cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pneumoencephalographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to pneumoencephalography.
alltud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alltuds
form: alltudion
Etymology: Welsh alltud
Senses: examples: text: precautions against alltuds obtaining the lands of the Cymry
ref: 1841, Aneurin Owen, Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales (page 933)
glosses: A foreigner.
ventriculographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æfɪk
Etymology: From ventriculography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to ventriculography
Derived terms: cineventriculographic
pneumoencephalography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: pneumoencephalographies
Etymology: From pneumo- + encephalography.
Senses: glosses: A former medical procedure in which most of the cerebrospinal fluid was drained from around the brain and replaced with air, oxygen, or helium to allow the structure of the brain to show up more clearly on an X-ray image.
pneumoencephalographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pneumoencephalography
hashtagging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hashtag
hashtagged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hashtag
pneumonolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pneumono- + -lysis.
Senses: glosses: The separation of an adherent lung from the pleura, to permit collapse of the lung. It was formerly used to treat tuberculosis.
pododermatitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From podo- + dermatitis.
Senses: glosses: dermatitis in the foot
bumblefoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bumblefeet
Etymology: From bumble (“referring to the clumsy gait caused by the swelling”) + foot.
Senses: glosses: Ulcerative pododermatitis, a bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction on the feet of birds and rodents.
glosses: A clubfoot.
pneumoperitoneum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pneumo- + peritoneum.
Senses: glosses: The presence of air or gas in the peritoneal cavity.
Derived terms: capnopneumoperitoneum
pseudopneumoperitoneum
poikiloblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poikiloblasts
Etymology: From poikilo- + -blast.
Senses: glosses: A porphyroblast mineral containing small inclusions of the previous rock.
Derived terms: poikiloblastic
poikiloblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poikiloblast
podzolisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: podzolisations
Etymology: From podzol + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of podzolization.
podzolisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of podzolisation
podocalyxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A sialoglycoprotein, one of the transmembrane sialomucins, thought to be the major constituent of the glycocalyx of podocytes.
pneumopericardium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pneumo- + pericardium.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The presence of air in the pericardial cavity.
pollenosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollenoses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pollinosis.
polioencephalomalacia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From polio- + encephalo- + malacia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Laminar cortical necrosis, a disease of cattle, sheep and goats, characterized by softening of the cerebrocortical grey matter in a layered pattern.
podoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of podovirus
sea angels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea angel
polocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polocytes
Etymology: From pole + -o- + -cyte.
Senses: glosses: polar body
polocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polocyte
polychondritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + chondritis.
Senses: glosses: A medical condition characterized by inflammation and deterioration of cartilage.
polar bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polar body
chondromalacias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chondromalacia
polychromia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A genetic disorder resulting in irregular or excessive coloration of the skin.
pneumocephalus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The presence of air or gas within the cranial cavity.
poldine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antimuscarinic.
polycoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: A pathological condition of the eye, characterized by more than one pupillary opening in the iris.
poliosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολῐός (polĭós, “grey”) + -osis.
Senses: glosses: The decrease or absence of melanin in head hair, eyebrows, or eyelashes.
Related terms: Mallen streak
polychromasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A disorder in which there is an abnormally high number of red blood cells in the bloodstream as a result of their having been prematurely released from the bone marrow during blood formation.
Synonyms: polychromatophilia
deweight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deweights
form: deweighting
form: deweighted
form: deweighted
Etymology: From de- + weight.
Senses: glosses: To reduce the weighting of.
deweighted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deweight
deweights
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deweight
deweighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deweight
glycylglycines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycylglycine
polyphyodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyphyodonts
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”) + φύω (phúō, “produce”) + ὀδόντος (odóntos) (genitive of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”)).
Senses: examples: text: Elephants and manatees are unusual among mammals because they are polyphyodonts. Most mammals are diphyodonts, replacing their teeth only once in their lives.
glosses: Any animal whose teeth are continuously replaced.
polyphyodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyphyodont
polymegethism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Causes of polymegethism include contact lens wear, ocular surgery, trauma, and damage.
glosses: An abnormally large variation in size of the corneal endothelial cells.
polydnaviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to polydnaviruses.
polypropylenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polypropylene
polytherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polytherapies
Etymology: From poly- + therapy.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: cotherapy
text: In severe cases, polytherapy is indicated (including corticosteroids, analgesics, arthroplasty, physical therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy).
