cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
go into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes into
form: going into
form: went into
form: gone into
Senses: examples: text: I don't want to go into the details now.
text: We need to go into the background of the case before jumping to conclusions.
glosses: To get involved in; to investigate or explore.
examples: text: I worked for a while as a PA before I went into teaching.
glosses: To embark upon as an occupation or profession.
examples: text: 11 goes into 88 and 99 but not 100.
text: 7 goes into 46 six times, with remainder 4.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To divide, to be a factor of.
examples: text: [T]he Chicken had been tapped, and bunged, and had received pepper, and had been made groggy, and had come up piping, and had endured a complication of similar strange inconveniences, until he had been gone into and finished.
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
text: I went into him like a whirlwind, lamming head on full into that left jab again and again […]
ref: 2017, Robert E. Howard, Sailor Steve Costigan & Other Tales of Boxing:
synonyms: walk into
glosses: To attack; to assault physically.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, into.
amphophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphophiles
Senses: glosses: An amphophilic cell.
amphophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphophile
ammoniotelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: ammoni(a) + -o- + tel(o)- + -ic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ammonotelic.
ammonotelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: ammon(ia) + -o- + tel(o)- + -ic
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Excreting soluble ammonia as a result of deamination.
raw_tags: of an organism
Synonyms: ammoniotelic
Related terms: ammonotelism
ammoniotelism
amorphosynthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A medical condition where the patient is unaware of somatic sensations from one side of the body, usually a sign of lesion in the left parietal lobe.
space roar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A natural phenomenon picked up as a radio signal from outer space, and sounding like a loud hiss.
amphitrichous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amphi- + tricho- + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: (of bacteria) Having a single flagellum on each of two opposite ends. (Only one flagellum operates at a time, allowing the bacterium to reverse course rapidly by switching which flagellum is active.)
Related terms: lophotrichous
monotrichous
peritrichous
lophotrichous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lopho- + tricho- + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: (of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
Related terms: amphitrichous
monotrichous
peritrichous
Stenian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek στενός (stenós, “narrow”).
Senses: examples: text: The supercontinent Rodinia assembled during the Stenian.
glosses: The final geologic period in the Mesoproterozoic Era, from 1200 million to 1000 million years ago.
alymphocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + lymphocyte + -osis.
Senses: glosses: A genetic disorder in which lymphocyte proliferation is inhibited and the immune system is compromised.
gnotobiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gnotobiologists
Senses: glosses: One who studies gnotobiology.
gnotobiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to gnotobiology.
gnotobiologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnotobiologist
hostageship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hostageships
Etymology: From hostage + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: English, Norman and French tradition seem all to point to an ancient and extremely rigorous form of suretyship or hostageship which would have rendered the surety liable to suffer the punishment that was hanging over the head of the released prisoner.
ref: 1898, Sir Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland, The history of English law before the time of Edward I, 2nd edition, volume 2, The University Press:
topics: law
glosses: A condition of being held as surety for a pledge, as to appear before a magistrate for trial after release from gaol.
aminosalicylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminosalicylates
Etymology: From aminosalicylic + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of aminosalicylic acid.
aminosalicylates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminosalicylate
aminopurines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminopurine
aminopropionitrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A nitrile, used as an antirheumatic in veterinary medicine, that can be prepared by the reaction of ammonia with acrylonitrile.
aminolevulinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminolevulinates
Etymology: From aminolevulinic + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A salt or ester of aminolevulinic acid.
Derived terms: hexaminolevulinate
aminolevulinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminolevulinate
osteolathyrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more osteolathyrogenic
form: most osteolathyrogenic
Etymology: From osteolathyrism + -o- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Causing osteolathyrism.
16mo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 16mos
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
qualifier: paper
glosses: Sextodecimo.
osteolathyrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From osteo- + lathyrism.
Senses: glosses: A collagen cross-linking deficiency brought on by dietary overreliance on the seeds of plants of the genus Lathyrus, especially Lathyrus sativus, the grass pea.
