cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
emboliform nucleus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emboliform nuclei
Senses: glosses: One of the cerebellar nuclei, lying immediately to the medial side of the nucleus dentatus, and partly covering its hilus.
ecdysterone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: 20-hydroxyecdysone, a naturally occurring ecdysteroid hormone which controls the ecdysis (moulting) and metamorphosis of arthropods.
edistin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of edestin.
edestin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edistin
Senses: glosses: A globulin legumin protein found in hemp seeds.
enostotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to enostosis.
enostosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enostoses
Senses: glosses: A small area of compact bone within the cancellous bone.
Related terms: enostotic
enostoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enostosis
osteopoikilosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A benign sclerosing dysplasia of bone characterized by the presence of numerous enostoses in the skeleton.
enoplid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enoplids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any nematode in the order Enoplida.
enoplids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enoplid
enteramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: serotonin
enterogastrone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enterogastrones
Senses: glosses: Any hormone secreted by the mucosa of the duodenum in the lower gastrointestinal tract in response to dietary lipids that inhibits the caudal motion of the contents of chyme.
enterogastrones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enterogastrone
analward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anal + -ward.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Toward the anus.
enzymopathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From enzymopathy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to enzymopathy.
enteropathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From enteropathy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to enteropathy.
enteroclysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enteroclyses
Etymology: From entero- + clysis.
Senses: examples: text: As a result CT and MR imaging—particularly when coupled with the enteroclysis or enterographic techniques – have become the preferred choice for diagnostic imaging of the small intestine.
ref: 2014, Arumugam Rajesh, Rakesh Sinha, Crohn's Disease: Current Concepts, page 75:
text: However, since that analysis, a prospective, randomized study showed a similar diagnostic sensitivity for MRE versus MR enteroclysis (88% versus 88%), and recommended enterographic examinations for follow-up of established CD [3].
ref: 2015, Richard Kozarek, Jonathan A. Leighton, Endoscopy in Small Bowel Disorders, page 67:
glosses: A fluoroscopic X-ray of the small intestine, with a contrast substance supplied through a catheter.
haemoplasma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemoplasmas
Etymology: From haemo- + plasma.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hemoplasma.
haemoplasmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haemoplasma
hemoplasmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemoplasma
Ilovaisk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ilovaysk
Senses: glosses: A city in eastern Ukraine, in Donetsk oblast.
Danbolt-Closs syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Niels Christian Gauslaa Danbolt and Karl Philipp Closs.
Senses: glosses: acrodermatitis enteropathica
acrodermatitis enteropathica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A metabolic disorder affecting the uptake of zinc, characterized by periorificial and acral dermatitis, alopecia, and diarrhea.
enterobiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪəsɪs
Forms: form: enterobiases
Etymology: Enterobius + -iasis
Senses: glosses: infection by Enterobius pinworm
eosinophiluria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eosinophil + -uria.
Senses: glosses: The abnormal presence of eosinophils in the urine.
ependymocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ependymocytes
Etymology: From ependymal and -cyte.
Senses: glosses: An ependymal cell.
ependymocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ependymocyte
epicritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a class of neurons that detect gentle touches and light vibrations.
epicillin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From epi- + -cillin (“6-aminopenicillanic acid derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular aminopenicillin antibiotic.
epiblepharon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A condition characterised by a congenital horizontal fold of skin near the margin of the upper or lower eyelid, caused by the abnormal insertion of muscle fibres.
epididymotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epididymotomies
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms, from epididymo- + -tomy.
Senses: glosses: A surgical incision into the epididymis.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
epididymotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epididymotomy
epididymectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epididymectomies
Senses: glosses: The surgical removal of the epididymis.
epididymectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epididymectomy
eosinopenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of agranulocytosis where the number of eosinophil granulocytes is lower than expected.
Derived terms: eosinopenic
epimorphotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to epimorphosis.
epimorphosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From epi- + morphosis.
Senses: glosses: The regeneration of tissues or organs through the dedifferentiation of existing, differentiated adult tissues.
epistasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epistasies
Senses: glosses: epistasis
episcleritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From episclera + -itis.
Senses: glosses: A benign, self-limiting inflammatory disease affecting part of the eye called the episclera.
cyberlaundering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + laundering.
