cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
kedgeree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛd͡ʒəɹi/
Forms: form: kedgerees
form: kedgaree
form: kegeree
form: kidgeree
form: kitchari
form: kitcherie
form: kitchiri
form: cutchery
form: kitchery
form: kitcheree
form: kitcharee
form: cutcheree
Etymology: From Hindi खिचड़ी (khicṛī), from Sanskrit खिच्चा (khiccā). Compare khichdi.
Senses: glosses: Khichdi.
examples: text: Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter.
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
text: Kedgeree was the invention of the British in colonial India, but was inspired by khichuri, a more ancient dish of rice and lentils, so here I’ve reinstated the pulses in the form of mung dal and peas: an Indian dish, adapted by the British, and changed again by an Indian living in Britain.
ref: 2024 May 7, Tamal Ray, “Kedgeree and lamb curry: Tamal Ray’s recipes for homely favourites”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: An Anglo-Indian dish of flaked, smoked haddock, eggs and rice.
Derived terms: kedgeree pot
Related terms: cutchery
cutcherry
epidemology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of epidemiology.
coinkidink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊˈɪŋkiːdɪŋk/
Forms: form: coinkidinks
form: coinkydink
Etymology: Jocular alteration of coincidence.
Senses: glosses: A coincidence.
coinkydink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊˈɪŋkiːdɪŋk/
Forms: form: coinkydinks
form: coinkidink
Etymology: Jocular alteration of coincidence. Perhaps influenced by rinky-dink.
Senses: glosses: A coincidence.
coinkydinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coinkydink
coinkidinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coinkidink
repp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repps
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Alternative form of rep.
dominies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dominie
washoku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 和食 (washoku).
Senses: examples: text: She picked up ideas from chatting with local vendors, reading ladies magazines, and watching television cooking shows. She proved an excellent role model, demonstrating that washoku was not a rigid set of rules, but rather a flexible framework in which to collect and consider new ideas.
ref: 2005, Elizabeth Andoh, Washoku: Recipes from the Japanese Home Kitchen, page 67:
text: Yoshoku is distinguished from washoku, or “Japanese food,” but their histories are intertwined. That beef (let alone Salisbury steak) is eaten at all in Japan can be traced to an afternoon in 1872 when Emperor Meiji had meat for his lunch and, in doing so, reversed a ban on eating beef that had lasted 1,200 years.
ref: 2007 May 20, Adam Sachs, “They Eat Horse Sashimi in Tokyo, Don’t They?”, in The New York Times, T Magazine:
text: Traditional Japanese food, or “washoku”, has been designated an intangible cultural asset, making Japan’s national cuisine only the second after France’s to be so honoured.
ref: 2013 December 6, Kwan Weng Kin, “UNESCO names Japan's cuisine a cultural asset”, in The Straits Times, Singapore, Top of the News:
text: Akemi Yokoyama, a London-based Japanese chef and washoku teacher, said: “Fundamentally, sushi has to be prepared fresh. The problem with the supermarket sushi is the shelf life.”[…] Washoku has edicts on everything from the angle of a chef’s hand as it moulds a piece of sushi rice, to the adornment of seasonal sprigs of foliage – all part of a quest for harmony and balance in flavours, colours and presentation.
ref: 2016 January 25, Danielle Demetriou, “No more soggy sushi – Japan to teach UK the way of washoku”, in The Daily Telegraph, page 3:
glosses: Japanese cuisine, traditional Japanese food.
nasturtiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nasturtia
Senses: glosses: plural of nasturtium
nasturtia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nasturtiums
Senses: glosses: plural of nasturtium
tanging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tang
NAY
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Nayarit: a state of Mexico.
nays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of nay
bures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bure
giron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: girons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gyron.
ocras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ocra
linehaul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linehauls
form: line haul
form: line-haul
Etymology: From line + haul.
Senses: glosses: The movement of freight by any means of transport by land, air or water between distant cities, or of passengers or cargo between terminals.
glosses: A designated truck route between distant cities.
Related terms: linehauler
meteor showers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meteor shower
truncations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truncation
convoying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of convoy
folkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of folkie
folkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] in a secret ceremony open only to the industry, awards were given out in the form of folkier-than-thou gold flat-picks […]
ref: 1965 December, Phil Ochs, “That Was The Year That Weren't”, in Cavalier:
glosses: comparative form of folkie: more folkie
folkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of folkie: most folkie
octanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octanols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many isomers of the saturated aliphatic alcohol having eight carbon atoms, but especially the simple primary alcohol n-octanol; its esters are used in perfumery
Derived terms: iso-octanol
isooctanol
octanolysis
oliguria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligurias
Etymology: From olig- + -uria, from Ancient Greek ὀλίγοι (olígoi, “few”) + Latin -ūria, from Ancient Greek -ουρία (-ouría), from οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A decreased production in the volume of urine.