Derived terms: osteolathyrogenic
caponing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of capon
caponed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of capon
6mo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 6mos
Etymology: From 6 + -mo.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
qualifier: paper
glosses: Sexto, sixmo.
scepsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈskɛpsɪs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκέψις (sképsis, “examination, observation, consideration”). See skeptic.
Senses: examples: text: Among their products were the system of Locke, the scepsis of Hume, the critical philosophy of Kant.
ref: 1862 October 13, James Martineau, The Transient and the Permanent in Theology: An Address at the Opening of the Session of Manchester New College […], published 1862, page 4:
text: On the one side it is seen that the sole basis of philosophy is experience, and on the other that scepsis has shaken the credibility of experience.
ref: 1875, Albert Schwegler, translated by James Hutchison Stirling, Handbook of the History of Philosophy, page 279:
text: Permanent scepsis is, after all, the condition sine qua non of not only philosophy but also of all true social action.
ref: 1973, Praxis, volume 9/10, page 91:
text: The connection with opīnor ‘to suspect’ is difficult for semantic reasons; EM regard it with scepsis.
ref: 2008, Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages, →ISBN, page 432:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Skepticism; a skeptical approach or belief.
24mo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 24mos
Etymology: From 24 + -mo.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
qualifier: paper
glosses: Vicesimo-quarto.
Synonyms: sense: paper size
word: twenty-fourmo
sense: paper size
word: 24º
sense: book size
word: T
sense: book size
word: twenty-fourmo
sense: book size
word: 24º
6to
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 6tos
Etymology: From Latin sexto.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
qualifier: paper
glosses: Sixmo, sexto.
gods damn
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of godsdamn.
gods willing
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: The pious politician knows that, gods willing, one can do anything to man.
ref: 1987, Eating of the Gods, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: Used to express hope that gods are willing (to grant one's desires).
Synonyms: english: god willing
translation: god willing
word: God willing
english: God willing
translation: God willing
word: for more
thank gods
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: thank gods !
Senses: examples: text: She rested her elbow on her knee, easy pose, though her heart was hammering away fit to take her breath: thank gods for the incense that masked the sweat.
ref: 1986, C. J. Cherryh, chapter 7, in Chanur’s Homecoming, New York: Daw Books, page 167:
text: There were no docked boats yet, but one was rowing up to the shore, and Taro was in it. Sitting up and unsupported, thank gods. I breathed a deep sigh of relief.
ref: 2010, Moira J. Moore, chapter 13, in Heroes Return, New York: Ace Books, page 145:
glosses: Used to express gratitude or relief.
Synonyms: english: monotheistic
translation: monotheistic
word: thank God
word: for more
english: thank God
translation: thank God
word: see
sixlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sixling
twelveling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twelvelings
Etymology: From twelve + -ling.
Senses: glosses: A compound or twin crystal consisting of twelve individuals.
twelvelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twelveling
Andersen disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Dorothy Hansine Andersen.
Senses: glosses: Glycogen storage disease type IV
wikipedia: Dorothy Hansine Andersen
anagenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to anagenesis.
Derived terms: anagenetically
chromoanagenetic
anaphia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From an- (“not”) + Ancient Greek ἁφή (haphḗ, “sense of touch”) + -ia. Or perhaps directly from Ancient Greek ἀναφής (anaphḗs, “impalpable”). For the middle element, compare haptic.