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The use of several therapies to treat a single condition, such as multiple drugs or multiple modalities.
Related terms: word: multitherapy
word: polytherapeutic
word: multidrug
word: multimodality
polypodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polypodiums
form: polypodia
Etymology: From Late Latin polypodium, from Ancient Greek πολυπόδιον (polupódion), from πολυ- (polu-, “poly-, many”) + πούς (poús, “-pod, foot”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”). Later reinforced by the translingual scientific use of Polypodium.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of polypody: any fern of the genus Polypodium.
synonyms: word: polypody
extra: any fern of the genus Polypodium
Related terms: polypod
polypody
polypodiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polypodium
polysplenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A congenital disease manifested by multiple small accessory spleens.
polygamodioecious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From polygamous and dioecious.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having bisexual and male flowers on some plants, and bisexual and female flowers on others.
porencephaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, por- + encephal- + -y.
Senses: coordinate_terms: schizencephaly
glosses: A rare cephalic disorder involving encephalomalacia. It is a neurological disorder of the central nervous system characterized by cysts or cavities within the cerebral hemisphere.
Derived terms: porencephalic
polychloroterphenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polychloroterphenyls
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: A polychlorinated terphenyl.
polychloroterphenyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polychloroterphenyl
polyethyleneglycol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyethyleneglycols
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polyethylene glycol.
polyethyleneglycols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyethyleneglycol
Pomona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈmoʊnə/
rhymes: -əʊnə
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Pōmōna.
Senses: glosses: A goddess of fruitful abundance in Ancient Roman religion and myth
glosses: Pomona College
glosses: A number of places in various countries:
A place in the United States:
A city in Los Angeles County, California.
glosses: A number of places in various countries:
A place in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Jackson County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in various countries:
A place in the United States:
A minor city and township in Franklin County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in various countries:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in various countries:
A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Howell County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in various countries:
A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Galloway Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in various countries:
A place in the United States:
A village in the town of Ramapo and town of Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in various countries:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Yakima County, Washington.
glosses: A number of places in various countries:
A Mayan archaeological site in the state of Tabasco, Mexico.
glosses: A number of places in various countries:
A village in Avellaneda department, Río Negro province, Argentina.
glosses: A number of places in various countries:
A ghost town in southern Namibia.
glosses: A number of places in various countries:
A suburb of Kempton Park, Gauteng province, South Africa.
glosses: A number of places in various countries:
A town in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A number of places in various countries:
The Mainland, Orkney.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 32 Pomona, a main belt asteroid
Synonyms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: 32 Pomona
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: ㉜
porocephaliasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Porocephalus + -iasis
Senses: glosses: A parasitic infection by species in the closely related genera Porocephalus and Armillifer and other tongue worms in order Porocephalida.
Hyponyms: porocephalosis
porifer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porifers
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An animal of the phylum Porifera; a sponge.
porifers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porifer
porion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poria
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “opening”) + -ion.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The point on the human skull located at the upper margin of each ear canal, and underlying the tragus.
polypyrenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + pyrenous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Containing multiple stones, kernels, or seeds.
Related terms: dipyrenous
pyrenous
pyrenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pyrene + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to the stone of a drupe.
Derived terms: dipyrenous
polypyrenous
Giza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡiːzə/
rhymes: -iːzə
homophone: geezer
Forms: form: Gizah
form: Gize
form: Gizé
form: Gizeh
Etymology: From Egyptian Arabic اَلْجِيزَة (il-Gīza). The etymology is uncertain. Al-Maqrizi derives it from Classical Syriac ܓܹܣܵܐ (gissa, “side”). Peust suggests a Persian etymology from Persian دز (dez, “castle”). Everett-Heath suggests an Egyptian etymology from Egyptian r-gs-ḥr (“on the side of the high one (pyramid)”).
Senses: glosses: A city on the west bank of the Nile river, Egypt, famous for its ancient monuments including the Great Sphinx of Giza and the Great Pyramid of Giza.
glosses: A governorate of Egypt.
pollicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See pollex (“thumb”), + -ization.
Senses: glosses: A plastic surgery technique in which a thumb is created from an existing finger, typically by migrating the index finger to the position of the thumb.
pollicisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pollicization.
microgyria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: micropolygyria
polygyria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Micropolygyria.
pomaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pome + -aceous.
