cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
crosschecker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crosscheckers
Etymology: From crosscheck + -er.
Senses: examples: text: As suggested by Kajdacsy-Balla Amaral et al., a new physician (in the case of this trial, the crosschecker) may be more prone to reevaluate a patient and its management.
ref: 2015 September 4, Yonathan Freund et al., “Cross-checking to reduce adverse events resulting from medical errors in the emergency department: study protocol of the CHARMED cluster randomized study”, in BMC Emergency Medicine, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: One who crosschecks, or re-examines.
crosscheckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crosschecker
diabetogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In fact, in NOD mice, diabetogenesis is under complex polygenic control and the penetrance of these polygenes is greatly conditioned by wide disparate conditions (microbial and physical environment, diet, etc.): some environmental pathogens may even offer more protection to NOD mice against the T1D onset, by the simple activation of their immune system.
ref: 2015 August 5, Roberto Codella et al., “Moderate Intensity Training Impact on the Inflammatory Status and Glycemic Profiles in NOD Mice”, in Journal of Diabetes Research, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: The development of diabetes.
DOPAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of 3 or 4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid.
ethanenitrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acetonitrile.
synonyms: word: acetonitrile
dulcitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin dulcis (“sweet”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of galactitol.
synonyms: word: galactitol
embryofoetal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of embryofetal.
embryofetal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From embryo- + fetal.
Senses: examples: text: This result suggests that intensity, type, and period of swimming may interfere with embryofetal development.
ref: 2015 August 9, S. B. Corvino et al., “Intrauterine Growth Restricted Rats Exercised before and during Pregnancy: Maternal and Perinatal Repercussions”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the embryo and fetus.
endotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endotype
exotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exotype
extraconal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + conal.
Senses: examples: text: Subsequent imaging noted a mass lesion arising within the inferolateral aspect of the left orbit, displacing the globe anteromedially and which appeared to lie within the extraconal space […]
ref: 2015 August 9, Stephen E. Langabeer et al., “Evading Capture by Residual Disease Monitoring: Extramedullary Manifestation of JAK2 V617F-Positive Primary Myelofibrosis After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation”, in Case Reports in Hematology, volume 2015, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Outside a cone.
extrahepatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From extrahepatic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: SAA are acute phase proteins in the form of apolipoproteins associated with specific high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and they are expressed extrahepatically in the absence of HDL.
ref: 2015 August 4, Saliha Esenboga et al., “CVID Associated with Systemic Amyloidosis”, in Case Reports in Immunology, volume 2015, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Outside the liver.
glucanosyltransferases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glucanosyltransferase
glucosepane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A direct role for methylglyoxal lysine dimer (MOLD) or MODIC crosslinks has been alluded to, though these are present in amounts 100 times lower than glucosepane in skin from diabetic individuals.
ref: 2015 September 5, Vincent M Monnier et al., “Skin collagen advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) and the long-term progression of sub-clinical cardiovascular disease in type 1 diabetes”, in Cardiovascular Diabetology, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: A lysine-arginine protein cross-linking product and advanced glycation end product derived from D-glucose.
bitterant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitterants
Senses: glosses: A chemical that is added to a product to make it smell or taste bitter.
Synonyms: bittering agent
bitterants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitterant
hydroimidazolones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroimidazolone
iminopeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iminopeptide
immunoenhancement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunoenhancements
Etymology: From immuno- + enhancement.
Senses: examples: text: Acute stress, such as a bout of exercise, is accepted to cause an array of immunologic changes. Recently, it has been proposed that acute stress activation of the innate immune system might be harnessed as an adjuvant to enhance immune responses to antigen challenge. This review develops the acute stress-induced immunoenhancement hypothesis and its possible role as a vaccine adjuvant.
ref: 2007, Edwards KM, Burns VE, Carroll D, Drayson M, Ring C, “The acute stress-induced immunoenhancement hypothesis”, in Exerc Sport Sci Rev, volume 35, number 3, →DOI, →PMID, pages 150–155:
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Enhancement of immunity; enhancement of the immune system.
wikipedia: antibody-dependent enhancement
Related terms: immunoenhancer
immunoenhancements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immunoenhancement
immunohistopathologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + histopathologic.
