cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
microfurnace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microfurnaces
Etymology: From micro- + furnace.
Senses: examples: text: The switch triggers a microfurnace to heat up a strip of plastic which breaks after two seconds causing a clip to open; this releases a compressed spring which starts the delivery.
ref: 2015 July 15, Stephen Woods, Timothy Constandinou, “Engineering Micromechanical Systems for the Next Generation Wireless Capsule Endoscopy”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: A microscale furnace.
microhook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microhooks
Etymology: From micro- + hook.
Senses: examples: text: The four sliding clamps carry microhooks which protrude from the capsule by 400–600 μm.
ref: 2015 July 15, Stephen Woods, Timothy Constandinou, “Engineering Micromechanical Systems for the Next Generation Wireless Capsule Endoscopy”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: A microscale hook.
micropulleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micropulley
micropumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micropump
microfurnaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microfurnace
microhooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microhook
miombo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miombos
Etymology: Borrowed from Bemba miombo, plural of muombo.
Senses: glosses: Any tree of the genus Brachystegia, native to tropical Africa
examples: text: As if the anti-semites would let me forget! They have been killing Jews in the miombo ever since the drought began.
ref: 1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 64:
glosses: Woodland composed of such trees.
Derived terms: miombo tit
miombos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miombo
nonatypical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + atypical.
Senses: examples: text: They found a higher rate of lifetime and current Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) in subjects with DSM-III-R atypical depression than in those with nonatypical depression (14% compared to 5%).
ref: 2015 July 14, Brett Silverstein, Jules Angst, “Evidence for Broadening Criteria for Atypical Depression Which May Define a Reactive Depressive Disorder”, in Psychiatry Journal, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not atypical.
nonamplification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + amplification.
Senses: examples: text: Approximately, 15% of breast tumors are classified as triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC), a term that denotes their lack of estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor and nonamplification of the HER2.
ref: 2015 July 15, Kallirroi Voudouri et al., “Insulin-Like Growth Factor and Epidermal Growth Factor Signaling in Breast Cancer Cell Growth: Focus on Endocrine Resistant Disease”, in Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam), volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Absence of amplification.
nonacidified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + acidified.
Senses: examples: text: Interestingly, recent studies have examined alveolar macrophages from the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) of patients coinfected with Mtb and HIV and demonstrate that Mtb resides within relatively nonacidified compartments in otherwise functionally capable macrophages.
ref: 2015 July 14, Jonathan Kevin Sia, Maria Georgieva, Jyothi Rengarajan, “Innate Immune Defenses in Human Tuberculosis: An Overview of the Interactions between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Innate Immune Cells”, in Journal of Immunology Research, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not acidified.
nephroprotection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nephro- + protection.
Senses: examples: text: MVs have been already tested in AKI model and appear to induce nephroprotection similarly to MSC administration.
ref: 2015 July 15, Pascal Rowart et al., “Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy in Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury”, in Journal of Immunology Research, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Protection of the kidneys.
Related terms: nephroprotective
neourethral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: On the office cystoscopy at 8-month follow-up the patient demonstrated patent anastomotic sites and a patulous neourethral segment circumferentially lined with healthy appearing buccal mucosa (Figure 5).
ref: 2015 July 16, Dmitriy Nikolavsky, “Prelaminated Gracilis Flap with Buccal Mucosal Graft for Salvage of Devastated Urethra”, in Case Reports in Urology, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to a neourethra.
neourethra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neourethras
Etymology: From neo- + urethra.
Senses: examples: text: This technique creates a neourethra circumferentially lined with buccal mucosa but requires availability of preserved scrotal tissue and, after harvest, relies on a random blood supply.
ref: 2015 July 16, Dmitriy Nikolavsky, “Prelaminated Gracilis Flap with Buccal Mucosal Graft for Salvage of Devastated Urethra”, in Case Reports in Urology, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: A surgically constructed urethra.
neourethras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neourethra
neoinnervation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From neo- + innervation.
Senses: examples: text: Further studies are needed to explore the mechanisms underlying neovascularization and neoinnervation of an acellular scaffold and to assess the clinical benefits of such phenomena.
ref: 2015 May 27, Carolina Gálvez-Montón et al., “Neoinnervation and neovascularization of acellular pericardial-derived scaffolds in myocardial infarcts”, in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: The formation of new nerves.
neoformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neoformations
Etymology: From neo- + formation.
