cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
parageusia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The abnormal presence of an unpleasant taste in the mouth, sometimes caused by medications.
Related terms: parageusic
dysgeusia
ageusia
parosmia
paranasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪzəl
Etymology: From para- + nasal.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the paranasal sinuses, a group of four paired air-filled spaces that surround the nasal cavity.
paraneoplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraneoplasias
Senses: glosses: A paraneoplastic syndrome.
paraneoplasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraneoplasia
syndromally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From syndromal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In syndromal terms.
paraproctitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + proctitis.
Senses: glosses: A purulent inflammation of the cellular tissues surrounding the rectum.
parapoxviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parapoxvirus
parapoxviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to parapoxviruses.
parangi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paranghi
Etymology: Apparently related to ferenghi.
Senses: glosses: The tropical disease yaws.
paracetaldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + acetaldehyde.
Senses: glosses: paraldehyde
paraproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraprotein
pararectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + rectal.
Senses: examples: the pararectal lymph nodes
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Near or around the rectum.
pararosanilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pararosaniline.
paradidymis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: parepididymis
glosses: A small collection of convoluted tubules situated in front of the lower part of the spermatic cord, above the head of the epididymis.
parapsoriasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + psoriasis, coined in 1902.
Senses: glosses: A skin disorder characterized by a superficial resemblance to psoriasis (red, scaly lesions), rather than by its underlying etiology.
parasystolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + systolic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to parasystole.
paraoxon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + oxon.
Senses: examples: text: The insecticides paraoxon and parathion were successfully hydrolyzed by PTE that was immobilized on a trityl agarose matrix.
ref: 2005, Eman Ghanem, Frank M. Raushel, “Detoxification of organophosphate nerve agents by bacterial phosphotriesterase”, in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, volume 207, number 2, →DOI, pages 459–470:
glosses: An organophosphorus insecticide, [Diethyl (4-nitrophenyl) phosphate].
Derived terms: methyl paraoxon
paraoxonases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraoxonase
oxon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxons
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound derived from another in which a phosphorus-sulfur bond in the parent has been replaced by a phosphorus-oxygen bond in the derivative.
Derived terms: paraoxon
oxons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxon
hexalen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: altretamine
parafollicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + follicular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Near a follicle; applied to certain cells, adjacent to the thyroid follicles, that produce and secrete calcitonin.
parathyrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From parathyr(oid) + -in.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of parathyroid hormone
synonyms: word: parathyroid hormone
paratenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpæɹ.əˈtɛn.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɛnɪk
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰτείνω (părăteínō, “to stretch out along, beside or near; to continue life, live”) + -ic, from πᾰρᾰ- (pără-, “beside, by”) + τείνω (teínō, “to stretch, pull tight”).
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Not needed for the development of the parasite, but nevertheless serving to maintain the parasite's life cycle.
raw_tags: of a host
hemipareses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemiparesis
hemiparetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to hemiparesis.
Derived terms: nonhemiparetic
hemiparasites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemiparasite
pyorrheas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyorrhea
paraquet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraquets
Senses: glosses: Dated form of parakeet.
paroquet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paroquets
Senses: glosses: Dated form of parakeet.
paraquets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraquet
paroquets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paroquet
parasystole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊl
Forms: form: parasystoles
Etymology: From para- + systole.
Senses: glosses: A kind of arrhythmia caused by the presence and function of a secondary pacemaker in the heart, which works in parallel with the S-A node.
parasystoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parasystole
parapsychologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more parapsychologically
form: most parapsychologically
Etymology: From parapsychological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, parapsychology.
parasitophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parasitophobias
Etymology: From parasite + -o- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: The term delusions of parasitosis was coined by Wilson and Miller (1946) dispelling earlier use of the word acarophobia (Thibierge 1894), entomophobia, and parasitophobia.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Dr. Gale E. Ridge, “Delusory parasitosis. The belief of being lived on by arthropods or other organisms”, in The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, page 1:
glosses: A morbid fear of becoming infested with parasites.
parasitophobias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parasitophobia
parapraxia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parapraxias
Etymology: From para- + -praxia.
Senses: glosses: parapraxis
parapraxias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parapraxia
paramesonephric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + mesonephric.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Near the mesonephros.