Senses: examples: text: The immunohistopathologic features of asthma include epithelial injury and the infiltration of inflammatory cells, generally the eosinophils, mast cells, and lymphocytes into the lung.
ref: 2015 August 6, Zhizhou Kuang et al., “Deciphering Asthma Biomarkers with Protein Profiling Technology”, in International Journal of Inflammation, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of immunohistopathological.
synonyms: word: immunohistopathological
bystandership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bystander + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: For the most part, neither superiors nor fellow guards took action when they saw the abuse. Their passive bystandership allowed the evolution of increasing abuse.
ref: 2011, Ervin Staub, Overcoming Evil: Genocide, Violent Conflict, and Terrorism, Oxford Universtiy Press (2013) (hardcover) (paperback), part I, chapter 7, 198
glosses: The role of being a bystander, not taking any active part.
trust everybody, but cut the deck
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trust everybody, but cut the cards.
trust everybody, but always cut the deck
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trust everybody, but cut the cards.
immunoregulative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + regulative.
Senses: examples: text: The goal of this study is to investigate the immunoregulative effects of Panax japonicus polysaccharide (PJPS) on mice of low immunity.
ref: 2015 August 4, Zhang Jie et al., “Immunoregulation on Mice of Low Immunity and Effects on Five Kinds of Human Cancer Cells of Panax japonicus Polysaccharide”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
Oxfordianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Oxfordian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The theory that Edward de Vere (1550–1604), Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare.
intertreatment
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + treatment.
Senses: examples: text: The fact that the measurements were done manually makes it highly unlikely to have enough sensitivity and reproducibility to detect reliable intertreatment changes in the short period of follow-up, particularly for segments such as the internal and external carotid artery which are very difficult to visualize and cannot clearly be detected in all patients.
ref: 2015 August 5, Ettore Malacco, Stefano Omboni, Gianfranco Parati, “Blood Pressure Response to Zofenopril or Irbesartan Each Combined with Hydrochlorothiazide in High-Risk Hypertensives Uncontrolled by Monotherapy: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled, Parallel Group, Noninferiority Trial”, in International Journal of Hypertension, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Between treatments.
intrastent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + stent.
Senses: examples: text: Coronary angiography was performed, showing severe intrastent restenosis in mid portion of LAD and mild lesions on the other arteries.
ref: 2015 August 4, Juan Mieres et al., “Transapical Implantation of a 2nd-Generation JenaValve Device in Patient with Extremely High Surgical Risk”, in Case Reports in Cardiology, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Within a stent.
multiswarm
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + swarm.
Senses: examples: text: We introduced parasitism into the standard PSO to develop a multiswarm PSO that balances exploration and exploitation.
ref: 2015 August 5, Xiao-peng Wei et al., “Multiswarm Particle Swarm Optimization with Transfer of the Best Particle”, in Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Of or relating to more than one swarm.
neurooncologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurooncologists
Etymology: From neuro- + oncologist.
Senses: glosses: One who works in the field of neurooncology.
neurooncologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurooncologist
neuroexcitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuroexcitations
Etymology: From neuro- + excitation.
Senses: glosses: excitation of a nerve or of parts of the nervous system
neurooncological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + oncological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to neurooncology.
nonunivocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + univocal.
Senses: examples: text: A nonunivocal inflammatory pattern emerged from the current analysis.
ref: 2015 August 5, Roberto Codella et al., “Moderate Intensity Training Impact on the Inflammatory Status and Glycemic Profiles in NOD Mice”, in Journal of Diabetes Research, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not univocal.
nonsarcopenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sarcopenic.
Senses: examples: text: In conclusion, sarcopenic older women showed lower muscle function and higher cardiovascular risk due to increased PP levels compared with nonsarcopenic subjects.
ref: 2015 August 6, Maddalena Illario et al., “Active and Healthy Ageing and Independent Living”, in Journal of Aging Research, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not sarcopenic.
nonreported
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + reported.
Senses: examples: text: Second, we did not attempt to clarify unclear study details by contacting the study authors; nonreported aspects of methods may have lowered scores in our quality assessment.
ref: 2015 August 5, Janet E. Squires et al., “Job Satisfaction among Care Aides in Residential Long-Term Care: A Systematic Review of Contributing Factors, Both Individual and Organizational”, in Nursing Research and Practice, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not reported.
nonrandomised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + randomised.
