CEPHALALGIC | • cephalalgic adj. (Medicine) Relating to, or affected with, headache. • cephalalgic n. A remedy for the headache. • CEPHALALGIC n. a headache remedy. |
CEPHALOCELE | • cephalocele n. (Medicine) encephalocele. • CEPHALOCELE n. the protrusion of the membranes of the brain through a hole in the skull. |
CLAPPERCLAW | • clapperclaw v. (Obsolete) To fight and scratch. • clapperclaw v. (Obsolete) To abuse with words; to revile; to scold. • CLAPPERCLAW v. (archaic) to claw or scratch. |
CYCLOPLEGIA | • cycloplegia n. Paralysis of the ciliary muscle of the eye, resulting in a loss of accommodation. • CYCLOPLEGIA n. loss of visual accommodation because of ciliary muscle paralysis. |
ECTOPICALLY | • ectopically adv. In an ectopic manner. • ECTOPIC adv. relating to ectopia. |
EPICYCLICAL | • epicyclical adj. Of or pertaining to an epicycle. • EPICYCLICAL adj. pertaining to or having the motion of, an epicycle, also EPICYCLIC. |
LEPTOCERCAL | • LEPTOCERCAL adj. slender-tailed. |
LEUCOPLAKIC | • LEUCOPLAKIC adj. relating to leukoplakia, also LEUKOPLAKIC. |
PALLESCENCE | • pallescence n. The quality of being pallescent. • PALLESCENCE n. a becoming pale. |
PECCADILLOS | • peccadillos n. Plural of peccadillo. • PECCADILLO n. (Spanish) a slight offence or sin. |
PRECALCULUS | • precalculus n. A class in school taken before calculus to help students prepare for calculus. • PRECALCULUS n. a mathematical prerequisite for the study of calculus. |
PRECLINICAL | • preclinical adj. (Medicine) Describing the period of a disease before any symptoms appear. • preclinical adj. Describing a test or trial of a new pharmaceutical on animals (or in vitro) rather than on humans. • PRECLINICAL adj. relating to the period preceding clinical manifestations. |
SCEPTICALLY | • sceptically adv. (British spelling) Alternative form of skeptically. • SCEPTICAL adv. inclined to questioning and disbelief, also SKEPTICAL. |