yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
broski
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From bro (“brother”) + -ski, from Polish -ski or Russian -ский (-skij, adjectival suffix).
Base: bro
Affixes: -ski
Inflected forms:
form: broskis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: brosky
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: broskie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A trusted male friend.
pos: noun
tags: slang
term-of-address
examples: Hey broski, what's good?
A typical bachelor party might go something like this: "Hey Broskis, let's get our matching striped shirts pressed, put on our jeans with button back pockets, goop the shit out of our hair, and go to a totally overpriced straddle academy for the worst case of blue balls ever. . . Then we can all brag to each other about how we guarantee our stripper is going to call us when she gets off her shift."
Imagine if I never met the broskis
He said hey broski / you got some heals and a shield pot
gloss: A Polish person.
pos: noun
tags: endearing
slang
term-of-address
uncommon
examples: ‘Good to hear your voice, broski.’
Careful friend, Poland is the next gigachad of Europe.
I for one welcome our new polish overlords. Welcome broskis
Related words: brewski
buttinski
offski
Russki
Translations:
allostatic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to allostasis.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
gap-toothed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English gap tothed, gapt tothed (also gaptothe), alteration of earlier gat-tothed (literally “gate-toothed”), equivalent to gap + toothed.
Base: gap
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Exhibiting a gap between the teeth, especially between the two upper central incisors.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, another gap-toothed woman, appears in a clip from her address to the Salvation Army.
gloss: Exhibiting a gap where a tooth is missing, as of a child who has lost a baby tooth, or an adult who has lost a permanent tooth.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The gap-toothed grins of many 7- and 8-year-olds reflect the rapid loss of baby teeth and eruption of permanent teeth during the early school years, although children typically do not lose all of their primary teeth until they are about 12 years old.
Other slices of Canadian life included scenes of Niagara Falls, log-rolling, gap-toothed hockey players, and beer halls.
Synonyms: diastematic
gappy
Translations:
coomassie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Either of two blue dyes used in the textile industry
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
hyperthermic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: hyper- + -thermic
Base: hyper
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a very high temperature
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Relating to hyperthermia
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Related words: isohyperthermic
Derived words: hyperthermically
Translations:
valsartan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Blend of valeryl + -sartan.
Compound parts: valeryl
-sartan
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An antihypertensive drug C₂₄H₂₉N₅O₃ that is taken orally and blocks the action of angiotensin II. It is marketed under the trademark Diovan and when used in combination with amlodipine, under the trademark Exforge.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
zimbabwe
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the Bantu word for a meeting house.
Inflected forms:
form: zimbabwes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the prominent cultural ruins of which Greater Zimbabwe is the most well known.
pos: noun
Translations:
masterman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From master + -man.
Base: master
Affixes: -man
Inflected forms:
form: mastermen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A master craftsman, often employing apprentices or journeymen.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: 1975 Daily Tel. 15 Sept. 17/1: "The main problem is the difficulty in finding a masterman to be apprenticed to; nearly all mastermen are already training apprentices."
Translations:
butalbital
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A barbiturate drug.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
adefovir
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From ade(nosine) + -fovir (“phosphonic acid derivative”).
Base: adenosine
Affixes: -fovir
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A drug used to treat hepatitis B and herpes simplex virus infection.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
afatinib
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Origin unknown; the suffix -tinib denotes a pharmaceutical drug that is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A drug against non-small cell lung carcinoma.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
BAE
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
Etymology: * (Ecuadoran Navy): Spanish BAE
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The ship prefix for ships of the navy of Ecuador.
pos: noun
tags: initialism
uncountable
Translations:
valenced
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
Etymology: From valence + -ed.
Base: valence
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
form: more valenced
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most valenced
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having a (often specified type of) value
pos: adj
Translations:
anakinra
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From [Term?] + -nakinra (“interleukin-1 receptor antagonist”).
Affixes: -nakinra
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A drug that blocks the activity of interleukin-1 and is administered as a subcutaneous injection chiefly in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. It is a recombinant form of an endogenous antagonist of interleukin-1 receptor and is marketed under the trademark Kineret.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
axitinib
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
woodrat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From wood + rat.
