cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
uniprofessional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + professional.
Senses: examples: text: However, most current educational models focus on uniprofessional training, rather than truly interprofessional ones.
ref: 2015 July 9, Rongmei Wang et al., “Implementation and evaluation of an interprofessional simulation-based education program for undergraduate nursing students in operating room nursing education: a randomized controlled trial”, in BMC Medical Education, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to a single profession
it never rains but that it pours
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: it never rain]: pour[:s but that it pours
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of it never rains but it pours.
venovenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːnəs
Etymology: From veno- + venous.
Senses: examples: text: Continuous venovenous hemodialysis may be indicated to relieve volume overload in the hemodynamically unstable patient.
ref: 2011, Pauline K. Park, “Assessment of Noncardiac Perioperative Risk”, in Michael W. Mulholland, Gerard M. Doherty, editors, Complications in Surgery, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 86:
text: He needed continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration during 4 days and then he was put on intermittent haemodialysis.
ref: 2015 July 10, Nuno Rocha Pereira, António Sarmento, Lurdes Santos, “Simultaneous diagnosis of severe imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria and HIV: report of three cases”, in Malaria Journal, volume 14, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing any technique in which blood is taken from a vein, processed, then returned to a vein.
Related terms: arteriovenous
vitellointestinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /vɪˌtɛloʊɪnˈtɛstɪnəl/
Etymology: From vitello- + intestinal.
Senses: examples: text: Persistence of the vitellointestinal duct as a whole or part of it leads to a wide variety of anomalies–Meckel's diverticulum is the commonest lesion and a PVID is the rarest.
ref: 2013 July 10, Ramnik V Patel et al., “Neonatal prolapsed patent vitellointestinal duct”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI:
text: A successful repair of patent vitellointestinal duct and prolapse of the small bowel has been presented. Only with a surgical approach to cutaneous duct remnants can a physician be certain to exclude a patent vitellointestinal duct, Meckel's diverticulum, or potential obstructing band.
ref: 1967, RM Davis, RW Kehm, “Omphalocele with patent vitellointestinal duct and ileal prolapse”, in Am J Surg, volume 113, number 4, →PMID, pages 571–573:
glosses: Of or pertaining to both the yolk sac and the intestine, as (usually, more specifically) relating to the vitelline duct (that is, the vitellointestinal duct or yolk stalk), a passage between the yolk sac and midgut that usually disappears during embryonic development but sometimes persists congenitally as a diverticulum or fistula.
face up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: faces up
form: facing up
form: faced up
form: faced up
Senses: examples: text: Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts / It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
ref: 1966, The Rolling Stones, “Paint It, Black”, in Aftermath:
glosses: To confront an unpleasant situation
funny in the head
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: crazy, mad, insane
cornworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cornworms
Etymology: From corn + worm.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of corn earworm.
synonyms: word: corn earworm
Derived terms: pink cornworm
golly gee
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: golly gee shucks
glosses: an expression of surprise
I'll be damned
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: An expression of surprise.
examples: text: I'll be damned if I'm having a thief like him stay in my house.
text: My mechanisms / Of defense are down / And my resistance / Is out on the town / I was alarmed by your attack / This isn't a boxing match / But I'll be damned if I ever let you win
ref: 2011, Lenka, Ben H. Allen, “Roll with the Punches”, in Two, performed by Lenka:
synonyms: I'll be hanged
glosses: A vehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen.
Synonyms: I'll be § Related terms
wow
Related terms: damnedest
not on my watch
have a say
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has a say
form: having a say
form: had a say
form: had a say
form: have one's say
Senses: examples: text: He didn't have a say in deciding where he and his family would go on vacation.
text: The essence of a democracy is not that people vote on whatever they want, but that every adult has a say in how he or she is governed.
ref: 2011 September 19, David Schmidtz, Jason Brennan, A Brief History of Liberty, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 1891:
text: We go to school and we go to work under conditions where people don't have a say in their day-to-day life; they don't have a say in the things that happen around them.
ref: 2016 January 8, Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs, Jason Mark, Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: To (receive the opportunity to) voice one's opinion.
corn earworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corn earworms
Senses: glosses: The large striped yellow-headed larva of moths of species Helicoverpa zea (syn. Heliothis zea) and Helicoverpa armigera, especially destructive to corn, tomatoes, tobacco, and cotton bolls.
jungle mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The minor costs [of smoking] include holes in rugs, hacking coughs and the odd touch of jungle mouth.
