cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
actinoporin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actinoporins
Etymology: From actino- + pore + -in.
Senses: glosses: A type of actinotoxin that form pores in membranes that contain sphingomyelin
actinoporins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: High-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy experiments [ 107 ], intrinsic fluorescence measurements [ 108 ], X-ray crystallography and electron microscopic analyses of two dimensional crystals [ 109 ] have suggested that, during the membrane penetration, the N -terminal amphiphilic α-helix segment of actinoporins detach from the main body and insert into the target membrane to produce pores with a diameter of 1–3 nm (~11–30 Å) [ 54, 110 ].
ref: 2015 June 18, Mahdokht Jouiaei et al., “Ancient Venom Systems: A Review on Cnidaria Toxins”, in Toxins, volume 7, →DOI:
glosses: plural of actinoporin
milk factory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milk factories
Senses: glosses: A breast (that is producing milk).
alkoxyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkoxyls
Etymology: From alkoxy + -yl.
Senses: examples: text: ROS can be grouped into oxygen-centered radicals: hydroxyl radical (·OH), peroxyl radical (ROO·), alkoxyl radical (RO·), superoxide anion (·O 2 –) and oxygen-centered non-radicals: singlet oxygen ( 1 O 2 ) and hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) [ 3 ].
ref: 2015 April 2, Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye et al., “Reactive Oxygen Species, Apoptosis, Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Inflammatory Diseases”, in Pharmaceuticals, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: The alkoxy radical
Derived terms: alkoxylate
alkoxylation
milk maker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milk makers
form: milk-maker
Senses: examples: text: In law school he'd fallen in love with her milk makers—she had enormous breasts—and she hadn't had a dry day in ten years. Their capacity seemed inexhaustible.
ref: 2014, Phillip Gardner, Someone To Crawl Back To:
glosses: A breast (that is producing milk).
antibutyrylcholinestrasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Recently antibutyrylcholinestrasic activity was detected in the crude venom extracted from the tentacle material of the Mediterranean jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca .
ref: 2015 June 18, Mahdokht Jouiaei et al., “Ancient Venom Systems: A Review on Cnidaria Toxins”, in Toxins, volume 7, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of antibutyrylcholinesterasic.
antibutyrylcholinesterasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + butyrylcholinesterase + -ic.
Senses: glosses: That counters the activity of butyrylcholinesterase
apple cider vinegar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple cider vinegars
form: apple-cider vinegar
Senses: synonyms: cider vinegar
glosses: A vinegar, made from cider or apple must along with yeast and bacteria, that has been matured in wooden barrels.
apple cider vinegars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apple cider vinegar
antimesenteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + mesenteric.
Senses: examples: text: A partially ruptured 10 ×8 cm pedunculated mass arising at antimesenteric border of the ileum around 4 feet proximal to ileocaecal region was found ( Fig.
ref: 2015 June 3, S Kumar et al., “An unusual cause of hemoperitoneum: case report with review of literature”, in International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, volume 12, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Opposite the mesenteric attachment of the intestine
bactenecin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bactenecins
Senses: examples: text: Secondly, AMPs having one disulfide bond which pack into a loop structure having a tail e.g., bactenecins and esculentins.
ref: 2015 April 2, Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye et al., “Reactive Oxygen Species, Apoptosis, Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Inflammatory Diseases”, in Pharmaceuticals, volume 8, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of antimicrobial cyclic peptides found in the granules of bovine neutrophils
bactenecins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bactenecin
carboxytransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: So far, Co has been mainly studied in its role associated to the corrin ring of B 12 but there are other Co-containing proteins like methionine aminopeptidase, prolidase, nitrile hydratase, glucose isomerase, methylmalonyl-CoA carboxytransferase, aldehyde decarbonylase, lysine-2,3-aminomutase, and bromoperoxidase (Kobayashi and Shimizu, 1999).
ref: 2015 June 18, Irene B. Rodriguez, Tung-Yuan Ho, “Influence of Co and B12 on the growth and nitrogen fixation of Trichodesmium”, in Frontiers in Microbiology, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of carboxyltransferase.
cathelin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of cathepsin L + inhibitor, as coined in 1989.
Senses: examples: text: Altogether, cathelicidins comprise an N-terminal cathelin domain and a C-terminal cationic antimicrobial domain, which is activated upon cleavage.
ref: 2015 April 2, Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye et al., “Reactive Oxygen Species, Apoptosis, Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Inflammatory Diseases”, in Pharmaceuticals, volume 8, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The highly-conserved domain in all cathelicidin peptides
prætorian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prætorian
form: most prætorian
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of praetorian.
prætorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prætorians
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of praetorian.