Senses: glosses: money laundering by means of the Internet
e-gold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + gold, originally the name of an Internet company that operated from 1996 to 2009.
Senses: examples: text: My personal view on e-gold, e-bullion, or whatever you want to call it is simply: Don't.
ref: 2009, Sean Brodrick, The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide:
text: Operated from the United States, the e-gold system allowed anyone anywhere in the world to open accounts […]
ref: 2014, Philip Mullan, The Digital Currency Challenge:
text: The holder or recipient of an e-gold currency could do whatever they want with the currency—it could be traded further […]
ref: 2014, Daniel Adeoyé Leslie, Legal Principles for Combatting Cyberlaundering:
topics: business
finance
glosses: gold traded over the Internet.
cyberfraud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberfrauds
Etymology: From cyber- + fraud.
Senses: glosses: Fraud carried out by means of computers or the Internet.
cyberfrauds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberfraud
epikeratophakia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The surgical correction of aphakia. It is a refractive surgical procedure in which a donor cornea is transplanted to the anterior surface of the patient's cornea. A lamellar disc from a donor cornea is placed over the de-epithelialized host cornea and sutured into a prepared groove on the host cornea.
paratenon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paratenons
Etymology: From para- + Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “tendon”).
Senses: glosses: A fatty areolar tissue that fills the interstitia within the fascia where a tendon is located.
Coordinate terms: endotenon
epitenon
paratenons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paratenon
endotendineum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A delicate loose connective tissue, containing thin collagen fibrils, that binds fascicles.
epicranius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epicranii
Etymology: See epi-, cranium.
Senses: glosses: The occipitofrontalis muscle.
epicranii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epicranius
epiphysiodesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From epiphysis + -o- + -desis.
Senses: glosses: A pediatric surgical procedure in which the epiphyseal plate of a bone is fused either temporarily or permanently to delay growth of a long bone
Derived terms: tenoepiphysiodesis
enophthalmos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The posterior displacement of the eyeball within the orbit due to changes in the volume of the orbit (bone) relative to its contents (the eyeball and orbital fat), or loss of function of the orbitalis muscle.
Derived terms: pseudoenophthalmos
entomophthoromycosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entomophthoromycoses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of entomophthoramycosis.
entomophthoramycosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entomophthoromycosis
Etymology: From Entomophthorales + mycosis.
Senses: glosses: A mycosis caused by Entomophthorales.
Hyponyms: basidiobolomycosis
conidiobolomycosis
lagenidiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Lagenidium + -osis
Senses: glosses: infection by the mold Lagenidium
pythiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Pythium + -osis
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
zoology
glosses: Infection by the mold Pythium insidiosum.
Synonyms: swamp cancer
conidiobolomycosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Conidiobolus + mycosis
Senses: glosses: A fungal disease caused by Conidiobolus species.
basidiobolomycosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Basidiobolus + mycosis.
Senses: glosses: A fungal disease caused by a fungus in the genus Basidiobolus.
episcleral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From episclera + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the episclera.
episclera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From epi- + sclera.
Senses: glosses: The outermost layer of the sclera, composed of loose, fibrous, elastic tissue.
Derived terms: episcleral
episcleritis
unlearnability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + learnability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unlearnable.
enophthalmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A condition where the eyes are abnormally sunken into their sockets.
eosinocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eosinocytes
Etymology: From eosin + -o- + -cyte.
Senses: glosses: eosinophil
eosinocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eosinocyte
erabutoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erabutoxin
Churg-Strauss syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Churg–Strauss syndrome
Etymology: Named after Jacob Churg and Lotte Strauss who first published on the topic in 1951.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: CSS
EGPA
glosses: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, an extremely rare autoimmune condition.
wikipedia: Jacob Churg
Lotte Strauss
entamoebiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entamebiasis
Etymology: From entamoeba + -iasis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Infection with certain species of entamoebae, which sometimes causes gastroenteritis, diarrhea, dysentery, and other symptoms; most cases of amoebiasis and amoebic dysentery are entamoebiasis, but they are usually called by the aforementioned names.
epicondyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epicondyle
egtazic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid
Synonyms: EGTA
beatsmith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beatsmiths
Etymology: From beat + smith.
