CHLORPROPAMIDE | • chlorpropamide n. (Medicine) A sulfonylurea antidiabetic drug. • CHLORPROPAMIDE n. a sulfonylurea drug used orally to reduce blood sugar in the treatment of mild diabetes. |
CHONDROCRANIUM | • chondrocranium n. (Anatomy) The developing skull, composed of cartilage, of an embryo before ossification. • CHONDROCRANIUM n. the cartilaginous parts of an embryonic cranium. |
DERMATOGRAPHIA | • dermatographia n. (Pathology) A skin disorder in which the skin becomes raised and inflamed when stroked, scratched or rubbed. • DERMATOGRAPHIA n. a type of urticaria in which the physical allergy causes stroking or scratching, etc. to raise a red weal on the skin. |
DERMATOGRAPHIC | • dermatographic adj. Relating to dermatography. • DERMATOGRAPHIC adj. related to dermatography. |
ECHOCARDIOGRAM | • echocardiogram n. (Medicine) The visual image formed by an echocardiograph. • ECHOCARDIOGRAM n. a visual record made by echocardiography. |
ENDOMYCORRHIZA | • endomycorrhiza n. (Ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells. • ENDOMYCORRHIZA n. a type of fungus with hyphae that penetrate the cell wall and invaginate the cell membrane. |
HERMAPHRODITES | • hermaphrodites n. Plural of hermaphrodite. • HERMAPHRODITE n. a human being, animal or plant with the organs of both sexes. |
HERMAPHRODITIC | • hermaphroditic adj. Of or pertaining to hermaphrodism; being a hermaphrodite. • hermaphroditic adj. (Biology) Possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes. • HERMAPHRODITIC adj. of or like a hermaphrodite, bearing both sexes, e.g. of plants usually in the same flower. |
MARCONIGRAPHED | • marconigraphed v. Simple past tense and past participle of marconigraph. • MARCONIGRAPH v. to send a message by wireless telegraphy. |
MODERATORSHIPS | • moderatorships n. Plural of moderatorship. • MODERATORSHIP n. the office of moderator. |
MYOCARDIOGRAPH | • MYOCARDIOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording the movements of heart muscle. |
RADIOCHEMISTRY | • radiochemistry n. (Chemistry) the chemistry of radioactive substances. • radiochemistry n. (Chemistry) the use of radioisotopes to study the kinetics of chemical reactions. • RADIOCHEMISTRY n. a branch of chemistry dealing with radioactive substances and phenomena including tracer studies. |
TETARTOHEDRISM | • tetartohedrism n. (Crystallography) The property of being tetartohedral. • TETARTOHEDRISM n. the state of being tetartohedral, having one fourth the number of planes required by complete symmetry. |