Derived terms: paramesonephric duct
Parnassos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Parnassus.
paracortex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paracortexes
form: paracortices
Etymology: From para- + cortex.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike the cortex, which has mostly immature T cells, or thymocytes, the paracortex has a mixture of immature and mature T cells.
glosses: The portion of a lymph node immediately surrounding the medulla.
paraproteinemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraproteinemia
paraproteinaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraproteinaemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paraproteinemia.
paraproteinaemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraproteinaemia
parenthesome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parenthesomes
Etymology: From parenthesis + -some, from the resemblance to the punctuation marks.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A septal pore cap, a microscopic structure of unknown function found in the cells of basidiomycete fungi.
parenthesomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parenthesome
paraproteinemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paraproteinemic
form: most paraproteinemic
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting, paraproteinemia.
paraproteinaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paraproteinaemic
form: most paraproteinaemic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paraproteinemic.
pauropod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pauropods
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any myriapod in the class Pauropoda.
pauropods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pauropod
pathocidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: 8-azaguanine, a purine analogue with antineoplastic activity.
parvoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to parvoviruses.
pathergy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An abnormal condition in which a minor trauma, such as a bruise, leads to the development of skin lesions or ulcers that may be resistant to healing.
PCX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Short for “personal computer exchange”, introduced in PC Paintbrush software in the 1980s.
Senses: qualifier: file format
glosses: An image file format, no longer widely used, supporting up to 256 colours.
wikipedia: PC Paintbrush
pelotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πηλός (pēlós, “clay”) + therapy.
Senses: glosses: body therapy using mud or clay
Related terms: peloid
vignas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vigna
pectineus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pectinei
Etymology: From Latin pectineus (“comblike”), from pecten (“comb”) + -eus.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A flat quadrangular muscle, situated at the anterior part of the upper and medial aspect of the thigh, whose primary function is hip flexion.
pectinei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pectineus
pahlavi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pahlavis
Senses: glosses: The principal gold coin of the Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979).
pahlavis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pahlavi
Pahlavi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pahlavis
form: Pahlevi
form: Pehlevi
form: Pehlvi
Etymology: From Persian پهلوی (pahlavi, “Parthian, of or relating to the age of the Iranian heroes before Islam”).
Senses: glosses: The Pahlavi script, a writing system derived from the Aramaic script and used to write several Iranian languages, the most common form of which was the Book Pahlavi.
examples: text: Pahlavi literature traditionally defines the writings of the Zoroastrians in the Middle Persian language and Book Pahlavi script which were compiled in the 9th and the 10th centuries CE.
ref: 2009, Carlo Cereti, "Middle Persian Literature I: Pahlavi," Encyclopedia Iranica (online edition)
glosses: The Middle Persian language rendered in Book Pahlavi.
glosses: A transliteration of the Persian surname پهلوی (pahlavi), born by members of the Pahlavi dynasty which ruled Iran in the 20th century.
Hyponyms: Middle Persian
Parthian
Derived terms: Book Pahlavi
Inscriptional Pahlavi
Psalter Pahlavi
pellagroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pellagroid
form: most pellagroid
Etymology: From pellagra + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Resembling pellagra.
pemphigoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pemphigoids
Etymology: From pemphigus + -oid.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of rare autoimmune blistering skin diseases that superficially resemble pemphigus.
Derived terms: pemphigoid gestationis
pemphigoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pemphigoid
penthienate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antimuscarinic drug.
pelviotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pelviotomies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of symphysiotomy.
synonyms: word: symphysiotomy
pelviotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pelviotomy
Penangite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Penangites
Etymology: From Penang + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A resident of Penang in Malaysia.
Penangites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Penangite
pelvimetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pelvimetry + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to pelvimetry.
pelvimetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The assessment of the female pelvis in relation to the birth of a baby.
Derived terms: word: cephalopelvimetry
word: pelvimetric
Related terms: pelvimeter
pediculicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pediculicides
Etymology: Latin pediculus + -icide
Senses: glosses: An insecticide that kills lice.