Senses: examples: text: The disease occurs throughout the United States and Canada in practically every section where pomaceus fruits are grown.
ref: 1914, Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, Ithaca, and of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Issue 26, Part 1, page 321:
text: The brown rots of pomaceous and drupaceous fruits are due to fungi, at least one of which was first described by Persoon in 1796 as Torula fructigena.
ref: 1921, Torrey Botanical Club, Torreya, volumes 21-23, page 17:
text: Pomaceous and stone fruits can be degraded by a number of pathogenic species including Monilia laxa, M. fructigena and Rhizopus stolonifer.
ref: 2007, “Association of moulds to foods”, in Jan Dijksterhuis, Robert A. Samson, editors, Food Mycology: A Multifaceted Approach to Fungi and Food, page 210:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling a pome.
examples: text: Cedar rust is characteristic of the “double host” rusts and needs two hosts, namely apple or other pomaceous plants and red cedar before it can complete its life cycle.
ref: 1916, State Entomologist, Annual Report of the State Entomologist of Indiana, number 8, page 115:
text: This bacterium^([Erwinia amylovora]) commonly affects most pomaceous trees and shrubs.
ref: 1978, Pascal P. Pirone, Diseases and Pests of Ornamental Plants, page 144:
text: Infected foliage on the pomaceous, alternate hosts apppears during the summer or fall and is characterized by spots or large areas of yellow-orange discoloration and varying degrees of deformation.
ref: 1983, E. L. Barnard, Wayne Neal Dixon, Insects and Diseases: Important Problems of Florida's Forest and Shade Tree Resources, page 75:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: That bears apples or pomes.
friedelanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of friedelane
fernanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fernane
filicanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filicane
furodysinins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furodysinin
pneumoencephalogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pneumoencephalograms
Etymology: From pneumo- + encephalo- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: An image produced by means of pneumoencephalography.
pneumoencephalograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pneumoencephalogram
Refsum disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Refsum's disease.
pneumocardiographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pneumo- + cardiographic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to pneumocardiography.
pili multigemini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A malformation characterized by the presence of bifurcated or multiple divided hair matrices and papillae, giving rise to the formation of multiple hair shafts within the individual follicles.
polyarteritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyarteritides
Etymology: From poly- + arteritis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of multiple arteries
polyarteritides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyarteritis
pneumohaemothorax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pneumohemothorax.
pneumohemothorax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pneumo- + hemothorax.
Senses: glosses: hemopneumothorax
postmaturity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From post- + maturity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of a baby that has not yet been born after 42 weeks of gestation, two weeks beyond the normal 40.
Related terms: postmature
postmature
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more postmature
form: most postmature
Etymology: From post- + mature.
Senses: synonyms: postterm
glosses: Still not born after the usual period of gestation; exhibiting postmaturity.
powerdomain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powerdomains
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of power domain.
powerdomains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powerdomain
power domain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: power domains
form: powerdomain
Senses: qualifier: denotational semantics; domain theory; denotational semantics; domain theory
glosses: A domain of nondeterministic and concurrent computations, whose elements are certain subsets of a domain.
postmenopause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From post- + menopause.
Senses: glosses: The period in which menopause no longer occurs; often defined as the first full year in which no menstruation occurs.
postmenopausally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From postmenopausal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: After menopause.
preceptorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preceptorships
Etymology: From preceptor + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The rank or role of preceptor.
preceptorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preceptorship
prajmaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of propyl + ajmaline?
Senses: glosses: An antiarrhythmic drug, a semisynthetic propyl derivative of ajmaline.
pregnanetriol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pregnanetriols
Etymology: From pregnane + triol.
Senses: glosses: A particular steroid.
pregnanetriols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pregnanetriol
potyviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potyvirus
potyviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to potyviruses.
prepaging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + paging.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The loading of memory pages before they are needed, so as to avoid page faults.
preproinsulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, prepro- + insulin, or, by surface analysis, pre- + proinsulin.
Senses: examples: Meronym: proinsulin
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: preprohormone
coordinate_terms: proinsulin
;
preproglucagon
glosses: A biologically inactive precursor to the endocrine hormone insulin.
preprolactins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preprolactin
ileoanal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ileo- + anal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the ileum and anus
Derived terms: ileoanal pouch
ileorectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ileo- + rectal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the ileum and rectum.