Senses: examples: text: Anaphia is the total or partial absence of the sense of touch. For research on tactile technologies and feedback, participants with anaphia can have a negative impact on potentially positive results.
ref: 2017, Fei Tang, Ryan P. McMahan, Eric D. Ragan, Tandra T. Allen, “Subjective Evaluation of Tactile Fidelity for Single-Finger and Whole-Hand Touch Gestures”, in Jessie Chen, Stephanie Lackey, editors, Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, Springer, page 198:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Tactile anesthesia; the total or partial absence of the sense of touch.
analgetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæn.l̩ˈd͡ʒɛtɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Forms: form: analgetics
Senses: glosses: analgesic
analgetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæn.l̩ˈd͡ʒɛtɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Forms: form: more analgetic
form: most analgetic
Senses: glosses: analgesic
analgetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of analgetic
androstanediols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of androstanediol
anorchia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From an- + Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle”) + -ia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: anorchidism
anorchism
vanishing testes syndrome
coordinate_terms: cryptorchidism
monorchidism
polyorchidism
glosses: An intersex condition of XY individuals where both testes are absent at birth.
Related terms: anorchic
cryptorchid
anorchism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Anorchia.
Synonyms: anorchidism
androdioecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From andro- + dioecy.
Senses: glosses: A reproductive system found in species composed of a male population and a distinct hermaphrodite population.
Related terms: androdioecious
androdioecious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting, androdioecy.
aneurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: thiamine
androstenediol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: androstenediols
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of related steroid androgens.
Derived terms: methandriol
androstenediols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of androstenediol
Angoumois
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A geographic region, former county, and former province of France, with Angoulême as its capital; nearly corresponding to the modern-day Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Derived terms: Angoumois grain moth
Angoumois moth
Ruthenian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːniən
Forms: form: Ruthenians
Etymology: From Ruthenia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Ruthenia; a Ukrainian, a Belarusian, usually in a historical context.
Ruthenian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iːniən
Etymology: From Ruthenia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any of various languages historically spoken in Ruthenia; also known as Old Ukrainian, Old Belarusian and Rusian, any Old East Slavic descendant, which is different from Russian, Great Russian or "East Russian"
Ruthenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːniən
Forms: form: more Ruthenian
form: most Ruthenian
Etymology: From Ruthenia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or related to Ruthenia.
Synonyms: Ruthene
Ruthenic
Old Ukrainian
Old Belarusian
no-ghost theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A play on no-go theorem, incorporating ghost; so called because, in the original statement of the theorem, there are no vectors of negative norm for r ≠ 0.
Senses: glosses: Goddard-Thorn theorem
angiolipoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiolipomas
form: angiolipomata
Etymology: From angio- + lipoma.
Senses: glosses: A subcutaneous nodule with vascular structure, having all other features of a typical lipoma.
angiolipomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiolipoma
angiolipomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiolipoma
anemonol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anemone + -ol.
Senses: glosses: protoanemonin
protoanemonin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From proto- + anemonin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxin found in all plants of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), produced by an enzymatic process from the glucoside ranunculin.
Synonyms: anemonol
ranunculol
ranunculol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ranunculus + -ol
Senses: glosses: protoanemonin
gods bless you
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Gods bless you dear.....*wiping the tears of sentiment away from my grizzled 34 yo eyes*......GODS BLESS YOU! *G*
ref: April 1999, Jeanine Gravitt (username), Re: YOUNG? He Called me "Young" in alt.religion.wicca (Usenet)
text: ‘Gods bless you,’ she screamed down the slate, into the night.
ref: 2002, China Miéville, Perdido Street Station, Macmillan, page 782:
text: Ps-This is all up to you, Gods bless you —you have the potential to make to happen.
ref: 2009, Richard Walsh, True Jersey City Story: Super Proud Dad 14 Years of Motivational Letters, AuthorHouse, page 161:
text: […]. The whole Ojito Nation’s with you, bother of my soul and heart, gods bless you—oh, gods bless you, Jackie!”
ref: 2009, Jeffrey A. Friedberg, Black Road 2012, INDI, page 179:
glosses: Short for may the gods bless you.
angioscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to angioscopy.
angioscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From angio- + -scopy.
Senses: glosses: A medical technique for visualizing the interior of blood vessels by means of a flexible fiber optic catheter inserted directly into an artery.