Related terms: pediculicidal
pediculicidity
pediculicides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pediculicide
Peabody action
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Peabody actions
Etymology: Named after the inventor, Henry O. Peabody of Boston, Massachusetts.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: An early form of breechloading firearm action, where the heavy breechblock tilted downwards across a bolt mounted in the rear of the breechblock, operated by a lever under the rifle.
percomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: percomorphs
Etymology: From Percomorphi.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any perciform fish.
percomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of percomorph
peptostreptococcal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Peptostreptococcus + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Peptostreptococcus bacteria.
sea pen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea pens
Etymology: From the feather-like appearance of some species, reminiscent of antique quill pens.
Senses: glosses: A colonial marine cnidarian of the order Pennatulacea.
sea pens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea pen
canary grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canary grasses
Senses: glosses: Grass of species Phalaris canariensis, whose seeds are used as birdseed, believed to be native to Morocco and the Canary Islands, now widespread in most semitropical to cool-temperate environments.
glosses: Any grass of genus Phalaris.
peptidyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peptidyltransferases
Etymology: From peptidyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aminoacyltransferase involved in protein biosynthesis.
peptidyltransferases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peptidyltransferase
pentanone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentanones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of three organic compounds containing five carbons and a ketone functional group.
Derived terms: cyclopentanone
pentanones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentanone
pleuromutilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleuromutilins
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of antibacterial drugs that inhibit protein synthesis in bacteria by binding to a peptidyltransferase component within a ribosome.
Hyponyms: azamulin
retapamulin
tiamulin
valnemulin
pleuromutilins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleuromutilin
patchoulol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From patchouli + -ol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A terpene with chemical formula C₁₅H₂₆O, found in patchouli.
Related terms: norpatchoulenol
pentetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentetates
Etymology: From pentetic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of pentetic acid.
pentetates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentetate
pentadactyle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pentadactyl.
penicilliosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penicillosis
Etymology: Penicillium + -osis
Senses: glosses: An infection caused by Penicillium marneffei, a dimorphic fungus.
penicillosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of penicilliosis.
perirectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + rectal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Around the rectum.
Derived terms: perirectally
Related terms: perineal
periorbita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The area around the orbit.
perichondral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + chondral.
Senses: glosses: Surrounding cartilage
glosses: Surrounding cartilage
Relating to the layer of fibrous connective tissue that envelops cartilage (other than at the joints)
Derived terms: perichondrally
perimolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: dental erosion caused by gastric acid from the stomach coming into contact with the teeth
perimetrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peri- + Late Latin metrium (“womb”), from Ancient Greek μήτριον (mḗtrion, “of a mother”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The outer serosa layer of the uterus.
periodontosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peri- + odonto- + -osis.
Senses: glosses: Any of certain chronic periodontal diseases that exhibit degenerative bony changes.
perineometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perineometers
Etymology: From perineo- + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: The perineometer of Kagele was unheard of and the hormonology of today is a far cry from the rather crude and relatively weak hormones available in the early and mid-thirties.
ref: 1951 July, Richard D. Reekie, “Critical Analysis of Recent Advances in Gynecology”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 7, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 508:
glosses: An instrument for measuring the strength of voluntary contractions of the pelvic floor muscles.
Related terms: perineometric
perineometry
perineometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perineometer
pericoronitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: An acute infection causing swelling or inflammation of gums and surrounding soft tissues of a partially erupted tooth.
Hyponyms: operculitis
perinephric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + nephric.
Senses: examples: perinephric fat
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Around the kidney.
perinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perinates
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A member of a viviparous species from approximately one month before, to one month after, birth.
Related terms: neonate
perinatal
perinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perinate
perifolliculitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An inflammation in the skin around the hair follicles.
photorejuvenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + rejuvenation.
Senses: glosses: A skin treatment that uses intense pulsed light or other thermal or chemical methods to treat some skin conditions and remove wrinkles arising from photoaging.
perihepatitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peri- + hepatitis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the serous or peritoneal coating of the liver.
Synonyms: hepatic capsulitis
hepatitis externa
hepatoperitonitis
proteoform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹoʊtiːoʊˌfɔɹm/
Forms: form: proteoforms
Senses: glosses: A specific molecular form of a protein product arising from a specific gene.
glosses: Any of a group of related protein molecules arising from all combinatorial sources of variation giving rise to products arising from a single gene. These include products differing due to genetic variation, alternatively spliced RNA, transcripts, and post-translational modifications.
perikyma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perikymata
Etymology: From Ancient Greek περι- (peri-) + κῦμα (kûma).
