cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
oxycontin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɒksɪˈkɑ(n)tn̩/
/ˌɒksɪˈkɑ(n)ʔn̩/
Senses: examples: text: An example is a user who messaged “Bought some oxycontin, we finna get trippy mane” (sic).
ref: 2015 August 8, “The Canary in the Coal Mine Tweets: Social Media Reveals Public Perceptions of Non-Medical Use of Opioids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of OxyContin.
parietoinsular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: parieto-insular
Etymology: From parieto- + insular.
Senses: examples: text: In ROI analyses, there were no volume differences in the middle occipital gyrus (region of V5/MT) or parietal operculum 2 (region of the parietoinsular vestibular cortex).
ref: 2015 August 8, “Voxel Based Morphometry Alterations in Mal de Debarquement Syndrome”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: relating to the parietal and insular lobes of the brain
perifocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + focal.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, inhibitors of system x c - have been shown to significantly reduce brain tumor growth, block abnormal EEG and seizure activity, attenuate perifocal edema and increase survival in animal models [9, 12 ].
ref: 2015 August 8, “High-Throughput Assay Development for Cystine-Glutamate Antiporter (x c - ) Highlights Faster Cystine Uptake than Glutamate Release in Glioma Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Surrounding a focus
phosphoantibody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphoantibodies
Etymology: From phospho- + antibody.
Senses: glosses: An antibody that reacts with a phosphoprotein
phosphoantibodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: AKT and mTOR activation in TC-71 (C) and A-4573 and A-673 cells (D) was evaluated using specific phosphoantibodies.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Melatonin Cytotoxicity Is Associated to Warburg Effect Inhibition in Ewing Sarcoma Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of phosphoantibody
posteroinferiorly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more posteroinferiorly
form: most posteroinferiorly
Etymology: From posteroinferior + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The gnathion (Gn) of T2 group was moved posteroinferiorly by 3.40±0.93 mm and 3.66±1.06 mm in horizontal and vertical direction, respectively.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Three-Dimensional Evaluation of the Upper Airway Morphological Changes in Growing Patients with Skeletal Class III Malocclusion Treated by Protraction Headgear and Rapid Palatal Expansion: A Comparative Research”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In a posteroinferior direction
pregenual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + genual.
Senses: examples: text: Relative decreases were seen primarily in orbital and frontal regions, most notably in the pregenual region of the anterior cingulate cortex (pgACC) ( Fig 1, Table 1 ).
ref: 2015 August 8, “Voxel Based Morphometry Alterations in Mal de Debarquement Syndrome”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In front of a genu (of the brain)
pseudogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, in silico analysis of the ITS sequences indicated the presence of putative pseudogenic ITS types.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Molecular and Cytogenetic Characterization of Wild Musa Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to a pseudogene
streptobacillus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: streptobacilli
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium of the genus Streptobacillus.
streptobacilli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Based on growth-independent physiological profiling using VITEK2-compact, API ZYM and the Micronaut system fastidious growth-related difficulties could be overcome and streptobacilli could definitively be typed despite generally few differences.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Members of the Genus Streptobacillus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of streptobacillus
strictosamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Subsequent intramolecular cyclization of strictosidine yielded strictosamide, a penultimate precursor of CAM formation in C.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Molecular Cloning, Heterologous Expression, and Functional Characterization of an NADPH-Cytochrome P450 Reductase Gene from Camptotheca acuminata, a Camptothecin-Producing Plant”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A particular alkaloid
sympathoinhibitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sympathoinhibitors
Etymology: From sympatho- + inhibitor.
Senses: examples: text: This study highlights the need to further develop sympathoinhibitor as an antiviral and antiinflammatory therapy and for more dose-response and time-course studies in animal models for EV71 infection.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Norepinephrine and Epinephrine Enhanced the Infectivity of Enterovirus 71”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any material that produces sympathoinhibition
sympathoinhibition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sympatho- + inhibition.
Senses: glosses: inhibition of the sympathetic nervous system
Related terms: sympathoinhibitor
sympathoinhibitory
tagitinine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The same profile of extraction found by the propolis in this study was also identified by other natural samples using supercritical CO 2 such as for obtaining tagitinine C from Tithonia diversifolia [77 ], peach (Prunus persica) [78 ] and for cocoa beans [79 ].
ref: 2015 August 8, “Determination of Parameters for the Supercritical Extraction of Antioxidant Compounds from Green Propolis Using Carbon Dioxide and Ethanol as Co-Solvent”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any of a group of sesquiterpenoid lactones that are proteasome inhibitors
transinfected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + infected.