ref: 1969, Proceedings of the Home Office Life Underwriters' Association:
text: We, the people, can boast that our great nation has solved some of life's major problems like plaque, gingivitis, ring-around-the-collar, bathroom scum, postnasal drip, foot fungus, jungle mouth, the blues, and the soggies […]
ref: 1999, Larry Burkett, Rick Osborne, Financial Parenting: Showing Your Kids That Money Matters, page 43:
glosses: bad breath, halitosis
kill me
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shoot me.
kick at the cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kicks at the cat
Senses: examples: text: Because it was a defense motion and the judge ruled on a question of law rather than fact, Finnegan can get another kick at the cat. All he has to do is convince the Court of Appeals that attempted rape is piracy if you try it on a ship.
ref: 2011, Michael Bowen, Shoot the Lawyer Twice: A Rep & Melissa Pennyworth Mystery:
glosses: Alternative form of kick at the can.
kicks at the cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kick at the cat
keep the faith
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps the faith
form: keeping the faith
form: kept the faith
form: kept the faith
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of keep faith.
naked as a jay bird
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of naked as a jaybird.
nine times out of ten
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Very often, mostly, most of the time.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nine, times, out of, ten.
Synonyms: sense: most of the time
word: more often than not
word: usually
pack of lies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: packs of lies
Senses: glosses: Total lies, complete untruth
Khorasan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Khorassan
form: Khurasan
Etymology: Borrowed from Iranian Persian خراسان (xorâsân), from Classical Persian خوراسان (xwarāsān), from Middle Persian hwlʾsʾn' (xwarāsān, literally “sunrise; east”).
Senses: glosses: The Sassanian and post-Islamic Persian name for the region of Parthia located in north east of Persia (Iran), sometimes covering also parts of Central Asia and Afghanistan; the Greater Khorasan.
glosses: A former province of Iran which subsequently divided into the South Khorasan, North Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan provinces.
glosses: Ellipsis of Daesh-Khorasan (“IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate”).
Derived terms: Daesh-Khorasan
ISIL-K
ISIS-K
IS-K
Khorasan wheat
North Khorasan
Razavi Khorasan
South Khorasan
Khurasan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Khorasan.
slender reed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slender reeds
Senses: examples: text: "It was perfectly natural for you to think that a lad of eighteen was a slender reed to lean on in the time of trouble and danger."
ref: 1888, G. A. Henty, chapter 12, in In The Reign Of Terror:
text: "It is a slender reed," Gilbert said, "for so mighty an issue to rest upon."
ref: 1908, E. Phillips Oppenheim, chapter 35, in The Great Secret:
text: Yet these precedents offer no more than a slender reed for Gordon Brown, almost hopelessly down in the polls, to cling to.
ref: 2009 September 28, Jeremy Warner, “Governments can survive recessions, but not in this case”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 17 Aug 2015:
text: The nomination of a gay black Miami judge to the federal bench will not move forward after Senator Marco Rubio announced he was withdrawing his support over concerns about the judge’s actions in two criminal cases. . . . “That is a slender reed for Senator Rubio to hang this on,” said Representative Alcee Hastings, Democrat of Florida, referring to the two court cases.
ref: 2013 September 23, Lizette Alvarez, “Rubio Withdraws Support for Gay Black Judge’s Nomination to the Federal Bench”, in New York Times, retrieved 17 Aug 2015:
glosses: A person, fact, or resource on which one can rely only to a limited extent.
HAT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HATs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of highest astronomical tide.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of human African trypanosomiasis.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of hardware attached on top: a kind of expansion board for the Raspberry Pi computer.
SOG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: SOGs
Senses: coordinate_terms: WOG
OG
IOC
NOC
glosses: Abbreviation of Summer Olympic Games.
SOG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SOGs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of standard operating guideline.
topics: nautical
transport
coordinate_terms: COG
glosses: Initialism of speed over ground.
topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: SO
SOC
SOCOM
glosses: Acronym of special operations group.
coordinate_terms: SO
glosses: Abbreviation of singlet-oxygen generator.
tidal diamonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tidal diamond
sogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sog
RYA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: nautical
sailing
transport
glosses: Initialism of Royal Yachting Association, the governing body for all forms of boating in the United Kingdom.
estimated position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: estimated positions
Senses: qualifier: navigation
glosses: An estimate of the position of a ship or aircraft at a certain time, worked out by adding the estimated effect of the tide and wind to the dead reckoning.
Synonyms: EP
course to steer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courses to steer
Senses: qualifier: navigation
glosses: The estimated course that a boat should steer in order to arrive at a waypoint, bearing in mind the effects that wind and tide will have on the vessel.
standard port
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: standard ports
Senses: qualifier: navigation
glosses: A port whose tidal predictions are given directly in tide tables
Related terms: secondary port
secondary port
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secondary ports
Senses: qualifier: navigation
glosses: A port whose tidal predictions are not given directly in tide tables, and must be calculated based on the tidal curve of a standard port.
back bearing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back bearings
Senses: qualifier: navigation
glosses: A bearing taken pointing to the exact opposite direction to the direction heading
parabellum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parabellums
Etymology: For Latin parā bellum (“furnish war”), from the Latin adage sī vīs pācem, parā bellum (“if you want peace, prepare for war”).