Compound parts: wood
rat
Inflected forms:
form: woodrats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A packrat (kind of rodent).
pos: noun
Translations:
kollel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: education
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew כולל (“collective, community”).
Inflected forms:
form: kollels
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kollelim
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kolel
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An institute for full-time advanced study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature.
pos: noun
tags: Judaism
Translations:
neuroimmune
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From neuro- + immune.
Base: immune
Affixes: neuro-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Describing those components of the nervous system that modulate the immune response
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
volumetrics
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of volume + metrics.
Compound parts: volume
metrics
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The measurement or the estimation of volume.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
chawan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Mandarin 茶碗 (cháwǎn) or Japanese 茶碗 (chawan, literally “tea bowl”).
Inflected forms:
form: chawans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: chawan
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An East Asian tea bowl, in which tea may be prepared and then consumed.
pos: noun
examples: Mr Miyagawa also pointed out that different seasons demanded different chawans, with wide, flatter shapes being used in summer time, and smaller, deeper ones that don't lose heat so quickly are used in winter times.
Translations:
carebear
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: video-games
Etymology: From care + bear, referring to the Care Bears, a brand of cheerful bear figures on greeting cards.
Compound parts: care
bear
Inflected forms:
form: carebears
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A player who is against griefers; one who dislikes, or tries to prevent, trouble (often PvP related) in the game world.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
slang
examples: Role-players, carebears and casual gamers belong here. They advance at their own pace, oblivious to the race going on around them.
If a guy turns out to be a griefer, he won't last... […] Personally, i'd^([sic]) be more than happy if the carebear fucks stayed the hell out of Neocron.
There are always going to be carebears who will scream at the slightest notion that they can't take their leisurely stroll through the game where nothing bad ever happens, but piss on 'em. :-)
Translations:
ill-groomed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more ill-groomed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ill-groomed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having an untidy appearance; not well-groomed; unkempt.
pos: adj
Translations:
time-poor
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more time-poor
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most time-poor
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not having enough time to do things one wishes to do.
pos: adj
examples: cash rich but time-poor
Translations:
guanfacine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Probably from guan- (“guanidine derivative”) + ph(enyl)ac(etyl) + -ine.
Base: phenylacetyl
Affixes: guan-
-ine
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A drug that is an alpha-adrenergic agonist taken orally in the form of its hydrochloride C₉H₉Cl₂N₃O·HCl especially to treat hypertension and attention deficit disorder. It is marketed under the trademarks Intuniv and Tenex.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
sub-element
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From sub- + element.
Base: element
Affixes: sub-
Inflected forms:
form: sub-elements
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A subordinate or secondary element.
pos: noun
Translations:
king-of-arms
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English King of armes, kyng of armes.
Inflected forms:
form: kings-of-arms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: king of arms
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One of the three chief heralds of the College of Arms, designated as Garter (Principal King of Arms), Clarenceux (for England south of the Trent and Wales), and Norroy & Ulster (for England north of the Trent and Northern Ireland).
pos: noun
examples: In April 1504 the longstanding Garter king-of-arms John Writhe died.
Translations:
Huaorani
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Huaorani huaorani (“Huaorani, true human”).
Inflected forms:
form: Huaoranis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Huaorani
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Native American people from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador.
pos: noun
Translations:
scap
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: bodybuilding
exercise
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Clipping of scapula.
Inflected forms:
form: scaps
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The scapula.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
Translations:
age-mate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From age + -mate.
Base: age
Affixes: -mate
Inflected forms:
form: age-mates
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: agemate
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One who is the same age as another.
pos: noun
examples: It had made him live a life unlike that of most of his age-mates, a reclusive, provincial life.
Translations:
neo-druid
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + druid.
Base: druid
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
form: neo-druids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A follower of neo-druidism
pos: noun
Translations:
e-discovery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
law
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From e- + discovery.
Base: discovery
Affixes: e-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Discovery in civil litigation which deals with the exchange of information in electronic format.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
crouchy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From crouch + -y.