Prætorian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Prætorian
form: most Prætorian
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Praetorian.
Prætorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Prætorians
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Praetorian.
Pretorian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pretorian
form: most Pretorian
Etymology: From Pretoria + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Pretoria, South Africa.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Praetorian.
Pretorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pretorians
Etymology: From Pretoria + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Pretoria.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Praetorian.
coprisin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Copris (genus of dung beetles) + -in.
Senses: examples: text: They concluded that coprisin could be a model molecule for a large family of novel AMPs possessing apoptotic activities.
ref: 2015 April 2, Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye et al., “Reactive Oxygen Species, Apoptosis, Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Inflammatory Diseases”, in Pharmaceuticals, volume 8, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A peptide, similar to defensin, found in bacteria-immunized dung beetles
deendothelialized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + endothelial + -ize + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The nLDL stimulation of deendothelialized aortic rings, undetected endothelial nitric oxide synthase protein, from WT mice significantly increased the DHE fluorescence ( Figure 6a ) and DHE fluorescence slope from 0.029±0.003 to 0.048±0.005.
ref: 2015 June 12, Il Hwan Park et al., “NADPH oxidase activation contributes to native low-density lipoprotein-induced proliferation of human aortic smooth muscle cells”, in Experimental & Molecular Medicine, volume 47, →DOI:
glosses: From which endothelial tissue has been removed
dyschromatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Hence, cancer can be prevented by the stimulation of the immune system to destroy cancer cells or to block their proliferation. 24 Saffron significantly reduced the diethylnitrosamine (DEN)-induced increase in the number and the incidence of hepatic dyschromatic nodules in rats.
ref: 2015 January 28, Prasan R. Bhandari, “Crocus sativus L. (saffron) for cancer chemoprevention: A mini review”, in Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, volume 5, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to dyschromia
abwes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abwe
enkelytin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: They commonly comprise peptides resulting from the processing of neuropeptide precursors like pro-enkephalin-A, to give active peptide B and enkelytin; many of which are phosphorylated.
ref: 2015 April 2, Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye et al., “Reactive Oxygen Species, Apoptosis, Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Inflammatory Diseases”, in Pharmaceuticals, volume 8, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An antibacterial peptide produced by adrenal medullary chromaffin granules
haemoculture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemocultures
Etymology: From haemo- + culture.
Senses: examples: text: After confirmation of infection in the mother, parasites have to be sought in the newborn from close-to-birth up to one month after birth using parasitological tests (e.g. micro-haematocrit, haemoculture) if resources exist in the health systems and/or by serological methods after eight months of age when maternal transferred IgG antibodies have disappeared.
ref: 2015, Yves Carlier et al., “Congenital Chagas disease: an update”, in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, volume 110, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of hemoculture.
hemoculture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemocultures
Etymology: From hemo- + culture.
Senses: glosses: A control system for microbial contamination of the blood
hemocuprein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Superoxide dismutase has been localized in the human periodontal ligament, and it may represent an important defense within gingival fibroblasts against superoxide release. 3 Superoxide dismutase, previously known as erythrocuprein (in humans) or hemocuprein (in bovines), exists as a family of metalloproteins and is widely distributed in mammalian tissues.
ref: 2015 January 9, Haziel Diana Jenifer et al., “The influence of cigarette smoking on blood and salivary super oxide dismutase enzyme levels among smokers and nonsmokers—A cross sectional study”, in Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, volume 5, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of erythrocuprein especially when of non-human origin
synonyms: word: erythrocuprein especially when of non-human origin
hemodialyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Subjects with elementary or higher education level had higher intensity of avoidance-oriented strategies in the hemodialyzed group.
ref: 2015 June 22, Zbigniew Nowak, Zofia Wańkowicz, Krzysztof Laudanski, “Denial Defense Mechanism in Dialyzed Patients”, in Medical Science Monitor : International Medical Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research, volume 21, →DOI:
glosses: That has been subjected to hemodialysis
hydroxyamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxyamides
Etymology: From hydroxy + amide.