Senses: glosses: A composer, producer or sound engineer who creates audio works by combining samples in a sequencer.
bi-erasure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Clipping of bisexual erasure.
Senses: examples: text: Bi-erasure can also be pretty stressful – why are bisexual people never mentioned in media debates about same-sex marriage?
ref: 2013, Anonymous, "Getting out of the closet and into the frying pan", Exeposé (University of Exeter), Issue 605, 19 February 2013, page 18
text: Some might argue that it leads to bi-erasure, as bisexuality is never discussed, but I'd give it time.
ref: 2013 November, Suryatapa Mukherjee, “In the Media: Orange Is the New Black”, in Quench, number 139, Cardiff University, page 13:
text: According to several students interviewed, “bi-erasure” provides a case in point. “If people see a dude making out with a dude, everyone presumes to know he’s gay,” Cienfuegos explained. “He might say he’s bi, but people will actively not believe him.”
ref: 2014 February 14, Andrew Koenig, “A Queer Reputation”, in Yale Daily News, Yale University, page B3:
glosses: The tendency to ignore, deny, or minimize the existence of bisexual people or of bisexuality.
Related terms: monosexism
pull the devil by the tail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulls the devil by the tail
form: pulling the devil by the tail
form: pulled the devil by the tail
form: pulled the devil by the tail
Senses: glosses: To be struggling with poverty, constantly in money difficulties.
raw_tags: of a person
monosexism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + sexism.
Senses: examples: text: Oppression of bisexual people is based in part on heterosexism and in part on monosexism, the belief that people can or should be attracted to only one sex/gender and that there is something wrong with those who cannot or will not choose.
ref: 1995, Liz A. Highleyman, “Identity and Ideas: Strategies for Bisexuals”, in Naomi Tucker, Liz Highleyman, Rebecca Kaplan, editors, Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions, Routledge, published 2013, →ISBN, page 87:
text: Considering the fact that the overwhelming majority of biphobia and monosexism originates not from gay and lesbian communities but from heterosexual structures, […]
ref: 2013, Shiri Eisner, Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 61:
text: […] The L Word seemed to harbor its own reservations about Alice's bisexuality from the start. But that the show ultimately chose to project its own monosexism through the voice of the one character who initially defied such limitations set a new record for implausible character noncontinuity, at the same time as it closed down one of American television's most prominent discourses on bisexuality.
ref: 2013, Maria San Filippo, The B Word: Bisexuality in Contemporary Film and Television, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 206:
glosses: The assumption that everyone is monosexual (i.e., attracted to only one sex); the belief or assertion that bisexuality and pansexuality do not exist.
Related terms: mononormativity
earthlore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earth-lore
Etymology: From earth + lore.
Senses: examples: text: He even wondered what would happen to him when the sages of Tsath considered him drained dry of fresh facts; and in self-defence began to be more gradual in his talks on earth-lore, conveying whenever he could the impression of vast knowledge held in reserve.
ref: 1933, H.P. Lovecraft, The Horror in the Museum:
text: Luca pulled thoughtfully at his lower lip. “You shouldn't have been able to hide from us before. We're aware of the whole world.” “My people still have the earthlore your kind — both of you — have forgotten.
ref: 2009, Peter F. Hamilton, The Naked God:
text: Here Rhion read and studied through the rainy days of the marshlands winter and sometimes throughout the night: herb-lore and earth-lore and the deep magics of the moon and tides; the legends of the old realm of Sligo, going back two thousand years; […]
ref: 2011, Barbara Hambly, The Rainbow Abyss:
text: I will say that my comrade, the Doctor, did much to make it so, with his gentle fun, and his wide knowledge of earth-lore.
ref: 2013, Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, R. M. Ballantyne, Stories of the Sea: 25 Classic Nautical Adventure Tales!:
topics: fantasy
glosses: Knowledge, teaching, study, or science of the earth.
dog's chance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: a dog's chance
Senses: examples: text: "Poor old boy was in a pretty bad way. Fact is,I didn't give him a dog's chance."
ref: 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XVII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 177:
text: One day, more than 60 years ago, we went as a family to the National Wallace Monument. My father took a binary, black-and-white approach to people and things: in toothpaste, Colgate was bad and Euthymol good; in bicycles, Raleigh was preferred to BSA; in Polar explorers, Captain Scott didn’t stand a dog’s chance against Amundsen.
ref: 2014 September 16, Ian Jack, “Is this the end of Britishness”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Little or no likelihood.