Senses: examples: text: These include the use of heterogenous patients' populations, small sample sizes, nonrandomised samples, poor quality of the intervention design and application, sole use of psychometric assessment, short period of implementation, lack of control over extraneous factors, poor patients' adherence to the intervention, and poor randomisation process.
ref: 2015 August 6, Andreas Charalambous et al., “A Randomized Controlled Trial for the Effectiveness of Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Guided Imagery as Anxiety Reducing Interventions in Breast and Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of nonrandomized.
antimodular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimodular
form: most antimodular
Etymology: From anti- + modular.
Senses: examples: text: This antimodular, antistructured approach to handling messages flies in the face of good programming style in C or any other language […]
ref: 1992, Personal Computer Magazine:
glosses: Opposing or rejecting a modular approach.
nonqualifying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + qualifying.
Senses: examples: text: Then the questionnaire was checked by our research staff in order to make sure the data were complete and to remove any nonqualifying questionnaires immediately.
ref: 2015 August 6, Tian Wang et al., “Effects of TCMC on Transformation of Good Health Status to Suboptimal Health Status: A Nested Case-Control Study”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: That does not qualify.
nonpenalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + penalized.
Senses: examples: text: It was shown that penalized regressions are usually robust and provide better accuracy than nonpenalized methods for disease prediction.
ref: 2015 August 4, Taesung Park et al., “Statistical Analysis of High-Dimensional Genetic Data in Complex Traits”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not penalized.
nonleisure
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + leisure.
Senses: examples: text: In conclusion nonleisure PA appeared to be a stronger predictor of all types of HSU, particularly in the two oldest age groups.
ref: 2015 August 6, Maddalena Illario et al., “Active and Healthy Ageing and Independent Living”, in Journal of Aging Research, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not of or relating to leisure.
nonindulgence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + indulgence.
Senses: examples: text: Around half of the participants said SRH is important matter of concern only for sexually active people and nonindulgence in premarital or high risk sex ensures good SRH.
ref: 2015 August 6, Jitendra Kumar Meena et al., “Sexual and Reproductive Health: Knowledge, Attitude, and Perceptions among Young Unmarried Male Residents of Delhi”, in International journal of reproductive medicine, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Lack of indulgence.
nonexercised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + exercised.
Senses: examples: text: Besides, these rats presented reduced embryonic death rates (resorption) compared with diabetic nonexercised dams.
ref: 2015 August 9, S. B. Corvino et al., “Intrauterine Growth Restricted Rats Exercised before and during Pregnancy: Maternal and Perinatal Repercussions”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not exercised.
nonceliac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonceliacs
Etymology: From non- + celiac.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a celiac.
nonceliacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonceliac
saltspoonful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saltspoonfuls
form: saltspoonsful
Etymology: From saltspoon + -ful.
Senses: glosses: As much as will fit in a saltspoon.
Hypernyms: spoonful
Coordinate terms: spoonful § Hyponyms
saltspoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saltspoons
Etymology: From salt + spoon.
Senses: examples: text: 1798, Charlotte Turner Smith, The Young Philosopher, London: T. Cadell, Jun. & W. Davies, Volume 1, Chapter 3, pp. 55-56,
Her reasons […] for disliking paupers of every description were entirely on the surface; “she hated them,” she said, “for they were nasty dirty creatures; the fellows and wenches were all thieves; she once lost a salt spoon by one of them whom Master George thought proper to bring to her door for cold victuals […] ”
text: His gleaming little service of plate was so arranged upon his sideboard as that a slack salt-spoon would have instantly betrayed itself […]
ref: 1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, chapter 22, in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, →OCLC:
text: Dashed the bold fork through pies of pork;
O’er hard-boiled eggs the saltspoon shook;
ref: 1872, Charles Stuart Calverley, “The Palace”, in Fly Leaves, Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, page 15:
text: There is no such thing as a saltspoon in Yucatan. You are expected to shake the salt out or take it out with your fingers.
ref: 1909, Channing Arnold, Frederick J. Tabor Frost, chapter 20, in The American Egypt: A Record of Travel in Yucatan, London: Hutchinson, page 352:
glosses: A small spoon used for serving or measuring salt, equivalent to ⅛ teaspoon.
noncaseating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + caseating.
Senses: examples: text: Mediastinoscopy was performed, including a mediastinal lymph node biopsy where he was found to have noncaseating granulomas.
ref: 2015 August 6, Anupam Bansal, Rupali Drewek, “Sarcoidosis and Histoplasmosis: Is One a Consequence of the Other? A Case Report and Review of the Literature”, in Case Reports in Rheumatology, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not caseating.
nonbrain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + brain.