Senses: glosses: Any of the pits around the long prisms of tooth enamel, indicating the places where enamel-producing cells used to make contact with neighbouring cells.
perikymata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perikyma
subxiphoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + xiphoid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Below the xiphoid process.
pericardiectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: pericardiectomies
Etymology: From pericardium + -ectomy.
Senses: glosses: The surgical removal of all or part of the pericardium.
pericardiectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pericardiectomy
pericardiacophrenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a long slender branch of the internal thoracic artery, accompanying the phrenic nerve, between the pleura and pericardium, to the diaphragm, to which it is distributed.
pericardectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pericardectomies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pericardiectomy.
pericardectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pericardectomy
perissodactylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Perissodactyla + -ic
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to the Perissodactyla.
peristasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peristases
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A four-sided porch or hall of columns surrounding the cella in an Ancient Greek peripteros temple.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An inactive phase of vasoconstriction in inflammation.
Derived terms: antiperistasis
peroneus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɛ.ɹə(ʊ)ˈniː.əs/
ipa: /ˌpɛɹ.əˈni.əs/
rhymes: -iːəs
Forms: form: peronei
form: peronaeus
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin peroneus, clipping of mūsculus peroneus (“peroneal muscle”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: fibularis
meronyms: peroneus brevis
peroneus longus
peroneus tertius
glosses: Any of several muscles of the lateral side of the leg, which arise from the fibula and act to move the foot.
peronaeus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peronaei
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peroneus.
peronaei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peronaeus
periungual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + ungual.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Around the nail.
peroral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹəl
Etymology: From per- + oral.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: By way of the mouth, oral cavity.
Derived terms: perorally
PO
Related terms: oral
oral cavity
per-
per
peritenon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peritenons
Etymology: From peri- + tenon.
Senses: glosses: The connective tissue sheath surrounding a tendon.
Derived terms: peritendinitis
peritenonitis
peritenons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peritenon
peritectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: peritectomies
Senses: glosses: Peritomy.
peritectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peritectomy
peritomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peritomies
Senses: glosses: The surgical removal of a strip of the conjunctiva of an eye.
Synonyms: peritectomy
Derived terms: peritomize
peritomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peritomy
peritextual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, peri- + textual, or, by surface analysis, peritext + -ual.
Senses: coordinate_terms: perigraphic
;
paratextual
epitextual
contextual
subtextual
textual
glosses: Of or relating to peritext.
set-piece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: set-pieces
Senses: examples: text: That change brought an increase in his attacking numbers, helped by him taking set-pieces, and he carried that into last season as the 26-year-old produced a career-best campaign for goal contributions with nine goals and 10 assists.
ref: 2025 October 21, Alex Howell, “The evolution of Rice - how midfielder became Arsenal's all-rounder”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Alternative spelling of set piece.
starliner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starliners
Etymology: From star + liner.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A large starship capable of transporting many passengers.
Related terms: airliner
cruiseliner
jetliner
liner
oceanliner
propliner
spaceliner
stardrive
starline
starship
starliners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starliner
phaco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
surgery
glosses: Clipping of phacoemulsification.
phacoemulsification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phacoemulsifications
Etymology: From phaco- + emulsification.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A form of cataract surgery in which the eye's internal lens is emulsified with an ultrasonic handpiece and aspirated from the eye. Aspirated fluids are replaced with irrigation of balanced salt solution, thus maintaining the anterior chamber, as well as cooling the handpiece.
phacoemulsifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phacoemulsification
phacodonesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phaco- + Ancient Greek δόνησις (dónēsis, “agitation”), from δονέω (donéō).
Senses: glosses: The vibration of the lens accompanying eye movement.
Derived terms: pseudophacodonesis
phagophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phago- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: A morbid fear of swallowing.
phasmophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma) + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: He also suffered from hypsophobia, a certain fear of elevated places, and the typical scotophobia and phasmophobia associated with churches, graveyards and solitary places in the dark of night.
ref: 2008, E a Bucchianeri, Faust: My Soul Be Damned for the World, volume 2, page 55:
glosses: The fear of ghosts.
pseudophakic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + phakic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to pseudophakia.
phakic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phakia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to phakia.