Derived terms: preileorectal
ileovaginal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪnəl
-ædʒɪnəl
Etymology: From ileo- + vaginal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the ileum and vagina.
ileogastric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ileo- + gastric.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the ileum and stomach.
ileorenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ileo- + renal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the ileum and kidneys.
prepropeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prepropeptide
mindshares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mindshare
ileo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: ile-
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from ileum.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the ileum, the distal portion of the small intestine.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
Coordinate terms: duodeno-
gastro-
jejuno-
sacroiliac joints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sacroiliac joint
pregnenedione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pregnenediones
Senses: examples: text: Budesonide is a pregnenedione.
glosses: An unsaturated diketone derivative of a pregnane.
pregnenediones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pregnenedione
potexvirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potexviruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Potexvirus of plant pathogenic viruses of the family Alphaflexiviridae.
potexviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potexvirus
pouchitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pouch + -itis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the ileal pouch (an artificial rectum surgically created out of ileal gut tissue in patients who have undergone a colectomy).
preexcitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + excitation.
Senses: glosses: early excitation; applied to a condition where the ventricles of the heart become depolarized too early, which leads to their partial premature contraction
prekallikrein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prekallikreins
Etymology: From pre- + kallikrein.
Senses: glosses: A serine protease that complexes with high-molecular-weight kininogen; the precursor of plasma kallikrein.
Synonyms: Fletcher factor
prekallikreins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prekallikrein
cervico-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From cervix + -o-, from Latin cervix (“neck, cervix”).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the cervix.
glosses: Of or relating to the neck or cervical vertebrae.
caudo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Latin cauda (“tail”).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the tail, or anything tail-shaped.
Related terms: caudad
caudal
coda
acanthamoebiases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌkæn.θə.miˈbaɪ.ə.sis/
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthamoebiasis
acanthamebiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌkæn.θə.miˈbaɪ.ə.sɪs/
Forms: form: acanthamebiases
Etymology: Acanthamoeba + -iasis (“disease caused by”)
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of acanthamoebiasis.
acanthamebiases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌkæn.θə.miˈbaɪ.ə.sis/
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthamebiasis
latero-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From lateral.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the side of something.
acanthaesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of acanthesthesia.
presbyacusis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From presby- + -acusis. (Ultimately from Ancient Greek πρέσβυς (présbus, “old”) and ἄκουσις (ákousis, “hearing”).)
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of presbycusis.
presbyacousia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: presbycusis
posthitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒsˈθʌɪ.tɪs/
ipa: /pɑsˈθaɪ.tɪs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πόσθη (pósthē, “penis; foreskin”) + -itis (“inflammatory disease”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The inflammation of the foreskin, or prepuce, of the human penis, characterised by swelling and redness on the skin.
Derived terms: balanoposthitis
posteroanterior
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
Etymology: From postero- + anterior.
Senses: examples: posteroanterior movement
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Posterior to anterior; back-to-front.
examples: the posteroanterior axis
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the relation between posterior and anterior.
acanthiomeatal line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acanthiomeatal lines
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: An imaginary line drawn through the acanthion and the auditory meatus.
acanthiomeatal lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthiomeatal line
vaginocervical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪkəl
-aɪkəl
Etymology: From vagino- + cervical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the vagina and cervix.
prozones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prozone
prezone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prezones
Etymology: From pre- + zone.
Senses: glosses: prozone
prezone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prezones
form: prezoning
form: prezoned
form: prezoned
Etymology: From pre- + zone.
Senses: glosses: To establish the zone into which a property will fall under zoning.
prezones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prezone
Procris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πρόκρις (Prókris).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: In Ancient Greek mythology, the daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens, and his wife Praxithea.
proctoclysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From procto- + clysis.
Senses: glosses: An enema for purposes of rehydration; delivery of fluids via the rectum.
proaccelerin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pro- + accelerin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Factor V, a protein of the coagulation system.
erw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹuː/
Forms: form: erws
form: erwau
Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh erw.
Senses: glosses: A medieval Welsh unit of surface area equal to 11664 sq ft, or about ¼ acre.
primigravidas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primigravida
procolipase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procolipases
Etymology: From pro- + colipase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The inactive form of colipase, secreted by the pancreas and activated in the intestinal lumen by trypsin.
procolipases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of procolipase
prolidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prolidases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cytosolic dipeptidase that hydrolyzes dipeptides with proline or hydroxyproline at the carboxy terminus (but not Pro-Pro), important in collagen metabolism.
prolidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prolidase
prosecretin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosecretins
Etymology: From pro- + secretin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A precursor to secretin, activated by gastric acid
prosecretins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosecretin
proflavin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proflavine.
pronethalol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An early non-selective beta blocker clinical candidate, never used clinically due to carcinogenicity in mice.
prolactostatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: dopamine, when regarded as a regulator of prolactin secretion
propanetriol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: glycerol
progranulocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: progranulocytes
Etymology: From pro- + granulocyte.
