(botany) A process of fecundation in which the pollen tube penetrates to the embryo sac through the tissue of the chalaza, instead of entering through the micropyle.
chlamydozoa
chlamydozoa
noun
plural of chlamydozoon
chlamydozoan
gazophylacium
hematocytozoon
hematozymotic
metaphysicize
mycorhiza
mycorhizal
mycorrhiza
mycorrhiza
noun
(ecology, botany, mycology) A symbiosis between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant.
mycorrhizae
mycorrhizae
noun
plural of mycorrhiza
mycorrhizal
mycorrhizal
adj
Of or pertaining to a mycorrhiza.
mycorrhizas
mycorrihizas
mythicization
mythicization
noun
conversion into a myth or legend
parathyroidectomize
parathyroidectomize
verb
(transitive) To perform a parathyroidectomy upon.
parathyroidectomized
parathyroidectomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parathyroidectomize
parathyroidectomizing
parathyroidectomizing
verb
present participle of parathyroidectomize
phlyzacium
phlyzacium
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A large round, red pustule that is succeeded by a hard dark scab.
polychromatize
polychromatize
verb
(art) To paint using many colours
schizogamy
schizogamy
noun
(biology) reproduction involving the splitting of an organism into a sexual and an asexual individual
schizothymia
schizothymia
noun
(psychiatry) A temperament characterised by elements of schizophrenia or schizoid personality disorder, while still within the bounds of normality.
schizotrypanum
schmaltzy
schmaltzy
adj
Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic.
schmalzy
schmalzy
adj
Alternative spelling of schmaltzy
sphenozygomatic
sphenozygomatic
adj
Relating to, or connecting the sphenoid bone and the zygomatic bone
sympathectomize
sympathectomize
verb
(transitive) To perform sympathectomy upon
thyroparathyroidectomize
thyroparathyroidectomize
verb
(transitive) To perform thyroparathyroidectomy upon.
zoopharmacy
zygomaticosphenoid
zygomaticosphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the zygomatic bone and sphenoid bone.