Senses: examples: text: Novel hydroxyamide compounds developed using rational drug designing approaches, based on the binding site of phenytoin to VGSCs, have demonstrated significant inhibition of voltage-gated sodium channel activities and increased inhibition of androgen–independent prostate cancer cell growth in vitro in comparison to phenytoin and significant ability to reduce prostate cancer in vivo as well [ 124, 158 ].
ref: 2015 May 22, Vidhya R. Rao et al., “Voltage-Gated Ion Channels in Cancer Cell Proliferation”, in Cancers, volume 7, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The amide of a hydroxy acid
kalicludin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kalicludins
Senses: examples: text: For example, kalicludin 1-3 from A. sulcata binds competitively to Kv1.2 channels to paralyse the prey rapidly.
ref: 2015 June 18, Mahdokht Jouiaei et al., “Ancient Venom Systems: A Review on Cnidaria Toxins”, in Toxins, volume 7, →DOI:
glosses: Any of a particular class of proteinase inhibitors
loopful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loopfuls
Etymology: From loop + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: A loopful from the highest dilution streaked on nutrient agar plates, that did not show any bacterial growth after overnight incubation, was taken as minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC).
ref: 2014 December 16, Afsaneh Noormandi, Fatemeh Dabaghzadeh, “Effects of green tea on Escherichia coli as a uropathogen”, in Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, volume 5, →DOI:
glosses: As much as a loop will contain
pre-theistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pre-theistic
form: most pre-theistic
Etymology: From pre- + theistic.
Senses: examples: text: If we look at the controlling source of its virtue, the potentially sacred substance of the human body, and compare the earliest forms of consecration, we see that the theory of anointing leads us back to pre-theistic and even pre-fetishistic times.
ref: 1908, James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, Louis Herbert Gray, Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, page 554:
text: In order to demonstrate the pre-theistic or pre-deistic origin of religion from primitive simplicity, genealogical scholars elaborated a standard method of evolutionary stratification.
ref: 1978, Park McGinty, Interpretation and Dionysos: Method in the Study of a God, page 13:
text: "Though not jeopardizing the human status of its practitioners, however, the lowest, dream-related form of animism was categorically pretheistic in Tylor's scheme, merely furnishing the ground upon which gods would later develop".
ref: 1997, Sarah C. Humphreys, Cultures of Scholarship, page 69:
glosses: Of or relating to a point preceding the development of theism.
macrofollicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + follicular.
Senses: examples: text: A microscopic examination revealed a mostly microfollicular pattern of growth with Call–Exner bodies and occasional macrofollicular pattern areas ( Fig.
ref: 2015 May 7, Fumihiko Fujita et al., “A recurrent granulosa cell tumor of the ovary 25 years after the initial diagnosis: A case report”, in International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to relatively large follicles
pretheistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pretheistic
form: most pretheistic
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pre-theistic.
mastigophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mastigophores
Senses: glosses: Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora (a nematocyst that has a tube that extends beyond its hempe)
glosses: In Ancient Greece, an official who carried a whip
Synonyms: mastigophoran
Related terms: amastigophore
mastigophorous
mastigophoric
Yamnaya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈjæmnaɪə/
Forms: form: Yamna
Etymology: From Russian Ямная (Jamnaja), short for я́мная культу́ра, using the feminine form of я́мный, an adjective formed from я́ма (jáma, “pit”), referring to the culture's pit-grave burial practices. The alternative form Yamna is the corresponding form of the Ukrainian adjective я́мний.
Senses: examples: text: Although European Late Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures such as Corded Ware, Bell Beakers, Unetice, and the Scandinavian cultures are genetically very similar to each other (Fig. 2), they still display a cline of genetic affinity with Yamnaya, with highest levels in Corded Ware, lowest in Hungary, and central European Bell Beakers being intermediate (Fig. 2b and Extended Data Table 1).
ref: 2015, Nature, Allentoft et al., Population genomics of Bronze Age Eurasia
glosses: A late Copper Age to early Bronze Age archaeological culture of the region between the Southern Bug, Dniester, and Ural rivers (the Pontic steppe), dating to 3300–2600 BCE, often associated with the Proto-Indo-Europeans.
Yamnaya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈjæmnaɪə/
Forms: form: Yamna
Etymology: From Russian Ямная (Jamnaja), short for я́мная культу́ра, using the feminine form of я́мный, an adjective formed from я́ма (jáma, “pit”), referring to the culture's pit-grave burial practices. The alternative form Yamna is the corresponding form of the Ukrainian adjective я́мний.
Senses: examples: text: This pattern is also seen in ADMIXTURE analysis (Fig. 2b, SI6), which implies that the Yamnaya have ancestry from populations related to the Caucasus and South Asia that is largely absent in 38 Early or Middle Neolithic farmer s but present in all 25 Late Neolithic or Bronze Age individuals.
ref: 2015, Nature 522 (7555), Haak, W. et al, Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe
text: 2016, David W. Anthony (translator), Pavel F. Kuznetsov, Oleg D. Mochalov, Chapter 4: The Samara Valley in the Bronze Age: A Review of Archaeological Discoveries, David W. Anthony, Dorcas R. Brown, Aleksandr A. Khokhlov, Pavel F. Kuznetsov, Oleg D. Mochalov (editors), A Bronze Age Landscape in the Russian Steppes: The Samara Valley Project, UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, page 81,
Archaeologists by 2002 had identified 17 Yamnaya cemeteries in the Samara Valley containing 45 kurgans and 51 graves (Figure 4.2).