Senses: examples: text: Here, we show vascular neoformation in a decellularized scaffold covering ischemic myocardium in the context of acute MI.
ref: 2015 May 27, Carolina Gálvez-Montón et al., “Neoinnervation and neovascularization of acellular pericardial-derived scaffolds in myocardial infarcts”, in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, volume 6, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The formation of a new part.
neoformations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neoformation
neocartilage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neocartilages
Etymology: From neo- + cartilage.
Senses: examples: text: Surgeons have experimented with possible combination therapies; most notably Lee et al. showed in a porcine model using histopathological observation that injection of bone marrow-derived MSCs suspended in Hyaluronan (Hylan G-F 20: Synvisc) could home to the site of injury, adhere, proliferate, and lead to neocartilage formation.
ref: 2015 July 15, Peter Succar et al., “Alterations in the Secretome of Clinically Relevant Preparations of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cocultured with Hyaluronan”, in Stem Cells International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: newly-formed cartilage
Related terms: neocartilaginous
neocartilages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neocartilage
multisequence
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + sequence.
Senses: examples: text: Multiplane, multisequence magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen with and without contrast revealed two intrahepatic portohepatic venous shunts, each associated with an aneurysm […]
ref: 2015 July 14, Kalyan Paudel, Eric K. Hoffer, “Transhepatic Embolization of Congenital Intrahepatic Portosystemic Venous Shunts with Associated Aneurysms”, in Case Reports in Medicine, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Of or relating to more than one sequence.
nonhistaminergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + histaminergic.
Senses: examples: text: There are two main types of angioedema: histaminergic angioedema versus nonhistaminergic angioedema.
ref: 2015 July 16, Amit Frenkel et al., “Life Threatening Idiopathic Recurrent Angioedema Responding to Cannabis”, in Case Reports in Immunology, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not histaminergic.
noncirrhotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + cirrhotic.
Senses: examples: text: It significantly improved the sustained virological rate in genotype-1 HCV infected patients, mainly for noncirrhotic patients.
ref: 2015 July 16, Mireille Mehawej et al., “Boceprevir-Based Triple Antiviral Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Kidney-Transplant Candidates”, in Journal of Transplantation, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not cirrhotic.
nonendogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + endogenous.
Senses: examples: text: Further studies are called for as to whether the addition of these symptoms defines a nonendogenous reactive disorder (somatic depression) that is not simply a specifier of major depression but perhaps a separate nonendogenous disorder distinct from endogenous/melancholic depression.
ref: 2015 July 14, Brett Silverstein, Jules Angst, “Evidence for Broadening Criteria for Atypical Depression Which May Define a Reactive Depressive Disorder”, in Psychiatry Journal, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not endogenous.
nonrevascularizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + revascularizable.
Senses: examples: text: Among these strategies, the use of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) showed promise in preclinical studies and most recently in patients with nonrevascularizable ischemic myocardium […]
ref: 2015 August 8, Ozge Kizilay Mancini et al., “Age, atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes reduce human mesenchymal stromal cell-mediated T-cell suppression”, in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: Not revascularizable.
nonenhancement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + enhancement.
Senses: examples: text: Small patch of nonenhancement was also noted in the long head of the rectus femoris.
ref: 2015 July 16, Alexandra Perel-Winkler et al., “A Case of Docetaxel Induced Myositis and Review of the Literature”, in Case Reports in Rheumatology, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Absence of enhancement.
oligomerise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: oligomerises
form: oligomerising
form: oligomerised
form: oligomerised
Etymology: From oligomer + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oligomerize.
oligomerised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oligomerise
oligomerises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oligomerise
oligomerising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oligomerise
perilipin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perilipins
Etymology: From peri- + lipo- + -in.
Senses: glosses: Any of a family of proteins that associate with the surface of lipid droplets, and whose phosphorylation is essential for the mobilization of fats in adipose tissue.
perilipins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perilipin
philanthotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: philanthotoxins
Etymology: From Philanthus and toxin.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of chemical components of the venom of the Egyptian solitary wasp, Philanthus triangulum.
philanthotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of philanthotoxin
pleiotropisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleiotropism
portocaval
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: portacaval
Etymology: From porto- + caval.
Senses: examples: text: portocaval anastomosis
text: portocaval shunt
text: He divided extrahepatic portocaval shunts into two types: first, end-to-side shunts, where the portal vein (PV) terminates in the inferior vena cava (IVC), and the second, side-to-side shunts in which there is venous communication between a patent PV and the IVC.
ref: 2015 July 14, Kalyan Paudel, Eric K. Hoffer, “Transhepatic Embolization of Congenital Intrahepatic Portosystemic Venous Shunts with Associated Aneurysms”, in Case Reports in Medicine, volume 2015, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the portal vein and the vena cava.
