cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sinography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, sino- (“China, Chinese”) + -graphy (“something written”).
Senses: examples: text: Since sinography (Chinese writing) is language-specific and, in turn, individual sinographs are morpheme-specific, scribes in early Japan faced tremendous problems in adapting sinography to Japanese.
ref: 2003, Marc Hideo Miyake, Old Japanese: A Phonetic Reconstruction, →ISBN:
glosses: Chinese writing.
Related terms: sinograph
sinographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sinography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to sinography.
simultagnosia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of simultanagnosia.
Bálint's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named in 1909 for the Austro-Hungarian neurologist Rezső Bálint, who first identified it.
Senses: glosses: A triad of severe neuropsychological impairments: simultanagnosia, oculomotor apraxia, and optic ataxia.
leukosialins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukosialin
leucosialin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leukosialin.
sialophorin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: leukosialin
gravedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From grave + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: Death comes, and its victims go either into the "sea" — watery gravedom, or into Hades, the earthly gravedom.
ref: 1883, The Rainbow, a magazine of Christian literature, page 136:
text: Whether they figured immediate selection for gravedom, by pointing skeletal finger, was about to commence, or what, I don't know.
ref: 2009, Harry Stephen Keeler, Hazel Goodwin Keeler, The Circus Stealers:
text: [...] what purpose could possibly be served by the angels performing a separation of the righteous and the unrighteous when they are to be united in gravedom and then resurrected back to life on earth—or heaven in the case of anointed individuals?
ref: 2010, Robert King, Jehovah Himself Has Become King:
glosses: The place, home, abode, or world of the dead; death; grave.
sigmoideum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: sigmoid colon
frost grape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frost grapes
Senses: glosses: Vitis vulpina.
glosses: Vitis riparia.
Synonyms: sense: Vitis vulpina
word: fox grape
sense: Vitis vulpina
word: winter grape
sense: Vitis riparia
word: riverbank grapevine
sense: Vitis riparia
word: riverbank grape
sense: Vitis riparia
word: riverbank grape vine
sloke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sloʊk/
rhymes: -əʊk
Senses: glosses: laver (type of seaweed)
Derived terms: green sloke
purple everlasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purple everlastings
Senses: glosses: spoon-leaf cudweed (Gamochaeta purpurea)
Synonyms: sense: Gamochaeta purpurea
word: Gnaphalium purpureum
sense: Gamochaeta purpurea
word: spoonleaf purple everlasting
sense: Gamochaeta purpurea
word: purple cudweed
Derived terms: taxonomic: Gamochaeta falcata
word: narrowleaf purple everlasting
Hand-Schüller-Christian disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Alfred Hand, Artur Schüller, and Henry Asbury Christian.
Senses: glosses: A condition associated with multifocal Langerhans cell histiocytosis and a triad of exophthalmos, lytic bone lesions (often in the skull), and diabetes insipidus.
Birbeck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Birbeck body
Birbeck granule
stratum spinosum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: A layer of the epidermis found between the stratum granulosum and stratum basale.
Langerhans cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Langerhans cells
Etymology: Discovered by Paul Langerhans, a German physician and anatomist.
Senses: glosses: A dendritic cell of the skin and mucosa, containing Birbeck granules, and present in all layers of the epidermis but most prominent in the stratum spinosum.
Langerhans cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Langerhans cell
Hashimoto-Pritzker syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First described by Ken Hashimoto and M. S. Pritzkar in 1973.
Senses: glosses: congenital self-healing reticulohistiocytosis: a self-limited form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Synonyms: Hashimoto-Pritzker disease
Skiddaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain in the Lake District, Cumbria, one of the tallest in England.
normal forms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of normal form
Skolemisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Skolem + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Skolemization.
peanut worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peanut worms
Senses: glosses: A sipunculid worm; any member of phylum Sipuncula.
peanut worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peanut worm
swamp cottonwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swamp cottonwoods
Senses: glosses: Any tree of species Populus heterophylla, native to damp areas of eastern United States.