Derived terms: oliguric
Related terms: anuria
polyuria
oncogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oncogeneses
Etymology: From onco- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The formation and development of tumors.
Related terms: oncogene
oncogenetic
oncogenetics
oncogenic
oncogenics
oncogenome
oncogenomic
oncogenomics
oncologic
oncological
oncology
oncoprotein
oncoproteogenome
oncoproteogenomic
oncoproteogenomics
oncoproteome
oncoproteomic
oncoproteomics
proto-oncogene
proto-oncogenic
onycholysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onycholyses
Etymology: From New Latin onycho- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The loosening or separation of a fingernail or toenail from its bed
osteodystrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osteodystrophies
Etymology: From osteo- + dystrophy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any abnormal or defective development of a bone
Hyponyms: osteofibrosis
Coordinate terms: osteochondrodysplasia
Derived terms: Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy
chondro-osteodystrophy
osteogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osteogeneses
Etymology: From osteo- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The formation and development of bone.
Derived terms: atelosteogenesis
distraction osteogenesis
osteogenesis imperfecta
osteogenetic
Related terms: dysosteogenesis
dysostosis
osteomalacia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osteomalacias
form: osteo-malacia
Etymology: From osteo- + malacia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets
Related terms: osteomalacic
osteosclerosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osteoscleroses
Etymology: From osteo- + sclerosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An increase in bone density
Derived terms: dysosteosclerosis
overactivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overactivations
Etymology: From over- + activation.
Senses: glosses: An excessive activation
Related terms: overactive
ovicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovicides
Etymology: From ovo- + -cide.
Senses: glosses: Any substance designed to kill eggs, especially the eggs of insects.
paracrine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /pæɹəkɹaɪn/
/pæɹəkɹɪn/
Etymology: From para- + -crine, modelled on German parakrin.
Senses: glosses: Describing a hormone or other secretion released from endocrine cells into the surrounding tissue rather than into the bloodstream
Synonyms: paracrinal
Coordinate terms: endocrine
exocrine
heterocrine
autocrine
Derived terms: juxtaparacrine
neuroparacrine
Related terms: neurocrine
paracriny
poor show
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Used to express disapproval or dissatisfaction
swounded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swound
dry humour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dry humor.
on the make
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: From make (“companion, spouse, mate”), related to match (“counterpart, partner”).
Senses: examples: text: Harry (Matthew Cowles) and Tim (Timothy Meyers) are an inseparable pair of macho punks always on the make for an easy sexual score.
ref: 1973 November 26, T. E. Kalem, “The Theatre: Savage Mating Dance”, in Time:
glosses: Actively seeking a romantic encounter or relationship.
examples: text: In a city where everybody was "hustling," everybody, as they phrased it, "on the make," why should anyone take a second glance at Peter Gudge?
ref: 1920, Upton Sinclair, chapter 1, in 100%: The Story of a Patriot:
text: She said that anyone under the age of thirty living in a resort community was on the make somehow: “pimping, dealing, hooking, detoxing, escaping, scamming, or what have you.”
ref: 1991, Douglas Coupland, “It Can't Last”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 36:
glosses: Actively seeking an opportunity for self-advancement; eager to ingratiate oneself to others in order to secure some advantage.
Derived terms: on-the-make-ness
Related terms: put the make on
put the make on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts the make on
form: putting the make on
form: put the make on
form: put the make on
form: put the moves on
Etymology: From make (“love interest, spouse, mate”).
Senses: examples: 1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
I met a lesbian friend of Liz's, Dawn, who promptly put the make on me & I figured it's about time I tried it.
1978, "High Steppin' to stardom (Film review of Saturday Night Fever)," Time, 3 Apr.,
His girl—the one he has been trying unsuccessfully to put the make on—hears the longing and the edge of desperation in his voice and kisses him on the cheek.
glosses: To pursue with romantic interest, especially in an aggressive, sexually suggestive manner.