Related terms: angioscope
angioscopic
analbuminemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of analbuminaemia.
analbuminemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more analbuminemic
form: most analbuminemic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of analbuminaemic.
analbuminaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: analbuminemia
Etymology: From an- + albumin + -aemia.
Senses: glosses: A benign inherited metabolic defect characterised by an impaired synthesis of serum albumin.
analbuminaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more analbuminaemic
form: most analbuminaemic
form: analbuminemic
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting, analbuminaemia.
androstanedione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: androstanediones
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two isomeric steroids: 5α-androstanedione and 5β-androstanedione. In humans, 5α-androstenedione is a metabolic precursor of testosterone and estrone.
androstanediones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of androstanedione
anlage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anlages
form: anlagen
Etymology: From German Anlage.
Senses: examples: text: Stockard has shown that, not only do anesthetics arrest the development of the intra-embryonic blood vessels in the embryos of Fundulus, at an early ontogenetic stage, but in such a manner that no doubt can now exist that, under normal conditions, these vessels are formed in situ by a concrescence of independent and discontinuous anlagen, and that their endothelium is derived directly from intra-embryonic mesenchymal cells.
ref: 1915, Charles Freeman Williams McClure, The Development of the Lymphatic System in Fishes:
text: Moreover, most species have a cirral pattern which - at least partially - closely resembles that of 18-cirri hypotrichs, including the formation from six (I-VI) anlagen.
ref: 2011, Helmut Berger, Monograph of the Gonostomatidae and Kahliellidae:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A primordium, the initial clustering of embryonic cells from which a body part develops.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An allele, a specific version of a gene (as used by Gregor Mendel).
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Temperament, the predominant personality type.
anlages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anlage
anlaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anlace
anisotropine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: octatropine
octatropine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oct- + atropine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A muscarinic antagonist and antispasmodic, used in the methylbromide form.
Synonyms: anisotropine
angiomyxoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiomyxomas
form: angiomyxomata
Etymology: From angio- + myxoma.
Senses: glosses: A myxomatous tumor involving the blood vessels. It can affect the vulva and other parts of the pelvis.
angiomyxomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiomyxoma
angiomyxomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiomyxoma
angiodysplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiodysplasias
Etymology: From angio- + dysplasia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A small vascular malformation of the gut, a common cause of otherwise unexplained gastrointestinal bleeding and anemia
Related terms: angiodysplastic
angiodysplasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiodysplasia
anomaloscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈnɒmələʊskəʊp/
ipa: /-lə-/
ipa: /əˈnɑməloʊskoʊp/
ipa: /-lə-/
Forms: form: anomaloscopes
Etymology: From German Anomaloskop, from Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “irregular, uneven”) (from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-, “a-, prefix meaning ‘not’”) + ὁμᾰλός (homălós, “even, level”)) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look, to look at; to examine, to inspect”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sḱop, ultimately from *speḱ- (“to see; to look, to observe”)).
Senses: examples: text: The anomaloscope contains a red-green scale from which may be read a number that is proportional to the amount of red in the mixture field, and a Y scale from which is read a number proportional to the luminance of the test color. In testing an observer, the examiner notes the scale values, which then are available for further transformation as noted for the Nagel anomaloscope.
ref: 1981, Committee on Vision, National Research Council, “Color Vision Tests”, in Procedures for Testing Color Vision: Report of Working Group 41, Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, →OCLC, page 38:
text: For the differentiation between color vision defects of retinal origin and color defects as a result of optic nerve disease the determination of the neutral zone and anomaloscope examination are important.
ref: 1982, A. Pinckers, “Minimal Requirements for Color Vision Examination”, in G[uy] Verriest, editor, Colour Vision Deficiencies VI: Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium of the International Research Group on Colour Vision Deficiencies Held at the Klinikum der Freien Universität, (West) Berlin-Steglitz, 17–19 September 1981 (Documenta Ophthalmologia, Proceedings Series; 33), The Hague: Dr W. Junk Publishers, →ISBN, abstract, page 169:
text: Anomaloscopes are instruments that assess the ability to make metametric matches. The results are used for definitive diagnosis and quantitative assessment of color vision status. Anomoloscopes are much more difficult to administer than pseudoisochromatic plates and arrangement tests. The first anomaloscope was designed by Nagel and is based on the color match known as the Rayleigh equation, that is, R + G = Y.
