(biochemistry) The stable complex of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin; it prevents the normal complexing with oxygen and thus leads to anoxia
chemoprophylaxis
chemoprophylaxis
noun
chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs.
chemotaxonomically
chemotaxonomically
adv
In terms of, or by means of, chemotaxonomy.
citharexylum
cyclohexylamine
cyclohexylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) The primary amine derived from cyclohexane by replacing a hydrogen atom by an amino group; any derivative of this compound
dimethoxymethane
dimethoxymethane
noun
(organic chemistry) A clear colourless flammable liquid with a low boiling point, low viscosity, and excellent dissolving power, the dimethyl acetal of formaldehyde.
endotheliomyxoma
ethmomaxillary
ethmomaxillary
adj
Relating to the ethmoid bone and the maxilla
exothermically
exothermically
adv
In an exothermic manner
extrametaphysical
extrametaphysical
adj
(rare) Outside of metaphysics.
extrarhythmical
extrarhythmical
adj
Alternative form of extrarhythmic
extrathermodynamic
extrathermodynamic
adj
Outside of the realm of thermodynamics.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
haematoxylic
haematoxylin
haematoxylin
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of hematoxylin
hamamelidoxylon
hematoxylic
hematoxylin
hematoxylin
noun
(medicine, organic chemistry) A phenolic compound having the chemical formula C₁₆H₁₄O₆, used (most often in conjunction with eosin) to make dye for staining tissue samples; extracted from the heart of the bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum.
hematoxylins
hematoxylins
noun
plural of hematoxylin
hemiataxy
hexadactylism
hexadactylism
noun
sexdactyly
hexamethylenamine
hexamethylenetetramine
hexamethylenetetramine
noun
(organic chemistry) A crystalline compound C₆H₁₂N₄ used especially as an accelerator in vulcanizing rubber.
hexanitrodiphenylamine
hexanitrodiphenylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) A substance that was mixed with TNT in World War II to make it more explosive.
homosexuality
homosexuality
noun
Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males.
The state of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex attraction between males.
homotaxially
hydroxamic
hydroxamic
adj
(organic chemistry) Describing any of several classes of compounds derived from oxoacids by replacing -OH by -NHOH; the N-hydroxy amides
hydroxamino
hydroxylamine
hydroxylamine
noun
(inorganic chemistry) An explosive inorganic derivative of ammonia, NH₂OH, used as a reducing agent, and in organic synthesis.
(organic chemistry) Any organic derivative of this compound.
hydroxytryptamine
hydroxytryptamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of tryptamine, but especially 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin)
hyperclimax
hypermixolydian
hyperoxemia
hyperoxemia
noun
(pathology) A high level of oxygen in the blood, typically as a result of hyperoxia
hyperoxymuriate
hyperoxymuriate
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) Any perchlorate.
hyperoxymuriatic
hyperoxymuriatic
adj
(obsolete, chemistry) perchloric
hypomixolydian
hypomixolydian
adj
(music) Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from D to G
hypoxemia
hypoxemia
noun
(medicine) An abnormal deficiency in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, be it the partial pressure of oxygen (mm Hg), the content of oxygen (ml oxygen per dl of blood) or the per cent saturation of the blood's hemoglobin, singly or in combination.
ichthytaxidermy
ichthytaxidermy
noun
The taxidermy of fishes.
laryngemphraxis
laryngemphraxis
noun
(medicine) The closure or obstruction of the larynx.
lymphotaxis
lymphotaxis
noun
The attraction to, or repulsion from lymphocytes
lymphotoxemia
maxillopharyngeal
maxillopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the maxilla and the pharynx.
metahydroxide
myxasthenia
myxasthenia
noun
A reduced secretion of mucus
myxophobia
oxycephalism
oxycephalism
noun
Synonym of oxycephaly
oxychromatic
oxychromatin
oxychromatinic
oxyhaematin
oxyhaemoglobin
oxyhaemoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin, loosely combined with oxygen, present in arterial and capillary blood.
oxyhematin
oxyhemocyanin
oxyhemocyanin
noun
(biochemistry) The blue pigment that is an oxygenated form of hemocyanin
pachymeninx
pachymeninx
noun
(anatomy) dura mater
pharyngemphraxis
pharyngomaxillary
pharyngomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pharynx and maxilla.
phenoxybenzamine
phenoxybenzamine
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that blocks the activity of alpha-receptors and is used in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₈H₂₂ClNO·HCl especially to treat hypertension and sweating due to pheochromocytoma.
sphenomaxillary
sphenomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the sphenoid bone and the maxilla.