Senses: examples: text: It should be noted, however, that other transinfected lines have been recently constructed which are bidirectionally incompatible with the double-infected population of Ae.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Combining the Sterile Insect Technique with Wolbachia -Based Approaches: II- A Safer Approach to Aedes albopictus Population Suppression Programmes, Designed to Minimize the Consequences of Inadvertent Female Release”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: infected by means of transinfection
velopharynx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æɹɪŋks
Forms: form: velopharynges
Etymology: From velo- + pharynx.
Senses: examples: text: The volume and mean cross-sectional area of nasopharynx, velopharynx and glossopharynx region showed significant difference.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Three-Dimensional Evaluation of the Upper Airway Morphological Changes in Growing Patients with Skeletal Class III Malocclusion Treated by Protraction Headgear and Rapid Palatal Expansion: A Comparative Research”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The region of the soft palate and the pharynx
Related terms: velopharyngeal
griotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From griot + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of a griot
yoghurted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From yoghurt + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Eg: “His ambiguphobic recipe for yoghurted veal occupies seven pages and four schematic drawings.”
ref: 2015 September 11, “From Schadenfreude to ringxiety: an encyclopedia of emotions”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Coated with yoghurt
droit du seigneur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of droit de seigneur.
Rimbaldian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rimbaldian
form: most Rimbaldian
Senses: glosses: Relating to or characteristic of French poet Arthur Rimbaud or his works.
Top
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tops
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch and German Top.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
transhume
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transhumes
form: transhuming
form: transhumed
form: transhumed
Senses: examples: text: Animals in good condition and not subjected to physical stress (such as having to transhume or walk far between pastures and waterpoints) usually suffer considerably less than animals on a poor nutritional level and having to expend much physical energy.
ref: 1990, M. M. H. Sewell, D. W. Brocklesby, Handbook on Animal Diseases in the Tropics, page 46:
glosses: To migrate.
Related terms: transhumant
transhumes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of transhume
flush out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flushes out
form: flushing out
form: flushed out
form: flushed out
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flush, out.
examples: text: The dogs flushed out some doves.
text: The army flushed out the enemy spy.
text: At that time a Special Investigative Unit (SIU) was set up to initiate a witch-hunt against homosexuals in government. So the SIU established this big file on homosexuals in government. Of course the real purpose was to flush out dissident civil servants, using homosexuality as an excuse. It was used as a political weapon by those who wielded power to get rid of their antagonists and their enemies.
ref: 1982 December 18, Siong-huat Chua, Sam Sasha, Philip Fung, “Hong Kong And The Emergence Of An Asian Gay Consciousness”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 22, page 9:
text: Fingers and Thumbs immediately started rushing around, wielding their iron bars as if going into battle. They whacked everything in sight – bushes, bins, even the burnt-out burger van – in an effort to flush out whoever had hurt their glorious leader.
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
synonyms: drive#Verb
flush#Verb
scare up
glosses: To drive out or expose something or someone, as a game bird or other game animal from cover.
examples: text: It should serve to flush out the existing ideas, generate new ones, insure that the approach chosen is responsive to the goals, and perhaps most importantly, get the whole team to sign up and take ownership of the application approach.
ref: 1990, Robert E. Bergman, Thomas V. Moore, Managing Interactive Video/Multimedia Projects, Educational Technology,, →ISBN, page 45:
text: Brainstorming with friends and colleagues can help you flush out the details of the idea.
ref: 2009, Laura Bell, 101 Things You Didn’t Learn in Harvard Business School, TotalRecall Publications,, →ISBN, page 68:
text: As you flush out a great design, start prototyping it.
ref: 2014, George Berkowski, How to Build a Billion Dollar App, Little, →ISBN:
glosses: To flesh out.
succus entericus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: Intestinal juice: the clear to pale yellow watery secretions from the glands lining the small intestine walls.
showroomed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of showroom
hyperlucid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperlucid
form: most hyperlucid
Etymology: From hyper- + lucid.