Derived terms: pseudophakic
phakia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The presence of the natural crystalline lens of the eye.
Derived terms: aphakia
microphakia
phakic
pseudophakia
Related terms: phakinin
pseudophakia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + phakia.
Senses: glosses: The substitution of the natural crystalline lens of the eye with a synthetic lens
Related terms: pseudophakes
phenylethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenylethanes
Senses: glosses: ethylbenzene
phenylethanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phenylethane
phalloidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phalloidines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phalloidin.
phalloidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phalloidine
phallolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phallolysins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic hemolysin found in the death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides.
phleboviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phlebo- + viral.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the phleboviruses.
phlebovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phleboviruses
Etymology: From Phlebo(tomus) (“genus of sandflies”) + virus.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Phlebovirus of viruses in the family Bunyaviridae.
phleboviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phlebovirus
phloridzin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phlorizin.
phonophoresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phono- + phoresis.
Senses: glosses: The use of ultrasound to enhance the delivery of topically applied drugs.
phlebothrombosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phlebo- + thrombosis.
Senses: glosses: The formation of a blood clot in a vein independently from the presence of inflammation of the vein.
Related terms: thrombophlebitis
phlorhizin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phlorizin.
photalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + -algia.
Senses: glosses: eye pain caused by bright light
mechanomyography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From mechano- + myography.
Senses: glosses: The creation of mechanomyograms
Related terms: mechanomyographic
Mania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Manea
Etymology: From Latin Mania, related to manes (“spirits of the dead”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The goddess of the dead and ghosts.
phonomyography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From phono- + myography.
Senses: glosses: A technique to measure the force of muscle contraction by recording the low-frequency sounds created during muscular activity.
Synonyms: vibromyography
phosducin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosducins
Senses: glosses: A phosphoprotein found in the rod cells in the retina that modulates the phototransduction cascade by interacting with the beta and gamma subunits of the retinal G-protein transducin.
glosses: The gene that encodes this protein.
phosducins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosducin
phenyramidol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fenyramidol.
phialide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪ.əlaɪd/
Forms: form: phialides
Senses: coordinate_terms: annellide
glosses: A flask-shaped projection from the vesicle of certain fungi.
Derived terms: monophialide
phialidic
polyphialide
phialides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phialide
subsporangial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + sporangial.
Senses: glosses: Below the sporangium.
sporangial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the sporangium.
phenylindanedione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: phenindione
phlyctenule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phlyctenules
Senses: glosses: A characteristic nodular affection occurring as an allergic response of the conjunctival and corneal epithelium to some endogenous allergens to which they have become sensitized.
Derived terms: phlyctenular
Related terms: phlyctenulosis
phlyctenulous
phlycten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phlyctens
Senses: glosses: A phlyctenule.
Derived terms: phlyctenar
phlyctenous
phlyctenules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phlyctenule
phlyctens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phlycten
photolithotroph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photolithotrophs
Etymology: From photo- + lithotroph.
Senses: glosses: A lithotroph that obtains energy from light and therefore uses inorganic electron donors only to fuel biosynthetic reactions.
photolithotrophs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photolithotroph
paraparesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parapareses
Etymology: From para- + paresis.
Senses: glosses: Weakness of both legs, resulting from disease of the nervous system.
phrenectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: phrenectomies
Etymology: From phren- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The severing of the phrenic nerve.
phrenectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phrenectomy
photopheresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + apheresis.
Senses: glosses: A form of apheresis and photodynamic therapy in which blood is treated with photoactivable drugs which are then activated with ultraviolet light.
photoactivable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + activable.
Senses: glosses: photoactivatable
phragmosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phragmosomes
Etymology: From phragmo- + -some.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A sheet of cytoplasm forming in highly vacuolated plant cells in preparation for mitosis.
Derived terms: phragmosomal
phragmosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phragmosome
photoptarmosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + Ancient Greek πταρμός (ptarmós, “sneeze”) + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Photic sneeze reflex.
Related terms: ptarmic
ptarmoscopy
phragmoplast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phragmoplasts
Etymology: From phragmo- + -plast.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A structure that forms in plant cells during late cytokinesis and serves as a scaffold for cell plate assembly and subsequent formation of a new cell wall separating the two daughter cells.
phragmoplasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phragmoplast
photomacrograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photomacrographs
Etymology: From photo- + macrograph.