Related terms: alt: portasystemic
word: portosystemic
postbleaching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + bleaching.
Senses: glosses: After bleaching.
postinterventional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + interventional.
Senses: glosses: After intervention.
Derived terms: postinterventionally
postlesion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + lesion.
Senses: glosses: After a lesion.
postlesional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + lesional.
Senses: glosses: After a lesion.
postdosing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + dosing.
Senses: glosses: After the administration of a dose.
postdigestion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + digestion.
Senses: glosses: After digestion.
zhlubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zhlub
prelabelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + labelled.
Senses: glosses: labelled in advance
prelabeled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + labeled.
Senses: glosses: labeled in advance
prelaminated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + laminated.
Senses: examples: text: During the second stage the two prelaminated plates are anastomosed by tunneling the gracilis into the perineum.
ref: 2015 July 16, Dmitriy Nikolavsky, “Prelaminated Gracilis Flap with Buccal Mucosal Graft for Salvage of Devastated Urethra”, in Case Reports in Urology, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: laminated in advance
prelamination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + lamination.
Senses: examples: text: The authors used a hairless skin from the forearm for prelamination on gracilis to avoid hair formation within the urethra.
ref: 2015 July 16, Dmitriy Nikolavsky, “Prelaminated Gracilis Flap with Buccal Mucosal Graft for Salvage of Devastated Urethra”, in Case Reports in Urology, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: lamination in advance
preparticipation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + participation.
Senses: examples: text: ECG is also a valuable tool in risk-benefit estimation of physical exercise and preparticipation screening of athletes, considering that sports activity may trigger fatal cardiovascular events, including sudden cardiac death in individuals with predisposing cardiovascular factors.
ref: 2015 July 16, Ioana Mozos, Alexandru Caraba, “Electrocardiographic Predictors of Cardiovascular Mortality”, in Disease Markers, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Prior to participation.
prerecruitment
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + recruitment.
Senses: examples: text: We propose to implement a prerecruitment training programme to ensure that the RAs are competent and reliable in conducting the CAM assessment, using validated procedures provided by the instrument developer, who is a member of the study team.
ref: 2015 August 8, John Young et al., “Prevention of delirium (POD) for older people in hospital: study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial”, in Trials, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: Prior to recruitment.
psychopathologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psycho- + pathologic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of psychopathological.
synonyms: word: psychopathological
splenomesenteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spleno- + mesenteric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the spleen and mesentery.
thermocatalytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermo- + catalytic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to thermocatalysis.
Kalpana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit कल्पना (kalpanā).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
valvulopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valvulopathy
acoustophoretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: These predictions may enable new possibilities of particle handling in acoustophoretic techniques..
ref: 2015, J. P. Leao-Neto, Glauber T. Silva, “Acoustic radiation force and torque exerted on a small viscoelastic particle in an ideal fluid”, in arXiv:
glosses: Relating to acoustophoresis.
Derived terms: acoustophoretically
antifragile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ædʒaɪl
Forms: form: more antifragile
form: most antifragile
Etymology: From anti- + fragile.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to antifragility.
cocompactly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cocompact + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a cocompact manner.
embeddability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From embed + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being embeddable.
magnetoencephalograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnetoencephalogram
revealed religion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revealed religions
Senses: examples: text: I am in no wise anxious to weaken the antithesis between natural and revealed religion. Science may help the former, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the latter.
ref: 1856, Charles Kingsley, chapter 16, in Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet:
text: I avowed outright my entire disbelief in the whole scheme of revealed religion.
ref: 1909, H. G. Wells, chapter 2, in Tono Bungay:
text: The pope praised Cardinal Newman . . . for “his insights into the relationship between faith and reason, into the vital place of revealed religion in a civilized society.”
ref: 2010 September 19, Rachel Donadio, John F. Burns, “Pope Ends British Trip With Beatification”, in New York Times, retrieved 12 Aug 2015:
coordinate_terms: natural religion
glosses: The type of religion which relies on communication originating directly from a divine being (as reported by prophets, mystics, disciples, etc.) to establish what religious beliefs are authoritative and acceptable.
examples: text: Cicero . . . destroyed the whole revealed religion of the Greeks and Romans (for why should not theirs be a revealed religion as well as that of Christ?)