Senses: glosses: A type of cartridge used in some handguns.
glosses: A type of German semiautomatic pistol.
Related terms: casus belli
bellicose
antebellum
interbellum
postbellum
parabolai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parabole
parabolise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parabolises
form: parabolising
form: parabolised
form: parabolised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of parabolize.
parabolises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of parabolise
parabolize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parabolizes
form: parabolizing
form: parabolized
form: parabolized
form: parabolise
Senses: glosses: To speak in parables.
glosses: To make (a mirror etc) parabolic.
Related terms: parable
parabola
parabolic
all politics is local
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: all politics are local
Etymology: Variously attributed to Associated Press Washington bureau chief Byron Price, said to have first used this term in 1932, and to Chicago writer Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936). Derivative of British English professor, Dr. Samuel Johnson's 18th Century aphorism, "All virtue is local".
Senses: examples: text: "The campaign never ends," said the 44-year-old Congressman. . . . "I win by reaching out to people one by one, through relentless retail politics." In other words, Mr. Bacchus is betting his congressional career on the adage that all politics is local.
ref: 1993 December 7, Clifford Krauss, “On Congress's Home Front, Faith That All Politics Is Indeed Local”, in New York Times, retrieved 17 Aug 2015:
text: [A]ll politics is local and Kerry North is more local than most. In the electorate, the view is that Mr Ferris got in because . . . he has been an assiduous local councillor and constituency worker, painstakingly building up a formidable Sinn Fein machine that has delivered on local issues.
ref: 2002 May 20, David McKittrick (Ireland Correspondent), "Kerry kicks out former party leader and replaces him with former gun-runner," Independent (UK) (retrieved 17 Aug 2015)
text: But in the end, all politics is local, and almost every race is decided by local issues.
ref: 2002 June 21, Mitch Frank, “The White House Goes Local”, in Time, retrieved 17 Aug 2015:
text: All politics is local. I believe in a grassroots approach that is founded on strong representation for constituents.
ref: 2007 Sept. 14, "Politics: John O'Toole (incumbent)," Toronto Star (Canada) (retrieved 17 Aug 2015)
topics: government
politics
glosses: Ultimately, constituents and voters are concerned most about issues that affect their personal lives and home communities, and they vote accordingly.
wikipedia: Barry Popik
Byron Price
Finley Peter Dunne
Related terms: retail politics
all politics are local
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of all politics is local.
archaeometallurgical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: archaeometallurgic
form: archeometallurgical
form: archeometallurgic
Etymology: From archaeo- + metallurgical.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to archaeometallurgy.
Alexandrescu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alexandrescus
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Alexandrescu.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian.
butterfly keyboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butterfly keyboards
Etymology: * (keyboard with separate halves): From the resemblance to a butterfly with outstretched wings.
* (keyboard with scissor switches): From the approximate resemblance of each (X-shaped) switch to a butterfly.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A kind of computer keyboard consisting of two separate halves, intended to facilitate typing with two hands.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A kind of computer keyboard where each key is activated by means of a scissor switch.
butterfly keyboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butterfly keyboard
fare ladder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fare ladders
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: a breakdown of destinations, airfare, taxes, and surcharges, shown on a paper ticket in a vertical multi-column format.
Synonyms: sense: a breakdown of destinations, airfare, taxes, and surcharges, shown on a paper ticket in a vertical multi-column format.
word: fare construction ladder
aminoadenosines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoadenosine
transgressives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transgressive
viral loads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viral load
nitroformates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nitroformate
persuasive precedents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of persuasive precedent
huckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hucker
veche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: veches
Etymology: From Old East Slavic вѣче (věče, “council”)
or modern Russian ве́че (véče)
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries.
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: a modern assembly of Rodnovers, atavistically based off the medieval veche.
veches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veche
vershki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vershok
omnirelevant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From omni- + relevant.
Senses: glosses: Relevant everywhere, or to everything; always relevant.
Gallurese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Romance language or dialect, transitional between Corsican and Sardinian, spoken in the historical region of Gallura, northeastern Sardinia.
Gallurese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the region of Gallura in northeast Sardinia, Italy.
Gallurese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gallurese
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the region of Gallura in northeast Sardinia, Italy.
antinitrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + nitrogen.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The theoretical antimatter form of nitrogen.
pocket squares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket square
pocket-size
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pocket-sized.
