zoster
An ancient Greek waist-belt for men.
The disease called herpes zoster (from the typically beltlike pattern of its rash); shingles.

zosters
plural of zoster

zucchettas
plural of zucchetta

angiotripsy
hemostasis by means of an angiotribe

arthroereisis
The support or propping up of a joint.

basiotripsy
The crushing of the fetal head to facilitate delivery.

biobags
plural of biobag

couveuses
plural of couveuse

endotype
A subtype of a pathological condition

endotypes
plural of endotype

eyelift
A blepharoplasty performed for cosmetic reasons.

gerodontics
dentistry with relation to the elderly

habena
A restricting bandage or frenum

lithotecnon
The true form of a lithopedion, in which the fetus itself is calcified.

louchettes
Goggles intended to rectify strabismus by permitting vision only directly in front.

magdaleon
A medicine in the form of a roll, especially a roll of plaster.

mamogram
Non-standard spelling of mammogram.

maturant
A medicine or application which promotes suppuration.

medbed
A bed equipped with technology for medical diagnosis and treatment.

neuticles
prosthetic testicles for neutered dogs.

noselift
A rhinoplasty operation.

ortheses
plural of orthesis

orthesis
An orthopedic prosthesis

orthodigita
A correction of a misalignment of the toes

pinlays
plural of pinlay

posthetomies
plural of posthetomy

posthetomy
Excision of the foreskin; posthectomy; circumcision.

posthiotomy
Alternative form of posthetomy.

stereotaxy
Stereotaxic surgery: surgery that uses a three-dimensional coordinate system to locate small targets inside the body.

strapadictomy
A supposed operation that transforms a woman into a man.

thrombotripsy
The breaking up of blood clots using ultrasound.

urostealith
A fatty kind of renal calculus.

woundcare
The treatment and care of wounds.

abelsonite
A mineral, NiC₃₁H₃₂N₄, forming soft reddish-brown triclinic crystals.

abenakiite
A mineral of sodium, cerium, neodymium, lanthanum, praseodymium, thorium, samarium, oxygen, sulfur, carbon, phosphorus, and silicon.

abhurite
A soft mineral composed of tin, oxygen, hydrogen, and chlorine.

abhurites
plural of abhurite

abichite
Synonym of clinoclase.

ablykite
A mineral discovered in Ablyk resembling halloysite

abukumalite
A mineral, (Ca,Y)₅(P,Si)₃O₁₂(OH,F), that can contain uranium or thorium. The mineral was renamed britholite-(Y) in 1966 because of its similarity to britholite and because of its yttrium-dominant composition.

abukumalites
plural of abukumalite

abyssolith
A mass of igneous rock deep in the crust with no known bottom; a large batholith.

abyssoliths
plural of abyssolith

acadialite
A mineral found in Nova Scotia consisting of red chabazite.

acadialites
plural of acadialite

acaustobiolith
A nonflammable organic sedimentary rock.

acaustobioliths
plural of acaustobiolith

achalaite
A black monoclinic mineral containing iron, magnesium, niobium, oxygen, titanium, and tantalum.

acinote
actinolite.

acmite
Synonym of aegirine.

acmites
plural of acmite

acuminite
A mineral composed of strontium, aluminium, fluorine, oxygen, and hydrogen.

acuminites
plural of acuminite

adamantoid
A crystal characterized by being bound by 48 equal triangles; a hexoctahedron.

adamantoids
plural of adamantoid

adamellite
monzonite

adamellites
plural of adamellite

adatom
An atom that lies on a crystal surface

adatoms
plural of adatom

adipocire
A mineral hydrocarbon, mainly comprising octatriacontane, found in some coal seams.
Alternative spelling of adipocere.

adipocires
plural of adipocire

admontite
A soft mineral composed of magnesium, boron, oxygen, and hydrogen.

admontites
plural of admontite

aegerite
Alternative form of aegirite.

aegirite
aegirine

aegirites
plural of aegirite

aegyrine
Alternative form of aegirine.

