(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.
chartophylax
chartophylax
noun
(historical) An ecclesiastical officer in charge of official documents and records in the Greek Orthodox Church in Byzantine times.
colporrhexis
colporrhexis
noun
vaginal laceration
exospherical
flexographic
flexographic
adj
Of or pertaining to flexography
heteroduplex
heteroduplex
noun
(biochemistry) A nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule
verb
To form such a compound by genetic recombination
hexacapsular
hydrosalpinx
hydrosalpinx
noun
A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
hypercomplex
hypercomplex
adj
(mathematics) Describing any of several types of higher-dimensional numbers having some characteristics of complex numbers.
noun
(mathematics) A hypercomplex number.
hyperflexion
hyperflexion
noun
Excessive flexion of a joint.
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.
morphallaxes
morphallaxes
noun
plural of morphallaxis
morphallaxis
morphallaxis
noun
(biology) The regeneration of specific tissue due to loss or death of the existing tissue.
philorthodox
phyllopteryx
posthexaplar
prehexameral
psychoreflex
superhelixes
trisulphoxid
trophallaxes
trophallaxes
noun
plural of trophallaxis
trophallaxis
trophallaxis
noun
(biology) The mutual exchange of (fluid) food between individuals, especially in social insects.
