(physiology) That influences the response of tissue to stimuli, especially that of cardiac muscle
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathycolpian
benzthiophen
betanaphthol
bibliotaphic
bibliotaphic
adj
Being or relating to a bibliotaph; hiding away books.
biophysicist
biophysicist
noun
A biologist or physicist whose speciality is biophysics.
blastophitic
blastophoral
blastophoric
blastophoric
adj
Relating to the blastophore.
blastosphere
blastosphere
noun
A blastula
blepharostat
blepharostat
noun
(surgery) An instrument used to keep the eyelids apart during an operation
blepharotomy
blepharotomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of a slice of eyelid tissue for examination
boatsmanship
bothriolepis
brachytypous
brachytypous
adj
(mineralogy) Of a short form.
bradytrophic
bradytrophic
adj
Relating to bradytrophs
brahmapootra
brahmapootra
Noun
A large domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered.
breastplough
breastplough
noun
A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.
bronchopathy
bronchopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease of the bronchi.
brontephobia
brontephobia
noun
Alternative form of brontophobia
brontophobia
brontophobia
noun
The fear of thunder and lightning.
cephalotribe
cephalotribe
noun
An obstetric instrument for performing cephalotripsy.
cerebropathy
cerebropathy
noun
A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.
chaetophobia
chaetophobia
noun
(rare) fear of hair and/or hairy people or animals
cryptobranch
cryptobranch
noun
Any limpet of the genus Cryptobranchia
domatophobia
domatophobia
noun
A morbid fear of being inside a house.
embryophytes
embryophytes
noun
plural of embryophyte
embryotrophe
embryotrophy
entomophobia
entomophobia
noun
Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods
ermitophobia
gametophobia
gametophobia
noun
The fear of marriage.
haplobiontic
haplobiontic
adj
(biology) Describing a plant or fungus that has either a haploid or a diploid phase (but not both) in its life cycle. That is, it lacks any alternation of generations.
haptoglobins
haptoglobins
noun
plural of haptoglobin
hebepetalous
hematophobia
hematophobia
noun
Alternative form of haematophobia
heterophobia
heterophobia
noun
Fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality.
Fear or resentment of the opposite sex.
Fear or resentment of what is different.
hydrophobist
hyperbolists
hyperbolists
noun
plural of hyperbolist
hypnotisable
hypnotisable
adj
Alternative spelling of hypnotizable
hypnotizable
hypnotizable
adj
Able to be hypnotized.
noun
One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
hypobromites
hypobromites
noun
plural of hypobromite
hypostilbite
inhospitable
inhospitable
adj
(of a person) Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly. [from 16th c.]
(of a place) Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding. [from 17th c.]
inhospitably
inhospitably
adv
In an inhospitable manner.
kinetophobia
kleptophobia
kleptophobia
noun
Abnormal fear of theft.
lymphoblasts
lymphoblasts
noun
plural of lymphoblast
motorphobiac
motorphobiac
noun
Synonym of motorphobe (“one who fears or dislikes automobiles”)
negrophobist
ochlophobist
ochlophobist
noun
(obsolete, rare) A person with a phobia, or fear, of mob-like crowds, as opposed to simply open spaces like agoraphobia or large crowds as with enochlophobia.
odontophobia
odontophobia
noun
An irrational fear of dentistry.
ommetaphobia
pantophobous
pathobiology
pathobiology
noun
(biology) The branch of biology that deals with pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than on the medical aspects.
(medicine) The biologic explanations of pathogenesis, to include both pathoanatomy and pathophysiology.
(medicine) pathology (in any of its senses: study of disease, instance of disease, mechanism of disease).
peterborough
peterborough
Proper noun
A city in east central England
A city in Central Ontario, Canada
A town in New Hampshire.
A town in South Australia.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
phagocytable
phagocytable
adj
(biology) Capable of being phagocytosed
philobiblist
philobiblist
noun
A person who is fond of books.
philobotanic
philobrutish
phlebectopia
phlebolithic
phleboplasty
phlebostasia
phlebostasis
phlebostasis
noun
(medicine) A slowing of the flow of blood through the veins
(medicine) The compression of the veins of a limb by means of a tourniquet
phlebotomies
phlebotomies
noun
plural of phlebotomy
phlebotomise
phlebotomise
verb
Alternative form of phlebotomize
phlebotomist
phlebotomist
noun
A practitioner of phlebotomy.
phlebotomize
phlebotomize
verb
(intransitive) To perform a phlebotomy; to open a vein to withdraw or let blood.
(transitive) To perform a phlebotomy on (a person): to open a vein of (a person) to withdraw or let blood.
(transitive) To perform a phlebotomy on (a vein): to open (a vein) to withdraw or let blood.
phlobatannin
phlobatannin
noun
Any tannin related to or composed of phlobaphenes
photobiology
photobiology
noun
The study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes
photobromide
photolyzable
photolyzable
adj
Alternative form of photolysable
photophobias
photophobias
noun
plural of photophobia
photophobous
photophobous
adj
(biology) That thrives at a relatively low light level; photophobic.
phytalbumose
phytobiology
phytobiology
noun
The branch of biology that involves plants.
postbrachial
postbrachial
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the arm
postbrachium
potamophobia
potamophobia
noun
(rare) A morbid fear of rivers.
prebetrothal
prebetrothal
adj
Before betrothal.
preexhibitor
prohibitions
prohibitions
noun
plural of prohibition
prothrombins
prothrombins
noun
plural of prothrombin
psychobiotic
psychobiotic
adj
of, or relating to both the mind and the body
pubourethral
pubourethral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pubis and urethra.
russophobist
russophobist
Noun
A Russophobe.
satanophobia
satanophobia
Noun
A fear of Satan.
scoptophobia
slavophobist
spectrophoby
sphaeroblast
stepbrothers
stepbrothers
noun
plural of stepbrother
stygiophobia
stygiophobia
noun
The fear of Hell.
subphosphate
subtutorship
sulphoborite
tablehopping
tapinophobia
technophobes
technophobes
noun
plural of technophobe
technophobia
technophobia
noun
A fear of new technologies.
technophobic
technophobic
adj
Afflicted with technophobia.
teratophobia
teratophobia
noun
(rare) An irrational fear of monsters (terrifying creatures, or deformed children).
teutonophobe
teutophobism
thanatophobe
thanatophoby
thermophobia
thermophobia
noun
intolerance of high temperatures
thrombopenia
thrombopenia
noun
Alternative form of thrombocytopenia
timbrophilic
toxicophobia
toxicophobia
noun
A morbid fear of poisons or being poisoned.
tribophysics
trichophobia
trichophobia
noun
A morbid fear of hair or diseases affecting the hair.
trophobiosis
trophobiosis
noun
(zoology) A symbiotic association in which one organism obtains or provides food for another.