Synonyms: sense: Populus heterophylla
word: river cottonwood
sense: Populus heterophylla
word: downy poplar
sense: Populus heterophylla
word: swamp poplar
sense: Populus heterophylla
word: black cottonwood
SMAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SMACs
Etymology: Initialisms.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases (“Diablo homolog”), a component of the apoptosis pathway.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of supramolecular activation cluster, the structure comprising the immunological synapse.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Sequential Multiple Analysis - Computer or comprehensive metabolic panel, a panel of clinical chemistry lab tests.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: social, mobile, analytics, cloud: a group of technologies
SMAC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialisms.
Senses: glosses: Southern Maryland Athletic Conference
glosses: Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference
smoltification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From smolt + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The series of physiological changes where juvenile salmonid fish adapt from living in fresh water to living in seawater.
snRNP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snRNPs
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: glosses: small nuclear ribonucleic particle
snRNPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snRNP
solapsone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: solasulfone
somatisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somatisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of somatization.
Stekelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Stekelian
form: most Stekelian
Etymology: From Stekel + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Wilhelm Stekel (1868–1940), Austrian physician and psychologist, and one of Sigmund Freud's earliest followers.
solifuges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solifuge
sociocentrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From socio- + -centrism.
Senses: glosses: The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own social group or society.
Related terms: ethnocentrism
sociocentric
Sneddon's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named for Dr. Ian Bruce Sneddon, who reported it in 1965.
Senses: glosses: A form of arteriopathy characterized by severe transient neurological symptoms, or stroke, and livedo reticularis or livedo racemosca.
Sneddon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sneddons
form: Snedden
Etymology: Scottish topographic surname, from Old English snāw (“snow”) + dūn (“hill”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Sneddon's syndrome
somnoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From somno- + -plasty.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A medical treatment for snoring, nasal obstruction, or apnea, using radiofrequency ablation to shrink the tissues that are causing the problem.
spermology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: sperma (“seed”) + -ology
Senses: glosses: The study of seeds.
sorbinose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sorbinoses
Senses: glosses: sorbose
sorbinoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sorbinose
gnetophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gnetophytes
Senses: glosses: Any of the plant division Gnetophyta, consisting of woody plants that differ from other gymnosperms in having vessel elements (which transport water within the plant) as found in flowering plants.
gnetophytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnetophyte
gnepines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnepine
gnetifers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnetifer
spasmoneme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspæzməniːm/
Forms: form: spasmonemes
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: myoneme
spasmonemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spasmoneme
spermatocele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spermatoceles
Etymology: From spermato- + -cele.
Senses: glosses: A retention cyst of a tubule of the rete testis or the head of the epididymis distended with barely watery fluid that contains spermatozoa.
spermatoceles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spermatocele
sorocarp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sorocarps
Senses: glosses: A fruiting body, characteristic of certain cellular slime molds, consisting of both a sorophore and a sorus
Derived terms: sorocarpic
sorocarps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sorocarp
sorophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sorophores
Senses: glosses: A sorus-bearing structure in certain ferns.
sorophores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sorophore
xanthaurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The aglycone of quercitrin.
sophoretin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: quercetin
sonographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sonographers
Senses: glosses: ultrasonographer
sonographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sonographer
somatotypology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From somatotype + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The study of somatotypes.
enteroglucagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From entero- + glucagon.
Senses: glosses: A peptide hormone derived from preproglucagon
preproglucagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preproglucagon
proglucagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proglucagon
somatostatinoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somatostatinomas
Etymology: From somatostatin + -oma.
Senses: glosses: A malignant tumor of the delta cells of the endocrine pancreas that produces somatostatin.
somatostatinomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of somatostatinoma
delta cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delta cells
Senses: glosses: A kind of somatostatin-producing cell found in the stomach, intestine, and islets of Langerhans in the pancreas.
delta cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of delta cell
somatotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From somato- + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to somatotherapy.
somatotherapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somatotherapists
Etymology: From somato- + therapist.
Senses: glosses: A therapist who carries out somatotherapy.
somatotherapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of somatotherapist
somatotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somatotherapies
Etymology: From somato- + therapy.