ref: 1713, Jonathan Swift, chapter 6, in Writings on Religion and the Church, Vol. I:
text: "The more I study these objections, the less able I am to see how they come in conflict with belief in Christianity as a revealed religion."
ref: 1892, George Gissing, chapter 4, in Born In Exile:
text: But very few of the world's real thinkers believe in revealed religions any more—they have come to see them simply as guesses of humanity at God's great sacred mystery.
ref: 1901, Upton Sinclair, chapter 1, in King Midas:
text: [T]he fount of Islamic energy . . . : the desire to protect the purity of the Islamic faith and to vindicate its claim to be the final revealed religion on earth.
ref: 2001 October 7, David Selbourne, “This war is not about terror, it's about Islam”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 12 Aug 2015:
coordinate_terms: natural religion
glosses: A particular system of religious beliefs based on such communication from a divine being.
creme fraiche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cremes fraiches
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of crème fraîche.
whalefeed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From whale + feed.
Senses: glosses: A minute crustacean, Munida gregaria, eaten by baleen whales.
microellipticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + ellipticity.
Senses: examples: text: In particular, we prove microlocality and microellipticity of these operator classes..
ref: 2015, René Schulz, Patrik Wahlberg, “Microlocal properties of Shubin pseudodifferential and localization operators”, in arXiv:
glosses: The quality of being microelliptic.
microlocality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microlocalities
Etymology: From micro- + locality.
Senses: examples: text: In particular, we prove microlocality and microellipticity of these operator classes..
ref: 2015, René Schulz, Patrik Wahlberg, “Microlocal properties of Shubin pseudodifferential and localization operators”, in arXiv:
glosses: The quality of being microlocal.
glosses: A very small locality.
paraphrastically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more paraphrastically
form: most paraphrastically
Etymology: From paraphrastic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a paraphrastic manner.
monohedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- (“one”) + -hedral.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having exactly one prototile.
raw_tags: of a tessellation
Derived terms: monohedrally
Related terms: monotile
microlocalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microlocality
nonatomicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + atomicity.
Senses: glosses: Quality of not being atomic.
nondiamagnetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + diamagnetic.
Senses: examples: text: The difference between the nondiamagnetic and diamagnetic energy expressions is equal to a "hidden energy" often attributed to Amperian magnetic dipoles.
ref: 2015, Arthur D. Yaghjian, “Power and energy relations for macroscopic dipolar continua derived from the microscopic Maxwell equations”, in arXiv:
glosses: Not diamagnetic.
misopedic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misopedic
form: most misopedic
form: misopaedic
Etymology: From misopedia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Having hatred or contempt for children.
Related terms: misopedia
misopedist
penalizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penalizers
Etymology: From penalize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which penalizes.
penalizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penalizer
leucine zippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leucine zipper
pseudopalindromic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + palindromic.
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to a pseudopalindrome.
Sturmian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Sturm + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803–1855), French mathematician.
symmetrisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more symmetrisable
form: most symmetrisable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of symmetrizable.
interpatch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + patch.
Senses: examples: text: We constructed the direct probability input files by using the interpatch dispersal probabilities which were automatically generated by Conefor.
ref: 2015 August 11, “Wetland Suitability and Connectivity for Trans-Saharan Migratory Waterbirds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Between patches.
intrapatch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + patch.
Senses: examples: text: The first fraction, dPCintra, an intrapatch metric, corresponds to the habitat area of a focal patch.
ref: 2015 August 11, “Wetland Suitability and Connectivity for Trans-Saharan Migratory Waterbirds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Within a single patch.
microchamber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microchambers
Etymology: From micro- + chamber.
Senses: examples: text: OCR measurements performed using the stirred microchamber system are accurate, quantitative, operator-independent, and can be performed prospectively.
ref: 2015 August 11, “Islet Oxygen Consumption Rate (OCR) Dose Predicts Insulin Independence in Clinical Islet Autotransplantation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A microscale chamber.
microchambers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microchamber
microband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microbands
Etymology: From micro- + band.
Senses: examples: text: It could be argued that the arrangement of clustered folial activity observed here resembles previously observed neurophysiological recordings showing microbands, beams, colonies, or patches.
ref: 2015 August 11, “Single Session Imaging of Cerebellum at 7 Tesla: Obtaining Structure and Function of Multiple Motor Subsystems in Individual Subjects”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A microscale band.
intrasubject
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + subject.