text: 2017, David W. Anthony, 2: Archaeology and Language, Pam J. Crabtree, Peter Bogucki (editors), European Archaeology as Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania Press, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, page 55,
The tested Corded Ware individuals are modeled as having an ancestry 79% derived from Yamnaya, 4% from WHG, and 17% from EEF (Haak et al. 2015).
text: The increase in the intensity of the human use of the steppe lands coincided with a nearly complete disappearance of permanent settlements—almost all the structures that the Yamnaya left behind were graves, huge mounds of earth called kurgans.
ref: 2018, David Reich, Who We Are and How We Got Here, Oxford University Press, page 108:
glosses: The people of the Yamnaya culture.
Yamnaya
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈjæmnaɪə/
Forms: form: Yamna
Etymology: From Russian Ямная (Jamnaja), short for я́мная культу́ра, using the feminine form of я́мный, an adjective formed from я́ма (jáma, “pit”), referring to the culture's pit-grave burial practices. The alternative form Yamna is the corresponding form of the Ukrainian adjective я́мний.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Yamnaya people or culture.
mastigophores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For example, Chironex fleckeri has a relatively large body and a higher ratio of mastigophores (the longest of the penetrant cnidae) correlating to the large organisms which they prey upon.
ref: 2015 June 18, Mahdokht Jouiaei et al., “Ancient Venom Systems: A Review on Cnidaria Toxins”, in Toxins, volume 7, →DOI:
glosses: plural of mastigophore
microfollicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + follicular.
Senses: examples: text: A microscopic examination revealed a mostly microfollicular pattern of growth with Call–Exner bodies and occasional macrofollicular pattern areas ( Fig.
ref: 2015 May 7, Fumihiko Fujita et al., “A recurrent granulosa cell tumor of the ovary 25 years after the initial diagnosis: A case report”, in International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to relatively small follicles
monocaprylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monocaprylates
Etymology: From mono- + caprylate.
Senses: examples: text: Capryol 90 (propylene glycol monocaprylate) and Transcutol HP (purified diethylene glycol monoethyl ether) were kindly donated by Gattefosse.
ref: 2015 June 23, In-hwan Baek et al., “Design of a gelatin microparticle-containing self-microemulsifying formulation for enhanced oral bioavailability of dutasteride”, in Drug Design, Development and Therapy, volume 9, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that contains a single caprylate group or ion
papillogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From papillo- + -genesis.
Senses: examples: text: To date, several phytochemicals in the light of chemoprevention have been studied by using suitable skin carcinogenic in vitro and in vivo models and proven as beneficial for prevention of skin cancer. 45 The effects of an aqueous infusion of saffron on two stage skin papillogenesis/carcinogenesis in mice initiated by 7-12 dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) and promoted with croton oil were evaluated.
ref: 2015 January 28, Prasan R. Bhandari, “Crocus sativus L. (saffron) for cancer chemoprevention: A mini review”, in Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, volume 5, →DOI:
glosses: The formation of papillae
peritonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: On arrival she was afebrile but tachycardic, with local peritonism in the left renal angle and left iliac fossa despite large amounts of opioid analgesia.
ref: 2015 May 7, E. Maughan et al., “Endovascular management of renal artery aneurysm rupture in pregnancy – A case report”, in International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, volume 12, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any condition having the symptoms of peritonitis but without the inflammation of the peritoneum.
peroxalate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peroxalates
Etymology: From per- + oxalate.
Senses: examples: text: Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, containing 10 6 colony forming units (CFU)/mL was used as bacterial strain and green tea extracts were measured with the peroxalate chemiluminescence detection system.
ref: 2014 December 16, Afsaneh Noormandi, Fatemeh Dabaghzadeh, “Effects of green tea on Escherichia coli as a uropathogen”, in Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, volume 5, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of peroxalic acid
postbiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postbiotics
Etymology: From post- + biotic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any metabolite of a probiotic compound
postbiotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Based in these results, Rescigno and coworkers has recently proposed the concept of postbiotics, meaning metabolites produced upon microbial fermentation that may have bioactive capacity and that could be useful for modulation of host response in cases of inflammatory diseases ( Tsilingiri and Rescigno, 2013 ).
ref: 2015 June 19, Graciela L. Garrote, Analía G. Abraham, Martín Rumbo, “Is lactate an undervalued functional component of fermented food products?”, in Frontiers in Microbiology, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: plural of postbiotic
spirocyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spirocysts
Senses: examples: text: For instance, the presence of spirocyst is characteristic of some anthozoans [ 22 ].
