CHLOROPLAST | • chloroplast n. (Cytology) An organelle, found in the cells of green plants and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis… • CHLOROPLAST n. a plastid that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis. |
CHROMOPLAST | • chromoplast n. (Biology) Any plastid in which a pigment is synthesized or stored. • CHROMOPLAST n. a colored plastid usually containing red or yellow pigment, such as carotene. |
HAPLOBIONTS | • HAPLOBIONT n. an organism living in a salt environment. |
HOMOPLASTIC | • homoplastic adj. Relating to, or showing, homoplasy. • homoplastic adj. Relating to the transplantation of tissue between individuals of the same species. • HOMOPLASTIC adj. similar in structure and development but not descended from a recent common source. |
HYOPLASTRON | • hyoplastron n. (Anatomy) The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles. • HYOPLASTRON n. in a turtle's plastron, a plate between the hypoplastron and the entoplastron. |
NONHOSPITAL | • nonhospital adj. Not in or relating to a hospital. • nonhospital n. An institution that is not a hospital. • NONHOSPITAL adj. not linked to a hospital. |
OPHIOLATERS | • ophiolaters n. Plural of ophiolater. • OPHIOLATER n. a snake-worshipper. |
PATHOLOGIES | • pathologies n. Plural of pathology. • PATHOLOGY n. the study of diseases or abnormalities or, more particularly, of the changes in tissues or organs that are associated with disease. |
PATHOLOGISE | • pathologise v. Alternative spelling of pathologize. • PATHOLOGISE v. to make pathological, also PATHOLOGIZE. |
PATHOLOGIST | • pathologist n. An expert in pathology; a specialist who examines samples of body tissues for diagnostic or forensic purpose. • PATHOLOGIST n. a specialist in pathology. |
PHOTOMURALS | • photomurals n. Plural of photomural. • PHOTOMURAL n. an enlarged photograph, usually several yards long. |
POSTHOLIDAY | • postholiday adj. Occurring after, or as a consequence of, a holiday; often specifically after the holiday season of late December. • POSTHOLIDAY adj. taking place after a holiday. |
TOPOPHILIAS | • TOPOPHILIA n. great love or affection for a particular place. |
TROPHOBLAST | • trophoblast n. (Cytology) The membrane of cells that forms the wall of a blastocyst during early pregnancy, providing… • TROPHOBLAST n. the outermost layer of cells in the morula that attaches the fertilized ovum to the uterine wall and acts as a nutritive pathway. |
TROPHOPLASM | • trophoplasm n. An undifferentiated protoplasm that used to be nutritive in use. • TROPHOPLASM n. the nutritive substance of cell. |