Senses: glosses: A macrograph.
photomacrographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photomacrograph
photolyzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of photolyze
photolyzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of photolyze
phyllopods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phyllopod
phycomycosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: zygomycosis caused by Phycomycetes
phycomycotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to phycomycosis.
physalaemin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Physalaemus + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A tachykinin peptide obtained from the Physalaemus frog.
substance P
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A tachykinin neuropeptide associated with inflammatory processes and pain.
Synonyms: SP
aleviate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of alleviate.
phrynoderma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ancient Greek φρῡ́νη (phrū́nē, “toad”) + -derma.
Senses: glosses: hypovitaminosis A, seen as rough, hyperkeratotic, follicular papules on the skin
zomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zome
zonohedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zonohedral
form: most zonohedral
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a zonohedron.
phytane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkane with one more carbon than pristane.
Related terms: phytanyl
phytene
phytyl
phytanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytane
jarina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The hard white endosperm of the seeds of the tagua, resembling ivory.
spinplasmonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spin + plasmonics.
Senses: glosses: A field of nanotechnology combining spintronics and plasmonics.
phytochromobilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytochromobilins
Senses: glosses: A bilin chromophore found in phytochrome
spinpolarizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinpolarization
mycobionts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mycobiont
phycobionts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phycobiont
phycodnavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phycodnaviruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any member of the virus genus Phycodnavirus, now Chlorovirus, and other viruses in family Phycodnaviridae.
phycodnaviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phycodnavirus
pilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilins
Etymology: From pilus + -in.
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of fibrous proteins found in pilus structures in bacteria
Derived terms: neuropilin
propilin
pseudopilin
pilins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilin
pilomotor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pilo- + motor.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the goose flesh reflex.
Derived terms: pilomotor reflex
pigbel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Clostridial necrotizing enteritis, a kind of food poisoning caused by Clostridium perfringens.
meteorisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meteorism
piebaldness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From piebald + -ness.
Senses: examples: the high incidence of piebaldness in domestic animals
glosses: The quality of being piebald.
pintid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pintids
Etymology: From pinta + -id?
Senses: glosses: One of the lesions in the skin disease pinta.
pintids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pintid
piroplasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piroplasm
pipenzolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antimuscarinic.
picolinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picolinates
Etymology: From picolinic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of picolinic acid.
picolinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picolinate
placentitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From placenta + -itis.
Senses: glosses: Inflammation of the placenta.
plasmacytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From plasmacyte + -osis.
Senses: glosses: A condition in which there is an unusually large proportion of plasma cells in tissues, exudates, or blood
Derived terms: lymphoplasmacytosis
pinguecula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pingueculas
form: pingueculae
Senses: glosses: A yellow-white deposit on the conjunctiva of the eye, adjacent to the limbus, caused by exposure to ultraviolet.
Related terms: pinguid
pingueculas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinguecula
pituicytoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pituicytomas
Etymology: From pituicyte + -oma.
Senses: glosses: A rare kind of brain tumor, growing at the base of the brain from the pituitary gland.
pituicytomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pituicytoma
planographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plano- + -graphic.
Senses: examples: text: Some wholly new inventions, like lithography, a new planographic process for making images based on a chemical principle […], were capable of development into new industrial processes when they were aided by photography.
ref: 2009, James Mosley, edited by Michael F Suarez and Michael L Turner, The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, vol. V, Cambridge, published 2014, page 164:
glosses: Relating to planography; pertaining to printing made from a plane surface.
Derived terms: planographically
planography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From plano- + -graphy.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
hyponyms: lithography
offset printing
coordinate_terms: intaglio
relief printing
glosses: A form of printing from a flat surface, as opposed to a raised or incised one.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Medical tomography.
Hattie leaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hattie leaves
Etymology: Named after Hattie Andre.
Senses: glosses: A leaf of Bauhinia monandra, traditionally dried and painted with designs on Pitcairn Island.
Hattie leaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hattie leaf
picobirnavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picobirnaviruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Picobirnavirus of dsRNA viruses infecting certain mammals
Related terms: picobirnaviral
picobirnaviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picobirnavirus
piroplasmosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piroplasmoses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of babesiosis.
synonyms: word: babesiosis
pizotyline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: pizotifen
brag books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brag book
pinealocytoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinealocytomas
Etymology: From pineal + -o- + cytoma.