Synonyms: word: flirt with
word: hit on
english: someone
translation: someone
word: hustle
Related terms: on the make
Devil's Triangle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Bermuda Triangle
glosses: An area of the Atlantic Ocean where many ships and planes have disappeared under allegedly mysterious circumstances.
synonyms: Devil's Sea
Dragon's Triangle
Pacific Bermuda Triangle
glosses: A similar area in the Pacific Ocean.
Derived terms: devil's triangle
Related terms: Devil's Island
Devil's Triangle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Devil's Triangles
Senses: examples: text: And on the off-chance you're in a "Devil's Triangle" (two dudes, one girl): NO, NO, NO, NO, I HATE THIS, I HATE THIS, IHATETHISIHATETHISNONONONONONONONO. I'm sorry.
ref: 2013 December 12, Cosmo Frank, “12 Things Guys Really Think About Threesomes”, in Cosmopolitan, Archived by the archival database Internet Archive, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2014:
text: 'Devil's Triangle' is a Three way fuck with a cock in all of her orifices
ref: 2018 September 25, Trump is Best Ever, “Prankster Claims Punked Michael Avenatti With Hoax Kavanaugh 'Train' Gang Rape Accusation”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):
text: Kavanaugh should have used his outdoor face, leaving his indoor shouty face for floozies in Devil's Triangles, Renate at parties, his scared wife and his agent.
ref: 2018 September 28, Heather Mallick, “Brett Kavanaugh: Mad, bad and dangerous to know”, in Toronto Star, Archived by the archival database Internet Archive, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2018:
text: LMFAO This is Y-U-G-E-L-Y gay, and yet further proof that Trump The Hump is a treasonous, commie-loving homo. I'm sure that he, Kim and his number one commie boyfriend Vlad have already engaged in at least several 'Devil's Triangles' involving a Y-U-G-E amount of "boofing." By the way, the fat, orange-dyed blob said this to a crowd in West Virginia. How appropriate, because those Oxy addicts love their backwoods anal sex. Squeal like a pig. Yay!
ref: 2018 October 1, %, “Re: THE FAT MENTAL MIDGET DUMB DONNY SAYS THAT HE AND THE PHYSICAL MIDGET KIM "FELL IN LOVE"”, in alt.checkmate (Usenet):
glosses: Synonym of devil's threesome.
synonyms: word: devil's threesome
cranioscopist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cranioscopists
Etymology: From cranioscopy + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: It is very trying to the patience of a cranioscopist to study the pages of Morton. Few of the skulls are placed in any uniform position.
ref: 1863, Charles Carter Blake, “On the Cranial Characters of the Peruvian Races of Men,”, in Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London, volume 2, page 228:
glosses: A person who makes deductions concerning someone's intellectual, emotional, or moral qualities by studying the features of that individual's skull; a phrenologist.
fuck ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfʌkˌʌps/
Senses: glosses: plural of fuck up
fucks up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˌfʌksˈʌp/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fuck up
demurrers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demurrer
hunting-crops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hunting-crop
hunting whip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hunting whips
Senses: glosses: A whip with a hooked horn handle (that can be used for opening gates), a short shaft or stock, and a long leather thong with a silk or cord lash.
hunting whips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hunting whip
headcollar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headcollars
Etymology: From head + collar.
Senses: glosses: A bitless headpiece for leading or tying up a horse.
Synonyms: word: halter
alt: in Australasia and UK
word: headstall
word: horsecollar
common denominators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common denominator
lungeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lunge
lungeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lungeings
Senses: examples: text: 1850-1859, Charles Dickens, Household Words
That immortal creature had gone over the proofs with great pains — had of course taken out the stiflings — hard-plungings, lungeings, and other convulsions — and had also taken out her weakenings and damagings of her own effects.
glosses: Alternative form of lunging.
needler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: needlers
Etymology: From Middle English nedlere, equivalent to needle + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of needle (verb).
examples: Near-synonyms: nag, nagger, annoyer, prickler
glosses: Agent noun of needle (verb).
One who needles (someone else).
glosses: One who makes or uses needles.
glosses: A dealer in needles.
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: needle gun
glosses: Any of various weapons that fire needles or needlelike darts.
needlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of needler
withholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: withholders
Etymology: From withhold + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of withhold; one who withholds.
withholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of withholder
lungeing cavesson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lungeing cavessons
form: longeing cavesson
Senses: glosses: a special type of halter or headcollar with extra rings on the noseband for attaching a lunge line (or rein)
winkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪŋkɚz/
ipa: /ˈwɪŋkəz/
Senses: glosses: blocked leather eye shields attached to a (usually) harness bridle for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards, and partially sideways; blinders in (USA).
glosses: a fleece cover wrapped around the cheek strap of a racing bridle to limit the rear vision of racehorses.