Senses: examples: text: The black-and-white wide-screen photography is hyperlucid, especially in landscape shots, but the digital imagery lacks the lived-in warmth and organic feel of film.
ref: 2015 September 10, Nicolas Rapold, “Review: In ‘Home From Home,’ a Blacksmith’s Son Dreams of a Different World”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely lucid.
sabermetrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sabermetric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of or by means of sabermetrics.
sulfoxaflor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In its ruling, the court found that the E.P.A. relied on “flawed and limited data” to approve the unconditional registration of sulfoxaflor, and that approval was not supported by “substantial evidence.”
ref: 2015 September 10, Reuters, “Big Win for Beekeepers as Court Voids Insecticide”, in New York Times:
glosses: A systemic neonicotinoid insecticide.
acylindrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From acylindrical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: We show that these groups act acylindrically on the CAT(-1) polygonal complex naturally associated to their presentation.
ref: 2015, Alexandre Martin, “Acylindrical actions on CAT(0) square complexes”, in arXiv:
glosses: In an acylindrical manner.
acylindricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + cylindric + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: For group actions on hyperbolic CAT(0) square complexes, we show that the acylindricity of the action is equivalent to a weaker form of acylindricity phrased purely in terms of stabilisers of points, which has the advantage of being much more tractable for actions on non-locally compact spaces.
ref: 2015, Alexandre Martin, “Acylindrical actions on CAT(0) square complexes”, in arXiv:
glosses: The quality of being acylindrical.
Alexanders
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌælɪɡˈzændɚz/
note: æ-tensing, rhotic
ipa: [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndɚz]
note: æ-tensing, non-rhotic
ipa: [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndəz]
ipa: /ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of Alexander
Alexanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌælɪɡˈzændɚz/
note: æ-tensing, rhotic
ipa: [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndɚz]
note: æ-tensing, non-rhotic
ipa: [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndəz]
ipa: /ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of Alexander
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of alexanders.
atoroidality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From atoroidal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being atoroidal.
eigenlevels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eigenlevel
quasianalytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quasi- + analytic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to a generalization of the class of real analytic functions based upon the fact that, if f is an analytic function on an interval [a,b] ⊂ R, and at some point f and all of its derivatives are zero, then f is identically zero on all of [a,b].
reappreciate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reappreciates
form: reappreciating
form: reappreciated
form: reappreciated
Etymology: From re- + appreciate.
Senses: examples: text: One version easily could have been developed before GR; it would have motivated thinking of Einstein's equations along the lines of his newly reappreciated "physical strategy" and suggested a rivalry from massive spin 2 for GR (massless spin 2, Pauli-Fierz 1939).
ref: 2015, J. Brian Pitts, “Space-time Philosophy Reconstructed via Massive Nordström Scalar Gravities? Laws vs. Geometry, Conventionality, and Underdetermination”, in arXiv:
glosses: To appreciate again or anew.
Related terms: reappreciation
reappreciates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reappreciate
reappreciating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reappreciate
reappreciated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reappreciate
semimodule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semimodules
Etymology: From semi- + module.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A mathematical construct that resembles a module, except that the underlying abelian group is replaced with an abelian semigroup, so the elements do not necessarily have inverses.
semimodules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semimodule
Dickman function
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: First studied by actuary Karl Dickman.
Senses: topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: A function, denoted by ρ, used to estimate the proportion of smooth numbers up to a given bound.
buster collar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buster collars
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Elizabethan collar (protective device worn by an animal)
synonyms: word: Elizabethan collar
extra: protective device worn by an animal
buster collars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buster collar
catskinners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catskinner
anillin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish anillo (“ring”), + -in.
Senses: glosses: A conserved protein implicated in cytoskeletal dynamics during cellularization and cytokinesis.
acentrosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + centrosomal.
Senses: examples: text: Note that the acentrosomal spindle pole completely lacks astral MTs and is associated with much less ER than the centrosome-containing pole.
ref: 2015 August 19, Jeremy T. Smyth et al., “Proper symmetric and asymmetric endoplasmic reticulum partitioning requires astral microtubules”, in Open Biology, volume 5, →DOI:
glosses: Not centrosomal.
asterless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aster + -less.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Without asters (star-shaped structures in cells).
bifemoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + femoral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to both femurs.
Derived terms: aortobifemoral
axillobifemoral
despam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: despams
form: despamming
form: despammed
form: despammed
Etymology: From de- + spam.
Senses: examples: text: I really need to despam my mailbox: it's full of junk mail.
glosses: To remove spam (unwanted messages) from.
examples: text: I hope the spambots don't manage to despam my e-mail address.
glosses: To remove a spamblock from (an e-mail address).