ref: 2015 June 18, Mahdokht Jouiaei et al., “Ancient Venom Systems: A Review on Cnidaria Toxins”, in Toxins, volume 7, →DOI:
glosses: Any protozoan of the genus Spirocystis
sulfhydration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfhydrations
Senses: examples: text: Sulfhydration was achieved using the agent N -succinimidyl- S -acetylthioacetat (SATA) [ 23 ] in fivefold excess regarding cBSA and incubation over night in sulfhydration buffer (HEPES 10 mM, EDTA 2 mM, NaCl 150 mM, pH 7.4).
ref: 2015 April 1, Frieder Helm, Gert Fricker, Afzal Mohammed, “Liposomal Conjugates for Drug Delivery to the Central Nervous System”, in Pharmaceutics, volume 7, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction in which a sulfhydryl group is attached
thermowell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermowells
Etymology: From thermo- + well.
Senses: examples: text: An Ashcroft temperature gauge (range of 0 to 500 °C, with a 1% ASME B40.3, grade A accuracy inserted into a thermowell manufactured from 316L stainless steel) was used to measure the temperature.
ref: 2015 February 21, Frank Riedewald, Maria Sousa-Gallagher, “Novel waste printed circuit board recycling process with molten salt”, in MethodsX, volume 2, →DOI:
glosses: A metal tube designed to hold and protect a thermometer
vagosympathetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vago- + sympathetic.
Senses: examples: text: Thyroidectomy is generally not recommended for bilateral tumors or when there is tumor invasion into the adjacent structures, including the blood vessels, recurrent laryngeal nerves, vagosympathetic trunk, parathyroid glands, and larynx and trachea [ 1, 11, 15 ].
ref: 2015 February 14, Sho FUKUI et al., “Identification and preservation of the parathyroid gland during total thyroidectomy in dogs with bilateral thyroid carcinoma: a report of six cases”, in The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, volume 77, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the vagus nerve and the sympathetic nervous system
gomos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gomo
beanbag race
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beanbag races
Senses: topics: games
hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A novelty race in which each competitor must balance a beanbag on their head while running.
beanbag races
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beanbag race
hamades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hamade
antisyndicate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antisyndicate
form: most antisyndicate
Etymology: From anti- + syndicate.
Senses: glosses: Opposing a syndicate.
OCILLA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act.
cuckservatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuckservative
nattuvangam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A South Indian form of rhythmic recitation.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Cymbals played to accompany a Bharatanatyam performance.
coronographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From coronography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to coronography.
majorizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of majorizer
minorizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minorizers
Etymology: From minorize + -er.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A minorization function.
minorizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minorizer
nondeteriorating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + deteriorating.
Senses: glosses: Not deteriorating.
undeteriorating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + deteriorating.
Senses: glosses: Not deteriorating.
shmendrick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shmendricks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of schmendrick.
shmendricks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shmendrick
technilepton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: technileptons
Etymology: From techni- + lepton.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A lepton described using the technicolor model.
technibaryon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: technibaryons
Etymology: From techni- + baryon.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A baryon described using the technicolor model.
technileptons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of technilepton
technibaryons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of technibaryon
subnanokelvin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + nanokelvin.
Senses: examples: text: We provide examples, for a cold atom system, for which our thermometry protocol retains accuracy and precision at subnanokelvin temperatures.
ref: 2015, T.H. Johnson, F. Cosco, M.T. Mitchison, D. Jaksch, S.R. Clark, “Thermometry of arbitrary quantum systems via non-equilibrium work distributions”, in arXiv:
glosses: Having a temperature of less than a nanokelvin.
softmax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by John S. Bridle in 1989, on the grounds of the function being "a differentiable generalisation of the 'winner-take-all' operation of picking the maximum value".
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A generalization of the logistic function that "squashes" a K-dimensional vector mathbf z of arbitrary real values to a K-dimensional vector σ( mathbf z) of real values in the range (0, 1).
softmax
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: softmaxes
form: softmaxing
form: softmaxed
form: softmaxed
Etymology: From soft + -max.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of softmaxx.
quasidiagonality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quasi- + diagonality.
Senses: examples: text: In the special case of cofinal 2-graphs we further prove that AF-embeddability, quasidiagonality and stable finiteness of the 2-graph algebra are all equivalent.
ref: 2015, Lisa Orloff Clark, Astrid an Huef, Aidan Sims, “AF-embeddability of 2-graph algebras and stable finiteness of k-graph algebras”, in arXiv:
glosses: The property of being quasidiagonal.
interoccurrence
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + occurrence.