aegyrines
plural of aegyrine

aeonite
Synonym of elaterite.

aerinite
A blue mineral with monoclinic crystals, Ca₄(Al,Fe³⁺,Mg, Fe²⁺)₁₀Si₁₂O₃₅(OH)₁₂CO₃·12H₂O, made of clay and sometimes used as pigment.

aerogeology
Geological investigations carried out from the air.

aerosiderite
A siderite (mass of meteoric iron).

aerosiderites
plural of aerosiderite

afghanite
A hydrous hexagonal feldspathoid mineral of the cancrinite group.

afghanites
plural of afghanite

agalmatolite
A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, which was used in China for carvings in pagodas. It is probably a variety of pinite.

agalmatolites
plural of agalmatolite

agpaite
Any of various peralkaline igneous rocks, typically nepheline syenite or phonolite.

agpaites
plural of agpaite

agricolite
Synonym of eulytine.

agrinierite
A mineral often found in the oxidation zone of uranium deposits.

agrogeology
The geological study of agrominerals.

aguilarite
An orthorhombic sulfosalt mineral found in Mexico.

aheylite
A pale blue or green triclinic mineral.

aheylites
plural of aheylite

ahlfeldite
A secondary selenite mineral found in Bolivia.

ajkaite
A fossil resin containing sulfur, found in brown coal.

ajoite
A turquoise mineral with triclinic crystals, (K,Na)Cu₇²⁺AlSi₉O₂₄(OH)₆·3H₂O.

akaogiite
An extremely rare high-pressure polymorph of TiO₂.

akatoreite
A yellow-orange triclinic mineral found in New Zealand and containing aluminium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen and silicon.

akerite
Various varieties of calcialkalic microsyenite and micromonzonite.

akerites
plural of akerite

akhtenskite
A rare grey or black mineral containing manganese and oxygen.

akhtenskites
plural of akhtenskite

akimotoite
A trigonal mineral of the ilmenite group with a vitreous lustre, the silicon analogue of geikielite.

akimotoites
plural of akimotoite

akrochordite
A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.

aksaite
A mineral containing magnesium, boron, oxygen, and hydrogen.

aksaites
plural of aksaite

aktashite
A trigonal-pyramidal grayish black mineral containing arsenic, copper, mercury, and sulfur.

alacranite
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic and sulfur.

alalite
A light-green diopside mineral from the Ala Valley in Italy.

alalites
plural of alalite

alamosite
A lead-silicon mineral found in Mexico.

albanite
A melanocratic leucitite.

albertite
A variety of asphalt having a black color.

albertites
plural of albertite

albrechtschraufite
A triclinic-pinacoidal yellow green mineral containing calcium, carbon, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and uranium.

alcrete
Synonym of bauxite.

aldermanite
An orthorhombic colorless mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.

aldosterol
Misspelling of aldosterone.

aldosterone
A mineralocorticoid hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that regulates the balance of sodium and potassium in the body.

aldosterones
plural of aldosterone

aleksandrovite
A colourless monoclinic mineral containing calcium, lithium, silicon, potassium, oxygen, tin, and fluorine.

aleksite
A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral steel gray mineral containing bismuth, lead, sulfur, and tellurium.

alexandrite
A form of chrysoberyl that displays a colour change dependent upon the light source, along with strong pleochroism.

alexandrites
plural of alexandrite

alexjejewite
A wax-like hydrocarbon discovered in the Kaluga Oblast, Russia.

alexkhomyakovite
A hexagonal mineral containing carbon, calcium, potassium, chlorine, oxygen, hydrogen, and sodium.

algodonite
A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.

allabogdanite
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal light straw yellow mineral containing cobalt, iron, nickel, and phosphorus.

allactite
A mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.

allargentum
A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal silver gray mineral containing antimony and silver.

allcharite
Synonym of goethite.

alleghanyite
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

alleghanyites
plural of alleghanyite

allemontite
The mineral form of antimony arsenide (SbAs).