Nuorese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The dialect of Sardinian spoken in the province of Nuoro.
Nuorese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Nuoro.
Nuorese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nuorese
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Nuoro.
Logudorese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The dialect of Sardinian spoken in the Logudoro area of Sardinia.
bell heather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bell heathers
Senses: glosses: A species of heather, native to western and central Europe, Erica cinerea; heather-bell
slit drum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slit drums
form: slit-drum
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: slit-gong
glosses: A type of idiophone, consisting of a material (usually bamboo or wood) hollowed out and possessing one or more slits on the top.
slit drums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slit drum
goblet drums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goblet drum
parabellums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parabellum
incommensurations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incommensuration
velite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: velites
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vēlitēs, plural of vēles.
Senses: glosses: A type of Roman infantryman who worked as a skirmisher.
omnirelevance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From omni- + relevance.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being omnirelevant.
rabbit tooth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rabbit teeth
Senses: glosses: A large and protruding front tooth.
Arctic wolf spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Arctic wolf spider
thrings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thring
Pericú
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pericú.
Senses: glosses: A people who lived in the Cape Region in the southernmost portion of Baja California Sur until the 18th century.
Pericú
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pericú.
Senses: glosses: The language spoken by these people.
angiomatoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: 2 a Microscopically at low-power (×10), the lesion was composed of multiple, variably sized, circumscribed and confluent angiomatoid nodules with a central vascular core and a fibrosclerotic stroma on periphery.
ref: 2015 July 11, Zhixin Cao et al., “Multifocal sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen: a case report and review of literature”, in Diagnostic Pathology, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to, or resembling an angioma
biotinylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: biotinylates
form: biotinylating
form: biotinylated
form: biotinylated
Etymology: From biotinyl + -ate.
Senses: examples: text: After 30 min, the reaction was supplemented to a final volume of 25 μL with 5 units of Klenow fragment (3′→5′ exo-) DNA polymerase (NEB, USA) and 5 μM of biotin-14-dUTP, dATP, dGTP and dCTP and incubated at 37 °C for another 30 min to fill in the overhangs and biotinylate the fragmented DNA.
ref: 2015 July 11, Eugene J. H. Wee, Thu Ha Ngo, Matt Trau, “Colorimetric detection of both total genomic and loci-specific DNA methylation from limited DNA inputs”, in Clinical Epigenetics, volume 7, →DOI:
glosses: To attach a biotin residue to a biological macromolecule in order to label it
Derived terms: autobiotinylate
Related terms: biotinylation
branchpoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: branchpoints
Etymology: From branch + point.
Senses: examples: text: In c and d’, open arrowheads point to clusters of neurons with FMRF-LIR near the pharynx (stomatogastric ganglia), a closed arrowhead points to a single cell with FMRF-LIR that is anterior to the medial portion of the pharynx, the open arrow indicates the first branchpoint in the anterior enteric nerve (aEN).
ref: 2015 July 11, Néva P Meyer et al., “Nervous system development in lecithotrophic larval and juvenile stages of the annelid Capitella teleta”, in Frontiers in Zoology, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: The point at which a branch occurs
centothecoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centothecoids
Etymology: Centotheca + -oid
Senses: glosses: Any grass of the genus Centotheca
centothecoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Within Panicoideae, the two Andropogoneae ( Coix lacryma-jobi and Zea mays ) were sisters as were two species formerly characterized as centothecoids ( Thysanolaena maxima and Centotheca lappacea ) (bs values, both 100 %).
ref: 2015 July 11, Joseph L. Cotton et al., “Resolving deep relationships of PACMAD grasses: a phylogenomic approach”, in BMC Plant Biology, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: plural of centothecoid
chloridoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloridoids
Senses: examples: text: An upper bound of 19 mya was placed at the stem Chloridoideae node using a chloridoid phytolith fossil [ 47 ].
ref: 2015 July 11, Joseph L. Cotton et al., “Resolving deep relationships of PACMAD grasses: a phylogenomic approach”, in BMC Plant Biology, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Any grass of the subfamily Chloridoideae
chlorpyriphos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Several previous studies have demonstrated that this strain has reduced susceptibility or outright resistance to carbaryl, chlorpyriphos, fenthion, fipronil, imidacloprid, permethrin, pyrethrins, and spinosad [ 20, 22 – 27 ].
ref: 2015 July 11, Michael W Dryden et al., “Efficacy of fluralaner flavored chews (Bravecto®) administered to dogs against the adult cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis felis and egg production”, in Parasites & Vectors, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of chlorpyrifos.
defasciculate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: defasciculates
form: defasciculating
form: defasciculated
form: defasciculated
Etymology: From de- + fasciculate.