Derived terms: despammer
carbamidomethylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carbamidomethylation
carbamidomethylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: carbamidomethylates
form: carbamidomethylating
form: carbamidomethylated
form: carbamidomethylated
Senses: examples: text: After cooling on ice, the samples were incubated with 30 mM iodoacetamide for 1 h in the dark to carbamidomethylate the cysteine residues.
ref: 2015, Karunya Srinivasan et al., “A Quantitative Microtiter Assay for Sialylated Glycoform Analyses Using Lectin Complexes”, in Journal of Biomolecular Screening, volume 20, →DOI:
glosses: To subject to carbamidomethylation.
carbamidomethylating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of carbamidomethylate
carbamidomethylates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of carbamidomethylate
despams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of despam
despamming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of despam
despammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of despam
insolvently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From insolvent + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Trading insolvently is against the law.
glosses: While insolvent.
yellow fat disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: pansteatitis
pansteatitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pan- + steatitis.
Senses: glosses: A physiological condition in animals, characterised by inflammation of the body fat.
Synonyms: yellow fat disease
yellow lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellow light
catch heat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: catches heat
form: catching heat
form: caught heat
form: caught heat
Senses: examples: text: Another area in which corporations have been catching heat is in the area of environmental pollution, and justifiably so.
ref: 1989, Edwin C. Sims, Capitalism, in Spite of it All, page 296:
synonyms: catch hell
glosses: To get into trouble with somebody; to be scolded or chastised.
cinefluoroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cinefluoroscopy + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The positive correlation we observed between transvalvular PG and the differences between CT-measured opening angles and the manufacturers' values was consistent with a previous cinefluoroscopic study, suggesting that a decrease in opening angle may suggest elevated PG on TTE.
ref: 2015 August 21, Young Joo Suh et al., “Measurement of Opening and Closing Angles of Aortic Valve Prostheses In Vivo Using Dual-Source Computed Tomography: Comparison with Those of Manufacturers' in 10 Different Types”, in Korean Journal of Radiology, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to cinefluoroscopy.
hyperrhinolalia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + rhinolalia.
Senses: glosses: Excessively nasal speech caused by increased airflow through the nose.
depeptidize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: depeptidizes
form: depeptidizing
form: depeptidized
form: depeptidized
Etymology: From de- + peptide + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: By introducing peptide isosteres, modifying the side chains of amino acids, and methylating amide nitrogens to depeptidize the molecule, the methylated Analog 7 was identified […]
ref: 2013 September 15, Anita Y. M. Howe, Srikanth Venkatraman, “The Discovery and Development of Boceprevir: A Novel, First-generation Inhibitor of the Hepatitis C Virus NS3/4A Serine Protease”, in Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology, volume 1, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To remove the peptide bonds from.
Related terms: depeptidization
depeptidized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of depeptidize
depeptidizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of depeptidize
depeptidizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of depeptidize
echoendoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: echoendoscopes
Etymology: From echo + endoscope.
Senses: examples: text: More flexible fiducial delivery systems that are unlikely to bend or kink during deployment with the echoendoscope in the long position, or in an angulated and torqued configuration, are desirable to allow fiducial placement in the pancreatic head and uncinate.
ref: 2015 July 21, Disaya Chavalitdhamrong et al., “Technical advances in endoscopic ultrasound-guided fiducial placement for the treatment of pancreatic cancer”, in Endoscopy International Open, volume 3, →DOI:
glosses: An instrument used to perform echoendoscopy.
echoendoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of echoendoscope
echoendoscopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From echoendoscopic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of echoendoscopy.
ecosanctuary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecosanctuaries
Etymology: From eco- + sanctuary.
Senses: glosses: An ecological sanctuary, where wildlife can be preserved.
ecosanctuaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecosanctuary
enchondromatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From enchondroma + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Spondyloenchondrodysplasia (SPENCD) is a rare skeletal dysplasia, characterized by enchondromatous non-ossifying metaphyseal and spondylar lesions.
ref: 2015 September 7, Hermann Girschick et al., “Severe immune dysregulation with neurological impairment and minor bone changes in a child with spondyloenchondrodysplasia due to two novel mutations in the ACP5 gene”, in Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to enchondroma.
spondyloenchondrodysplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A rare skeletal dysplasia: a spondylometaphyseal dysplasia with enchondromatous changes.
endomicroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From endo- + microscopy.