Synonyms: blinkers
blinders
winkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪŋkɚz/
ipa: /ˈwɪŋkəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of winker
Dykehead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Lanarkshire, Scotland that grew and joined with others to form the town of Shotts.
glosses: A small village in Angus council area, Scotland.
ray-gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ray-guns
Senses: topics: engineering
government
literature
media
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
publishing
science-fiction
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Alternative spelling of ray gun.
raygun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rayguns
Senses: topics: engineering
government
literature
media
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
publishing
science-fiction
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Alternative spelling of ray gun.
deathray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deathrays
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of death ray.
death-ray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: death-rays
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of death ray.
trans-mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trans-mats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of transmat.
transmat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transmats
form: trans-mat
Etymology: Attested since the 1950s, from transmit or transfer and matter; perhaps popularized by the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Senses: examples: text: One of these days.., they'll invent a Transmat that'll set you down anywhere.
ref: 1959 June 24, Laurence Janifer, “Obey that Impulse!”, in Future Science Fiction, number 43, page 40:
text: Three lines of workers began to vanish into the transmats, heading for their homes in the android compounds of five continents, […]
ref: 1970 June 24, Robert Silverberg, “The Tower of Glass”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, volume 30, number 3, page 83:
text: TIME LORD: Ah. Welcome, Doctor.
DOCTOR: What's going on? Don't you realize how dangerous it is to intercept a transmat beam?
TIME LORD: Oh, come, Doctor, not with our techniques. We Time Lords transcended such simple mechanical devices when the universe was less than half its present size.
ref: 1975, Terry Nation, Genesis of the Daleks (Doctor Who, season 12, serial 4), opening dialogue
text: You are in a TRANS-MAT unit. You see a faulty control panel with a button on it.
ref: 1983, The Long Way Home (video game published with 16/48 Magazine)
text: LYNDA: Oh, that's the transmat. Scrambles your head — I was sick for days.
ref: 2005, Russell T Davies, Bad Wolf (Doctor Who series 1, episode 12)
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A teleporter; a fictional device that transfers/transmits matter from one location to another without the object traversing the intervening distance as itself.
transmat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transmats
form: transmatting
form: transmatted
form: transmatted
form: trans-mat
Etymology: Attested since the 1950s, from transmit or transfer and matter; perhaps popularized by the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Senses: examples: text: It wasn't far enough away to think about transmatting and besides, that was no longer a viable option, what with vandals having wrecked some of the booths in the area.
ref: 1991, Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, Carmen Carter, Robert Greenberger, Doomsday World (Star Trek: The Next Generation; 12), Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 171:
text: 'No, you're not,' Blandish put in smoothly 'You're transmatting down with me. I'll head the away team and I'll consent to let you advise.'
ref: 1999, Paul Magrs, Jeremy Hoad, The Blue Angel (Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor Adventures; 27), BBC Worldwide, →ISBN, page 36:
text: Donna twisted her neck around to try to find the Doctor, but she realised that she'd been transmatted alone.
ref: 2010, Mark Michalowski, Shining Darkness (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures; 27), BBC Worldwide, →ISBN, page 17:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: To teleport; to (cause to) travel via transmat device.
laser gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laser guns
form: lasergun
form: laser-gun
Senses: glosses: a ray gun
glosses: a weapon that uses laser power as its destructive force
Derived terms: english: large laser guns
translation: large laser guns
word: laser artillery
english: a large laser gun
translation: a large laser gun
word: laser cannon
english: a small personal arms laser gun
translation: a small personal arms laser gun
word: laser pistol
english: a large personal arms laser gun
translation: a large personal arms laser gun
word: laser rifle
Related terms: english: airborne anti-ballistic missile laser
translation: airborne anti-ballistic missile laser
word: ABL
english: airborne tactical laser
translation: airborne tactical laser
word: ATL
english: SDI Star Wars
translation: SDI Star Wars
word: SDI
laser-gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laser-guns
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of laser gun.
lasergun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laserguns
Etymology: From laser + gun.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of laser gun.
parasympatholytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more parasympatholytic
form: most parasympatholytic
form: parasympathicolytic
Etymology: From para- + sympatho- + -lytic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That blocks the action of the parasympathetic nervous system; anticholinergic
parasympatholytic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parasympatholytics
form: parasympathicolytic
Etymology: From para- + sympatho- + -lytic.