Senses: examples: text: However, given the intrasubject heterogeneity in ISI composite and IGI following 8 weeks of HIIT (Fig 7B) and the hyperbola fitting (Fig 8C and 8D), this could indicate that the ability of the pancreas to partially compensate for a lowered insulin resistance has been improved as opposed to baseline.
ref: 2015 August 11, “High Intensity Interval Training Improves Glycaemic Control and Pancreatic β Cell Function of Type 2 Diabetes Patients”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Within a single subject (e.g. a participant in a study).
microbands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microband
Turkery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Turk + -ery.
Senses: glosses: Muslims as a whole; the Muslim world.
turn Turk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: turns Turk
form: turning Turk
form: turned Turk
form: turned Turk
Senses: glosses: To go to the bad; to become hopelessly obstinate.
examples: text: "She wants to be a princess, and has turned Turk," roared the rabbis.
ref: 1850, William Makepeace Thackeray, Rebecca and Rowena:
glosses: To convert to Islam.
turns Turk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of turn Turk
turning Turk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of turn Turk
turned Turk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of turn Turk
ballistoconidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballistoconidia
Etymology: From ballisto- + conidium.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ballistospore.
synonyms: word: ballistospore
ballistoconidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The genus Bullera was established by Derx [3 ] to accommodate yeasts producing rotational symmetry of ballistoconidia and whitish to pale colored colonies and proposing Bullera alba as the type species for the genus.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Ballistoconidium-Forming Yeasts in Trichosporonales (Tremellomycetes): A Proposal for Takashimella gen. nov. and Cryptotrichosporon tibetense sp. nov.”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of ballistoconidium
biodistance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biodistances
Etymology: From bio- + distance.
Senses: examples: text: Spence [23 ] reported a biodistance analysis of cranial, dental, and postcranial traits in human remains from Teotihuacan showing a preference for patrilocality.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Genetic Evidence Supports the Multiethnic Character of Teopancazco, a Neighborhood Center of Teotihuacan, Mexico (AD 200-600)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A measure of the biological relatedness of historical or prehistoric groups of humans
biologging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + logging.
Senses: examples: text: In this study, we use a new stage of development in biologging technology to draw a picture of dissolved oxygen concentration in the SO. We present the first results obtained from a dissolved oxygen sensor added to Argos CTD-SRDL tags and deployed on 5 female elephant seals at Kerguelen.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Dissolved Oxygen Sensor in Animal-Borne Instruments: An Innovation for Monitoring the Health of Oceans and Investigating the Functioning of Marine Ecosystems”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The logging (tracking) of individual animals by means of attached tags
debiased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + biased.
Senses: examples: text: In order to investigate the influence of the implicit center bias in the region contrast model (see Sec. 4.1), we calculate the performance of the locally debiased region contrast model without and with explicit center bias (LDRC and LDRC+CB, respectively; see Sec. 4.1).
ref: 2015 July 23, “On the Distribution of Salient Objects in Web Images and Its Influence on Salient Object Detection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: From which bias has been removed
debiased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From de- + biased.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of debias
echinoderid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: echinoderids
Senses: examples: text: Echinorhagata is likewise supported by typical echinoderid autapomorphies, inclusive the number of trichoscalids that is reduced from 14 to 6; restriction of lateral accessory spines to females only; and an apparent restriction of the middorsal spines to appear only on segments 4 to 8.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any kinorhynch of the family Echinoderidae
echinoderids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The morphological analysis (Fig 1) places the species of Fissuroderes and Polacanthoderes in a polytomy together with a clade that includes all remaining echinoderids.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of echinoderid
plumbaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plumbaceous
form: most plumbaceous
Etymology: From plumbum (“lead”) + -aceous.
Senses: glosses: Resembling lead, usually in color.