Senses: glosses: promyelocyte
Related terms: progranulocytic
progranulocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of progranulocyte
propylparaben
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From propyl + paraben.
Senses: examples: text: Even as FDA works to develop that plan, consumers continue to be exposed to unsafe food chemicals including not just dyes but also the artificial sweetener aspartame, the white pigment titanium dioxide, the preservative propylparaben, and the phthalate food packaging chemicals, according to CSPI.
ref: 2025 January 15, “FDA moves to eliminate carcinogenic Red 3 from foods”, in Center for Science in the Public Interest:
text: The dyes portion of the West Virginia law will be enacted in schools beginning August 1. Then the dyes portion and the section on butylated hydroxyanisole and propylparaben will take effect statewide on January 1, 2028.
ref: 2025 March 29, Kristen Rogers, “Over half of US states are trying to eliminate food dyes. Here’s what you can do now”, in CNN:
glosses: The n-propyl ester of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, used as a preservative.
prolymphocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prolymphocytes
Etymology: From pro- + lymphocyte.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The immediate precursor of a lymphocyte, derived from a lymphoblast, found during lymphocytopoiesis.
prolymphocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prolymphocyte
lymphocytopoietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to lymphocytopoiesis.
lymphocytopoiesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lymphocyte + -o- + -poiesis.
Senses: glosses: lymphopoiesis
prothionamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of protionamide.
prostatodynia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From prostate + -odynia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: pain in the prostate
protothecosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protothecoses
form: protothecosises
Etymology: From translingual Prototheca (genus of green algae) + -osis.
Senses: glosses: Infection by a parasitic green alga of the genus Prototheca.
Related terms: protothecoide
pseudoachondroplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + achondroplasia.
Senses: glosses: A form of dwarfism with shortening of the limbs
pseudobranch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudobranchs
Etymology: From pseudo- + branch.
Senses: glosses: pseudobranchia
pseudobranchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudobranch
pseudoanaphylaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + anaphylaxis.
Senses: glosses: A kind of anaphylaxis that does not involve an allergic reaction but is due to direct mast cell degranulation.
Related terms: pseudoanaphylactic
pseudoanaphylactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + anaphylactic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to pseudoanaphylaxis.
prunasin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyanogenic glucoside related to amygdalin, found in Prunus species.
pseudarthroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudarthrosis
pseudoarthrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoarthroses
Etymology: From pseudo- + arthrosis.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pseudarthrosis.
pseudoarthroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoarthrosis
pseudolymphoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudolymphomas
form: pseudolymphomata
Etymology: From pseudo- + lymphoma.
Senses: glosses: cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia; a benign cutaneous disorder characterized by collections of lymphocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells in the skin
pseudolymphomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudolymphoma
pseudolymphomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudolymphoma
pseudofracture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudofractures
Etymology: From pseudo- + fracture.
Senses: glosses: A localized flaw in bone tissue presenting a radiologic appearance similar to that of a fracture; it is a radiologic sign that contributes to the diagnosis of osteomalacia.
pseudofractures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudofracture
pseudocowpox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + cowpox.
Senses: glosses: A viral disease of cattle, whose symptoms include ring or horseshoe scabs on the teats.
pseudomyopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + myopia.
Senses: glosses: An intermittent and temporary shift in refraction of the eye towards myopia.
prepathological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + pathological.