Senses: examples: text: The second is called "parallel bypass" where SNb defasciculates but continues to parallel the ISN. The third is termed the "stall" where SNb defasciculates and stops on its way to the muscle field.
ref: 2001, Huidy Shu, A molecular genetic analysis of axon guidance in Drosophila melanogaster: signal transduction and receptor diversity:
text: In Slit2 mutant mice, motor nerves prematurely defasciculate into smaller bundlers in various muscles, unlike those in wild type that stay in compact fascicle until they reach the middle of muscle fibers.
ref: 2015, Haitao Wu et al., “Slit2 as a β-catenin/Ctnnb1-dependent retrograde signal for presynaptic differentiation”, in eLife, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: Of an axon, to separate from a fascicle.
Derived terms: defasciculation
diffusiometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Our objective was to study the relationship between molecular organization versus segmental and translational movements of different FAMEs in their pure liquid phase using 1 H LF-NMR relaxometry and supporting advanced technologies, including X-ray diffraction, 1 H LF-NMR diffusiometry, and 13 C HF-NMR.
ref: 2015 July 7, Nitzan Meiri et al., “Liquid-phase characterization of molecular interactions in polyunsaturated and n-fatty acid methyl esters by 1H low-field nuclear magnetic resonance”, in Biotechnology for Biofuels, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of diffusometry.
dyslalias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Farronato et al. [ 16 ] concluded that the effect of occlusion in dyslalias seems to increase proportionally as the severity of the malocclusion increases.
ref: 2015 July 10, Andrea Ocampo-Parra et al., “Prevalence of dyslalias in 8 to 16 year-old students with anterior open bite in the municipality of Envigado, Colombia”, in BMC Oral Health, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: plural of dyslalia
ehrhartoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ehrhartoids
Senses: examples: text: The use of the somewhat more closely related ehrhartoid species, Oryza rufipogon, increased the bs value to 76 %.
ref: 2015 July 11, Joseph L. Cotton et al., “Resolving deep relationships of PACMAD grasses: a phylogenomic approach”, in BMC Plant Biology, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Any grass of the subfamily Ehrhartoideae (now known as Oryzoideae)
epitheliotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Etymology: From epithelio- + -tropic.
Senses: examples: text: HPVs whether they are low-risk and high-risk are epitheliotropic.
ref: 2015 April 17, Lifang Zhang et al., “The role of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signalling pathway in human cancers induced by infection with human papillomaviruses”, in Molecular Cancer, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: Having an affinity for, or moving towards the epithelium
Derived terms: lymphoepitheliotropic
Related terms: epitheliotropism
gametocytogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gameto- + cytogenesis.
Senses: examples: text: Earlier gametocytogenesis and relapses might allow for more efficient transmission to the vector mosquitoes [ 15 ].
ref: 2015 July 11, Mohammad Golam Kibria et al., “Genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax in clinical isolates from Bangladesh”, in Malaria Journal, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: The cytogenesis of gametes
Related terms: gametocytogenic
hemiganglion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemiganglia
Etymology: From hemi- + ganglion.
Senses: glosses: One half of a ganglion, each half carrying one of a pair of neurons
hemiganglia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is difficult to discern a bilaterally-symmetric pattern of each neural subtype (5HT-LIR and FMRF-LIR) between hemiganglia in the same segment, although there appear to be similar numbers of each type of neuron on each side.
ref: 2015 July 11, Néva P Meyer et al., “Nervous system development in lecithotrophic larval and juvenile stages of the annelid Capitella teleta”, in Frontiers in Zoology, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: plural of hemiganglion
internodular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + nodular.
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile, we found that a variable number of plasma cells were present in the internodular sclerotic stroma and a few of which showed IgG4 positive with immunohistochemistry.
ref: 2015 July 11, Zhixin Cao et al., “Multifocal sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen: a case report and review of literature”, in Diagnostic Pathology, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: Between nodules.
intrabolus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + bolus.
Senses: examples: text: After an initial compensatory increase of tongue base, intrabolus and pharyngeal pressure at the inferior constrictor, the pharynx becomes progressively dilated and weak proximal to the obstruction as the severity of CPD increases [ 10 ].
ref: 2015 July 10, Beatriz Arenaz Búa et al., “Treatment of cricopharyngeal dysfunction: a comparative pilot study”, in BMC Research Notes, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: Within a bolus
intralimb
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + limb.