Senses: examples: text: We consider the model with independent, but not necessarily identically distributed, claim sizes and the interoccurrence times.
ref: 2015, Ieva Marija Andrulytė, Emilija Bernackaitė, Dominyka Kievinaitė, Jonas Šiaulys, “A Lundberg-type inequality for an inhomogeneous renewal risk model”, in Modern Stochastics: Theory and Applications, volume 2:
glosses: Between occurrences.
QTEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of QTE
aversively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more aversively
form: most aversively
Etymology: From aversive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an aversive manner.
biosurfactants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biosurfactant
dorsalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dorsalize
dorsalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dorsalize
nonimmunological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + immunological.
Senses: examples: text: Although IDO is classically recognized for its immunomodulatory property, it has presented nonimmunological effects in some tumors.
ref: 2015 August 13, “1-Methyl-D-Tryptophan Potentiates TGF-β-Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in T24 Human Bladder Cancer Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Not immunological.
isosalipurposide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Mutations of the CHI gene have been shown to be necessary for isosalipurposide accumulation in carnation and barley.
ref: 2015 August 13, “Transcriptomic Analysis of Paeonia delavayi Wild Population Flowers to Identify Differentially Expressed Genes Involved in Purple-Red and Yellow Petal Pigmentation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: phlorizin
neuroreceptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroreceptor
nanobodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanobody
densitometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Band intensities in slot blots and western blots were visualized with ECL (Pierce) and scanned for densitometrical quantification using ImageJ software (National Institutes of Health).
ref: 2015 August 13, “Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Protein Expression in the Retina of Octodon degus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of densitometric.
synonyms: word: densitometric
deflagellated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + flagellated.
Senses: examples: text: In comparison to the highly flagellated WT, we observed a primarily deflagellated phenotype (Fig 5A left and middle panels).
ref: 2015 August 13, “Characterization of Novel Factors Involved in Swimming and Swarming Motility in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having had the flagella removed.
comembership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comemberships
Etymology: From co- + membership.
Senses: examples: text: We begin by showing that the communities emerging from the different weightings of the structural network quantitatively differ both at the macroscopic (e.g., number of communities and their size distribution) and microscopic (e.g., specific memberships, comemberships) scale in interesting ways.
ref: 2015 August 13, “Followers Are Not Enough: A Multifaceted Approach to Community Detection in Online Social Networks”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: joint membership
Related terms: comember
comemberships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comembership
comembers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comember
coheritability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To estimate heritable variance of ES, the coheritability of ES was derived using selection index theory.
ref: 2015 August 13, “Genetics of Growth Reaction Norms in Farmed Rainbow Trout”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Quality of being coheritable.
antidrama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antidramas
Etymology: From anti- + drama.
Senses: glosses: A dramatic work that opposes or shuns the usual conventions of drama.
Hyponyms: antinovel
antiplay
bocavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bocaviruses
Senses: examples: text: Human bocavirus was detected using the respiratory virus panel fast assay and real-time PCR. Of the 1,823 nasopharyngeal samples, 104 (5.7%) were positive for hBoV; a similar prevalence was observed in all three periods studied.
ref: 2015 August 13, “Bocavirus Infection in Otherwise Healthy Children with Respiratory Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any of the genus Bocaparvovirus of viruses in the family Parvoviridae
Related terms: bocaviral
bocaviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bocavirus
microtissue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microtissues
Etymology: From micro- + tissue.
Senses: examples: text: When grown in 3D using scaffold-free agarose hydrogels, MCF-7 human breast cancer cells self-organize to form directionally-oriented microtissues that contain a luminal space, reminiscent of the in vivo structure of the mammary gland.
ref: 2015 August 13, “MCF-7 Human Breast Cancer Cells Form Differentiated Microtissues in Scaffold-Free Hydrogels”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: microscale tissue
microtissues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microtissue
microhomologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microhomology
macroenvironmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + environmental.
Senses: glosses: Relating to macroenvironment.
interparental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + parental.
Senses: examples: text: For instance, laxness, poor supervision, inconsistent discipline, and interparental conflict are negatively associated with child social skills development.
ref: 2015 August 13, “Developmental Trajectories of Social Skills during Early Childhood and Links to Parenting Practices in a Japanese Sample”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Between parents.
injectosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: injectosomes
Etymology: From inject + -o- + -some.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of injectisome.
injectosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of injectosome
injectisomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of injectisome
beta cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beta cells
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: alpha cell
glosses: A basophil of the adenohypophysis.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: alpha cell
glosses: An endocrine cell, located in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas, primarily responsible for the storage and release of insulin.
beta cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beta cell
heteropterans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heteropteran
reflotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reflotations
Etymology: From re- + flotation.