Senses: examples: text: Briefly, this processing includes the following: removal of nonbrain tissue using a hybrid watershed/surface deformation procedure […]
ref: 2015 June 17, Matthieu Bailly et al., “Precuneus and Cingulate Cortex Atrophy and Hypometabolism in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment: MRI and 18F-FDG PET Quantitative Analysis Using FreeSurfer”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not of or relating to the brain.
nonbone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bone.
Senses: examples: text: From the studies listed in Table 2, it is evident that, in the average population in a country such as Canada with little natural UVB stimulation for >6 months of the year, only 22% of the population achieve levels to confer all the benefits (bone and nonbone) of vitamin D adequacy.
ref: 2015 July 29, Gerry K. Schwalfenberg, Stephen J. Genuis, “Vitamin D, Essential Minerals, and Toxic Elements: Exploring Interactions between Nutrients and Toxicants in Clinical Medicine”, in The Scientific World Journal, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not of or relating to bone.
oncotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oncotype
octadecylsilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: All HPLC analyses were performed using a Reverse phase column (C-18) octadecylsilane (4 mm I.D × 30 cm).
ref: 2015 September 4, Sutapa Bandyopadhyay Neogi et al., “Consumption of indigenous medicines by pregnant women in North India for selecting sex of the foetus: what can it lead to?”, in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: A surface coating used in reversed-phase chromatography.
saltspoonfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saltspoonful
saltspoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saltspoon
saltspoonsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saltspoonful
oligonol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The authors found a synergistic effect for oligonol plus quantum light combination, whereas monotherapy with oligonol showed a superior anti-inflammatory efficacy as compared to quantum light and acupuncture monotherapies.
ref: 2015 August 4, Gerhard Litscher et al., “High-Tech Acupuncture and Integrative Laser Medicine 2014”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: A mixture of low-molecular-weight polyphenols found in the lychee.
pours in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pour in
pouring in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pour in
poured in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pour in
Centennial
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Colorado.
glosses: A census-designated place in Wyoming.
palaeoimmunology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From palaeo- + immunology.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleoimmunology.
palaeoradiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From palaeo- + radiology.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleoradiology.
paleoradiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paleo- + radiology.
Senses: glosses: The use of modern radiological techniques to study ancient remains and artifacts.
Related terms: paleoradiological
paleoradiologist
periauricular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From peri- + auricular.
Senses: examples: text: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated residual periauricular subcutaneous ill-defined lesions extending radially from the stylomastoid foramen and subsequent abnormal enhanced lesions in the intratemporal facial nerve from the stylomastoid foramen to the internal auditory canal […]
ref: 2015 August 9, Mitsuhiko Nakahira, Naoko Saito, Masashi Sugasawa, “Extratemporal Malignant Nerve Sheath Tumor of Facial Nerve with Coexistent Intratemporal Neurofibroma Mimicking Malignant Intratemporal Extension”, in Case Reports in Otolaryngology, volume 2015, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Around the ear.
periovarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛəɹiən
Etymology: From peri- + ovarian.
Senses: glosses: Surrounding the ovary
Synonyms: periovarial
phosphosphingolipids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphosphingolipid
pneumotachometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pneumotachometers
Etymology: From pneumo- + tachometer.
Senses: examples: text: In a seated upright position, participants breathed into a non-rebreathing technician controlled pneumatic switching Y-valve that was connected to a pneumotachometer and mass spectrometer.
ref: 2015 September 5, Erik H. Van Iterson et al., “Impaired cardiac and peripheral hemodynamic responses to inhaled β2-agonist in cystic fibrosis”, in Respiratory Research, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: A spirometer that measures the flow rate of gases by detecting pressure differences across the fine mesh.
pneumotachometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pneumotachometer
Pueblo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pueblos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pueblo, from Latin populus. Doublet of people.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Pueblo Indians.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Ohio Township, Spencer County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Eastern Pueblos
Jemez Pueblo
Puebloan
Pueblo County
Pueblo Indian
Pueblo Revival
Pueblo Revolt
Taos Pueblo
postbronchodilator
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + bronchodilator.