Senses: glosses: Before, or leading to, a pathological state.
tongue-tie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tongue-ties
form: tongue tie
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Ankyloglossia, a congenital oral anomaly.
glosses: A piece of cloth used to tie down a horse's tongue, to facilitate breathing etc.
tongue-tie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tongue-ties
form: tongue-tying
form: tongue-tied
form: tongue-tied
form: tongue tie
Senses: examples: text: Marry—as the friendly vapour ascended, how his prattle would curl up sometimes with it! the ligaments, which tongue-tied him, were loosened, and the stammerer proceeded a statist!
ref: 1833, [Charles Lamb], “Preface. By a Friend of the Late Elia.”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page ix:
glosses: To disconcert or fluster (a person) so that they cannot speak coherently.
tongue tie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tongue ties
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tongue-tie.
toe-tapping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toe-tapping
form: most toe-tapping
Senses: examples: text: Questions of bad taste have hung around Dear Evan Hansen since it debuted on Broadway in 2016, though such qualms were mostly drowned out by praise for Platt’s visceral live performance and the catchy Broadway-by-way-of-Christian-rock tunes from wunderkind songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (who are also responsible for the toe-tapping numbers from The Greatest Showman).
ref: 2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club:
glosses: Having a pleasing rhythm.
raw_tags: of music
toe-tapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of toe-tap
Related terms: toe-tapper
prostatomegaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From prostate + -o- + -megaly.
Senses: glosses: A medical condition characterized by the enlargement of the prostate.
timidities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timidity
pseudoappendicitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + appendicitis.
Senses: glosses: A condition mimicking appendicitis, sometimes associated with enteric infection by Yersinia, Campylobacter, Salmonella, or other bacteria.
pseudopuberty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + puberty.
Senses: glosses: secondary sexual development induced by sex steroids from abnormal sources
Derived terms: precocious pseudopuberty
prothrombinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prothrombinases
Etymology: From prothrombin + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex that catalyzes the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin in the presence of calcium ions.
pseudoparalysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + paralysis.
Senses: glosses: voluntary restriction or inhibition of motion because of pain, incoordination, orgasm, etc., not due to actual muscular paralysis
pseudoporphyria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + porphyria.
Senses: glosses: A bullous photosensitivity resembling porphyria cutanea tarda, but without any abnormality in urine or serum porphyrin.
pseudopocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudopockets
Etymology: From pseudo- + pocket.
Senses: glosses: An illusory periodontal pocket, detectable by probing measurements, but actually caused by gingival hyperplasia.
pseudopockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudopocket
detectabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of detectability
psychagogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In the Christian type of psychagogy we will see that although it is true that the person who provides spiritual direction must obey a number of rules, and that he has a number of responsibilities and obligations, the most fundamental and essential cost of the truth and of "truth-telling" will be borne by the person whose soul has to be guided.
ref: 1981-1982, Michel Foucault, The Hermeneutics of the Subject: Lectures at the Collège de France 1981--1982, published 2005:
text: An even more resounding echo of Plato's Gordias can be heard in this passage: the connection between psychagogy and pedagogy.
ref: 2006, James N. Comas, Between Politics and Ethics: Toward a Vocative History of English Studies, page 112:
text: Emphasis falls on the correction of error and participation in mutual psychagogy. This emphasis on reciprocal correction in friendship is congruent with the ideal of friendship of many and runs counter to the common saying that one should judge a person's character before friendship is proffered.
ref: 1996, John T. Fitzgeraldn, editor, Friendship, Flattery, and Frankness of Speech: Studies on Friendship in the New Testament World:
topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: Guidance of the soul.
examples: text: The idea of a 'psychagogy' only occupies a secondary place, and has been more the concern of the disciples than of the master.
ref: 2013, Oliver Brachfeld, Inferiority Feelings: In the Individual and the Group, page 49:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A psychotherapeutic method of influencing behaviour by suggesting desirable life goals.
Related terms: psychagogue
psilotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪˈlɒ.tɪk/
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to psilosis.
psilosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪˈloʊ.sɪs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψίλωσις (psílōsis).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The sound change by which Greek lost the consonant sound /h/ during antiquity, h-dropping.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Sprue, a disease of the small intestine.
Related terms: psilotic
pseudostrabismus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + strabismus.
Senses: examples: text: Pseudostrabimus generally occurs in infants and toddlers whose facial features are not fully developed. The bridge of their nose is wide and flat. With age, the bridge will narrow and the epicanthal folds in the corner of the eyes will go away.
glosses: The false appearance of strabismus, or crossed eyes.
pseudofolliculitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + folliculitis.
Senses: glosses: A condition resembling folliculitis, usually caused by shaving.
Derived terms: pseudofolliculitis barbae
aglyph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aglyphs
Etymology: From a- + glyph.
Senses: glosses: Any aglyphous snake.
Coordinate terms: opisthoglyph
proteroglyph
solenoglyph
aglyphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aglyph
proteroglyph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proteroglyphs
Etymology: From protero- + glyph.
