Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, usually as a result of mutation
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
auxotrophies
auxotrophies
noun
plural of auxotrophy
auxotrophy
auxotrophy
noun
(biology) The inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, often as a result of mutation.
chartreux
chateauroux
chteauroux
citharexylum
countercathexis
countercathexis
noun
(psychology) The suppression or repression of mental energy.
erythroxylaceous
erythroxylaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging or relating to the Erythroxylaceae.
exauthorate
exauthorate
verb
(obsolete) To deprive of authority or office; to depose or discharge.
exauthorize
exauthorize
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To deprive of authority.
exauthorizeexc
exhauster
exhauster
noun
(obsolete) exhaust, exhaust pipe
one who exhausts or depletes
exhumator
exhumator
noun
One who exhumes or disinters.
exhumatory
exhumatory
adj
Relating to exhumation or disinterment.
extraburghal
extraburghal
adj
(UK) Outside of a burgh or borough.
extrahazardous
extrahuman
extrahuman
noun
Synonym of nonhuman
Synonym of parahuman
extraught
extraught
verb
(obsolete) past participle of extract
extravehicular
extravehicular
adj
Relating to, on happening in, the space outside a vehicle, especially a spacecraft in space
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
hemopneumothorax
hemopneumothorax
noun
(medicine) pneumothorax and hemothorax occurring together
heterauxesis
heterauxesis
noun
(botany) unequal growth of a cell, or of part of a plant.
heteroauxin
heteroauxin
noun
A growth-promoting hormone, 3-indoleacetic acid, occurring in some plants.
heteroauxins
heteroauxins
noun
plural of heteroauxin
heterosexual
heterosexual
adj
Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.
noun
A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism.
heterosexuality
heterosexuality
noun
Sexual activity with a person of the opposite sex.
The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the opposite sex.
heterosexually
heterosexually
adj
In a heterosexual way.
heterosexuals
heterosexuals
noun
plural of heterosexual
hexapterous
hexapterous
adj
(botany) Having six wing-like processes or extensions
hydropneumothorax
hydropneumothorax
noun
(medicine) The presence of both fluid and air in the pleural cavity
hydroxyanthraquinone
hydroxyanthraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several organic compounds that can be viewed as derivatives of an anthraquinone through replacement of one hydrogen atom by a hydroxyl group.
hydroxybutyricacid
hyperoxymuriate
hyperoxymuriate
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) Any perchlorate.
hyperoxymuriatic
hyperoxymuriatic
adj
(obsolete, chemistry) perchloric
hypersexualities
hypersexualities
noun
plural of hypersexuality
hypersexuality
hypersexuality
noun
The desire for sexual activity at levels high enough to be considered clinically significant.
methoxyflurane
methoxyflurane
noun
(pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned because of detrimental effects on the kidneys.
overexhaust
overexhausted
overexhausting
overexhausts
oxyanthraquinone
pneumohemothorax
pneumohemothorax
noun
hemopneumothorax
pneumohydrothorax
pneumopyothorax
pneumothorax
pneumothorax
noun
(medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.
preexhaust
preexhaustion
purpuroxanthin
purpuroxanthin
Noun
1,3-dihydroxyanthraquinone
pyopneumothorax
pyopneumothorax
noun
(medicine) The accumulation of air (or other gas) and pus in the pleural cavity.
seropneumothorax
thoroughwax
thoroughwax
noun
An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves.
The thoroughwort.
trichauxis
trichauxis
noun
(medicine, rare) hypertrichosis
ultraorthodox
ultraorthodox
adj
Very orthodox, chiefly among Jewish sects.
ultraorthodoxy
ultraorthodoxy
noun
The quality of being ultraorthodox.
unexhilarated
unexhilarated
adj
Not exhilarated.
unexhilarating
unexhilarating
adj
Not exhilarating.
unexhilarative
unexhortative
unorthodoxically
urethremphraxis
urethrosexual
urethrosexual
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the urethra and the sex organs.
urethrostaxis
uroxanthin
uroxanthin
noun
(obsolete) The yellow pigment in urine.
xanthinuria
xanthinuria
noun
An abnormally high level of xanthine in one's urine.
The genetic disorder that causes this excess.
xanthiuria
xanthiuria
noun
Dated form of xanthinuria.
xanthocarpous
xanthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having yellow fruits.
xanthochroous
xanthochroous
adj
Yellow‐skinned; of or pertaining to Xanthochroi.
xanthodermatous
xantholeucophore
xantholeucophore
noun
A leucophore arising from a xanthophore.
xanthopurpurin
xanthopurpurin
noun
purpuroxanthin
xanthospermous
xanthospermous
adj
(botany) Having yellow seeds
xanthoura
xanthuria
xanthuria
noun
(pathology) Synonym of xanthinuria
xenarthrous
xenarthrous
adj
Characteristic of a xenarthran
xeranthemum
xeranthemum
noun
Any of the genus Xeranthemum of flowering plants native to Southern Europe.