Senses: examples: text: There was no postbronchodilator response.
ref: 2015 August 6, Anupam Bansal, Rupali Drewek, “Sarcoidosis and Histoplasmosis: Is One a Consequence of the Other? A Case Report and Review of the Literature”, in Case Reports in Rheumatology, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: After the use of a bronchodilator.
prebronchodilator
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + bronchodilator.
Senses: glosses: Prior to the use of a bronchodilator.
postschool
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + school.
Senses: examples: text: Predictors for better SRH knowledge were higher age, urban residence, postschool education, and so forth among study participants.
ref: 2015 August 6, Jitendra Kumar Meena et al., “Sexual and Reproductive Health: Knowledge, Attitude, and Perceptions among Young Unmarried Male Residents of Delhi”, in International journal of reproductive medicine, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: After leaving school.
postresection
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + resection.
Senses: examples: text: In addition an adequate staging EUS cannot be performed unless the original site of the resection can be identified by an endoscopic tattoo, residual tissue, or a postresection scar.
ref: 2015 August 5, Brian P. Rajca, Mihir S. Wagh, “Dilemmas in Endoscopic Management of Rectal Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Case-Based Discussion”, in Gastroenterology Research and Practice, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: After resection.
prefrail
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + frail.
Senses: examples: text: This time, frail people are sent to a medical professional, robust people receive an invitation for a new screening a year later, and prefrail individuals are offered training services (for training physical or cognitive functioning or to educate people about healthy nutrition for older adults).
ref: 2015 August 5, Lex van Velsen et al., “A Community-Based, Technology-Supported Health Service for Detecting and Preventing Frailty among Older Adults: A Participatory Design Development Process”, in Journal of Aging Research, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Exhibiting the early signs that may lead to frailty.
prefrailty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + frailty.
Senses: examples: text: In the article “A Community-Based, Technology-Supported Health Service for Detecting and Preventing Frailty among Older Adults: A Participatory Design Development Process,” the authors discuss the development of a community-based, technology-supported health service for detecting prefrailty and preventing frailty and further functional decline via participatory design with a wide range of stakeholders, such as physicians and local service providers.
ref: 2015 August 6, Maddalena Illario et al., “Active and Healthy Ageing and Independent Living”, in Journal of Aging Research, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Presence of the early signs that may lead to frailty.
reresection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reresections
Etymology: From re- + resection.
Senses: examples: text: Adjuvant EBRT was given only to patients without prior local radiation (24 patients), while previously irradiated patients underwent reresection and IORT alone (26 patients).
ref: 2015 August 9, Christopher L. Tinkle et al., “Intraoperative Radiotherapy in the Management of Locally Recurrent Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma”, in Sarcoma, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Resection again.
reresections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reresection
repilot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repilots
form: repiloting
form: repiloted
form: repiloted
Etymology: From re- + pilot.
Senses: examples: text: The template was repiloted by the same four surgeons and recovery ward nurses to see if opinions and the usability of the template had improved, with the eventual aim of computerising the template.
ref: 2015 August 6, M. Sayma et al., “From Inpatient Notes to Outpatient Followup: Enhancing the Rhinology Service in a Tertiary Centre through Student Led Projects”, in International Journal of Otolaryngology, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: To pilot again.
repiloted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of repilot
repilots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repilot
repiloting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repilot
reirradiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reirradiations
Etymology: From re- + irradiation.
Senses: examples: text: While acute or late toxicity did not appear to differ significantly between those who received adjuvant EBRT and those that did not, toxicity related to reirradiation was not reported.
ref: 2015 August 9, Christopher L. Tinkle et al., “Intraoperative Radiotherapy in the Management of Locally Recurrent Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma”, in Sarcoma, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: irradiation again
reirradiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reirradiation
protocolise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: protocolises
form: protocolising
form: protocolised
form: protocolised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of protocolize.
protocolised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of protocolise
protocolises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of protocolise
protocolising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of protocolise
prerelapse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + relapse.
Senses: examples: text: The time to development of any initial relapse (local or distant) was defined from end of initial prerelapse treatment to first recurrence.
ref: 2015 August 9, Christopher L. Tinkle et al., “Intraoperative Radiotherapy in the Management of Locally Recurrent Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma”, in Sarcoma, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Before a relapse.
prelawsuit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + lawsuit.