Senses: glosses: The treatment of mental illness by physical means rather than psychotherapy.
somatotherapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of somatotherapy
syncytiotrophoblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From syncytiotrophoblast + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to syncytiotrophoblasts.
somatomammotropins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of somatomammotropin
marah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marahs
Senses: glosses: A gratuity in the form of deductions from the gross produce of cultivated lands, granted to a mirasidar.
microspherophakia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + spherophakia.
Senses: glosses: A rare condition where the lens of the eye is abnormally small and spherical.
zonules of Zinn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zonule of Zinn
sphenomandibular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From spheno- + mandibular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to a ligament connecting the sphenoid bone and mandibular foramen that limits distension of the mandible in an inferior direction.
sphenofrontal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌntəl
Etymology: From spheno- + frontal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the sphenoid bone and frontal bone.
spinnability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinnabilities
Etymology: From spin + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being spinnable.
spinnabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinnability
spinnbarkeit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinnbarkeits
Etymology: From German Spinnbarkeit, literally "spinnability".
Senses: glosses: The stringy or stretchy property found to varying degrees in mucus, saliva, albumen and similar viscoelastic fluids.
spinnbarkeits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinnbarkeit
spiradenoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiradenomas
form: spiradenomata
Etymology: From spiro- + adenoma.
Senses: glosses: A cutaneous condition typically characterized as a solitary, deep-seated dermal nodule on the ventral surface of the body.
spiradenomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spiradenoma
spiradenomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spiradenoma
splenopexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splenopexies
Etymology: From spleno- + -pexy.
Senses: glosses: fixation of the spleen
splenopexies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splenopexy
spirurian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Spiruria + -an.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Belonging to the nematode subclass Spiruria.
cukup
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃukop/
ipa: /t͡ʃukup/
Etymology: From Malay cukup (“enough”), coined by e-sports athletes in Malaysia and Singapore when competing with each other in e-sports matches.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Abbreviation of choose your kit and level up or choose your kit and upgrade.
creeping disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: skin infection by Spirurida larvae
enteroptosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From entero- + ptosis.
Senses: glosses: Visceroptosis of the intestines.
Derived terms: enteroptotic
gastroenteroptosis
visceroptosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From viscero- + ptosis.
Senses: glosses: A prolapse or sinking downward of the abdominal viscera below their natural position.
Synonyms: Glénard's disease
Hyponyms: enteroptosis
gastroptosis
splanchnoptosis
Derived terms: visceroptotic
Glénard's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after French physician Frantz Glénard.
Senses: glosses: visceroptosis
splanchnoptosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From splanchno- + ptosis.
Senses: glosses: visceroptosis of the intestines
visceroptotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more visceroptotic
form: most visceroptotic
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting, visceroptosis.
cost of money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: costs of money
Senses: examples: text: The government has also deregulated interest rates, letting the market decide the cost of money.
ref: 1993 November 21, “Seoul Surging”, in Business Week, retrieved 25 Aug 2014:
text: Stocks and bonds have often moved in tandem recently because low interest rates make shares more appealing and cut the cost of money to companies.
ref: 1994 January 4, “Dow Ekes Out a Slight Rise as Most Stocks Slip”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 Aug 2014:
text: During the span of time that oil and other natural resources costs have more than doubled, the cost of money, or interest rates, has gone from 1% to 5%.
ref: 2006 June 27, Richard Lehmann, “Get Ready For Stagflation”, in Forbes, retrieved 25 Aug 2014:
text: Central banks change the cost of money—the interest rate—in order to clear labour markets.
ref: 2012 June 26, R. A., “The twilight of the central banker”, in Economist, retrieved 25 Aug 2014:
topics: business
finance
glosses: The interest rate paid for borrowed funds or the interest itself.
sporotheca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sporothecae
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A mycangium in certain mites.
sporothecae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sporotheca
aspidospondyly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The condition of having the centra of the vertebra arranged in separate ossifications.
Related terms: holospondyly
holospondyly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The condition of having the centra of the vertebra fused together.
Related terms: aspidospondyly
pleurocoel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleurocoels
Etymology: From pleuro- + -coel.