Senses: glosses: A technique that uses microscopy to obtain histology-like images from inside the human body.
Hypernyms: microendoscopy
Coordinate terms: endocytoscopy
endomicroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endo- + microscopic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to endomicroscopy.
endosonographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endosonography + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Enhanced visualization of the needle and fiducial during EUS is necessary to allow fiducial placement solely under endosonographic guidance without the use of fluoroscopy, thus minimizing radiation exposure.
ref: 2015 July 21, Disaya Chavalitdhamrong et al., “Technical advances in endoscopic ultrasound-guided fiducial placement for the treatment of pancreatic cancer”, in Endoscopy International Open, volume 3, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to endosonography.
Derived terms: endosonographically
endosonographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From endosonographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of endosonography.
niggerman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niggermen
Etymology: From nigger + man.
Senses: examples: text: “Well, what I didn't tell you is that her boyfriend is a niggerman, uh, Negro.”
“Ernie, I thought you said you hired a nice girl!”
“She seemed nice enough,” he stammers. “She can type and she seemed like a nice girl.”
ref: 1992, Jill McCorkle, July 7th, page 178:
text: Once she pushed open the door of one of these dives, a niggerman would be bound to mount her like a tambouyé, his drum. Afterward he would turn his back on her like Dernier did.
ref: 2010, Maryse Conde, Victoire: My Mother's Mother, page 66:
text: They whip again and some of the niggermen turn back to work, but some still stand straight.
ref: 2014, Marlon James, A Book of Night Women:
glosses: A black man.
niggermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of niggerman
epoxyketones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epoxyketone
Eschenmoser fragmentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eschenmoser fragmentations
Etymology: Named after the Swiss chemist Albert Eschenmoser, who devised it in collaboration with an industrial research group.
Senses: glosses: The chemical reaction of α,β-epoxyketones with aryl sulfonylhydrazines to give alkynes and carbonyl compounds.
Eschenmoser fragmentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eschenmoser fragmentation
Paal-Knorr synthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Paal-Knorr syntheses
Etymology: It was reported independently in 1884 by German chemists Carl Paal and Ludwig Knorr.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A reaction that generates either furans, pyrroles, or thiophenes from 1,4-diketones.
Wharton reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Introduced by P. S. Wharton in the 1960s.
Senses: glosses: The chemical reaction of α,β-epoxy-ketones with hydrazine to give allylic alcohols.
thigh-highs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thigh-high
faldaprevir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -previr (“hepatitis C virus protease inhibitor”).
Senses: examples: text: In similar pharmacokinetic studies in healthy volunteers, faldaprevir concentrations were increased by ritonavir-boosted darunavir, and decreased by tenofovir and efavirenz, which may ultimately require dose adjustments of the HCV PI in the presence of certain ARVs.
ref: 2013 December 15, Tilahun Amdissa Gemtessa, Lisa M. Chirch, “Update on Hepatitis C Virus and HIV Coinfection”, in Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology, volume 1, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An experimental drug for the treatment of hepatitis C.
hemithoraces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemithorax
sitosterolaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sitosterolemia.
phytosterolaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phytosterolemia.
sitosterolemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A rare inherited lipid metabolic disorder, characterized by hyperabsorption and decreased biliary excretion of dietary sterols leading to hypercholesterolemia, xanthomas, premature atherosclerosis, and abnormal hematologic and liver function test results.
Synonyms: phytosterolemia
hypoestrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypoestrogenic
form: most hypoestrogenic
Etymology: From hypo- + estrogenic.
Senses: glosses: deficient in estrogen
lumbopelvic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lumbo- + pelvic.
Senses: examples: text: This slumped sitting posture may cause strain, instability, or injury in the lumbopelvic region.
ref: 2015 August 21, Won-gyu Yoo, “Comparison of the T10 and L4 paraspinal muscle activities over time during continuous computer work”, in Journal of Physical Therapy Science, volume 27, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Related to the lumbar region of the spine and to the pelvis.
lensometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lens + -o- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: measurement with a lensmeter
macronodular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + nodular.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characterised by, macronodules.
maxillopod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maxillopods
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the class Maxillopoda of diverse crustaceans including barnacles and copepods.
maxillopods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maxillopod
mesentericoportal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mesenteric + -o- + portal.