Senses: glosses: Any drug having this effect
patulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patulins
Etymology: From translingual patulum + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A mycotoxin, 2-hydroxy-3,7-dioxabicyclo[4.3.0]nona-5,9-dien-8-one, produced by fungi associated with rotting fruit.
pectenotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pectenotoxins
Etymology: Clam genus Pecten + toxin
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
toxicology
glosses: Any of a class of cyclic polyether toxins, produced by dinoflagellates, associated with diarrhetic shellfish poisoning
percutaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɜːkjuːˈteɪnɪəs/
rhymes: -eɪnɪəs
Etymology: From per- + cutaneous.
Senses: examples: text: percutaneous procedure
text: percutaneous intervention
text: percutaneous catheter
text: The doctor performed a percutaneous biopsy.
text: Percutaneous methods reduce the need for open surgery.
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Taking place through the skin and involving a puncture thereof.
Coordinate terms: transcutaneous
transdermal
Derived terms: micropercutaneous
percutaneous coronary intervention
percutaneously
perfusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəɹˈfjuʒən/
Forms: form: perfusions
Etymology: From Middle French perfusion, from Latin perfūsiō (“the act of pouring over”).
Senses: examples: text: If there is no pulse, or if the pulse rate is less than 60 beats per minute with signs of poor perfusion (eg, poor skin color, unconscious), perform CPR.
ref: 2007, Benjamin Gulli, Stephen J. Rahm, Professional Rescuer CPR, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 45:
glosses: The act of perfusing, the passage of fluid through the circulatory system.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The introduction of a drug or nutrients through the bloodstream in order to reach an internal organ or tissues.
Derived terms: autoperfusion
cardioperfusion
cerebroperfusion
chemoperfusion
hemoperfusion
hyperfusion
hyperperfusion
hypoperfusion
malperfusion
microperfusion
neoperfusion
nonperfusion
overperfusion
perfusional
perfusionist
postperfusion
preperfusion
reperfusion
retrograde perfusion
retroperfusion
superfusion
superperfusion
underperfusion
xenoperfusion
peritubular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + tubular.
Senses: examples: text: peritubular dentin
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Surrounding a tubule or tubules, especially the uriniferous tubules.
Derived terms: peritubular capillary
peritubular plexus
phagocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phagocyte + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: phagocytal
phagocytary
phagocytical
glosses: Of or pertaining to phagocytes or phagocytosis.
Derived terms: antiphagocytic
autophagocytic
endophagocytic
erythrophagocytic
intraphagocytic
macrophagocytic
nonphagocytic
opsonophagocytic
periphagocytic
phagocytically
postphagocytic
prophagocytic
phototoxicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phototoxicities
Etymology: From photo- + toxicity.
Senses: glosses: Any adverse effect due to exposure to light, especially such effects on the skin
Hyponyms: photodermatotoxicity
Related terms: photosensitivity
phototest
phototoxic
phototoxin
photosensitive
pinocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊsɪs
Etymology: From New Latin pīnocytōsis, from Ancient Greek πῑ́νω (pī́nō, “to drink”) + cyt- + -osis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of endocytosis in which material enters a cell through its membrane and is incorporated in vesicles for digestion.
Derived terms: macropinocytosis
Related terms: pinocyte
pinocytic
pinocytize
pinocytose
pinocytotic
pinosome
piscicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piscicides
Etymology: From pisci- + -cide.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that is poisonous to fish.
examples: text: The explosion of an aquarium in Berlin in 2022 caused a major piscicide.
glosses: The killing of fish.
glosses: A fish that kills.
glosses: A fish that kills another fish, especially out of malice.
Synonyms: ichthyocide
Derived terms: piscicidal
plasmapheresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plasmaphereses
form: plasmaphoresis
Etymology: From New Latin plasma + Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis, “removal”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: apheresis
pheresis
hemapheresis
glosses: A procedure in which whole blood is removed from a donor or patient and centrifuged to isolate blood cells that are resuspended in a compatible solution and re-injected into the donor or patient.
pneumonitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pneumonitides
form: pneumonites
Etymology: From the post-Classical Latin pneumonitis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the tissue of the lungs.
Derived terms: bronchopneumonitis
laryngotracheobronchopneumonitis
pneumonitic
rhinopneumonitis
electorally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more electorally
form: most electorally
Etymology: From electoral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an electoral manner
glosses: With regard to elections
polymorphia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: polymorphism
postconception
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: post conception
form: post-conception
Etymology: From post- + conception.
