A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, causing a constriction of the trachea, preventing breathing; anaphylactic shock.
Extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug.
anaptyxes
anaptyxes
noun
plural of anaptyxis
anaptyxis
anaptyxis
noun
(phonetics) The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.
anoxybiosis
anoxybiosis
noun
(physiology) A biological response triggered by a lack of oxygen in which an organism takes in water and becomes turgid and immobile; possibly a form of cryptobiosis.
anoxyscope
antianaphylaxis
antianaphylaxis
noun
(immunology) desensitization to antigens
antiexpressively
antiglyoxalase
anxiolytics
anxiolytics
noun
plural of anxiolytic
anxiously
anxiously
adv
In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
apoxyomenos
apoxyomenos
noun
(art) A conventional subject of ancient Greek votive sculpture: an athlete caught in the familiar act of scraping sweat and dust from his body with a strigil.
archocystosyrinx
archosyrinx
arthrosyrinx
asphyxiant
asphyxiant
adj
That can cause asphyxiation
noun
Any substance that can cause asphyxia
asphyxiating
asphyxiating
verb
present participle of asphyxiate
asphyxiation
asphyxiation
noun
An acute lack of oxygen.
Death due to lack of oxygen.
asphyxiations
asphyxiations
noun
plural of asphyxiation
asteroxylon
astyanax
autoasphyxiation
autoasphyxiation
noun
The practice of choking or strangling oneself for sexual gratification.
azoxyanisole
bisglyoxaline
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
carboxydomonas
chondromyxosarcoma
chondromyxosarcoma
noun
(biology, medicine) A rare type of bone tumor with chondromatous, myxomatous, and sarcomatous features demonstrable on histopathology; it has been reported in various body parts.
cyclohexanes
cyclohexanes
noun
plural of cyclohexane
cytopharynxes
cytopharynxes
noun
plural of cytopharynx
dacryosyrinx
deoxygenates
deoxygenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deoxygenate
deoxyribonuclease
deoxyribonuclease
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA.
desoxyanisoin
desoxyribonuclease
desoxyribonuclease
noun
Alternative form of deoxyribonuclease
dextrosinistrally
dextrosinistrally
adv
In a dextrosinistral manner.
disoxygenate
disoxygenate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize.
disoxygenation
disoxygenation
Noun
deoxidation
dysoxidation
exasperatingly
exasperatingly
adv
In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
excandescency
exclusionary
exclusionary
adj
Acting to exclude something
excursionary
excystation
excystation
noun
(biology) The stage in the life cycle of a parasite in which it escapes from a cyst (after being swallowed by its host)
exhaustingly
exhaustingly
adv
In an exhausting manner.
existentialistically
existentialistically
adv
In an existentialist manner.
existentially
existentially
adv
In an existential manner
expansibility
expansibility
noun
The condition of being expansible
expansibly
expansibly
adv
In an expansible manner.
expansionary
expansionary
adj
That promotes or exhibits expansion; expansionist.
expansively
expansively
adv
In an expansive manner
expansivity
expansivity
noun
(mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
expansiveness
expositionary
expositionary
adj
(writing) Serving as exposition.
expostulatingly
expostulatingly
adv
With expostulations.
expressionistically
expressionistically
adv
In an expressionistic manner.
exsanguinity
exsanguinity
noun
(medicine) Lack of blood.
extemporaneously
extemporaneously
adv
In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
extensionality
extensionality
noun
(mathematics, functional analysis) The principle that functions are equal if and only if they operate on the same domain and for any given element of the domain the result of each of the functions is the same.
(mathematics, set theory) The principle, codified in the axiom of extensionality, that sets are equal if and only if they contain the same elements.
(philosophy) The principle that objects are equal if and only if their observed properties are the same, regardless of internal processes that lead to those properties.
extensionally
extensionally
adv
In terms or by means of extension.
extraessentially
extralinguistically
extralinguistically
adv
Outside of language.
extraneously
extraneously
adv
In an extraneous manner.
extrasensory
extrasensory
adj
Of or relating to extrasensory perception.
extrinsicality
extrinsicality
noun
The quality of being extrinsic.
extrinsically
extrinsically
adv
In an extrinsic manner
gastroxynsis
gastroxynsis
noun
Intermittent gastrorrhea
hematoxylins
hematoxylins
noun
plural of hematoxylin
hexagynous
hexagynous
adj
(botany) Having six styles.
hydrosalpinx
hydrosalpinx
noun
A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
hygroexpansivity
hyperanxious
hyperanxious
adj
Very anxious
hyperexcitableness
hypopharynxes
hypopharynxes
noun
plural of hypopharynx
inexcusability
inexcusability
Noun
The quality of being inexcusable.
inexcusably
inexcusably
adv
In an inexcusable manner.
inexhaustedly
inexhaustedly
adv
Without exhaustion.
inexhaustibility
inexhaustibility
noun
The state or condition of being inexhaustible.
inexhaustibly
inexhaustibly
adv
In an inexhaustible manner.
