ANTHROPOGENY | • anthropogeny n. The study of human origins, human generation, or the origin and development of man. • ANTHROPOGENY n. the study of human generation or evolution. |
ANTHROPOGONY | • anthropogony n. Synonym of anthropogenesis. • ANTHROPOGONY n. the study of the origins of human beings, also ANTHROPOGENESIS. |
ANTHROPOLOGY | • anthropology n. The holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method. • ANTHROPOLOGY n. the science of human beings. |
COMETOGRAPHY | • cometography n. A scientific description of comets. • COMETOGRAPHY n. the description of comets. |
HEPATICOLOGY | • hepaticology n. The scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta). • HEPATICOLOGY n. the study of liverworts. |
HYPOGNATHOUS | • hypognathous adj. (Zoology) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper jaw. • HYPOGNATHOUS adj. having the lower jaw or mandible protruding. |
ODONTOGRAPHY | • odontography n. A scientific description of the teeth. • ODONTOGRAPHY n. a description or history of teeth. |
PATHOBIOLOGY | • pathobiology n. (Biology) The branch of biology that deals with pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than… • pathobiology n. (Medicine) pathology (in any of its senses: study of disease, instance of disease, mechanism of disease). • pathobiology n. (Medicine) The biologic explanations of pathogenesis, to include both pathoanatomy and pathophysiology. |
PHAGOCYTOSED | • phagocytosed adj. Engulfed and ingested as a result of phagocytosis. • PHAGOCYTOSE v. to subject to phagocytic action. |
PHAGOCYTOSES | • phagocytoses n. Plural of phagocytosis. • PHAGOCYTOSIS n. the destruction of harmful elements by phagocytes. |
PHAGOCYTOSIS | • phagocytosis n. (Immunology, cytology) A form of endocytosis in which a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia… • PHAGOCYTOSIS n. the destruction of harmful elements by phagocytes. |
PHAGOCYTOTIC | • phagocytotic adj. Relating to phagocytosis. • PHAGOCYTOTIC adj. relating to phagocytosis. |
PHARYNGOTOMY | • pharyngotomy n. (Surgery) The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumour or anything that… • pharyngotomy n. Scarification or incision of the tonsils. • PHARYNGOTOMY n. the surgical removal of the pharynx. |
PHYTOLOGICAL | • phytological adj. Of or relating to phytology. • PHYTOLOGICAL adj. relating to phytology, botany. |
PHYTOPHAGOUS | • phytophagous adj. (Zoology) Feeding on plants, herbivorous. • PHYTOPHAGOUS adj. feeding on plants, also PHYTOPHAGIC. |
ZOOPATHOLOGY | • zoopathology n. Animal pathology; veterinary pathology. • zoöpathology n. Alternative form of zoopathology. • ZOOPATHOLOGY n. the study of animal diseases. |