Senses: glosses: flotation again
reflotations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reflotation
Drainbows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Drainbow
antiatherosclerosis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + atherosclerosis.
Senses: examples: text: We see that gain- and loss-of-function studies of miR-126 result in significant changes in the expression of several cytokines by HUVEC that suggest flow might have anti-inflammatory and antiatherosclerosis effect on the endothelium of the systemic circulation.
ref: 2015 July 21, Xiao-Bo Liao et al., “MicroRNA and Cardiovascular Disease”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Countering atherosclerosis.
autoscoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + scoring.
Senses: examples: text: In the article published by Goodrich and Orr, validation of autoscoring capabilities of the device was compared against manual scoring of PSG.
ref: 2015 July 21, Diego Alvarez-Estevez, Vicente Moret-Bonillo, “Computer-Assisted Diagnosis of the Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome: A Review”, in Sleep Disorders, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: automatic scoring
desulphonated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of desulfonated.
edentulism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin ēdentulus + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: There is no gender correlation for partial edentulism.
ref: 2015 June 1, Vidhya Jeyapalan, Chitra Shankar Krishnan, “Partial Edentulism and its Correlation to Age, Gender, Socio-economic Status and Incidence of Various Kennedy’s Classes– A Literature Review”, in Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research : JCDR, volume 9, →DOI:
glosses: The condition of lacking some or all teeth; toothlessness.
Related terms: edentulous
anodontia
edentulousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From edentulous + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The objective of the study is to review the prevalence of partial edentulousness and its correlation to age,gender, arch predominance, socio economic factors and incidence of various Kennedy’s Classes.
ref: 2015 June 1, Vidhya Jeyapalan, Chitra Shankar Krishnan, “Partial Edentulism and its Correlation to Age, Gender, Socio-economic Status and Incidence of Various Kennedy’s Classes– A Literature Review”, in Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research : JCDR, volume 9, →DOI:
synonyms: edentulosity
antonyms: dentulousness
glosses: The property of being edentulous; lack of teeth.
pyoderma gangrenosum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: A condition that causes necrosis of tissue, resulting in deep ulcers, usually on the legs, that can become chronic wounds.
Sweet's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First described in 1964 by Dr. Robert Douglas Sweet.
Senses: glosses: Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis: a skin disease characterized by the sudden onset of fever, an elevated white blood cell count, and tender, red, well-demarcated papules and plaques.
haemangioendothelioma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemangioendotheliomas
form: haemangioendotheliomata
Senses: examples: text: It was previously regarded as haemangioendothelioma and was initially perceived to be low grade angiosarcoma.
ref: 2015 June 1, Sunanda Chavva et al., “Rare Case of Spindle Cell Haemangioma”, in Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research : JCDR, volume 9, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of hemangioendothelioma.
heterotopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From heterotopic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Some BCPs have been classified as osteoinductive due to their capacity to modify gene expression of human osteogenic and osteosarcoma cells and to heterotopically induce bone formation, in in vivo models, without the addition of bioactive molecules […]
ref: 2015 February 13, Sonja E. Lobo et al., “Response of stem cells from different origins to biphasic calcium phosphate bioceramics”, in Cell and Tissue Research, volume 361, →DOI:
glosses: In a heterotopic manner.
hypnogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypnograms
Etymology: From hypno- + -gram.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, still in SAMOA, besides counting with mechanisms for generation of the hypnogram, analysis of the raw EEG for the detection of the different rhythms and transitory components is carried out by using a supplementary system.
ref: 2015 July 21, Diego Alvarez-Estevez, Vicente Moret-Bonillo, “Computer-Assisted Diagnosis of the Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome: A Review”, in Sleep Disorders, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: A graph that represents the recorded stages of an individual's sleep as a function of time.
hypnograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypnogram
tracheobronchomalacia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tracheo- + bronchomalacia.
Senses: examples: text: Only two cases of spontaneous tracheal rupture are reported, in adults, one due to acquired tracheobronchomalacia and other due to long term steroid use.
ref: 2015 June 1, Saurabh Kumar, Sandeep Goel, Ashu Seith Bhalla, “Spontaneous Tracheal Rupture in a Case of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD): A Case Report”, in Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research : JCDR, volume 9, →DOI:
glosses: The combination of tracheomalacia and bronchomalacia.
overdistended
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overdistended
form: most overdistended
Etymology: From over- + distended.
Senses: glosses: Excessively distended.
pericommissural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + commissural.