Senses: glosses: One of a set of hollow depressions on the lateral portions of the vertebrae in dinosaurs, which served to decrease the weight of these bones without sacrificing strength.
Derived terms: suprapleurocoel
pleurocoels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleurocoel
spondylopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spondylopathies
Etymology: From spondylo- + -pathy.
Senses: glosses: Any disorder of the vertebrae; osteopathy of the spine.
Hyponyms: spondyloarthropathy
spondylolisthesis
spondylosis
spondylitis
spondylolysis
spondylopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spondylopathy
dorsopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dorsopathies
Etymology: From dorso- + -pathy.
Senses: glosses: Any disorder of the back or spine.
dorsopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dorsopathy
spondylodesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spondylo- + -desis.
Senses: glosses: surgical fusion of parts of the spine
Synonyms: spondylosyndesis
Hypernyms: alt: syndesis
word: arthrodesis
Related terms: english: endogenous pathogenic analogue
translation: endogenous pathogenic analogue
word: spondylosis
english: not to be confused despite the words looking somewhat similar
translation: not to be confused despite the words looking somewhat similar
word: spondylolisthesis
spondylosyndesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spondylo- + syndesis.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of spondylodesis.
synonyms: word: spondylodesis
Related terms: english: not to be confused despite the words looking somewhat similar
translation: not to be confused despite the words looking somewhat similar
word: spondylolisthesis
stalagmometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stalagmometers
Senses: glosses: A device for investigating surface tension by the stalagmometric method.
Synonyms: stactometer
stalagmometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stalagmometer
stactometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stactometers
Senses: glosses: stalagmometer
stactometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stactometer
staphylotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staphylotoxins
Etymology: Bacteria genus Staphylococcus + toxin
Senses: glosses: Any of various toxins produced by Staphylococcus bacteria.
staphylotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staphylotoxin
stalagmometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stalagmometry + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to stalagmometry.
stalagmometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The measurement of surface tension by measuring the weight of the drops of fluid falling from a capillary glass tube.
Related terms: stalagmite
statoconium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: statoconia
Etymology: Blend of statocyst and otoconium.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of otolith.
synonyms: word: otolith
statoconia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of statoconium
stanolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular androgenic steroid.
statvolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: statvolts
Senses: glosses: A unit of voltage and electrical potential in the CGS system, equivalent to 299.792458 volts.
statvolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of statvolt
statampere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: statamperes
Etymology: Clipping of abstatampere. By surface analysis stat (from electrostatic) + ampere.
Senses: glosses: The CGS unit of electrical current.
Related terms: abampere
ampere
subcarbureted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of subcarburetted.
spiremes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spireme
statocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: statocytes
Etymology: From stato- + -cyte.
Senses: glosses: A cell containing statoliths, thought to be involved in gravitropic perception in plants.
statocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of statocyte
rig doctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rig doctors
Senses: glosses: One who fixes CB radio systems.
rig doctors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rig doctor
border blaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: border blasters
Senses: examples: text: Not long after the feds started regulating radio, Mexico's megawatt border blasters—high-powered stations planted just south of Texas and California—started beckoning. The FCC couldn't control them […]
ref: 2004, Jesse Walker, Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America, page 197:
hyponyms: X station
glosses: A broadcast station used to target listeners in another country, despite not being licensed to do so.
border blasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of border blaster
UK hardcore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A genre of electronic dance music that evolved in the United Kingdom from happy hardcore and rave.
stercolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stercoliths
Etymology: From Latin stercus (“dung”) + -lith.
Senses: glosses: fecolith
stercoliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stercolith
stereoelectroencephalographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to stereoelectroencephalography.
stereoelectroencephalography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stereo- + electroencephalography.
Senses: glosses: The practice of recording electroencephalographic signals via electrodes surgically implanted into the brain tissue.
stenochoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek στενοχωρία (stenokhōría), see στενοχωρέω (stenokhōréō).
Senses: glosses: Lack of land, a reason for Greek colonization in ancient times.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abnormal contraction of a canal or orifice.
Related terms: stenochoric
steatocystoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steatocystomas
form: steatocystomata
Senses: glosses: A cyst of the sebaceous duct.