Senses: glosses: pineocytoma
pineocytoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pineocytomas
Etymology: From pineal + -o- + cytoma.
Senses: glosses: A benign, slow-growing tumor of the pineal gland
Related terms: pineocytomatous
pinealocytomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinealocytoma
pineocytomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pineocytoma
platyhelminths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of platyhelminth
sparganosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sparganoses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A parasitic infection caused by the plerocercoid larvae of diphyllobothroid tapeworms in the genus Spirometra.
glosses: Alternative form of spargosis (“distention of the breasts with milk”).
Derived terms: neurosparganosis
plexopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plexopathies
Etymology: From plexo- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disorder affecting a network of nerves in the brachial or lumbosacral plexus, resulting in pain and loss of motor control.
Plummer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplʌmɚ/
homophone: plumber
rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Plummers
form: Plimmer
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation.
glosses: A placename:
A city in Benewah County, Idaho, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Greene County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A minor city in Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States.
Derived terms: Plummer block
Plummer model
Plummer's nail
Plummer syndrome
Plummer terrier
Plummer-Vinson syndrome
ploidies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ploidy
plerocercoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌplɪə.ɹə(ʊ)ˈsɜː.kɔɪd/
ipa: /ˌplɪɹ.oʊˈsɝˌkɔɪd/
Forms: form: plerocercoids
Etymology: From German Plerocercoid, from Ancient Greek πλήρης (plḗrēs, “full, complete”) + Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail of a beast”) + -oid.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An unsegmented worm-like larval form of certain tapeworms which develops from the procercoid.
plerocercoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plerocercoid
plerophories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plerophory
PLOKTA
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of press lots of keys to abort.
Ploutos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Plutos
Etymology: Ancient Greek Πλοῦτος (Ploûtos, “wealth”)
Senses: glosses: The god of wealth in Ancient Greek religion and myth.
Enders
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Enderses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Enders.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Chase County, Nebraska, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Enders
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
synonyms: Eastie
glosses: EastEnders, a long-running British soap opera set in the East End of London.
unred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English unrede (“not red, pale, whitish”), from Old English *unrēad, from Proto-West Germanic *unraud (“not red”), equivalent to un- + red. Cognate with Old High German unrōt (“not red, whitish”).
Senses: examples: text: Nothing can be red and unred all over at the same time for the same viewer.
ref: 2003, M. Estep, A Theory of Immediate Awareness: Self-Organization and Adaptation in Natural Intelligence, Springer,, →ISBN, page 98:
glosses: Not red.
Related terms: unredden
unreddened
platypnoea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of platypnea.
plastoquinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound derived from plastoquinone during photosynthesis.
pneumonocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pneumonocytes
Etymology: From pneumono- + -cyte.
Senses: glosses: pneumocyte
Related terms: pneumonocytic
pneumonocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pneumonocyte
Deano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Dean + -o.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Dean.
Deano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Deanos
Etymology: From Dean + -o.
Senses: examples: text: To many, Deano is a figure of fun: a low-brow, low-status provincial man with bad taste and too much sway over the nation’s cultural life. But the more I read about him online, whether on Reddit, Urban Dictionary, Twitter or YouTube, the more I realise his was not a life to be mocked but cheered — and even envied. Deano owns his home, gets back from work early, and has enough disposable income for new furniture and nice food.
ref: 2023 April 21, Tom McHague, “The political power of Deano”, in Unherd:
text: The possibility that Deano might be petty bourgeois rather than working class or middle class was not entertained, but it is precisely the sprawling lower middle class – and not the working class or established middle class – that dominates the new-build commuter belt, the places Duncan Weldon dubbed “Barratt Britain”: the new, dystopian British version of American white picket fence suburbia.
ref: 2023 August 31, Dan Evans, “Deano is Britain’s most misunderstood man”, in New Statesman:
glosses: An archetypal young lower middle class British man living in a newbuild housing estate, stereotyped as culturally unsophisticated, lavish with money, heavily indebted and conservative-leaning.
Synonyms: Essex man
poachard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poachards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pochard.
poachards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poachard