Senses: examples: text: These complications consisted of severe cholangitis, large abscesses and sepsis, and portal venous or mesentericoportal venous thrombosis.
ref: 2015 August 21, Yoo Kyeong Yeom, Ji Hoon Shin, “Complications of Portal Vein Embolization: Evaluation on Cross-Sectional Imaging”, in Korean Journal of Radiology, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the mesentery and portal vein.
milliamperage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milliamperages
Etymology: From milli- + amperage.
Senses: examples: text: Automatic tube current modulation technology was applied, and the milliamperage range was adjusted to 50-600 mAs.
ref: 2015 August 21, Xinlian Wang et al., “Feasibility Study of Radiation Dose Reduction in Adult Female Pelvic CT Scan with Low Tube-Voltage and Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction”, in Korean Journal of Radiology, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: An amperage on the scale of milliamps.
milliamperages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milliamperage
monoantennary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + antennary.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a single antenna.
Related terms: biantennary
myelinisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myelinisations
Etymology: From myelin + -isation.
Senses: examples: text: An MRI of the brain showed delayed myelinisation, no calcifications were seen on a CT scan.
ref: 2015 September 7, Hermann Girschick et al., “Severe immune dysregulation with neurological impairment and minor bone changes in a child with spondyloenchondrodysplasia due to two novel mutations in the ACP5 gene”, in Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of myelinization.
Derived terms: demyelinisation
myelinisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myelinisation
transactivist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transactivists
Etymology: From trans- + activist.
Senses: examples: text: The transactivists who are trying to eliminate Gender Identity Disorder from the DSM-IV have not come up with any credible replacement for the diagnosis, which is the prerequisite for sex reassignment.
ref: 1997, Pat Califia, Sex changes: the politics of transgenderism, page 268:
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:transactivist.
glosses: An activist for transgender issues.
transactivists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transactivist
metrosexualized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of metrosexualize
metrosexualizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of metrosexualize
metrosexualizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of metrosexualize
radiculographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radiculography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to radiculography.
postimplant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + implant.
Senses: examples: text: In 2012, the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) provided an updated consensus guideline on patient selection, workup, treatment, postimplant dosimetry, and follow-up.
ref: 2015 August 19, Fouad Aoun et al., “High Intensity Focused Ultrasound versus Brachytherapy for the Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer: A Matched-Pair Analysis”, in Advances in Urology, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: After an implant.
Santa Monica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: While Santa Monica has a longstanding prohibition against public camping that includes living in vehicles, the van rental business has been a problem in Venice for years.
ref: 2023 May 19, Matthew Hall, “Los Angeles Councilwoman targets “vanlord” industry”, in Santa Monica Daily Press:
glosses: A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
plantographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plantography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to plantography.
periductular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + ductular.
Senses: examples: text: Typical focal lesion of primary sclerosing cholangitis demonstrating “onion skin” concentric fibrosis and chronic periductular inflammation.
ref: 2014 December 15, Renée M. Marchioni Beery, Haleh Vaziri, Faripour Forouhar, “Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: a Review Featuring a Women's Health Perspective”, in Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology, volume 2, →DOI:
glosses: Around a ductule.
overgeneration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + generation.
Senses: examples: text: A previous study suggested that overgeneration of ROS, caused by mitochondria dysfunction or depletion of enzymatic antioxidant system, could inhibit steroidogenic enzymes activity in MGCs and CCs.
ref: 2015 August 19, Hongshan Ge et al., “Effects of Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein 2 Inhibition by Genipin in Human Cumulus Cells”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: The generation of too much or too many of something; overproduction.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The act of overgenerating.
osteoprotective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more osteoprotective
form: most osteoprotective
Etymology: From osteo- + protective.
Senses: examples: text: Potential differences in the OC gene expression between postmenopausal women treated and not treated with HRT would allow determining if osteoprotective effect of estrogen is exerted, inter alia, by changes in metabolism of OC.
ref: 2015 August 19, Mansur Rahnama et al., “Analysis of the Influence of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Osteocalcin Gene Expression in Postmenopausal Women”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: That protects bone from physical damage
Related terms: osteoprotection
ospemifene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + [Term?] + -mifene (“clomifene derivative”).