ref: 2014, Harinder Singh Sethi, “Color Vision and Color Blindness”, in H. V. Nema, Nitin Nema, editors, Diagnostic Procedures in Ophthalmology, 3rd edition, New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, →ISBN, page 22:
topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: An instrument used to test for color blindness by measuring quantitative and qualitative anomalies in color perception.
Derived terms: anomaloscopic
anomaloscopy
anomaloscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anomaloscope
echinophthiriid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: echinophthiriids
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any louse in the family Echinophthiriidae.
echinophthiriids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of echinophthiriid
hoplopleurid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoplopleurids
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any louse in the family Hoplopleuridae.
hoplopleurids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoplopleurid
linognathid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linognathids
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any louse in the family Linognathidae.
linognathids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linognathid
polyplacid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyplacids
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any louse in the family Polyplacidae.
polyplacids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyplacid
tetradymites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetradymite
honest to gods
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: "Honest to Gods, I didn't means to cry," he sobbed, his vast stomach heaving, […]
ref: 1957, Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals, page 273:
glosses: Approximate synonym or polytheistic equivalent of honest to God.
Related terms: honest-to-gods
anosodiaphoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + noso- + Ancient Greek διαφορία (diaphoría), from ἀδιαφορία (adiaphoría, “indifference”), from διαφέρω (diaphérō, “differ”).
Senses: glosses: A condition in which a person who suffers disability due to brain injury seems indifferent to the existence of his/her handicap.
Coordinate terms: anosognosia
anoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒskəpi
Forms: form: anoscopies
Etymology: From ano- + -scopy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An examination using a small, rigid, tubular instrument called an anoscope which is inserted into the anal canal
Derived terms: anoscopic
anoscopist
anoscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anoscopy
anoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anoscopes
Etymology: From ano- + -scope.
Senses: glosses: The instrument used in anoscopy.
anoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Etymology: From anoscopy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to anoscopy.
anoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anoscope
bag of nerves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bags of nerves
Senses: glosses: A very nervous person.
Synonyms: bundle of nerves
nervous wreck
worrywart
worrier
androgenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From andro- + genetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting, androgenesis.
Derived terms: androgenetic alopecia
androgenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: androgeneses
Etymology: From andro- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Male or paternal apomixis, involving fusion of the male and female gametes and replacement of the female nucleus by the male nucleus.
anoplotherium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anoplotheriums
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the extinct ungulate genus †Anoplotherium.
anoplotheriums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anoplotherium
anodontia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æn.ə(ʊ)ˈdɒn.tɪ.ə/
ipa: /ˌæn.əˈdɑn.ʃi.ə/
ipa: /ˌæn.əˈdɑn.ʃə/
Forms: form: anodontias
Etymology: From an- (prefix meaning ‘lacking, without’) + -odontia (suffix forming nouns denoting the condition of teeth).
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
teratology
glosses: The congenital absence of some or all primary or permanent teeth, caused by a rare genetic disorder.
Hyponyms: hypodontia
oligodontia
Coordinate terms: edentulism
hyperdontia
toothlessness
Derived terms: pseudoanodontia
Related terms: anodontine
orthodontia
anodontias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anodontia
anisodactyly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aniso- + dactyly.
Senses: glosses: An arrangement of digits with three toes forward and one back, common in songbirds and other perching birds.
Related terms: anisodactyl
anisochromia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: anisochromasia
anisochromasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Slight anisochromasia is normal due to the biconcave shape of erythrocytes, but if excessive, it may indicate iron deficiency.
glosses: Non-uniform coloration of erythrocytes, caused by a non-uniform distribution of hemoglobin within them.