Base: crouch
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: crouchier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: crouchiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Tending to crouch; hunched over.
pos: adj
examples: ...not a street of "show" poverty, to impress strangers, just as there is "show" iniquity, but of the real poverty, of snag-toothed, crouchy, hungry, gnarl-bodied people who step aside on the crowded walks...
They run very low, all crouchy, and so do panthers, which was a surprise to me.
So then all of sudden he starts doing that crouchy thing, you know, when he looks like a lion on the hunt.
Translations:
woodsball
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From woods + ball.
Compound parts: woods
ball
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A form of paintball played in a natural outdoor area, contrasted with speedball.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
bifidobacterium
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the genus name.
Inflected forms:
form: bifidobacteria
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any bacterium of the genus Bifidobacterium
pos: noun
Translations:
straight-out
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more straight-out
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most straight-out
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise.
pos: adj
gloss: unqualified; thoroughgoing
pos: adj
examples: Anne was indignant with that straight-out and generous indignation which belongs to women, who are ready to follow their principles to any result with more inconsiderate fearlessness than men.
Translations:
conotoxin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
toxicology
Etymology: From cone + toxin.
Compound parts: cone
toxin
Inflected forms:
form: conotoxins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A neurotoxic peptide isolated from the venom of a marine cone snail of genus Conus.
pos: noun
Translations:
Constantia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Cōnstantia. Doublet of Constance.
Inflected forms:
form: Constantias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A kind of wine, either white or red, from Constantia in Cape Colony.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
fibrosing
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Accompanied by fibrosis
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
indocyanine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: From blend of indole + cyanine.
Compound parts: indole
cyanine
Inflected forms:
form: indocyanines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any cyanine dye containing an indole group.
pos: noun
Translations:
mesalazine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From me- (“alteration of amino-”) + -salazine (“salicylic acid derivative”).
Affixes: amino-
-salazine
Inflected forms:
form: mesalamine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The active antiinflammatory component of sulfasalazine, 5-aminosalicylic acid, when used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
necroptosis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Blend of necrosis + apoptosis. Coined by Alexei Degterev et al. in a 2005 article in Nature Chemical Biology.
Compound parts: necrosis
apoptosis
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A specific form of programmed cell death resembling necrosis.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
spermatophore
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: From spermato- + -phore.
Base: spermato
Inflected forms:
form: spermatophores
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A spermospore.
pos: noun
gloss: A capsule or pocket enclosing a number of spermatozoa, found in many annelids, brachiopods, insects, mollusks, and crustaceans.
pos: noun
examples: The spermatophores begin to ejaculate immediately after leaving the penis and the whole process is completed in a very few seconds. Pulling the filament attached to the ejaculatory end of a spermatophore is all that is needed to start its ejaculation.
Derived words: hemispermatophore
pseudospermatophore
spermatophoral
spermatophorous
Translations:
Lollard
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Late Middle English, possibly from or influenced by Dutch lollen (“to mumble”). Other origins have been proposed; see Lollardy.
Inflected forms:
form: Lollards
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a sect of early reformers in Germany.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A Wycliffite.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: [H]e, a lollard indeed over his elbovv-cuſhion, in almoſt the ſeaventh part of 40. or 50. years teaches them ſcarce half the principles of religion; and his ſheep oft-times ſit the vvhile to as little purpoſe of benifiting as the ſheep in thir pues at Smithfield; […]
‘She died for Wyclif’s book. It was an old Bible. She was what they call a Lollard.’
Derived words: Lollardian
Lollardism
Lollardist
Lollardize
Lollardry
Lollardy
Translations:
hiper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
Etymology: From hipe + -er.
Base: hipe
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: hipers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hyper
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A wrestler who uses the hipe technique.
pos: noun
examples: A tall wrestler who is an expert hiper is always a terror to a man of smaller stature. Edward Norman, of Carlisle, who stands close on six feet, is at present the best hiper in England.
Translations:
voicework
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From voice + work.
Compound parts: voice
work
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: therapy intended to help the patient with speaking
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Voicework can help build confidence in our ability to express ourselves in a clear, vibrant, natural voice.
Translations:
irbesartan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From [Term?] + -sartan (“angiotensin II receptor antagonist”).