Senses: glosses: Following conception.
postconception
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: post conception
form: post-conception
Etymology: From post- + conception.
Senses: glosses: Following conception.
postganglionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more postganglionic
form: most postganglionic
Etymology: From post- + ganglionic.
Senses: glosses: Located distal or posterior to a ganglion.
Derived terms: postganglionic axon
postnatally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From post- + natally or postnatal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Immediately following birth
Related terms: postnatal
potentiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəʊˌten.ʃiːˈeɪ.ʃən/
Forms: form: potentiations
form: potentation
Senses: examples: text: Tim Bliss and Terje Lomo^(1,2) first reported the phenomenon of long-term potentiation (LTP), an increase in synaptic efficacy following synaptic activity, over 30 years ago. Since then, LTP has generated enormous interest....
ref: 2007, Martha L. Escobar with Brian Derrick, “Long-Term Potentiation and Depression as Putative Mechanisms for Memory Formation”, in Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni, editor, Neural Plasticity and Memory, CRC Press, retrieved 05 Dec 2009:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: synergy
synergism
glosses: the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously
Derived terms: chemopotentiation
depotentiation
immunopotentiation
long-term potentiation
repotentiation
zoopotentiation
Related terms: potentiate
potentiative
precordial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: praecordial
form: præcordial
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the precordium
precordium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precordia
form: præcordium
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin praecordium.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The region of the body over the heart and thorax.
Derived terms: precordial
prenatally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹiːˈneɪtəli/
Etymology: From prenatal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Tall, muscular, golden-skinned, he ranted bitterly about the injustice done to him pre-natally.
ref: 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 62:
text: It has been estimated that about two out of three fetuses with prenatally diagnosed Down syndrome are aborted in the United States.
ref: 2024 December 1, Kwame Anthony Appiah, “Does Prenatal Testing for Down Syndrome Amount to Eugenics?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Before birth.
Synonyms: english: synonymous in many contexts
translation: synonymous in many contexts
word: in utero
preneoplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + neoplastic.
Senses: examples: text: suspected of being a preneoplastic process
glosses: Before the formation of a neoplasm (tumor); meant usually with a notion of a suspected or putative chain of causation, as opposed to random chance alone.
Hyponyms: precancerous
premalignant
Related terms: nonneoplastic
preneoplasia
probit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹɒbɪt/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˌpɹɑbɪt/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˌpɹɒbɪt/
ipa: /ˌpɹɔbɪt/
ipa: /ˌpɹɒbət/
ipa: [ˌpɹɔ̟bət]
rhymes: -ɒbɪt
Forms: form: probits
Etymology: Blend of probability + unit. Coined by Chester Ittner Bliss in 1934: “These arbitrary probability units have been termed ‘probits’…”
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A unit, derived from a standard distribution, used in measuring the responses to doses
glosses: The probit function, the inverse of the cumulative distribution function.
Related terms: logit
bit
procarcinogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procarcinogens
Etymology: From pro- + carcinogen.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that is transformed into a carcinogen by metabolism.
proliferator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proliferators
Etymology: From proliferate + -or.
Senses: glosses: Any agent that causes proliferation.
prophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prophages
Etymology: From pro- + phage.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome.
prostacyclin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prostacyclins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A prostaglandin produced in the walls of blood vessels; it acts as a vasodilator and inhibits the aggregation of platelets
pseudoadaptation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoadaptations
Etymology: From pseudo- + adaptation.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The apparent adaptation of an organism to a changed environment that is however accompanied by excessive stress that causes later pathological change.
pyrrolizidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪɹəʊˈlɪzəˌdiːn/
ipa: /pɪɹəʊˈlɪzəˌdaɪn/
Forms: form: pyrrolizidines
Senses: examples: text: Generally the pyrrolizidine alkaloids exist in plants as N-oxides, as shown for monocrotaline and seneciphylline.
ref: 2010, Eric David Morgan, Biosynthesis in Insects, page 320:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of alkaloids, found in many plants, that are hepatotoxic.
Derived terms: pyrrolizidine alkaloidosis
quantal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɔn.təl/
ipa: /kwɑn.təl/
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to a quantum.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Quantized.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: All-or-none.
raw_tags: of a response
Derived terms: nonquantal
monoquantal
multiquantal
prequantal
quantality
uniquantal
ratticide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ratticides
Senses: examples: text: New stomach poisons have been discovered: zinc phosphide, ratticide, sodium fluoride and others.
ref: 1961, L.A. Trisvyatskii, translated by Baruch Shapiro, Forty Years of Grain Storage Science in the USSR (OTS 60-51053), The Israel Program for Scientific Translations, page 31:
glosses: Alternative form of raticide.
renopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: renopathies
Etymology: From reno- + -pathy.