Synonyms: snowball's chance in hell
chute dogging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A rodeo event in which the competitor attempts to bring the steer to a line ten feet from the chute and wrestle (or "dog") the steer to the ground.
sister humper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sister humpers
Etymology: Compound of sister + humper.
Senses: examples: text: 2000, bubba jones, Re: How the Serbs Abuse History (WSJ - May 7, 1999) Group: soc.culture.yugoslavia
Or what a red-neck sister humper like you thinks
text: 2004, William Wolfe, Re: BUY HEC SHORT ECGI Group: alt.music.michael-jackson
Stay stupid, little webtv sister humper.
text: 2005, alt-ctrl-del, Re: OK GROUP WANT ME TO LEAVE THEN READ(Gator)(Alt) Group: alt.sports.football.college.fla-gators
You wont get another congrats from me you redneck cattle fucking sister humper.
glosses: Sisterfucker.
equilenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An estrogenic steroid hormone found in the urine of pregnant mares.
Derived terms: dihydroequilenin
Related terms: equine
equinovalgus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A deformity of the human foot, where the patient places weight on the medial border of the foot, the arch being absent.
equilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The estrogen 3-hydroxyestra-1,3,5,7-tetraen-17-one, found in horse urine.
Related terms: equine
Erebos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛɹəbəs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔρεβος (Érebos).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of Erebus.
ergosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ergosines
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of ergoloid-like chemicals produced by Claviceps purpurea.
Derived terms: dihydroergosine
ergosines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ergosine
yerba santas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yerba santa
ergothioneine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A naturally occurring amino acid that is a thiourea derivative of histidine, containing a sulfur atom in the imidazole ring.
Synonyms: ergothionine
erythrothioneine
sympectothion
thiasine
thiolhistidinebetaine
erotomanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more erotomanic
form: most erotomanic
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to erotomania.
erotomanic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erotomanics
Senses: glosses: A person who exhibits erotomania.
erotomanics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erotomanic
erythrasma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A skin disease with brown, scaly skin patches, caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium minutissimum.
erythraemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erythraemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of erythremia.
erythrodontia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From erythro- + -odontia.
Senses: glosses: red discoloration of the teeth
erythrocyanosis crurum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A skin condition, a variant of acrocyanosis caused by chronic exposure to cold.
talipes equinovarus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: clubfoot; the presence of both talipes equinus and talipes varus
euthyneury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Opisthobranchia are one of the more prominent gastropod lineages that have undergone euthyneury.
glosses: A plesiomorphic condition present in some gastropods, involving torsion of the internal organs from left to right in order to accommodate the relocation of the mantle cavity close to the head, leading to streptoneury, followed by the reversal of this process, straightening out the internal organs and uncrossing the commissures in the process.
dance fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dance flies
Senses: glosses: Any of the flies in the family Hybotidae.
glosses: Any of certain empidid flies.
dance flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dance fly
ethadione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An anticonvulsant medication in the oxazolidinedione family, used mainly to treat seizures.
erythermalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of erythromelalgia.
Mitchell's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After Silas Weir Mitchell.
Senses: glosses: erythromelalgia
wikipedia: Silas Weir Mitchell
red neuralgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: erythromelalgia
erythromelalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˌɹɪθɹəmɛˈlæld͡ʒ(ɪ)ə/
Etymology: Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”) + μέλος (mélos, “limb”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”); first used in 1878 by Silas Weir Mitchell to describe a syndrome of red congestion and burning pain in the hands and feet.
Senses: examples: text: Brisky, who has short silver hair, now helps with Lydia’s care overnight, which is her worst time because her erythromelalgia flares prevent Lydia from getting up and handling some things herself, and standing and moving aggravates it.
ref: 2021, Eric Garcia, We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation, Boston: Mariner Books, →ISBN, page 120:
glosses: A rare neurovascular peripheral pain disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the lower extremities or hands, are episodically blocked, then become hyperemic and inflamed.
wikipedia: Silas Weir Mitchell
Synonyms: sense: former names
word: Mitchell's disease
word: acromelalgia
word: red neuralgia
word: erythermalgia
Hyponyms: primary erythromelalgia
idiopathic erythromelalgia
secondary erythromelalgia
Fischer projection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fischer projections
Etymology: Devised by Hermann Emil Fischer in 1891.