Senses: glosses: Before a lawsuit.
stressogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stressogenic
form: most stressogenic
Etymology: From stress + -o- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: However, there is incomplete knowledge on how exercise acts in T1D, and therefore physical activity could be as stressogenic as many other detrimental conditions for which NOD mice are highly susceptible to develop diabetes.
ref: 2015 August 5, Roberto Codella et al., “Moderate Intensity Training Impact on the Inflammatory Status and Glycemic Profiles in NOD Mice”, in Journal of Diabetes Research, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Causing stress.
sphingolipidomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sphingolipidome + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Various groups have also shown by sphingolipidomic analysis that several phytoceramide subspecies increased in wild type cells after hydroxyurea treatment.
ref: 2015 August 6, Kaushlendra Tripathi, “Role of Inositol Phosphosphingolipid Phospholipase C1, the Yeast Homolog of Neutral Sphingomyelinases in DNA Damage Response and Diseases”, in Journal of Lipids, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to a sphingolipidome.
sphingolipidomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sphingolipidome
slut-shamey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slut-shamey
form: most slut-shamey
Etymology: From slut-shame + -y.
Senses: examples: text: One of the biggest myths about dating is that how soon you choose to have sex impacts the longevity of the relationship. So if you are a woman and you're looking for love, giving it up too early will preclude any possibility of a long-term relationship. Outside of being blatantly slut-shamey, this advice is plain wrong.
ref: 2011, Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Outdated: Why Dating Is Ruining Your Love Life, Seal Press, →ISBN, pages 92–93:
text: We should all know by now that hooker jokes are way passé and slut-shaming is wrong, but when tempers flare, a slut-shamey slur can occasionally pop out of one's mouth.
ref: 2015, Siouxsie Q, "A Happier, Hotter Year: Seven Sexual Resolutions for 2015, SF Weekly, 7 January 2015
text: Not to sound slut-shamey or anything here, coming from someone who was also sexually active at around the same age, but if I was getting my swerve on with dudes in their 20s, I’m pretty sure I would remember that sh*t.
ref: 2015 July 31, Jerome Khalid, “Khloé Kardashian Defends Kylie Jenner & Tyga: “At 16 I Was Probably””, in Press Examiner:
glosses: Engaging in, promoting, or characteristic of slut-shaming.
duck on a rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duck on the rock
Senses: examples: text: No. 146. Duck on a Rock.
ref: 1884, William Wells Newell, Games and Songs of American Children, page 189:
text: Duck-on-a-Rock: This is a good old grandfather game.
ref: 1911, Boy Scouts Handbook, 1st edition, page 304:
text: And then he looked on while they played games—hide-and-seek, and duck-on-the-rock, and follow-my-leader, and ever so many others.
ref: 1919, Arthur Scott Bailey, chapter 13, in The Tale of Major Monkey:
text: [B]asketball […] is […] cobbled together out of irreconcilable parts: James Naismith invented it, out of desperation, with a peach basket and a football and the rules of an old children’s game called Duck on a Rock.
ref: 2012 July 5, Sam Anderson, “LeBron James Is a Sack of Melons”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Sep 2015:
synonyms: word: duck on drake
english: sometimes hyphenated
translation: sometimes hyphenated
qualifier: sometimes hyphenated
glosses: A medieval children’s game that combines tag, marksmanship and throwing accuracy.
chlorophonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorophonias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of species of birds in the genus Chlorophonia.
Hyponyms: blue-crowned chlorophonia
blue-naped chlorophonia
chestnut-breasted chlorophonia
golden-browed chlorophonia
yellow-collared chlorophonia
duck on drake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of duck on a rock.
synonyms: word: duck on a rock
duck on the rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of duck on a rock.
herdthink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From herd + think.
Senses: examples: text: But there is another America, too—an America of herdthink, of intolerance.
ref: 1993, Jonathan Rauch, Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 111:
text: The most extreme and eventually the most dangerous kind of “herdthink” was hard to miss in the natural resource stocks, particularly the copper and natural gas stocks, as long as you knew what to look for.
ref: 2009, James J. Cramer, Jim Cramer's Getting Back to Even, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 298:
text: Traders also need to understand these cognitive biases to avoid herdthink.
ref: 2010, Curtis Faith, Trading from Your Gut: How to Use Right Brain Instinct & Left Brain Smarts to Become a Master Trader, FT Press, →ISBN, page 36:
glosses: Reasoning based on or characteristic of uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
Synonyms: groupthink
warm as life
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very warm.
Lamar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ləˈmɑː(ɹ)/
Etymology: From a placename in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare (“the pool”).