Stheno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsθɛnəʊ/
Etymology: Ancient Greek Σθενώ (Sthenṓ, literally “forceful”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The eldest and most ferocious of the gorgons.
stibophen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An anthelmintic that inhibits phosphofructokinase and is used to treat schistosomiasis.
sternoclavicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From sterno- + clavicular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the sternum and clavicle.
sternocleidomastoideus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstɝ.nəˌklaɪ.dəˌmæˈstɔɪ.di.əs/
rhymes: -ɔɪdiəs
Forms: form: sternocleidomastoidei
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin sternocleidomastoīdeus, clipping of mūsculus sternocleidomastoīdeus (“sternocleidomastoid muscle”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of sternocleidomastoid muscle.
sternohyoideus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstɝ.noʊ.haɪˈɔɪ.di.əs/
rhymes: -ɔɪdiəs
Forms: form: sternohyoidei
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin sternohȳoīdeus, clipping of mūsculus sternohȳoīdeus (“sternohyoid muscle”). Doublet of sternohyoid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of sternohyoid muscle.
sternohyoidei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstɝ.noʊ.haɪˈɔɪ.diˌaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of sternohyoideus
sternalis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A muscle that runs along the anterior aspect of the body of the sternum.
stremma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛmə
Forms: form: stremmas
form: stremmata
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek στρέμμα (strémma, “a turning”), referring to the turning of the soil.
Senses: glosses: A Greek unit of land area, now equal to a decare (1,000 m²) but (historical) previously 10,000 square Greek feet.
glosses: The dunam, the Turkish unit of land area derived from the Greek unit.
Hyponyms: english: modern value
translation: modern value
word: royal stremma
english: medieval value
translation: medieval value
word: square plethron
english: Turkish values
translation: Turkish values
word: dunam
stremmata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stremma
stremmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stremma
rat-bite fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any febrile human illness caused by bacteria transmitted by rodents.
Spirillosis, or sodoku, transmitted by the gram-negative coiled rod Spirillum minus, found in Asia.
glosses: Any febrile human illness caused by bacteria transmitted by rodents.
Streptobacillosis, or Haverhill fever or epidemic arthritic erythema, a severe disease caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis
Synonyms: word: RBF
Derived terms: word: RBF
Related terms: cat-scratch fever
Haverhill fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From an outbreak that occurred in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in January 1926.
Senses: glosses: Epidemic arthritic erythema, a form of rat-bite fever caused by the bacterium Streptobacillus moniliformis.
streptolydigin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antibiotic.
streptonigrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antibiotic with anticancer activity.
stomatognathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stomato- + gnathic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the mouth and jaw.
stylopharyngeus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstaɪ.loʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/
ipa: /ˌstaɪ.loʊˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əs/
rhymes: -ɪndʒiəs
rhymes: -iːəs
Forms: form: stylopharyngei
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin stylopharyngeus, clipping of mūsculus stylopharyngeus (“stylopharyngeal muscle”). Doublet of stylopharyngeal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A slender muscle in the head that arises from the base of the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts into the side of the pharynx, and acts with the contralateral muscle in swallowing to increase the transverse diameter of the pharynx by drawing its sides upward and laterally.
stylopharyngei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstaɪ.loʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒiˌaɪ/
ipa: /ˌstaɪ.loʊˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒiˌaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of stylopharyngeus
stylopharyngeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒiəl
-iːəl
-ɪndʒəl
Etymology: From stylo- + pharyngeal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the stylopharyngeus.
strephosymbolia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined in 1925 by Samuel Orton. From Ancient Greek στρέφω (stréphō, “turn aside”) + symbol + -ia.