Senses: glosses: A two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional organic molecule by projection, used mainly in organic chemistry and biochemistry.
Fischer projections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fischer projection
erythroblastopenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From erythroblast + -o- + -penia.
Senses: glosses: A decrease of red blood cells in a complete blood count.
Whitechapel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʌɪt.t͡ʃæp.əl/
ipa: /ˈwaɪt.t͡ʃæp.əl/
Etymology: Named after a small chapel of ease dedicated to St Mary.
Senses: examples: text: The first man I spoke to was Whitechapel to the backbone, plainly to be spotted as such as if it had been tattooed on his forehead. Making myself at home with him, I desired to know what brought him so far from the "big smoke," and on board a whaler of all places in the world.
ref: 1898, Frank Thomas Bullen, The Cruise of the Cachalot:
glosses: An urban area in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in east London, Greater London, England, traditionally a poor working-class neighbourhood. (OS grid ref TQ3481)
glosses: A hamlet in Goosnargh parish, Preston district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5541).
Derived terms: Whitechapel brougham
Whitechapel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʌɪt.t͡ʃæp.əl/
ipa: /ˈwaɪt.t͡ʃæp.əl/
Forms: form: Whitechapels
Etymology: Named after a small chapel of ease dedicated to St Mary.
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Whitechapel cart.
erythroplakia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erythroplakias
Senses: glosses: Any erythematous area on a mucous membrane that cannot be attributed to any other pathology
Derived terms: erythroplakic
erythroplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From erythro- + -plasia.
Senses: glosses: erythroplakia
Derived terms: erythroplasia of Queyrat
erythroplasia of Queyrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Louis Queyrat.
Senses: glosses: A precancerous red lesion of the penis.
erythrokeratodermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erythrokeratodermias
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of keratinization disorders.
Derived terms: erythrokeratodermia variabilis
Mendes da Costa syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named for Dutch physician Samuel Mendes da Costa, who described the syndrome in 1925.
Senses: glosses: A rare genetic skin disorder characterized by hyperkeratosis, lesions, or dark markings on the skin; erythrokeratodermia variabilis.
erythrodermatitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From erythro- + dermatitis.
Senses: glosses: A condition in which the skin is reddened and inflamed.
eschscholtzia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eschscholtzias
Senses: glosses: Dated form of eschscholzia.
eschscholtzias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eschscholtzia
metachrotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to metachrosis.
cyanophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyanophores
Senses: glosses: A chromatophore that appears blue under white light.
cyanophores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyanophore
erythrophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erythrophores
Etymology: From erythro- + -phore.
Senses: glosses: A chromatophore that appears red under white light
erythrophores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erythrophore
leukophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukophores
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leucophore.
leukophores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukophore
patas monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patas monkeys
Senses: glosses: An African Old World monkey of the genus Erythrocebus.
patas monkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patas monkey
erythrocyturia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From erythrocyte + -uria.
Senses: glosses: The presence of red blood cells in the urine: usually synonym of microhematuria.
Hypernyms: hematuria
Related terms: erythruria
leukocyturia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leukocyte + -uria.
Senses: glosses: The presence of white blood cells in the urine.
leucocyturia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leucocyte + -uria.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leukocyturia.
equianalgesic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From equi- + analgesic.
Senses: examples: an equianalgesic chart
glosses: Of or relating to the conversion between equivalent doses of analgesics.
ergograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ergographs
Etymology: From ergo- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: An instrument for measuring and recording the work done by a single muscle or set of muscles, the rate of fatigue, etc.
Derived terms: ergographic
ergograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ergographs
Etymology: From ergo- + graph, coined by Dr. Arthur Geddes of the University of Edinburgh.
Senses: glosses: A graph that shows a relation between human activities, or agricultural/climate factors, and a seasonal year.
ergographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ergograph
estetrol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: 15α-hydroxyestriol, an estrogen steroid hormone produced by the human fetal liver during pregnancy only.
escharotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escharotomies
Etymology: From eschar + -otomy.