Synonyms: anisochromia
asebotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asebotoxins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: One of the grayanotoxins; grayanotoxin I.
rhodotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhodotoxins
Etymology: From rhodo- + toxin.
Senses: glosses: One of the grayanotoxins; grayanotoxin I.
acetylandromedol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylandromedols
Senses: glosses: One of the grayanotoxins; grayanotoxin I.
andromedotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: andromedotoxins
Senses: glosses: One of the grayanotoxins; grayanotoxin I.
acetylandromedols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acetylandromedol
rhodotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhodotoxin
asebotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asebotoxin
andromedotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of andromedotoxin
anthroponoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthroponosis
anthroponotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to anthroponosis.
Derived terms: zooanthroponotic
syntopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more syntopic
form: most syntopic
Senses: examples: text: [Dwarf Tinamou is] sometimes syntopic with N. maculosa.
ref: 1993, Helmut Sick, Birds of Brazil, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the ability to coexist without interference with other species.
Related terms: syntopical
syntopy
antidysrhythmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + dysrhythmic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to treat or prevent dysrhythmia.
antidysrhythmic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antidysrhythmics
Etymology: From anti- + dysrhythmic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug that treats or prevents dysrhythmia.
antidysrhythmics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antidysrhythmic
anthoxanthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthoxanthins
Etymology: From antho- + xanth- + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of water-soluble flavonoid pigments found in plants.
anthoxanthins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthoxanthin
counterdefinition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterdefinitions
Etymology: From counter- + definition.
Senses: glosses: A definition (of a word or phrase) that opposes another definition.
counterdefinitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterdefinition
anthropometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthropometers
Etymology: From anthropo- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: A device used in anthropometry to measure parts of the body.
Derived terms: autoanthropometer
anthropometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthropometer
antiplasmin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiplasmins
Etymology: From anti- + plasmin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A plasmin inhibitor.
antiplasmins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiplasmin
antisialagogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antisialagogues
Etymology: From anti- + sialagogue.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that decreases the production of saliva.
antisialagogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antisialagogue
aphasiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aphasia + -ology.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
speech-therapy
glosses: The study of linguistic problems resulting from brain damage.
Derived terms: aphasiological
aphasiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aphasiologists
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
speech-therapy
glosses: One who studies or practices aphasiology.
aphasiologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aphasiologist
aphasiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aphasiology + -ical.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
speech-therapy
glosses: Of or relating to aphasiology.
Derived terms: aphasiologically
aphelandras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aphelandra
chewits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chewit
lavatera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lavateras
Etymology: From translingual Lavatera.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the genus Lavatera (syn. of Malva) of malvaceous flowering plants.
lavateras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lavatera
arabinofuranosylcytosines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arabinofuranosylcytosine
antimetropia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimetropias
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: An extreme form of anisometropia in which one eye is myopic and the other hyperopic.
Related terms: antimetropic
antimetropias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimetropia
aortopexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aortopexies
Etymology: From aorto- + -pexy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A surgical procedure in which the aortic arch is fixated to the sternum, so that the tracheal lumen is pulled open.
aortopexies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aortopexy
antistreptolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antistreptolysins
Etymology: From anti- + streptolysin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
immunology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An antibody made against streptolysin.
antistreptolysins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antistreptolysin
aortographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aortography
aortographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aortography + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to aortography.
aortogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aortograms
Etymology: From aorto- + -gram.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An image produced by aortography.
aortograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aortogram
antitragicus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In the human musculoskeletal system of the ear, a part that arises from the outer part of the antitragus and is inserted into the cauda helicis and antihelix.
apudoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apudomas
form: apudomata
Etymology: From APUD cell + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An endocrine tumor arising from an APUD cell.
apudomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apudoma
apudomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apudoma
anthracosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anthrac- + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
pneumology
pulmonology
sciences
glosses: A relatively mild pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of coal.