Senses: glosses: A tendency, associated with word blindness, to twist or invert certain similar letters (such as b and d) when reading.
styloglossus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstaɪ.loʊˈɡlɑs.əs/
ipa: /ˌstaɪ.loʊˈɡlɔs.əs/
rhymes: -ɒsəs
rhymes: -ɔːsəs
Forms: form: styloglossi
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin styloglōssus, clipping of mūsculus styloglōssus (“styloglossal muscle”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A small muscle that arises from the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts along the side and underpart of the tongue, and functions to draw up the sides of the tongue to create a trough for swallowing.
styloglossi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstaɪ.loʊˈɡlɑˌsaɪ/
ipa: /ˌstaɪ.loʊˈɡlɔˌsaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of styloglossus
stylomandibular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From stylo- + mandibular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the styloid process and the mandible; applied to a ligament that extends from near the apex of the styloid process of the temporal bone to the angle and posterior border of the angle of the mandible.
streptonivicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: novobiocin
stricturoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stricturoplasties
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of strictureplasty.
stricturoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stricturoplasty
xerocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A dehydrated form of stomatocytosis.
stylohyoideus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstaɪ.loʊ.haɪˈɔɪ.di.əs/
rhymes: -ɔɪdiəs
Forms: form: stylohyoidei
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin stylohȳoīdeus, clipping of mūsculus stylohȳoīdeus (“stylohyoid muscle”). Doublet of stylohyoid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of stylohyoid muscle.
synonyms: word: stylohyoid muscle
stylohyoidei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstaɪ.loʊ.haɪˈɔɪ.diˌaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of stylohyoideus
stomatodeum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stomatodea
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stomodaeum.
stomatodea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stomatodeum
pseudohyperkalaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pseudohyperkalemia.
cryohydrocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryo- + hydrocytosis.
Senses: glosses: A form of hydrocytosis in which cells exhibit increased cation permeability at low temperatures.
stomatocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stomatocytoses
Etymology: From stomatocyte + -osis.
Senses: glosses: Any of various conditions causing the outer membranes of red blood cells to leak sodium and potassium ions.
akalat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈkælət/
/əˈkɑːlət/
Forms: form: akalats
Etymology: Borrowed from Bulu (Cameroon) akalat.
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of African birds in the genus Sheppardia.
chocolate box
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chocolate box
form: most chocolate box
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chocolate-box.
chocolate-boxy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chocolate-boxy
form: most chocolate-boxy
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chocolate-box.
chocolate boxy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chocolate boxy
form: most chocolate boxy
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chocolate-box.
akekee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: akekees
form: ʻakekeʻe
Etymology: From Hawaiian ʻakekeʻe.
Senses: glosses: A bird in the Hawaiian honeycreeper genus, Loxops caeruleirostris.
akepa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: akepas
form: ʻakepa
Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻākepa.
Senses: glosses: A bird in the Hawaiian honeycreeper genus, Loxops coccineus.
Ghosh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ghose
Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali ঘোষ (ghōś).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Bengali.
white pointer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white pointers
Senses: glosses: Carcharodon carcharias, a species of shark.
Synonyms: great white shark
great white
round-trip times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of round-trip time
round-trip delay time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: round-trip delay times
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Round-trip time.
round-trip delay times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of round-trip delay time
flambeaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flambeau
bog clubmoss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bog clubmosses
Senses: glosses: Lycopodiella inundata, growing in boggy cool, subarctic, and alpine conditions in the northern hemisphere.
Synonyms: sense: Lycopodiella inundata
word: inundated club moss
sense: Lycopodiella inundata
word: marsh club moss
sense: Lycopodiella inundata
word: northern bog club moss
netted chainfern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netted chainferns
Senses: glosses: Woodwardia areolata, a fern native to eastern North America, favoring moist, sandy, acidic soils.
Synonyms: sense: Woodwardia areolata
word: netted chain fern
chain fern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chain ferns
form: chainfern
Senses: glosses: A fern of any of several species of two genera:
Woodwardia, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
glosses: A fern of any of several species of two genera:
Tmesipteris, native to the South Pacific
Synonyms: sense: Tmesipteris
word: hanging fork fern
chainfern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chainferns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chain fern.
netted chain fern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netted chain ferns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of netted chainfern.
yellow harlequin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow harlequins
Senses: glosses: yellow fumewort (Corydalis flavula)
Synonyms: sense: Corydalis flavula
word: yellow fumewort
sense: Corydalis flavula
word: fume-root
sense: Corydalis flavula
word: yellow fumitory
spring avens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Geum vernum, native to much of temperate eastern North America.
woodstar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodstars
Senses: glosses: Any one of about fifteen species of hummingbird found in the Americas.