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Old French.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Johnson County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Prowers County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Spencer County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Benton County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Barton County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Barton County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Chase County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Hughes County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Porter Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Darlington County, South Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Aransas County, Texas, named after Mirabeau B. Lamar.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mercer County and Wyoming County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Lamar County
'splodey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊdi
Forms: form: more 'splodey
form: most 'splodey
Etymology: 'splode (a contracted form of explode) + -y
Senses: examples: text: Lara fired her trademark pistols while Totec brandished a rifle, and both took advantage of unlimited grenades to unleash some 'splodey fun.
ref: 2010, The Official Xbox Magazine, numbers 107-110, page 40:
text: […] my agent, Kristine Dahl, and Laura Neely, at ICM, who keep track of the kind of details that make my head all 'splodey; […]
ref: 2011, "Acknowledgements", in Anton Strout, Dead Waters, Ace Books (2011), unnumbered page
text: Common Uses: Mostly just 'splodey stuff, but particularly traps and cannons. Check out the Intermediate Builds section for how to make a real nice TNT cannon.
ref: 2015, Trevor Talley, The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Circuit Power!: Minecraft Redstone and the Keys to Supercharging Your Builds in Sandbox Games, Triumph Books, published 2015, →ISBN, page 75:
glosses: Involving or reminiscent of an explosion or explosions.
'splodey
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊdi
Forms: form: more 'splodey
form: most 'splodey
Etymology: 'splode (a contracted form of explode) + -y
Senses: examples: text: Really, though, Jordan just likes making things go 'splodey—and who can blame him? Destruction is fun, especially when it involves un ¡kahoom! muy grande, like taking out the only bridge into town.
ref: 2013, Michelle Witte, The Faker's Guide to the Classics: Everything You Need to Know About the Books You Should Have Read (But Didn’t), Globe Pequot, published 2013, →ISBN, page 71:
text: 'Okay, it's possible I was seeing things, but this is one of those cases where I don't think so. Stuff went 'splodey, then there was two of me, then there was another you, and the other me was dead, then the other you brought me here.'
ref: 2014, Grace McDermott, Mirrorfall, Wibbly Press (2014), unnumbered page
text: Just try rebuilding a section of a Redstone build after even a small portion of your work has become damaged, much less after a Creeper has decided to go all splodey on it.
ref: 2015, Trevor Talley, The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Circuit Power!: Minecraft Redstone and the Keys to Supercharging Your Builds in Sandbox Games, Triumph Books, published 2015, →ISBN, page 171:
glosses: In a manner involving or reminiscent of an explosion.
in view
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: visible; in sight
Related terms: in view of
in plain view
KIV
nebulitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nebulitic
form: most nebulitic
Etymology: From nebulite + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or containing, the mineral nebulite.
Sathmar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Sathmar, from Hungarian Szatmár, a region in modern-day Romania. See Satu Mare.
Senses: glosses: The city and region of Satu Mare in Romania, particularly in the context of discussion of its German population, the Sathmar Swabians.
Synonyms: Satu Mare
Moselle Franconian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Moselle-Franconian
form: Mosel Franconian
Etymology: Calque of German Moselfränkisch.
Senses: glosses: One of two subgroups of the Central Franconian dialects; spoken in the north-western half of Rhineland-Palatinate, the Siegerland, and parts of eastern Belgium; distinguished from the northern Ripuarian by a number of fairly parallel isoglosses, especially the Dorf-Dorf-Linie and also the Moselle Franconian diphthongization of Germanic -ī-, -ū-.
undiscomfited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undiscomfited
form: most undiscomfited
Etymology: From un- + discomfited.
Senses: glosses: Not discomfited.
sphincterotome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sphincterotomes
Etymology: From sphincter + -o- + -tome.
Senses: examples: text: No more than a total of ten cannulation attempts (defined as a sustained contact between the sphincterotome and the papilla for at least five seconds) were allowed during this time frame.
ref: 2015 August 9, Birol Baysal et al., “A Novel Round Insulated Tip Papillotome as an Alternative to the Classic Needle-Knife for Precut Sphincterotomy in Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography”, in Gastroenterology Research and Practice, volume 2015, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The electrified wire used to perform sphincterotomy.
sphincterotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sphincterotome
sociosanitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From socio- + sanitary.