Senses: glosses: A surgical procedure in which an incision is made through eschar to expose the fatty tissue below.
escharotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escharotomy
ethenylbenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethenyl + benzene.
Senses: glosses: styrene
epityphlitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: appendicitis
erythropenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From erythro- + -penia.
Senses: glosses: A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia
Synonyms: erythrocytopenia
Related terms: erythropenic
equilibratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the physical sense of balance, or equilibrium.
estrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: estrins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oestrin.
Derived terms: hyperestrinism
ethanedinitrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethane + dinitrile.
Senses: glosses: cyanogen
ethamsylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of etamsylate.
ethopabate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular coccidiostat used in poultry.
erysipeloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From erysipelas + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: The diffuse phlebitis is an erysipeloid form of the disease, often running for a considerable distance along the coat of the vein, which becomes thickened, pulpy, and red, without adhesions forming, or the blood coagulating; indeed, in these cases there appears to be a great want of plasticity in this fluid.
ref: 1860, John Erichsen, The Science and Art of Surgery: Being a Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases, and Operations, Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, page 468:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Resembling erysipelas.
erysipeloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erysipeloids
Etymology: From erysipelas + -oid.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: fish poisoning
glosses: A mild cutaneous infection by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in humans that resembles erysipelas.
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: carcinoma erysipeloides
glosses: A cutaneous cancer metastasis, most commonly associated with breast carcinoma, presenting as an erythematous patch or plaque that resembles erysipelas.
Derived terms: erysipeloid of Rosenbach
erythrodegenerative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From erythro- + degenerative.
Senses: glosses: Relating to degeneration of the red blood cells.
ethylketocyclazocine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ethylketazocine.
synonyms: word: ethylketazocine
ethylketazocine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethyl + ketazocine.
Senses: glosses: An opioid drug of the benzomorphan family, used extensively in scientific research.
ethynodiol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛθ.ɪn.oʊˈdaɪˌɔl/
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: UK and US spelling of etynodiol.
ethyldichloroarsine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A highly toxic organoarsenic compound with the chemical formula CH₃CH₂AsCl₂, historically used in chemical warfare.
Synonyms: ethylarsonous dichloride
ethmoidectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: ethmoidectomies
Etymology: From ethmoid + -ectomy.
Senses: glosses: The surgical removal of the partitions between the ethmoid sinuses in order to create larger sinus cavities.
Derived terms: frontoethmoidectomy
ethmoidectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethmoidectomy
eubiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eu- + biotic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to eubiotics.
glosses: Relating to eubiosis.
differentley
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of differently.
eubiotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The science of hygienic and healthy living.
eubiotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Food additives such as probiotics and prebiotics.
desighn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of design.
desighn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of design.
children of Ishmael
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Muslims, especially those of Arab descent.
Synonyms: sons of Ishmael
Ishmaelites
Related terms: Hagarenes
sons of Ishmael
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: children of Ishmael
ethnopharmacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethno- + pharmacy.
Senses: glosses: An interdisciplinary science that investigates the perception and use of pharmaceuticals (especially traditional medicines) in human society.
Related terms: ethnopharmaceutical
ethnopharmacist
ethnopharmacology
ethnopharmacist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnopharmacists
Etymology: From ethno- + pharmacist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies ethnopharmacy.
ethnopharmaceutical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ethno- + pharmaceutical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to ethnopharmacy.
ethnopharmaceutical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnopharmaceuticals
Etymology: From ethno- + pharmaceutical.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug or remedy of the kind examined by ethnopharmacy.
ethnopharmacists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnopharmacist
ethylnorepinephrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethyl + norepinephrine.
Senses: glosses: A sympathomimetic and bronchodilator related to norepinephrine.
ethnopsychology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethno- + psychology.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of psychological concepts as they exist across different ethnic groups
exophthalmometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exophthalmometry + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to exophthalmometry.
exophthalmometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exophthalmometers
Senses: glosses: An instrument used for measuring the degree of forward displacement of the eye in exophthalmos.
exophthalmometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: measurement with an exophthalmometer
Derived terms: exophthalmometric
exophthalmometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exophthalmometer
eugenism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A policy of supporting eugenics.