Hypernyms: coalworker's pneumoconiosis
CWP
black lung
miner's cough
pneumoconiosis
Coordinate terms: anthracosilicosis
Derived terms: anthracotic
Related terms: anthracosilicotic
anthrax
apallic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Unlike the comatose patient, the apallic patient lies in bed with eyes open, staring blankly into the distance[…] Common types of autonomic dysfunction seen in apallic patients include tachycardia, excessive sweating, and rapid breathing.
ref: 2006, Marco Mumenthaler, Heinrich Mattle, Fundamentals of Neurology: An Illustrated Guide, page 76:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a persistent vegetative state.
inconfident
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inconfident
form: most inconfident
Etymology: From in- + confident.
Senses: examples: text: This is in perfect accord with our finding that the confident judgment of a given subject is more liable to be correct than an inconfident one by the same subject.
ref: 1914, American Psychological Association, Psychological monographs, volume 17, page 50:
glosses: unconfident; lacking confidence
apamin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A neurotoxin originally isolated from Apis mellifera, the Western honey bee.
aprosody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + prosody.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
speech-pathology
glosses: The lack of variations in speech, such as speed, tone, and emphasis.
anthropobiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anthropo- + biology.
Senses: glosses: bioanthropology
Derived terms: anthropobiological
anthropobiologist
bioanthropological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bioanthropological
form: most bioanthropological
Etymology: From bio- + anthropological.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to bioanthropology.
Derived terms: bioanthropologically
anthropobiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthropobiologists
Etymology: From anthropobiology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: bioanthropologist
anthropobiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anthropobiology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: bioanthropological
anthropobiologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthropobiologist
anticurare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + curare.
Senses: examples: text: Anticurare drugs include neostigmine, pyridostigmine, and edrophonium.
glosses: The ability of a drug to reverse the muscle paralysis produced by curare.
appendicolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appendicoliths
Etymology: From appendico- + -lith.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A calcified fecal deposit associated with appendicitis.
appendicoliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appendicolith
fecolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fecoliths
form: faecalith
form: faecolith
form: fæcalith
form: fæcolith
form: fecalith
Senses: glosses: A calcified fecal deposit.
Hyponyms: appendicolith
fecoliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fecolith
inconfidence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From in- + confidence.
Senses: examples: text: When coming first among these Indians in October, 1879, we found, instead of tribal unity and co-operation, schisms, jealousies, inconfidence, dissatisfaction, and pleasure manifested in revolutionary rather than in progressive tendencies.
ref: 1880, Annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, United States. Office of Indian Affairs, page 119:
glosses: Lack of confidence; mistrust.
aortorrhaphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aorta + -rrhaphy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: suture of the aorta
aphanisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀφάνισις (aphánisis, “disappearance”). In the psychology sense, coined by Ernest Jones in 1927.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The disappearance of sexual desire, supposed to be the foundation of all neuroses.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The suppression of parts.
apomict
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apomicts
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any apomictic plant or organism.
apomicts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apomict
apocrisiarius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæpəˌkɹɪziˈɛəɹi.əs/
ipa: /ˌæpəˌkɹɪziˈɛɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: apocrisiarii
Etymology: From Latin apocrisiarius, apocrisarius, from Ancient Greek ἀπόκρισις (apókrisis, “separation, answer, embassy or commission”).
Senses: topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A high diplomatic representative, approximately equivalent to a papal nuncio.
apocrisiarii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apocrisiarius
apicoectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: apicoectomies
form: apicectomy
Etymology: From apico- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: An endodontic surgical procedure whereby a tooth's root tip is removed and a root end cavity is prepared and filled with a biocompatible material
Derived terms: apicoectomize
apicoectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apicoectomy
aporepressor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aporepressors
Etymology: From apo- + repressor.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A repressor that binds with a corepressor.
aporepressors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aporepressor
apneustic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) and πνευστικός (pneustikós).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to apneusis.
