(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical) Synonym of alexipharmac (“of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom”)
noun
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical, also figuratively) Synonym of alexipharmac (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake)”); an antidote.
auxotrophies
auxotrophies
noun
plural of auxotrophy
colporrhexis
colporrhexis
noun
vaginal laceration
criosphinxes
criosphinxes
noun
plural of criosphinx
examinership
examinership
noun
(Ireland, law) A legal process whereby a company gets protection from the Court, in order to survive.
executorship
executorship
noun
the office or position of an executor
exospherical
extrahepatic
extrahepatic
adj
Originating or occurring outside the liver.
flexographic
flexographic
adj
Of or pertaining to flexography
hydrosalpinx
hydrosalpinx
noun
A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
hyperanxious
hyperanxious
adj
Very anxious
hyperexcited
hyperexcited
adj
Very highly excited.
hyperflexion
hyperflexion
noun
Excessive flexion of a joint.
hyperpyrexia
hyperpyrexia
noun
(medicine) An excessive and unusual elevation of set body temperature greater than or equal to 41°C (105.8°F), or extremely high fever.
hypoprosexia
hysteropexia
lexicography
lexicography
noun
(countable) A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.
(uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
(uncountable, linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
morphallaxis
morphallaxis
noun
(biology) The regeneration of specific tissue due to loss or death of the existing tissue.
oxyosphresia
philorthodox
preexhibitor
pyxidanthera
retroxiphoid
rhinopharynx
rhinopharynx
noun
(anatomy, rare) Synonym of nasopharynx
streptothrix
streptothrix
noun
(biology) Any of the genus Streptothrix of bacilli, occurring in the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted.
strophotaxis
superhelixes
thixotropies
trisulphoxid
trophallaxis
trophallaxis
noun
(biology) The mutual exchange of (fluid) food between individuals, especially in social insects.
xanthopicrin
xanthopicrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter principle obtained from the bark of Zanthoxylum clava-herculis.
xanthopterin
xanthopterin
noun
A yellow crystalline solid that occurs mainly in the wings of butterflies and in the urine of mammals, converted by microorganisms into folic acid.