Vickers hardness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vickers hardnesses
Etymology: Developed at Vickers Limited, founded by miller Edward Vickers and his father-in-law George Naylor in 1828.
Senses: topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The hardness of a material according to the Vickers hardness test, based on its ability to resist plastic deformation from a standard source.
wikipedia: Vickers Limited
Vickers hardnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vickers hardness
ethanolaminephosphotransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethanolaminephosphotransferases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction CDP-ethanolamine + 1,2-diacylglycerol ⇌ CMP + a phosphatidylethanolamine.
ethanolaminephosphotransferases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethanolaminephosphotransferase
Eumolpus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /juːˈmɒlpəs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Εὔμολπος (Eúmolpos).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The son of Poseidon and Chione, who became one of the first priests of Demeter and one of the founders of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
exomphalos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A defect in the development of the muscles of the abdominal wall.
camsal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the first syllables of camphor and salol.
Senses: glosses: A mixture of camphor and salol.
enchondral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: endochondral; within cartilage
exeresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exereses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of exaeresis.
dyskrasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyskrasias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dyscrasia.
dyskrasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyskrasia
eucrasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὐκρᾶσις (eukrâsis), like eucrasis.
Senses: antonyms: dyscrasia
qualifier: ancient medicine
glosses: A condition of harmony or balance among the basic components or humours.
Related terms: eucrasis
exogenote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exogenotes
Etymology: Analogical to exogenome. By surface analysis, exo- + gene + -ote.
Senses: glosses: A piece of exogenous genetic material.
Related terms: endogenote
exogenotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exogenote
endogenotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endogenote
dyserythropoietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dys- + erythropoietic.
Senses: glosses: Characterised by ineffective erythropoiesis.
genism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gene + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The theory that distinctive human characteristics and capacities are determined by genes.
Derived terms: polygenism
chiastoneurous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to chiastoneury.
zygoneurous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to zygoneury.
streptoneurous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From streptoneury + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to streptoneury.
chiastoneury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: streptoneury
orthoneurous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to orthoneury.
dialyneurous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dialyneury + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to dialyneury.
streptoneury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A plesiomorphic condition present in all gastropods in which the internal organs have undergone torsion from left to right in order to accommodate the relocation of the mantle cavity close to the animal's head.
supraintestinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + intestinal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the intestine.
zygoneury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An exaggerated form of dialyneury.
aesthesic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of esthesic.
esthesic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: aesthesic
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semiotics
glosses: Relating to the reconstruction by the receiver of a message created by a sender
Related terms: esthesics
esthesis
poietic
semiosic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semiosis + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to semiosis.
whipcrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whipcracks
Etymology: From whip + crack.
Senses: examples: text: I flounder off toward the shouts and whipcracks, screaming for my life.
ref: 1998, Barry Yourgrau, Haunted Traveller: An Imaginary Memoir:
text: This dichotomy played out across the album, its title “LOVE” spelt backwards, its lyric sheet speaking of whipcracks that feel like kisses, of violence as a gateway to bliss […]
ref: 2009, Steve Chick, Psychic Confusion: The Sonic Youth Story:
glosses: The crack of a whip.
whipcracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whipcrack
excyclotorsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ex- + cyclotorsion.
Senses: glosses: The outward torsional movement of the eye, mediated by the inferior oblique muscle.
Harada-Ito procedure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Harada-Ito procedures
Etymology: Named after M. Harada and Y. Ito, who published on the subject in 1964.
Senses: glosses: An eye muscle operation designed to improve the excyclotorsion experienced by some patients with cranial nerve IV palsy. The superior oblique tendon is split, and the anterior fibers are moved anteriorly and laterally so as to stretch and tighten them selectively, enhancing incyclotorsion.
extrapsychic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌɛkstɹəˈsaɪkɪk/
Forms: form: extra-psychic
Etymology: From extra- + psychic.