Derived terms: amethyst woodstar
Bahama woodstar
Chilean woodstar
Esmeraldas woodstar
gorgeted woodstar
Inagua woodstar
little woodstar
magenta-throated woodstar
purple-collared woodstar
purple-throated woodstar
rufous-shafted woodstar
Santa Marta woodstar
short-tailed woodstar
slender-tailed woodstar
sparkling-tailed woodstar
white-bellied woodstar
winter grape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winter grapes
Senses: glosses: fox grape (Vitis vulpina).
glosses: possum grape (Vitis cinerea).
Synonyms: sense: Vitis vulpina
word: frost grape
tall thistle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tall thistles
Senses: glosses: Cirsium altissimum
Synonyms: sense: Cirsium altissimum
word: roadside thistle
sense: Cirsium altissimum
word: wood-thistle
stiff-leaf goldenrod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stiff-leaf goldenrods
Senses: glosses: Solidago rigida, native to most of eastern North America.
Synonyms: sense: Solidago rigida
word: rigid goldenrod
sense: Solidago rigida
word: Oligoneuron rigidum
sense: Solidago rigida
word: Aster rigidus
large twayblade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: large twayblades
Senses: glosses: Liparis liliifolia, an orchid of parts of temperate eastern North America.
Synonyms: sense: Liparis liliifolia
word: brown widelip orchid
suberosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis usually caused by the fungus Penicillium glabrum after exposure to moldy cork dust.
sudomotor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin sudor (“sweat”), and motor.
Senses: glosses: Relating to stimulation of the sweat glands.
sulfatidosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sulfatide + -osis.
Senses: glosses: A form of lysosomal storage disease resulting in a proliferation of sulfatide.
subtilysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtilysins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of subtilisin.
subtilysins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtilysin
subglottis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒtɪs
Etymology: From sub- + glottis.
Senses: glosses: The lower portion of the larynx, extending from just beneath the vocal cords down to the top of the trachea.
Derived terms: subglottal
subglottic
subtilopeptidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtilopeptidases
Senses: glosses: Synonym of subtilisin.
synonyms: word: subtilisin
subtilopeptidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtilopeptidase
subependymoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subependymomas
Etymology: From sub- + ependymoma.
Senses: glosses: A rare form of ependymal tumor. They are classically found within the fourth ventricle, typically have a well demarcated interface to normal tissue and (unlike ependymomas) do not usually extend into the brain parenchyma.
subependymomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subependymoma
rhodanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhodanides
Senses: glosses: thiocyanate
subserosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sub- + serosa.
Senses: glosses: A layer of tissue between the muscularis and serosa.
sulfobromophthalein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: bromsulphthalein
sulphobromophthalein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sulfobromophthalein.
long-beaked bald rush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Rhynchospora scirpoides, reported in scattered parts of the eastern United States
Synonyms: sense: Rhynchospora scirpoides
word: longbeak beaksedge
sulfoxone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antileprotic drug.
antileprotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antileprotic
Bicknell's sedge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Carex bicknellii, principally found in north central and northeastern United States.
transfrontier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + frontier.
Senses: glosses: Through or across a frontier.
Georgist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Georgists
Etymology: From George + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Whether you’re a conservative aspiring to create a property-owning democracy, an anarchist who believes all property is theft, or a Georgist campaigning for land value tax, the first step is finding out who owns it all currently.
ref: 2017 March 20, Guy Shrubsole, “Utopian thinking: to ‘take back control’ of England, we must find out who owns it”, in The Guardian:
text: “He’s gone on a journey from being more sympathetic to anarcho-capitalist thinking to Georgist-type thinking,” says Glen Weyl, an economist who is one of his close collaborators, referring to a theory that holds the value of the commons should belong equally to all members of society.
ref: 2022 March 18, Andrew Chow, quoting Glen Weyl, “The Man Behind Ethereum Is Worried About Crypto's Future”, in Time, →ISSN:
glosses: A supporter of Georgism.