Senses: glosses: Any proteroglyphous snake.
Coordinate terms: aglyph
opisthoglyph
solenoglyph
opisthoglyph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opisthoglyphs
Etymology: From opistho- + glyph.
Senses: glosses: Any opisthoglyphous snake.
Coordinate terms: aglyph
proteroglyph
solenoglyph
proteroglyphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proteroglyph
opisthoglyphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opisthoglyph
cryotolerant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cryotolerant
form: most cryotolerant
Etymology: From cryo- + tolerant.
Senses: glosses: tolerant to cold
Related terms: cryotolerance
psychrotolerant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more psychrotolerant
form: most psychrotolerant
Etymology: From psychro- + tolerant.
Senses: glosses: tolerant to cold
Related terms: psychrotolerance
psychrotolerant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychrotolerants
Etymology: From psychro- + tolerant.
Senses: glosses: Any organism that can tolerate the cold.
psycholeptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psycholeptics
Etymology: From psycho- + -leptic.
Senses: glosses: Any medication that produces a calming effect.
psycholeptics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psycholeptic
pulpify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulpifies
form: pulpifying
form: pulpified
form: pulpified
Etymology: From pulp + -ify.
Senses: glosses: To reduce to pulp.
Related terms: pulpification
pulpifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pulpify
pulpifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pulpify
pulpified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pulpify
puborectalis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: While standing or sitting, the puborectalis helps to keep us continent by cinching our bowel closed.
ref: 2018 November 30, Alex Blasdel, The Guardian:
text: To maintain continence, the puborectalis muscle chokes the anal canal. The sling of tissue is supposed to release during defecation. Mine has not been doing that.
ref: 2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The group of fibers that form a sling for the rectum, forming part of the levator ani.
Related terms: puborectal
psycholagny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The ability to achieve orgasm without any physical stimulation of the genitalia, usually achieved through mental stimulation or fantasy alone.
Abgar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abgarus
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܐܒܓܪ (ʾAḇgar).
Senses: glosses: The name of a number of kings of Osroene.
wikipedia: Abgar
Pygmalionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Pygmalion + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Love for an object of one's own creation.
Hypernyms: agalmatophilia
pyothorax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pyo- + thorax.
Senses: glosses: pleural empyema; an accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity
Abgarus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Abgarus, from Ancient Greek Ἄβγαρος (Ábgaros).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Abgar.
pyrimidone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrimidones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two heterocyclic compounds, with chemical formula C₄H₄N₂O, whose derivatives are the basis of many other biological molecules.
pyrimidones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrimidone
pyelectasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A dilation of the renal pelvis.
pyrvinium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pyr(rolyl) + vin(yl) + -ium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An anthelmintic used against pinworms.
pyocyanine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pyocyanin.
psychosynthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychosyntheses
Etymology: From psycho- + synthesis.
Senses: glosses: A form of psychology based on the direct experience of the self.
Related terms: psychosynthetic
pyrithioxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: pyritinol
pyrithioxine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: pyritinol
pyropoikilocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pyro- + poikilocyte + -osis.
Senses: glosses: A form of hemolytic anemia characterized by an abnormal sensitivity of red blood cells to heat and erythrocyte morphology similar to that seen in thermal burns.
pyrocatechases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrocatechase
psychopathologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychopathologists
Etymology: From psycho- + pathologist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies psychopathology.
psychopathologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychopathologist
pyomyositis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pyo- + myositis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A bacterial infection of the skeletal muscles which results in a pus-filled abscess.
pylephlebitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: infective suppurative thrombosis of the portal vein
pyonephrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pyo- + nephrosis.
Senses: synonyms: nephropyosis
glosses: An infection of the renal collecting system, in which pus collects in the renal pelvis and causes distension of the kidney.
pyloromyotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyloromyotomies
Etymology: From pyloro- + myotomy.
Senses: glosses: A surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the longitudinal and circular muscles of the pylorus.
pyloromyotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyloromyotomy
pyknodysostosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pycnodysostosis.
pustulosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pustule + -osis.
Senses: glosses: A highly inflammatory skin condition resulting in large fluid-filled blister-like areas, or pustules, typically on the palms of the hands or the soles of the feet.
pyelogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyelograms
Etymology: From pyelo- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: An image produced by means of pyelography.