Senses: examples: text: While raloxifene and tamoxifen have no estrogen agonist effect on the vagina, lasofoxifene and ospemifene show a positive impact on vaginal tissue in postmenopausal women.
ref: 2015 August 28, Hyun-Kyung Kim et al., “The Recent Review of the Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause”, in Journal of Menopausal Medicine, volume 21, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An oral medication used to treat dyspareunia.
opiophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From opio- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: The rise of opiophobia among clinicians could be one explanation. Additionally, as pointed out previously, health care professionals are frequently not trained to prescribe opioid analgesics.
ref: 2015 August 28, Darko Krnic et al., “National consumption of opioid and nonopioid analgesics in Croatia: 2007–2013”, in Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, volume 11, →DOI:
glosses: An aversion to prescribing opiates.
opiophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: antonyms: opiophobia
glosses: An inclination toward prescribing opiates.
Related terms: opiophile
dyspareunist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyspareunists
Etymology: From dyspareunia + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An individual, especially a woman, for whom sexual intercourse is painful or difficult.
Related terms: dyspareunia
dyspareunists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyspareunist
dyspareunic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dyspareunic
form: most dyspareunic
Etymology: From dyspareunia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting, dyspareunia.
nonradiated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + radiated.
Senses: examples: text: Dewan et al. compared the efficacy of three RT regimens: 20 Gy × 1 fraction, 8 Gy × 3, and 6 Gy × 5 in combination with anti-CTLA4 (the latter had no effect on either model when given alone) and concluded that three or five radiation fractions provided a greater immune-stimulating effect at distant, nonradiated sites as compared to a single fraction of radiation.
ref: 2015 April 23, Jayasri G Iyer et al., “Single-fraction radiation therapy in patients with metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma”, in Cancer Medicine, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: Not radiated.
nonlipidated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + lipidated.
Senses: examples: text: To distinguish between synthesis, modification and degradation rates of LC3B, the ratio of the LC3B-II faster migrating form to the nonlipidated precursor (LC3B-I) is determined in the absence or presence of inhibitors of lysosome-mediated proteolysis.
ref: 2015 June 19, Irene Riz, Teresa S. Hawley, Robert G. Hawley, “KLF4-SQSTM1/p62-associated prosurvival autophagy contributes to carfilzomib resistance in multiple myeloma models”, in Oncotarget, volume 6:
glosses: Not lipidated.
nondissected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dissected.
Senses: examples: text: We selected devices with <10% oversizing based on the diameter of the proximal nondissected aorta.
ref: 2015 August 24, Rana O. Afifi et al., “Outcomes of Patients With Acute Type B (DeBakey III) Aortic Dissection”, in Circulation, volume 132, →DOI:
glosses: Not dissected.
undissected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + dissected.
Senses: glosses: Not dissected.
undisinfected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + disinfected.
Senses: glosses: Not disinfected.
nondisinfected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + disinfected.
Senses: glosses: Not disinfected.
nonoccupation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + occupation.
Senses: examples: text: Black coloration denotes occupation, white coloration nonoccupation, and X that a burrow had not yet or not any more existed in the respective year.
ref: 2015 July 15, Vera Brust et al., “Determinants of between-year burrow re-occupation in a colony of the European bee-eater Merops apiaster”, in Ecology and Evolution, volume 5, →DOI:
glosses: Absence of occupation; the situation where a territory etc. is not occupied.
nonmethylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + methylation.
Senses: examples: text: In detail, we determined inactivation of the short allele (pattern S) based on the following conditions: (1) dominant methylation pattern at the fluorescent peak area of the short allele and (2) dominant nonmethylation pattern at the long allele […]
ref: 2015 April 17, Tadao Nakazawa et al., “Multicentric occurrence of multiple papillary thyroid carcinomas –HUMARA and BRAF mutation analysis”, in Cancer Medicine, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: Absence of methylation.
spondylar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spondyle + -ar.
Senses: examples: text: Spondyloenchondrodysplasia (SPENCD) is a rare skeletal dysplasia, characterized by enchondromatous non-ossifying metaphyseal and spondylar lesions.
ref: 2015 September 7, Hermann Girschick et al., “Severe immune dysregulation with neurological impairment and minor bone changes in a child with spondyloenchondrodysplasia due to two novel mutations in the ACP5 gene”, in Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to spondyles.
subprosthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + prosthetic.
Senses: examples: text: A pannus was significant if the diameter of the subprosthetic portion narrowed by the pannus was > 50% of the internal diameter of the geometric orifice area of the mechanical valve as assessed visually.
ref: 2015 August 21, Young Joo Suh et al., “Measurement of Opening and Closing Angles of Aortic Valve Prostheses In Vivo Using Dual-Source Computed Tomography: Comparison with Those of Manufacturers' in 10 Different Types”, in Korean Journal of Radiology, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: Under a prosthesis.
transvalvular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + valvular.