Senses: examples: text: It was also found that bilateral arm training with symmetric and asymmetric movement patterns can improve both the interlimb and intralimb coordination of patients with stroke [ 13 ].
ref: 2015 July 11, Hsin-Min Lee, Ping-Chia Li, Shih-Chen Fan, “Delayed mirror visual feedback presented using a novel mirror therapy system enhances cortical activation in healthy adults”, in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: Within a single limb
juxtaparacrine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From juxta- + paracrine.
Senses: examples: text: A previous work showed that motor neurons use Slit2 to promote their axon fasciculation by an autocrine or juxtaparacrine mechanism ( Jaworski and Tessier-Lavigne, 2012 ).
ref: 2015, Haitao Wu et al., “Slit2 as a β-catenin/Ctnnb1-dependent retrograde signal for presynaptic differentiation”, in eLife, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: That acts near the endocrine cell that released it
raw_tags: of a hormone etc
larvogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Most of the nervous system that forms during larvogenesis in C. teleta persists into the juvenile stage.
ref: 2015 July 11, Néva P Meyer et al., “Nervous system development in lecithotrophic larval and juvenile stages of the annelid Capitella teleta”, in Frontiers in Zoology, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of larvagenesis.
lickspout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lickspouts
Senses: examples: text: To quantify the percentage of AgRP, ARC inh, and ARC other neurons modulated by placement of the lickspout or feeding, we compared the distribution of firing rates (estimated in 5-s bins) before lickspout placement (up to 5 min prior to lickspout placement) with the distribution of firing rates post-lickspout placement (‘food cue predictive responses’; up to 5 min post lickspout, but only including time bins prior to food availability; Figure 4 ) or post-Ensure delivery (early-feeding responses: 0–5 min following onset of Ensure availability; mid-feeding response: 5–15 min following onset of Ensure availability; late-feeding response: 15–45 min following onset of Ensure availability; Figure 3 ) via a two-sample KS-test ( Figure 3E ; p < 0.025).
ref: 2015, Yael Mandelblat-Cerf et al., “Arcuate hypothalamic AgRP and putative POMC neurons show opposite changes in spiking across multiple timescales”, in eLife, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of lick spout.
lick spout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lick spouts
Senses: examples: text: Place drinking water in the reservoir, and test the functionality of the lick spouts with a paper towel.
ref: 2006, Minoru Fukuda, Functional Glycomics, page 72:
glosses: A spout or nipple supplying drinking water to a small caged animal.
micrairoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micrairoids
Senses: examples: text: A significant past study on the systematics of Poaceae provided weak support for the sister relationship of Panicoideae to the CMAD clade (bs value: 61 %) as well as between the micrairoid/arundinoid and danthonioid/chloridoid clades (bs values: 51 %).
ref: 2015 July 11, Joseph L. Cotton et al., “Resolving deep relationships of PACMAD grasses: a phylogenomic approach”, in BMC Plant Biology, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Any grass of the subfamily Micrairoideae, native to Australia.
microinjury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microinjuries
Etymology: From micro- + injury.
Senses: examples: text: Hiroi et al. have considered the possibility that frequent sexual intercourse may provoke malignancy through microinjury and subsequent inflammation [ 8 ].
ref: 2015 July 11, Yoshiaki Kita et al., “Mucinous adenocarcinoma emerging in sigmoid colon neovagina 40 years after its creation: a case report”, in World Journal of Surgical Oncology, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: A microscopic injury
morphophysiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From morpho- + physiological.
Senses: examples: text: The effects of the toxic effects of permethrin include morphophysiological changes in the reproductive organs, [ 21 ] which reduce the reproductive performance in tick females [ 15, 16 ], and changes in tick salivary glands [ 20, 24, 25 ] resulting in impairment of their secretory and osmoregulatory function.
ref: 2015 July 11, Alicja Buczek, Patrycja Lachowska-Kotowska, Katarzyna Bartosik, “The effect of synthetic pyrethroids on the attachment and host-feeding behaviour in Dermacentor reticulatus females (Ixodida: Amblyommidae)”, in Parasites & Vectors, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: Both morphological and physiological
mucosotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mucosotrophic
form: most mucosotrophic
Etymology: From mucoso- + -trophic.
Senses: glosses: Obtaining nourishment from a mucous membrane
examples: text: The E6 oncoproteins from high-risk mucosotrophic HPVs (α-HPVs) target not only P53, but also a range of host-cell proteins for proteasome-mediated degradation, resulting in alteration of multiple cellular and molecular events [ 99 - 101 ].
ref: 2015 April 17, Lifang Zhang et al., “The role of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signalling pathway in human cancers induced by infection with human papillomaviruses”, in Molecular Cancer, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of mucosotropic.
mucosotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mucoso- + -tropic.