Synonyms: plumbeous
epidermoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This protocol is essential in the work-up of tumors and inflammatory diseases, such as the previously mentioned schwannomas, epidermoids, cholesterol granulomas, paragangliomas and transtegmental masses.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Significant Artifact Reduction at 1.5T and 3T MRI by the Use of a Cochlear Implant with Removable Magnet: An Experimental Human Cadaver Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of epidermoid
exconjugant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exconjugants
Senses: glosses: Either of a conjugating pair of protozoan ciliates after separation and before subsequent mitotic division
exconjugants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The exconjugants were selected in LB agar plates with 10 μg/ml tetracycline and 20 μg/ml imipenem.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Predictive Studies Suggest that the Risk for the Selection of Antibiotic Resistance by Biocides Is Likely Low in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of exconjugant
glucosaminidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To control Fc N-glycans, we performed a rearrangement of Fc N-glycans from a heterogeneous N-glycosylation pattern to homogeneous N-glycans using chemoenzymatic approaches with two types of endo-β-N-acetyl glucosaminidases (ENG’ases), one that works as a hydrolase to cleave all heterogeneous N-glycans, another that is used as a glycosynthase to generate homogeneous N-glycans.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Glycoengineered Monoclonal Antibodies with Homogeneous Glycan (M3, G0, G2, and A2) Using a Chemoenzymatic Approach Have Different Affinities for FcγRIIIa and Variable Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity Activities”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of glucosaminidase
glycosynthase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycosynthases
Etymology: From glyco- + synthase.
Senses: examples: text: To control Fc N-glycans, we performed a rearrangement of Fc N-glycans from a heterogeneous N-glycosylation pattern to homogeneous N-glycans using chemoenzymatic approaches with two types of endo-β-N-acetyl glucosaminidases (ENG’ases), one that works as a hydrolase to cleave all heterogeneous N-glycans, another that is used as a glycosynthase to generate homogeneous N-glycans.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Glycoengineered Monoclonal Antibodies with Homogeneous Glycan (M3, G0, G2, and A2) Using a Chemoenzymatic Approach Have Different Affinities for FcγRIIIa and Variable Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity Activities”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the formation of a glycoside.
homalorhagid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homalorhagids
Senses: examples: text: The latter clade represents a new kinorhynch class, and accommodates Dracoderes, Franciscideres, a yet undescribed genus which is closely related with Franciscideres, and the traditional homalorhagid genera.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any kinorhynch of the order Homalorhagida of mud dragons.
intrahepatocellular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + hepatocellular.
Senses: examples: text: The PNPLA3-related NAFLD was characterized by absolute and relative deficiencies of circulating triacylglycerols compared to obesity-related NAFLD, thus suggesting that the PNPLA3 polymorphism may impair lipolysis rather than stimulate the synthesis of intrahepatocellular triacylglycerols [29 ].
ref: 2015 July 23, “Influence of the PNPLA3 rs738409 Polymorphism on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Renal Function among Normal Weight Subjects”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Within a liver cell
meiosporangium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meiosporangia
Etymology: From meio- + sporangium.
Senses: examples: text: It is consistent with the interpretation of the Entorrhiza meiosporangium as representing the ancestral meiosporangium of Asco- and Basidiomycota.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Entorrhizomycota: A New Fungal Phylum Reveals New Perspectives on the Evolution of Fungi”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any sporangium that is subject to meiosis
Derived terms: meiosporangial
microcharacters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Studies of seed morphology with SEM have revealed taxonomically useful microcharacters to support the delimitation of individual or groups of taxa [75 ].
ref: 2015 July 23, “Lysimachia huangsangensis (Primulaceae), a New Species from Hunan, China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of microcharacter
middorsal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)səl
Etymology: From mid- + dorsal.
Senses: examples: text: Neck and segment 1 of Semnoderes armiger in dorsal view, showing the deep middorsal incision in the anterior segment margin (arrow) (character 17, state 2).
ref: 2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In the middle of a dorsal region
midsternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Etymology: From mid- + sternal.
Senses: examples: text: Ventral view of segments 2 and 3 in Meristoderes macracanthus, showing partly differentiated lateral fissures (black/white arrows) on segment 2, but no midsternal fissure (character 19, state 1).
ref: 2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In the middle of a sternal region
midterminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + terminal.
Senses: examples: text: Accordingly, Cyclorhagida is divided into three main lineages: Echinoderidae, Campyloderidae, and a large clade, ‘Kentrorhagata’, which except for species of Campyloderes, includes all species with a midterminal spine present in adult individuals.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In the middle of a terminal region
midventral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + ventral.
Senses: examples: text: Neck and segment 1 of Sphenoderes poseidon in ventral view, showing the deep midventral incision in the anterior segment margin (arrow) (character 17, state 2).
ref: 2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In the middle of a ventral region
neocentrophyid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neocentrophyids
Senses: examples: text: This arrangement is less conspicuous in species of Dracoderes (Fig 5C ), although the short but wide placids, with cuticular foldings in between are still arranged in a pattern that is much closer to the arrangement in the pycnophyid and neocentrophyid species [32 ], [33 ].
ref: 2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any kinorhynch of the family Neocentrophyidae.
neuroradiologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + radiologic.