Senses: glosses: Any disease of the kidneys; nephropathy.
resorptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more resorptive
form: most resorptive
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or caused by resorption.
Coordinate terms: reabsorptive
respirable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈspaɪ(ə)ɹəb(ə)l/
ipa: /ˈɹɛsp(ə)ɹəb(ə)l/
ipa: /ˈɹɛspəɹəb(ə)l/
Forms: form: more respirable
form: most respirable
Etymology: From respire + -able.
Senses: antonyms: irrespirable
nonrespirable
unrespirable
glosses: Of air: breathable.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of an organism: capable of respiration.
Derived terms: irrespirable
nonrespirable
unrespirable
saluretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more saluretic
form: most saluretic
Senses: glosses: natriuretic
saluretic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saluretics
Senses: glosses: natriuretic
camomille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camomilles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of camomile.
desuete
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more desuete
form: most desuete
Etymology: Probably via Italian, from Latin dēsuētus (“unused”), past participle of dēsuēscō (“I disuse”), from dē- + suēscō (“I make use of”).
Senses: examples: text: Every act that has not been repealed or expired is given, it being apprehended that no statute can ever according to the English law, technically speaking, become desuete or obsolete.
ref: 1819, The Practical Abridgement of the Laws of Customs and Excise, page 10:
text: Since the day of Mr. Brummell and King George, the noble art of self-adornment had fallen partially desuete.
ref: 1894, Sir Max Beerbohm, The Works of Max Beerbohm, published 2019:
text: According to modern methods the intermediate entry is dispensed with, also the desuete Day-book, the first entry being made in books specially designed, and the final entry in the Ledger, the design of which is continued in its primitive simplicity.
ref: 1901, Prince Albert Wright, Wright's Bookkeeping Simplified, page 92:
text: These opinions, founded on desuete customs are generally erroneous.
ref: 1905, Missouri. Department of Education, Report of the Public Schools of the State of Missouri, page 55:
text: Scarce seemeth it true that man can believe
A human mind would such horrors conceive,
As there were enwrought out of red men's bones,
And bodies desuete, responsive to spells
By which man keeps them, until he atones
For the worship of self, which in all men dwells;
ref: 1911, George Studson Delano, Sasanoa and the Wool Witch: A Romance of Legendary History, page 38:
glosses: Disused; out of use.
callosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callosum
callose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calloses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A plant polysaccharide comprising glucose residues linked together through β-1,3-linkages, produced chiefly in response to wounding and infection.
Derived terms: callosic
callose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having calli
battleaxe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battleaxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of battle axe.
synecism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synecisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of synoecism.
literary language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A register of a language that is used in literary writing.
examples: text: Literary languages have been enriched by dialects and have at the same time assisted the levelling out of dialectical differences which in its turn has contributed to ….
ref: 1977, Magomet Izmaylovich Isayev, National languages in the USSR: problems and solutions, Прогресс, p. 316
text: I would note that almost 12% of the population of the SRCroatia are Serbs and that they are obliged to use the "Croatian literary language" for official purposes even though this is not their native language.
ref: 1990, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Operations, Views on the Serbo-Croatian Language Service at the Voice of America:
text: Gaj argued that the establishment of a common literary language was essential for the development of an Illyrian national consciousness and he attempted to bring together the three main dialects used by the Southern Slavs...
ref: 2003, Alex J. Bellamy, The Formation of Croatian National Identity, page 44:
text: The Erzya and Moksha population, especially in urban areas, has become increasingly exposed to Russian; within this context, both the literary languages and the dialects have been affected to a considerable extent. In the course of being update the literary languages have experienced radical changes. An abundance of Russian terminology has been introduced in dictionaries; grammars have been prescribing the use of concurrent forms of the native and Russian languages as a norm.
ref: 2013, Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, Mémoires de la Société finno-ougrienne, Volume 268 of Suomalais-ugrilaisen Seuran toimituksia, Nimilehti painettu Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran kirjapainossa, →ISBN, page 14:
text: As they explain, 'the literary language is first of all a collection of expressive habits and customs, and to preserve the purity of the literary language can mean nothing other than to preserve these habits and customs' (Guberina and Krsic/ 1940: 77).
ref: 2014, K. Langston, A. Peti-Stantic, Language Planning and National Identity in Croatia:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
social-science
sociolinguistics
sociology
glosses: A language variety used as an institutional norm in a community, opposed to vernacular dialects; a standard language.
saturnia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: pain in a joint due to lead poisoning.