Senses: glosses: Having an affinity for, or moving towards a mucous membrane
neurotroch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurotrochs
Etymology: From neuro- + -troch.
Senses: examples: text: After metamorphosis, neither the neurotroch nor the aTUB-LIR underlying the neurotroch is visible.
ref: 2015 July 11, Néva P Meyer et al., “Nervous system development in lecithotrophic larval and juvenile stages of the annelid Capitella teleta”, in Frontiers in Zoology, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: A neural ciliary band in trochophores
panicoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panicoids
Senses: examples: text: The crown panicoid divergence date of 20.24 [7.9, 36.8] mya for set one and 23.61[8.2, 36.8] mya for set two is also of note.
ref: 2015 July 11, Joseph L. Cotton et al., “Resolving deep relationships of PACMAD grasses: a phylogenomic approach”, in BMC Plant Biology, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Any grass of the subfamily Panicoideae
pharyngoesophageal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pharyngo- + esophageal.
Senses: examples: text: Trial registration: ISRCTN84905610, date: 081214 The pharyngoesophageal segment (PES) is made up of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, the cricopharyngeus muscle (CPM) and the proximal part of the cervical oesophagus.
ref: 2015 July 10, Beatriz Arenaz Búa et al., “Treatment of cricopharyngeal dysfunction: a comparative pilot study”, in BMC Research Notes, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the pharynx and the esophagus
Derived terms: oropharyngoesophageal
phylogenomically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From phylogenomic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Complete plastomes were analyzed phylogenomically and divergence dates estimated to seek potential selective causes for the PACMAD radiation.
ref: 2015 July 11, Joseph L. Cotton et al., “Resolving deep relationships of PACMAD grasses: a phylogenomic approach”, in BMC Plant Biology, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: By means of phylogenomics
phytoproduct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytoproducts
Etymology: From phyto- + product.
Senses: glosses: Any product of plant origin
phytoproducts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Several phytoproducts such as the coumarins, have shown to inhibit cancer cell proliferation inducing apoptotic cell death [ 27, 28 ].
ref: 2015 July 7, Francesca De Amicis et al., “Bergapten drives autophagy through the up-regulation of PTEN expression in breast cancer cells”, in Molecular Cancer, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: plural of phytoproduct
plastomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plastome
prionogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From prion + -o- + genic.
Senses: examples: text: The best-characterized yeast prionogenic proteins are Sup35 and Ure2p, which, in their aggregated state, form two cytosolic inheritable elements named PSI+ and URE3, respectively.
ref: 2015 July 11, Susanna Navarro et al., “The prion-like RNA-processing protein HNRPDL forms inherently toxic amyloid-like inclusion bodies in bacteria”, in Microbial Cell Factories, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: That generate prions
prothrombic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to prothrombin
examples: text: A separate analysis of patients with cardiogenic shock, which is associated with a prothrombic situation and systemic inflammation, also revealed no statistical differences in clinical endpoints for all three groups.
ref: 2015 July 11, Ibrahim Akin et al., “Lack of “obesity paradox” in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction including cardiogenic shock: a multicenter German network registry analysis”, in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of prothrombotic.
prototroch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prototrochs
Etymology: From proto- + -troch.
Senses: examples: text: The neurites underlying the prototroch are lost after metamorphosis, suggesting that these neurons serve a larval function.
ref: 2015 July 11, Néva P Meyer et al., “Nervous system development in lecithotrophic larval and juvenile stages of the annelid Capitella teleta”, in Frontiers in Zoology, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: A ciliary band in the larvae of trochophores
Derived terms: prototrochal
prototrochal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proto- + trochal.
Senses: examples: text: It remains to be seen if this pattern of prototrochal innervation is well conserved since only a few neurotransmitter subtypes and their synaptic targets ( e.g., muscle cell versus ciliary band cell) have been examined in more than one species of annelid [ 57 ].
ref: 2015 July 11, Néva P Meyer et al., “Nervous system development in lecithotrophic larval and juvenile stages of the annelid Capitella teleta”, in Frontiers in Zoology, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to a prototroch
secretable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From secrete + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Besides Slit2, several other secretable factors were found lower in ACTA1- Ctnnb1 −/− muscles.
ref: 2015, Haitao Wu et al., “Slit2 as a β-catenin/Ctnnb1-dependent retrograde signal for presynaptic differentiation”, in eLife, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: That may be secreted
sessility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sessile + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Animals within Sedentaria have more sedentary lifestyles and other traits associated with sessility such as reduced sensory organs and parapodia.
ref: 2015 July 11, Néva P Meyer et al., “Nervous system development in lecithotrophic larval and juvenile stages of the annelid Capitella teleta”, in Frontiers in Zoology, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: The condition of being sessile
subsaturating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + saturating.