Senses: examples: text: This closely simulates the methods used for neuroradiologic staging of patients with otovestibular complaints of unknown origin, sensorineural hearing loss, or for diagnostic and follow up of an intracochlear schwannoma; see, for example the case descriptions of Bittencourt at al.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Significant Artifact Reduction at 1.5T and 3T MRI by the Use of a Cochlear Implant with Removable Magnet: An Experimental Human Cadaver Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: neuroradiological
otovestibular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From oto- + vestibular.
Senses: examples: text: This closely simulates the methods used for neuroradiologic staging of patients with otovestibular complaints of unknown origin, sensorineural hearing loss, or for diagnostic and follow up of an intracochlear schwannoma; see, for example the case descriptions of Bittencourt at al.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Significant Artifact Reduction at 1.5T and 3T MRI by the Use of a Cochlear Implant with Removable Magnet: An Experimental Human Cadaver Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the vestibule of the ear
phragmobasidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Interestingly, based on experimental studies on Gymnosporangium, Helicogloea and Platygloea, Bauer and Oberwinkler [39 ] demonstrated that the basidial cells in phragmobasidia essentially represent meiospores and that the meiosporangial dispersal propagules accordingly represent secondary vegetative cells, comparable to the yeasts of Ustilago, or ballistosporic conidia of the rusts [40 ] (see also [41 ]).
ref: 2015 July 23, “Entorrhizomycota: A New Fungal Phylum Reveals New Perspectives on the Evolution of Fungi”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of phragmobasidium
phragmobasidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phragmobasidia
Etymology: From phragmo- + basidium.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A septate unicellular basidium.
Derived terms: phragmobasidiate
pycnophyid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pycnophyids
Senses: examples: text: This arrangement is less conspicuous in species of Dracoderes (Fig 5C), although the short but wide placids, with cuticular foldings in between are still arranged in a pattern that is much closer to the arrangement in the pycnophyid and neocentrophyid species.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any kinorhynch of the family Pycnophyidae.
semnoderid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The only consistent trends are a close relationship between Franciscideres and New Genus, and monophyly of the semnoderid taxa, Semnoderes and Sphenoderes.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to any kinorhynch of the family Semnoderidae
staticly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Genetic evidence based on the study of the RTS1 barrier suggest, that they are probably involved in the formation of a stably paused replisome-barrier-complex through the interaction with the staticly bound barrier proteins [15 ,26 ] (Fig 8 ).
ref: 2015 July 23, “The DNA-Binding Domain of S . pombe Mrc1 (Claspin) Acts to Enhance Stalling at Replication Barriers”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of statically.
subdiscoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + discoidal.
Senses: examples: text: The corallum is generally turbinate, but shows a wide variation ranging from subdiscoidal or patellate forms to thick cylindrical columns [29 ,37 ].
ref: 2015 July 23, “Parascolymia (Scleractinia: Lobophylliidae) in the Central Paratethys Sea (Vienna Basin, Austria) and its possible biogeographic implications”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: posterior to a discoidal region
trichoscalid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trichoscalids
Etymology: From tricho- + scalid.
Senses: examples: text: These similarities include the conspicuously alternating sizes of the outer oral styles (Fig 4B ), the dorsal trichoscalid number and arrangement, and the appearance of the placids in the neck region (Fig 5C ) [32 ], [33 ].
ref: 2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: hairlike scalid
trichoscalids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Echinorhagata is likewise supported by typical echinoderid autapomorphies, inclusive the number of trichoscalids that is reduced from 14 to 6; restriction of lateral accessory spines to females only; and an apparent restriction of the middorsal spines to appear only on segments 4 to 8.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of trichoscalid
underlayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Overall predicted densities (log transformed) of each species are shown underlayed, with the highest densities indicated by dark grey cells.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Spatially Explicit Modeling Reveals Cephalopod Distributions Match Contrasting Trophic Pathways in the Western Mediterranean Sea”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of underlaid.
rasceta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Medieval Latin rasceta, rasca, rascha, rasga, misread from Arabic رُسْغ (rusḡ).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The wrinkling and creases on the inner surface of the wrist.
ventriculoperitoneal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ventriculo- + peritoneal.