Senses: examples: text: The positive correlation we observed between transvalvular PG and the differences between CT-measured opening angles and the manufacturers' values was consistent with a previous cinefluoroscopic study, suggesting that a decrease in opening angle may suggest elevated PG on TTE.
ref: 2015 August 21, Young Joo Suh et al., “Measurement of Opening and Closing Angles of Aortic Valve Prostheses In Vivo Using Dual-Source Computed Tomography: Comparison with Those of Manufacturers' in 10 Different Types”, in Korean Journal of Radiology, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: Through a valve.
transzonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + zonal.
Senses: examples: text: Yet, CCs are closer to the oocyte and maintain a proximity relationship via transzonal processes and gap junctions with the oocyte, providing nutrients, maturation-enabling factors, and an optimal microenvironment to ensure successful maturation and further developmental competence.
ref: 2015 August 19, Hongshan Ge et al., “Effects of Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein 2 Inhibition by Genipin in Human Cumulus Cells”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Through a zone.
uncentrifuged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + centrifuged.
Senses: examples: text: Obtained buccal epithelium and newly drawn, uncentrifuged blood collected in an EDTA tube were used for analysis of gene expression: a control GAPDH gene and Osteocalcin gene.
ref: 2015 August 19, Mansur Rahnama et al., “Analysis of the Influence of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Osteocalcin Gene Expression in Postmenopausal Women”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not having been centrifuged.
ureterogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ureterograms
Etymology: From uretero- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: A diagnostic image produced by ureterography.
ureterograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ureterogram
ureterographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ureterography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to ureterography.
Calpurnian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Calpurnian
form: most Calpurnian
Etymology: From Calpurnia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Gens Calpurnia, a noble family of Ancient Rome.
Paks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Hungary.
Nail
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nails
form: Naill
Etymology: From nail, hence a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of nails, or a nickname for a tall and slender person.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
clevosaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clevosaurs
Senses: examples: text: For the early Mesozoic (Late Triassic) of South American, sphenodontian opisthodontians are known from northern Argentina and clevosaurs from south Brazil.
ref: 2015 September 11, “New Data on the Clevosaurus (Sphenodontia: Clevosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of Southern Brazil”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: An extinct sphenodontian reptile of the genus Clevosaurus.
Quirke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A family name of Irish and Manx origin.
clevosaurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clevosaur
Quirk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Assemblymember Bill Quirk (D-Hayward) has introduced a bill to address power outages caused by metallic film balloons when they come into contact with powerlines.
ref: 2018 February 14, “Reducing Power Outages Caused by Metallic Balloons is Focus of Bill Introduced Today”, in California State Assembly Democratic Caucus, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2020:
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Quirkian
denicotinized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + nicotinize + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: However, the study of Brody et al. did not include denicotinized mentholated cigarettes as a control.
ref: 2015 September 11, “Effects of Menthol on Nicotine Pharmacokinetic, Pharmacology and Dependence in Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having had the nicotine removed.
humidimycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From humidus + -mycin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A peptide found in Streptomyces humidus.
perineurally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From perineural + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Two other recent randomized placebo-controlled studies showed no significant difference in analgesia duration when interscalene blocks with ropivacaine and sciatic nerve blocks with bupivacaine plus epinephrine were supplemented with 8-10mg dexamethasone intravenously versus perineurally.
ref: 2015 September 11, “Local Anesthetic Peripheral Nerve Block Adjuvants for Prolongation of Analgesia: A Systematic Qualitative Review”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Near a nerve or nerves.
rangeliosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Rangelia + -osis.
Senses: glosses: A disease of dogs and other species, caused by the hemoprotozoan parasite Rangelia vitalii.
pseurotin A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A bioactive metabolite of Aspergillus.
underrepresentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underrepresentation
nonphysiologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + physiologically.
Senses: glosses: In a manner that is not physiological.
unphysiologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unphysiological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a manner that is not physiological.
footshocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footshock
haemoxylin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hemoxylin.
pruritogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pruritogens
Etymology: From pruritus + -gen.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that causes pruritus (itching).
pruritogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pruritogen
psychoacoustical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psycho- + acoustical.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of psychoacoustic.
synonyms: word: psychoacoustic