Related terms: saturnism
saturnism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English saturne (“lead”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: lead poisoning
Synonyms: plumbism
Related terms: saturnia
saxitoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saxitoxins
Etymology: From Saxidomus giganteus (butter clam), from which it was first isolated + toxin.
Senses: glosses: A neurotoxin, produced by some dinoflagellates, associated with red tides, that can accumulate in molluscs and cause subsequent food poisoning in humans
Derived terms: neosaxitoxin
Related terms: anatoxin
microcystin
nodularin
scleroderma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sclerodermas
Etymology: From New Latin sclēroderma, from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”). By surface analysis, sclero- + -derma.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by hardening the skin or other organs through excessive deposits of collagen.
Synonyms: systemic sclerosis
scleroderm
Derived terms: sclerodermal
sclerodermatous
sclerodermoid
sclerodermous
Related terms: scleriasis
sectionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sectionally
form: most sectionally
Etymology: From sectional + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Horns, trumpets, and trombones, both soloistically and sectionally, became central to the orchestral concept... His highly subtle orchestration elevates woodwinds, more often scored soloistically than sectionally.
ref: 2003, Don Michael Randel, The Harvard Dictionary of Music, page 598:
glosses: In a sectional manner; in sections.
Related terms: cross-sectionally
semichronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + chronic.
Senses: glosses: subchronic
subchronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subchronic
form: most subchronic
Etymology: From sub- + chronic.
Senses: glosses: That repeats over a relatively short period.
localiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: localisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of localizer.
semiochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semiochemicals
Etymology: From semio- + chemical.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any substance, produced by an organism, that provokes a response in individuals of the same or different species
semiochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semio- + chemical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to semiochemistry.
Related terms: allomone
kairomone
pheromone
synomone
apneumone
sensibilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sensibilizations
Etymology: From sensible + -ization.
Senses: glosses: sensitization
siderosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sideroses
Etymology: By surface analysis, sider(o)- + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of iron dust.
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: hemosiderosis
glosses: The accumulation of hemosiderin in various organs of the body by people with a diet rich in iron.
Related terms: hypersideremia
sideremia
siderous
hemochromatosis
sidestream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidestreams
Etymology: From side + stream.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A stream of fluid taken from an intermediate point in a process such as distillation.
Derived terms: sidestream smoke
slimicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slimicides
Etymology: From slime + -icide.
Senses: glosses: Any pesticide designed to kill organisms that produce slime.
Derived terms: slimicidal
stainable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stainable
form: most stainable
Etymology: From stain + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be stained.
glosses: Able to produce stains.
stannosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stanno- + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of pneumoconiosis due to inhalation of tin dust
professional sport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: professional sports
Senses: examples: text: Ice hockey is a professional sport at the top level.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Sport in which athletes receive payment for their performance.
stereoselectivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereoselectivities
Etymology: From stereo- + selectivity.
Senses: examples: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
The stereoselectivity that occurs in these vinylcarbenoid cyclopropanations results in a strong preference for the formation of cis-divinylcyclopropanes.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The condition of being stereoselective or a measure of the extent to which a reaction is stereoselective
stoichiometries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoichiometry
subacute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subacute
form: most subacute
Etymology: From sub- + acute.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Less than acute.
Longer in duration than acute but shorter in duration than chronic.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Less than acute.
Lesser in severity than acute.
qualifier: general vocabulary
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a pointed tip, but with a broad (obtuse) or slightly rounded angle
Coordinate terms: topics: medicine
sciences
duration
time
sense: in chronological order
word: acute
topics: medicine
sciences
duration
time
sense: in chronological order
english: often overlapping
translation: often overlapping
word: postacute
topics: medicine
sciences
duration
time
sense: in chronological order
word: chronic
topics: medicine
sciences
duration
time
sense: in chronological order
english: sometimes overlapping, always adjacent
translation: sometimes overlapping, always adjacent
word: long-term
sense: degree of sharpness
word: blunt
sense: degree of sharpness
word: dull
Derived terms: subacute regional lymphadenitis
subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
subacute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subacutes
Etymology: From sub- + acute.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A patient whose condition is less than acute.
subfertility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subfertilities
Etymology: From sub- + fertility.
Senses: glosses: Abnormally low fertility.