of injury by physical means. |
PHYSICALLY | • physically adv. In a physical manner. • physically adv. According to the laws of physics. • physically adv. Using physical force. |
PHYSICIANS | • physicians n. Plural of physician. • PHYSICIAN n. a doctor; someone legally qualified to practise medicine, also PHYSICIANER. |
PHYSICISMS | • PHYSICISM n. belief in the material or physical as opposed to the spiritual. |
PHYSICISTS | • physicists n. Plural of physicist. • PHYSICIST n. an expert in or student of physics. |
PHYSICKING | • physicking v. Present participle of physic. • physicking n. (Archaic) medication. • PHYSIC v. to treat with medicine. |
PHYSIOCRAT | • physiocrat n. (Economics, now historical) Any of a group of economists in 18th-century France who believed that the… • PHYSIOCRAT n. one of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order. |
PHYSIOLOGY | • physiology n. A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs… • physiology n. (Obsolete) The study and description of natural objects; natural science. • PHYSIOLOGY n. a branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved. |
SYMPHYSIAL | • symphysial adj. Alternative form of symphyseal. • SYMPHYSIAL adj. relating to symphysis, the union or growing together of bones, also SYMPHYSEAL, SYMPHYSTIC. |