To an inexhaustible degree.
inexhaustively
inextinguishability
inextinguishability
noun
The state of not being extinguishable.
inextinguishably
inextinguishably
adv
In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
interparoxysmal
interparoxysmal
adj
Between paroxysms.
intersexuality
intersexuality
noun
The state of having the physical features of both sexes, or of having ambiguous sex, i.e. not unambiguously male or female.
intersexually
intersexually
adv
In an intersexual way.
jasponyx
jasponyx
noun
A form of onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.
keratonyxis
keratonyxis
noun
(medicine, archaic) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye and breaking up the opaque mass.
laryngemphraxis
laryngemphraxis
noun
(medicine) The closure or obstruction of the larynx.
laryngopharynxes
larynxes
larynxes
noun
plural of larynx
monosexuality
monosexuality
noun
(countable) A sexuality that involves attraction to only one sex: generally, homosexuality or heterosexuality.
The state of being monosexual.
myxadenitis
myxangitis
myxasthenia
myxasthenia
noun
A reduced secretion of mucus
myxochondrosarcoma
myxospongiae
myxospongian
myxospongida
myxosporidian
myxosporidian
noun
Any member of the Myxosporidia.
nasomaxillary
nasomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the nasal bone and the upper jaw
nasopharynx
nasopharynx
noun
(anatomy) The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate.
nasopharynxes
nasopharynxes
noun
plural of nasopharynx
nonexcusably
nonexhaustively
nonexistentially
nonexpansibility
nonexpansively
nonexpansively
adv
In a nonexpansive manner.
nonextraneously
nonextrinsically
nonsexually
nonsexually
adv
In a nonsexual manner.
nonvexatiously
nosotaxy
onychauxis
oropharynxes
overanxiously
overanxiously
adv
With excessive anxiety.
overexpansively
oxyacanthous
oxygenase
oxygenase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme which catalyses biochemical reactions with oxygen.
oxygenates
oxygenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oxygenate
oxygenations
oxygenations
noun
plural of oxygenation
oxygenators
oxygenators
noun
plural of oxygenator
oxygnathous
oxygnathous
adj
Having a smooth jaw
oxyquinaseptol
oxyquinaseptol
noun
Synonym of diaphtherin
pansexuality
pansexuality
noun
(rare) Sexuality that encompasses all kinds of sexuality.
A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex.
phacoanaphylaxis
phacoanaphylaxis
noun
(pathology) anaphylaxis to proteins released from the lens of the eye; the inflammation caused by this
pharyngemphraxis
pharyngoxerosis
pharynxes
photosyntax
photosyntax
noun
(archaic) photosynthesis
phytoalexins
phytoalexins
noun
plural of phytoalexin
pseudoanaphylaxis
pseudoanaphylaxis
noun
A kind of anaphylaxis that does not involve an allergic reaction but is due to direct mast cell degranulation.
pseudoexperimentally
pseudohexagonally
pseudohexagonally
adv
In a pseudohexagonal way.
punxsutawney
pyosalpinx
pyosalpinx
noun
A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with pus.
pyoxanthose
pyoxanthose
noun
(chemistry, archaic) A greenish-yellow crystalline colouring matter found with pyocyanin in pus.
radioanaphylaxis
saccopharynx
salpingopexy
sandyx
sandyx
noun
Alternative form of sandix
sardonyx
sardonyx
noun
(heraldry) A tincture of sanguine colour when the blazoning is done by precious stones.
A gemstone having bands of red sard; a variety of onyx or chalcedony.
sardonyxes
sardonyxes
noun
plural of sardonyx
saxonically
saxonly
saxony
saxony
Proper noun
A historic realm and modern state of Germany.
Noun
A fine soft woollen fabric.
Saxony yarn, or flannel made of it or similar yarn.
semiexperimentally
semiexternally
semioxygenated
semioxygenated
adj
Combined with oxygen only in part.
seroanaphylaxis
seroanaphylaxis
noun
(medicine, uncommon) Anaphylaxis as a result of an injection of a foreign serum, usually conducted under experimental conditions.
sexagenary
sexagenary
adj
(mathematics, astronomy, now rare) Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60.
(now rare) Synonym of sexagenarian: lasting or aged sixty years; sixty-year-old.
Containing sixty years.
noun
(mathematics, astronomy, now rare) Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60 numeration.
(now rare) Synonym of sexagenarian: a sixty-year-old.
sexangularly
sexangularly
adv
(archaic, rare) hexagonally
sexcentenary
sexcentenary
adj
Of or pertaining to the number six hundred, or to a six-hundred-year period
noun
A six-hundredth anniversary
sexenary
sexenary
adj
Proceeding by sixes or in a base of six; sextuple.