Senses: examples: text: Accordingly, cocaine-induced reinstatement of responding was inhibited by baclofen+muscimol inactivation of the pericommissural core, whereas inactivation of the ventromedial shell enhanced it.
ref: 2015 July 31, Gerald Zernig, Barbara S. Pinheiro, “Dyadic social interaction inhibits cocaine-conditioned place preference and the associated activation of the accumbens corridor”, in Behavioural Pharmacology, volume 26, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Around a commissure.
osteochondrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more osteochondrogenic
form: most osteochondrogenic
Senses: examples: text: Predominance of RUNX2 and SOX9 co-expression was observed mainly in control media in both surfaces (TCP and BCP), as well as on BCP in OS medium, indicating osteochondrogenic differentiation.
ref: 2015 February 13, Sonja E. Lobo et al., “Response of stem cells from different origins to biphasic calcium phosphate bioceramics”, in Cell and Tissue Research, volume 361, →DOI:
glosses: Causing or relating to osteochrondrogenesis.
nonscarring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + scarring.
Senses: examples: text: Review of systems was positive for unintentional weight gain of 13.5 kilograms in the last eight months, excessive fatigue, fever, difficulty focusing, one episode of painful oral ulcer on the roof of her mouth, change in the hair texture with nonscarring alopecia, shortness of breath with exertion, and constipation.
ref: 2015 July 22, Reshma M. Khan et al., “Embolic Stroke as the Initial Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus”, in Case Reports in Rheumatology, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not forming scars.
corporate raid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corporate raids
Senses: glosses: The process of buying a large stake in a corporation and then using shareholder voting rights to require the company to undertake novel measures designed to increase the share value, generally in opposition to the desires and practices of management.
corporate raider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corporate raiders
Senses: examples: text: He [Carl Icahn] ruthlessly sold TWA assets for cash, and battled unions, earning a reputation as a “corporate raider”. The episode help inspire the character Gordon Gekko in the film Wall Street.
ref: 2023 May 28, Antoine Gara, “A star corporate raider brought down to earth”, in FT Weekend, page 9:
glosses: One who carries out corporate raids.
corporate raiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corporate raider
corporate raids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corporate raid
noncounterbalanced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + counterbalanced.
Senses: examples: text: We believe that such a noncounterbalanced design is conceptually cleaner than the ‘counterbalanced’ allocation favored by some researchers.
ref: 2015 July 31, Gerald Zernig, Barbara S. Pinheiro, “Dyadic social interaction inhibits cocaine-conditioned place preference and the associated activation of the accumbens corridor”, in Behavioural Pharmacology, volume 26, →DOI:
glosses: Not counterbalanced.
uncounterable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncounterable
form: most uncounterable
Etymology: From un- + counterable.
Senses: examples: text: an uncounterable argument
text: It's not truly uncounterable. It's certainly very hard to counter, but I have had games where survivors managed to pull hook trades vs a face camping leatherface leading to 2+ survivors escaping at the end.
ref: 2023 January 13, Crowman, BHVR:
glosses: That cannot be countered.
noncontingently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + contingently.
Senses: examples: text: Figure 3 also shows that there was no correlation if cocaine was administered noncontingently, that is, outside the context of the CPP experiment.
ref: 2015 July 31, Gerald Zernig, Barbara S. Pinheiro, “Dyadic social interaction inhibits cocaine-conditioned place preference and the associated activation of the accumbens corridor”, in Behavioural Pharmacology, volume 26, →DOI:
glosses: In a noncontingent manner.
noncomplier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncompliers
Etymology: From non- + complier.
Senses: examples: text: For example, participants that comply with the dosage instructions tend to lose significantly more weight than noncompliers.
ref: 2015 July 16, Gunther Eysenbach et al., “Effect of a Web-Based Behavior Change Program on Weight Loss and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Overweight and Obese Adults at High Risk of Developing Cardiovascular Disease: Randomized Controlled Trial”, in Journal of Medical Internet Research, volume 17, →DOI:
glosses: One who does not comply.
noncompliers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncomplier
microarousal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microarousals
Etymology: From micro- + arousal.
Senses: examples: text: These associated microarousals break up the normal sleep structure preventing a refreshing rest.
ref: 2015 July 21, Diego Alvarez-Estevez, Vicente Moret-Bonillo, “Computer-Assisted Diagnosis of the Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome: A Review”, in Sleep Disorders, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: A brief minor arousal from the state of sleep.
microarousals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microarousal
bootstrap aggregating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: bagging
bootstrap aggregation
glosses: A machine learning ensemble meta-algorithm designed to improve the stability and accuracy of machine learning algorithms used in statistical classification and regression.