Georgists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Georgist
soft fox sedge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Carex conjuncta, native to north central and northeastern United States.
geolibertarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geo- + libertarianism.
Senses: glosses: A political ideology that synthesizes libertarianism and Georgism, holding that land and other natural resources are common assets and thus individuals claiming them as private property must pay rent to the community.
cat-tail sedge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cat-tail sedges
Senses: glosses: Carex typhina (in Carex subg. Carex), native to eastern North America
Synonyms: sense: Carex typhina
word: cattail sedge
subinstruction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subinstructions
Etymology: From sub- + instruction.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An instruction making up part of a larger instruction.
suboperation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suboperations
Etymology: From sub- + operation.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An operation making up part of a larger operation.
subinstructions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subinstruction
suboperations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suboperation
subcutis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sʌbˈkjuːtɪs/
Etymology: From sub- + cutis.
Senses: glosses: subcutaneous tissue: the lowermost layer of the integumentary system in vertebrates
superscalars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superscalar
superpipelined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + pipelined.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Using superpipelining.
superpipelining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + pipelining.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A technique for improving the performance of a processor by splitting instructions into many separate "pipelines" that can be executed more or less in parallel.
Related terms: superpipelined
newsprints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newsprint
grammages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grammage
sulthiame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sultiame.
sultiame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A sulfonamide and inhibitor of the enzyme carbonic anhydrase, used as an anticonvulsant.
subdrainage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subdrainages
Etymology: From sub- + drainage.
Senses: glosses: drainage of liquid at a level below ground, contrasted with surface drainage
sulphoquinovose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sulfoquinovose.
sulfoquinovose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfoquinovoses
Senses: glosses: A monosaccharide sugar found as a building block in the sulfolipid sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol
Derived terms: sulfoquinovosyl
sulfoquinovoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfoquinovose
sulfhaemoglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfhaemoglobins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sulfhemoglobin.
sulfhaemoglobins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfhaemoglobin
sulphatara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphataras
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of solfatara.
sulphataras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulphatara
superparasites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superparasite
sulfhaemoglobinaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sulfhemoglobinemia.
sulfhemoglobinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sulfhemoglobin + -emia.
Senses: hypernyms: dyshemoglobinemia
coordinate_terms: carboxyhemoglobinemia
methemoglobinemia
glosses: The presence of excess sulfhemoglobin in the blood.
subcostalis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcostales
Etymology: From sub- + Latin costalis.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of muscular and aponeurotic fasciculi, usually well-developed only in the lower part of the thorax; each originates from the inner surface of one rib, and is inserted into the inner surface of the second or third rib below, near its angle.
subcostales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcostalis
syringoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syringomas
form: syringomata
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: syringo- + -oma.
Senses: glosses: A harmless tumor of the sweat duct, typically found clustered on eyelids.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
syringomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syringoma
syringomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syringoma
synaptoporin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular protein.
sympathoadrenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sympatho- + adrenal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the adrenal medulla and sympathetic nervous system.
sympathetic nervous systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sympathetic nervous system
sympathicotonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A stimulated condition of the sympathetic nervous system, marked by vascular spasm, elevated blood pressure, and goosebumps
Derived terms: parasympathicotonia
sympathicotonic
symphysiotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symphysiotomies
form: symphyseotomy
form: symphysotomy
Etymology: From symphysis + -otomy.
Senses: glosses: A surgical procedure in which the cartilage of the pubic symphysis is divided to widen the pelvis, allowing childbirth when there is a mechanical problem.
Synonyms: Gigli's operation
pelviotomy
pubiotomy
synchondrotomy
symphysiotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symphysiotomy
synflood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synfloods
Etymology: SYN + flood
Senses: glosses: A denial-of-service attack in which the attacker sends a succession of SYN (synchronization) requests to the target system in an attempt to consume its resources and make the system unresponsive to legitimate traffic.
synflood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: synfloods
form: synflooding
form: synflooded
form: synflooded
Etymology: SYN + flood
Senses: glosses: To carry out an attack of this kind.