Senses: examples: text: For quantitative analysis, images were captured at a subsaturating amplifier gain without modification and quantified using LSM Image Browser and FIJI (NIH) software ( Wu et al., 2012a, 2012b ; Barik et al., 2014a ).
ref: 2015, Haitao Wu et al., “Slit2 as a β-catenin/Ctnnb1-dependent retrograde signal for presynaptic differentiation”, in eLife, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: That is not powerful enough to saturate
transducable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From transduce + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Cataloguing transducable sequences will help, but since some somatically acquired L1 insertions can go on to generate new insertions [ 13 ], such catalogues will never be exhaustive.
ref: 2015 July 10, Anna L. Paterson et al., “Mobile element insertions are frequent in oesophageal adenocarcinomas and can mislead paired-end sequencing analysis”, in BMC Genomics, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of transducible.
Related terms: transducability
transphincteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + sphincteric.
Senses: examples: text: Cricopharyngeal dysfunction (CPD), characterized by oropharyngeal dysphagia, may be due to incoordination as well as reduction in maximal opening of the UES during transphincteric flow [ 2, 3 ].
ref: 2015 July 10, Beatriz Arenaz Búa et al., “Treatment of cricopharyngeal dysfunction: a comparative pilot study”, in BMC Research Notes, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: Across or through a sphincter
unengorged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + engorged.
Senses: examples: text: Our research, carried out on unengorged D. reticulatus specimens for the first time, has shown that sublethal doses of permethrin increase the activity of hungry females of this species, which results in higher dynamics of attachment to host skin.
ref: 2015 July 11, Alicja Buczek, Patrycja Lachowska-Kotowska, Katarzyna Bartosik, “The effect of synthetic pyrethroids on the attachment and host-feeding behaviour in Dermacentor reticulatus females (Ixodida: Amblyommidae)”, in Parasites & Vectors, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: Not engorged
ventromedian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ventro- + median.
Senses: examples: text: These medial neurites likely condense to form the ventromedian connective by the end of stage 5 (Additional file 2 c – c” closed arrowhead).
ref: 2015 July 11, Néva P Meyer et al., “Nervous system development in lecithotrophic larval and juvenile stages of the annelid Capitella teleta”, in Frontiers in Zoology, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: ventromedial
videofluoroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From video- + fluoroscopy.
Senses: examples: text: Table 4 Pre- and post-treatment UES sagittal diameter at cricopharyngeal muscle Measures are made in mm, during bolus passage in videofluoroscopy.
ref: 2015 July 10, Beatriz Arenaz Búa et al., “Treatment of cricopharyngeal dysfunction: a comparative pilot study”, in BMC Research Notes, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: fluoroscopy recorded on a video system
Related terms: videofluoroscope
videofluoroscopic
videomanometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From video- + manometry.
Senses: examples: text: We used videomanometry as an objective measure and the Swedish version of Sydney Swallowing Questionnaire as patient’s self-assessment at baseline and 1 and 6 months after treatment.
ref: 2015 July 10, Beatriz Arenaz Búa et al., “Treatment of cricopharyngeal dysfunction: a comparative pilot study”, in BMC Research Notes, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: manometry recorded on a video system
c/w
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Abbreviation of comes with,coupled with,combined with; commonly used with 45 RPM singles, referring to the flip side (B-side) of the record.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of consistent with.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: Abbreviation of complete with, used to indicate that an extra or additional part is included.
VIB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VIBs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of Virtual Instrumentation Bean.
Related terms: vibs
muononium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From muon + -onium.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: an exotic atom formed when an antimuon and a muon are bound by their mutual electrical attraction
Synonyms: true muonium
Hypernyms: onium
exotic atom
Related terms: tauonium
muonium
positronium
true muonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: true muoniums
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of muononium.
synonyms: word: muononium
Kahanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Kahane + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A Jewish ideology based on the views of Rabbi Meir Kahane, holding that the Palestinian Authority is enemies of Jews and Israel itself, and that a State of Judea ("Jewish National Authority") to be created.
Related terms: Kahanist
Kahanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kahanists
Etymology: From Kahane + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Kahanism.
Kahanist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Kahane + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Kahanism.
underpunished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underpunished
form: most underpunished
Etymology: From under- + punished.
Senses: examples: text: The NRL should be far more concerned about vicious swinging arms and dangerous tackles that go unchecked or underpunished as they have in recent weeks when Leeson Ah Mau and Blake Austin remarkably escaped suspension for two very dubious incidents.
ref: 2015 August 18, Nick Tedeschi, “NRL: five things we learned from round 23”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Insufficiently punished