Senses: examples: text: The question concerning the "real" or extrapsychic reference of cognition in general raises, by its very statement, the great question of the truth, validity, reality, not only of the objective, but also of the psychic as itself in some sense real.
ref: 1906, James Mark Baldwin, Thought and Things Volume 1, Srinivasa Varadachari & Company, page 12:
text: There can be no such thing as extrapsychic or metapsychic. The neglect of this fundamental fact has given rise to all sorts of supposititious problems about self-subsisting unknowable things, foreign to one's consciousness but working on it.
ref: 1907, Pokala Lakshmi Narasu, The Essence of Buddhism, Srinivasa Varadachari & Company, page 160:
text: They are of extrapsychic origin and are related to the sympathetic centers.
ref: 1940, The Journal of the American Medical Association 1940-03-23: Volume 114, Issue 12, American Medical Association, page 1121:
glosses: Outside the psyche or mind.
pink disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: acrodynia
ergotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ergo- + therapy.
Senses: examples: text: As a physician, Dunton understood the importance of being seen as scientifically valid, thus his support for ergotherapy, a term that he believed would be more impressive to the scientific community.
ref: 2003, Paula Kramer, Perspectives in Human Occupation: Participation in Life, page 24:
glosses: Work as a form of occupational therapy.
electrokymographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to electrokymography.
electrokymogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrokymograms
Senses: glosses: A diagnostic image produced by electrokymography.
electrokymograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electrokymogram
exodontists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exodontist
exodontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to tooth removal.
exodontist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exodontists
Etymology: From ex- + odonto- + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who removes teeth.
rushfoil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rushfoils
Etymology: From rush + foil.
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants of the genus Croton.
whistle-blow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whistle-blows
form: whistle-blowing
form: whistle-blew
form: whistle-blown
form: whistleblow
Etymology: Back-formation from whistleblowing and whistleblower, equivalent to whistle + blow.
Senses: examples: text: It was at this point that 46 (77%) of the participants whistleblew (in writing) on the cheating confederate.
ref: 2002, Kipling D. Williams, Ostracism: The Power of Silence, →ISBN, page 201:
text: Students who had whistle-blown in the past provided fewer reasons not to whistle-blow than other students.
ref: 2012, Cynthia Jeffrey, Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics, →ISBN, page 215:
glosses: To blow the whistle (on); to report (as a whistleblower).
ergoloid mesylates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mixture of the methanesulfonate salts of three dihydrogenated ergot alkaloids (dihydroergocristine, dihydroergocornine, and alpha- and beta-dihydroergocryptine), used to treat dementia and related conditions.
echoendoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From echo + endoscopic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to echoendoscopy.
Derived terms: echoendoscopically
echoendoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From echo- + endoscopy.
Senses: glosses: A procedure combining endoscopy with ultrasound to obtain images of the internal organs
Related terms: echoendoscopic
echoendoscopist
whistleblow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whistleblows
form: whistleblowing
form: whistleblew
form: whistleblown
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whistle-blow.
beatsmiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beatsmith
intortor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intortors
Senses: glosses: A muscle that carries out intorsion.
extortor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extortors
Senses: glosses: A muscle that carries out extorsion.
Related terms: extorter
intortors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intortor
extortors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extortor
ellachick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The freshwater turtle Emys marmorata.
ticketyboo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tickety-boo.
Emiri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Emiris
Senses: glosses: An Emirati; a person from United Arab Emirates or of Emirian descent.
Emiri
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Emiri
form: most Emiri
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the United Arab Emirates or its people.
Emiris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Emiri
voddie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voddies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of voddy.
azuresin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of azure + resin
Senses: glosses: A complex of the azure dye 3-amino-7-dimethylamino-phenazathonium chloride coupled with carbacrylic cationic exchange resin.
pentaethylenehexamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From penta- + ethylene + hexamine.
Senses: glosses: The polyethylene amine H₂N-CH₂CH₂-NH-CH₂CH₂-NH-CH₂CH₂-NH-CH₂CH₂-NH-CH₂CH₂-NH₂.
tetraethylenepentamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The polyethylene amine H₂N-CH₂CH₂-NH-CH₂CH₂-NH-CH₂CH₂-NH-CH₂CH₂-NH₂.
tetraethylethylenediamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tetraethyl + ethylenediamine.
Senses: glosses: The ethylenediamine derivative (C₂H₅)₂N-CH₂CH₂-N(C₂H₅)₂.