examples: text: The holopneustic type of [tracheal] system has all ten pairs of spiracles open, ... while the apneustic type has no functional spiracles,
respiration occurring through the general body surface or gills. The tracheal systems with few or no open spiracles
are found in aquatic and endoparasitic insects ... non-functional spiracles are closed or reduced to minute scars,
and each is connected to the longitudinal tracheae by a solid stigmatic cord. The latter helps to anchor the tracheal system in position
and serves to pull out the old tracheal linings when the insect moults.
ref: Davies, R. G. (1988), Outlines of Entomology, 7th edition, London: Chapman and Hall, page 73
glosses: in tracheal systems: having no open spiracles, as occurs in larvae of certain aquatic insects.
apneusis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by deep, gasping inspiration with a pause at full inspiration followed by a brief, insufficient release.
Derived terms: apneustic
antilipaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antilipaemic
form: most antilipaemic
Etymology: From anti- + lipaemic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antilipemic.
antilipaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antilipaemics
Etymology: From anti- + lipaemic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antilipemic.
antilipaemics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antilipaemic
args
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arg
archicortex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From archi- + cortex.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Part of the allocortex, specifically three layered hippocampal cortexes necessary for hippocampus formation
Related terms: archicortical
know what
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of you know what.
quasimode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasimodes
Etymology: From quasi- + mode.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A mode that remains activated only through some constant action on the part of the user, such as holding down a certain key on the keyboard.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A linear combination of modes of the universe that corresponds to a cavity resonance.
Related terms: quasimodal
quasimodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quasimode
jobhunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jobhunters
Etymology: From job + hunter.
Senses: glosses: One who is seeking employment.
job hunting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: job-hunting
form: jobhunting
Etymology: From job + hunting.
Senses: synonyms: job searching
jobseeking
glosses: The seeking of employment.
jobhunters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jobhunter
argininosuccinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: argininosuccinases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: argininosuccinate lyase
argininosuccinases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of argininosuccinase
archipallium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From archi- + pallium.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The oldest region of the brain's pallium, often considered contiguous with the olfactory cortex, but varying among species. In humans, the archipallium makes up the hippocampus.
Related terms: archipallial
argentaffin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: That is stained by silver salts
Synonyms: argyrophilic
argentaffin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: argentaffins
Senses: glosses: Any cell that takes up silver stain.
Related terms: argent
chromaffin
argentaffins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of argentaffin
archicerebellum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛləm
Etymology: From archi- + cerebellum.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The oldest part of the cerebellum in evolutionary terms; the vestibulocerebellum.
arhinia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arrhinia.
aristolochene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi.
ariboflavinosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ariboflavinoses
Etymology: From a- + riboflavin + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The medical condition caused by deficiency of riboflavin.
arrector pili
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrectores pilorum
Etymology: Latin.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of the small muscles attached to hair follicles in mammals, the contraction of which causes the hairs to stand on end.
arrectores pilorum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arrector pili
Mehitabel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Spelling variant of Mehetabel, a name in the Old Testament of the Bible, meaning "God rejoices".
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hebrew.
arsenamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An arsenical that is a proposed chemotherapeutic agent against filaria and trichomonas.
Hypernyms: filaricide
axopod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axopods
Etymology: From axo- + -pod.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of thin pseudopods containing complex arrays of microtubules and enveloped by cytoplasm.
Derived terms: axopodial
axopods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of axopod
arthrocentesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + κέντησις (kéntēsis, “puncture”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The clinical procedure of using a syringe to collect synovial fluid from a joint capsule, used in the diagnosis of gout, arthritis, and synovial infections.
Synonyms: joint aspiration
synovial fluid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synovial fluids
form: synovia
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A transparent, viscous, non-Newtonian lubricating fluid which is found in the cavities of synovial joints or bursae and secreted by the synovial membrane; its main purpose is to reduce friction between the articular cartilage of synovial joints during movement.
synovial fluids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synovial fluid
priapi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pɹaɪˈeɪpi/
Senses: glosses: plural of priapus