Senses: examples: text: Clinical indications for blood and CSF collection included rule-out diagnoses (i.e., clinical assessment to eliminate from consideration the possible presence of a condition or disease including pseudo-tumor cerebri, meningitis, and subarachnoid hemorrhage), headaches, ventriculoperitoneal shunt taps, craniectomies, and blood/tissue diseases such as leukemia that required CSF access in diagnosis or treatment.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Arginine Vasopressin Is a Blood-Based Biomarker of Social Functioning in Children with Autism”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to a ventricle and the peritoneum
it's not you, it's me
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Originally used in American sports as a humblebrag consolation to less successful players. Popularized in romantic contexts by the 1988 American comedy Casual Sex?
Senses: examples: text: Matthew: We have a problem...
Melissa: Is it me?
Matthew: No, no, no. It's not you, it's me. I'm not attracted to you.
Melissa: Oh.
Matthew: Now, I don't want you to take this as a rejection, but as an acceptance between two people whose needs are profoundly incompatible. And you're not alone. I devote an entire chapter to this in my book.
ref: 1988, Casual Sex?:
text: George: I don't understand. Things were going so great. What happened? Something must have happened.
Gwen: It's not you, it's me.
George: You're giving me the "it's not you, it's me" routine?! I invented "it's not you, it's me"! Nobody tells me it's them, not me! If it's anybody, it's me.
Gwen: All right, George, it's you.
George: You're damn right it's me.
Gwen: I was just trying to...
George: I know what you were trying to do. Nobody does it better than me.
Gwen: I'm sure you do it very well.
ref: 1993 October 28, “The Lip Reader”, in Seinfeld:
text: ‘[…] I've been repeatedly calling him all morning. He won't pick up. All I got was this pathetic text,’ I cough and clear my throat. ‘It said, “It's not you, it's me, I'm sorry Katie”.’
ref: 2011, Lotte Daley, chapter 1, in Faking It, Penguin:
glosses: Don't blame yourself for the end of our relationship.
wikipedia: Casual Sex?
hamade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamades
form: hamaide
Etymology: From French, derived from the town of La Hamaide (in Belgium).
Senses: examples: text: I said I thought that a hamade consists of three trunked bars, even though the Bigot Roll of 1254 blazons d'Abrichecourt's arms as having 'three hamades.' The writers in the Antiquaries' Journal, however, in addition to the Bigot Roll,[…]
ref: 1952, The Coat of Arms: An Heraldic Quarterly Magazine:
text: It consists of a bar couped at each end, but was originally always borne in threes. There is a dispute as to whether a hamade is properly three couped bars and therefore cannot be borne singly. The adjective humetty (q.v.) is[…]
ref: 1985, John Philip Brooke-Little, An Heraldic Alphabet, Robson Books Limited:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A bar that does not touch the edges of the shield, especially if borne as part of a set of three (which may be of equal length, or have the top bar longer than the bottom one; and may have straight edges, or slanted edges with the base shorter than the top).
Related terms: humetté
humet
breastflesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From breast + flesh.
Senses: glosses: The flesh of somebody's breast.
powerpack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powerpacks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of power pack.
birthstool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birthstools
form: birth stool
Etymology: From birth + stool.
Senses: glosses: A special type of seat to provide balance and support during childbirth.
birthstools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birthstool
birth stool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birth stools
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of birthstool.
birth stools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birth stool
hills and valleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Female anatomy.
megaboob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megaboobs
Etymology: From mega- + boob.
Senses: glosses: A woman's large breast.
scrumhalf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrumhalves
Senses: examples: text: Nick Phipps, who played poorly at scrumhalf last week, has been omitted from the matchday squad released on Thursday.
ref: 2015 August 13, “Quade Cooper given nod to start for Wallabies in Bledisloe Cup finale”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of scrum-half.
acontial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acontia + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Also, hemolytic activity was demonstrated in a PLA 2 fraction recovered from acontial nematocysts of the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida [ 45 ].
ref: 2015 June 18, Mahdokht Jouiaei et al., “Ancient Venom Systems: A Review on Cnidaria Toxins”, in Toxins, volume 7, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to acontia
acrorhagus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acrorhagi
Senses: glosses: Any of a set of marginal tubercles of sea anemones containing specialized nematocysts
acrorhagi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Members of family Actiniidae also have nematocysts in the ring around the base of their tentacles, called acrorhagi, which they use for intra- and interspecific competition [ 31 ] and at filaments called acontia that are used for defence or paralysis of prey.
ref: 2015 June 18, Mahdokht Jouiaei et al., “Ancient Venom Systems: A Review on Cnidaria Toxins”, in Toxins, volume 7, →DOI:
glosses: plural of acrorhagus