Senses: examples: text: During this meeting, the following topics were presented and discussed with all representatives and older adults to elicit the background knowledge needed to set-up local activities for detecting and preventing frailty: […] a comparison with other, highly-esteemed, sociosanitary services in Italy […]
ref: 2015 August 5, Lex van Velsen et al., “A Community-Based, Technology-Supported Health Service for Detecting and Preventing Frailty among Older Adults: A Participatory Design Development Process”, in Journal of Aging Research, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to society and sanitation.
semiqualitative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + qualitative.
Senses: examples: text: It was a semiqualitative study, conducted to assess young men's SRH information needs, perceptions. and preferences through focus group discussions (FGDs).
ref: 2015 August 6, Jitendra Kumar Meena et al., “Sexual and Reproductive Health: Knowledge, Attitude, and Perceptions among Young Unmarried Male Residents of Delhi”, in International journal of reproductive medicine, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Partially qualitative.
subhealth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sub- + health.
Senses: examples: text: Still, the etiology of subhealth and the mechanism of its development are still unclear.
ref: 2015 August 6, Tian Wang et al., “Effects of TCMC on Transformation of Good Health Status to Suboptimal Health Status: A Nested Case-Control Study”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: A condition between health and disease, exhibiting some apparently unhealthy features without specific pathology.
subswarm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subswarms
Etymology: From sub- + swarm.
Senses: examples: text: The four subswarms employ a cooperative strategy.
ref: 2015 August 5, Xiao-peng Wei et al., “Multiswarm Particle Swarm Optimization with Transfer of the Best Particle”, in Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: A swarm making up part of a larger swarm.
subswarms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subswarm
synophthalmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ælmɪk
Etymology: From synophthalmia + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Reid et al. in 2015 conducted a comprehensive study on basicranial malformations in a holoprosencephalic foetus with trisomy 18 (Edwards' syndrome) with synophthalmic cyclopia and alobar holoprosencephaly.
ref: 2015 August 5, Venkatesh Gokuldas Kamath et al., “Binary Logistic Regression Analysis of Foramen Magnum Dimensions for Sex Determination”, in Anatomy Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Exhibiting or relating to synophthalmia.
tanycytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tanycyte + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: These findings led to the diagnosis of ependymoma, likely the tanycytic type (WHO grade II).
ref: 2015 September 5, Davide Roma et al., “Spinal ependymoma in a patient with Kabuki syndrome: a case report”, in BMC Medical Genetics, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to tanycytes.
cow stall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cow stalls
form: cow-stall
form: cowstall
Etymology: From Middle English cow-stalle, equivalent to cow + stall.
Senses: glosses: A compartment in which cows are housed and kept.
Synonyms: boose
cowstall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cowstalls
Etymology: From Middle English cow-stalle, equivalent to cow + stall.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cow stall.
transaortic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + aortic.
Senses: examples: text: For this reason other access sites are being used, such as transapical, carotid, subclavian, and transaortic, mainly when femoral approach is not feasible.
ref: 2015 August 4, Juan Mieres et al., “Transapical Implantation of a 2nd-Generation JenaValve Device in Patient with Extremely High Surgical Risk”, in Case Reports in Cardiology, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Through the aorta.
vaidyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaidya
proword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prowords
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: procedure word
prowords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proword
procedure word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procedure words
Senses: examples: text: "Roger" and "negative" are procedure words.
glosses: A short, standardized word or phrase used in radiotelephony to clearly and unambiguously communicate in a condensed standard verbal format.
Synonyms: proword
procedure words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of procedure word
Singaporeanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Singaporeanisms
Etymology: From Singaporean + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A belief, attitude, lexical item, etc. peculiar to or characteristic of the people of Singapore.
Singaporeanisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Singaporeanism
classical guitarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: classical guitarists
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays the classical guitar.
classical guitarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of classical guitarist
cobza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobzas
Etymology: From Romanian cobză, from Ukrainian ко́бза (kóbza), from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ.
Doublet of komuz and kobza.
Senses: glosses: A lute-like stringed instrument (chordophone), with four strings in double courses, played with a plectrum, and most associated with the traditional music of Romania.
cobzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cobza
semihomemade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + homemade.
Senses: examples: text: But when I weary of fast-and-easy, semihomemade culture, I flip through this book and take comfort that someone actually took the time to live as if they were permanently on the set of Dynasty.
ref: 2007 November 22, Jancee Dunn, “With the Grace of Liberace Go I”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of semi-homemade.