Affixes: -sartan
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An angiotensin II receptor antagonist used mainly for the treatment of hypertension.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
bathyal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From bathy- + -al.
Base: bathy-
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to the ocean bottom, between the sublittoral and abyssal zones, at a depth of between 200 and 2000 metres
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Accessory benthic foraminiferal events reported by Berggren and Miller (1989) to occur in the late Eocene are the migrations into the bathyal realm from the neritic realm of planulinids and siphoninids.
Translations:
Chesapeake
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Chesepiook, from Algonquin chesepiooc. The demonym came from the toponym, signifying "people from the Chesapeake" or "Chesapeake people". It was widely believed for a long time that "Chesapeake" means something like "Great Shellfish Bay." However, according to Blair Rudes, linguist at the University of North Carolina, the name might actually mean something like "Great Water," or it might have been simply the name of a village at the bay's mouth.
Inflected forms:
form: Chesapeakes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any member of the Chesapeake tribe.
pos: noun
examples: The Englishmen reported that they had seen several Chesapeakes in a canoe.
Translations:
bisoprolol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From biisopro(pyl) + pro(pran)olol.
Base: diisopropyl
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A beta blocker (trademark Zebeta) taken orally in the form of its fumarate (C₁₈H₃₁NO₄)₂·C₄H₄O₄ to treat hypertension.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
bethanechol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From b(eta-methyl) + (ur)ethane + chol(ine).
Base: methyl
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A parasympathomimetic agent administered in the form of its chloride C₇H₁₇ClN₂O₂ and used especially to treat gastric and urinary retention.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
thyrotropin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der.
Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā
Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
Ancient Greek -εος (-eos)
Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós)
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor.
New Latin thyreoīdēsbor.
English thyroid
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-bor.
English -o-
English thyro-
Proto-Indo-European *trep-der.
Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek τροπή (tropḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek τροπῐκός (tropĭkós)bor.
English -tropic
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ineclip.
English -in
English -tropin
English thyrotropin
From thyro- + -tropin.
Inflected forms:
form: thyrotropins
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: thyrotrophin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A thyroid-stimulating glycoprotein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
yamabushi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Japanese 山伏.
Inflected forms:
form: yamabushi
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Japanese ascetic hermit who dwells on a mountain.
pos: noun
Translations:
bairdi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: bairdis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Chionoecetes bairdi, a species of snow crab.
pos: noun
examples: The big surprise was how well bairdis, the larger and more expensive of the two snow crab species, moved in the U.S. market.
A bairdi fishery with 375,000 pounds of quota was also resurrected on the South Peninsula, where crab fishing had been closed since 1989.
Translations:
sejarah
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Malay sejarah (“history”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: history (as a school subject)
pos: noun
tags: Manglish
Translations:
glowlight
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From glow + light.
Compound parts: glow
light
Inflected forms:
form: glowlights
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fish, the glowlight danio (Danio choprae).
pos: noun
gloss: A fish, the glowlight rasbora (Trigonostigma hengeli).
pos: noun
Related words: GloFish
grow light
Translations:
danio
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Bengali ধানি (dhani, “relating to paddy”).
Inflected forms:
form: danios
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of various fish of the genera Danio or Devario.
pos: noun
tags: in-compounds
examples: 1995, Mary Bailey, The Ultimate Aquarium, Smithmark, page 158,
Danios are very similar to barbs but are much slimmer-bodied.
To me, however, they are more reminiscent of leopard danios than livebearers.
2019, Madelaine Francis Heleine, Freshwater Aquariums For Dummies, Wiley (For Dummies), page 155,
For example, danios need to be fed often because they have high metabolism rates.
Translations:
paranal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From par- + anal.
Base: anal
Affixes: par-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: near the anus
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
periapical
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From peri- + apical.
Base: apical
Affixes: peri-
Inflected forms:
form: periapicals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Surrounding an apex (especially of a tooth).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A radiograph of the area surrounding the apex of a tooth.
pos: noun
Translations:
postcentral
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From post- + central.
Base: central
Affixes: post-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: posterior to the central sulcus
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
filgrastim
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) analogue used to stimulate the proliferation and differentiation of granulocytes.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
fulvestrant
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From [Term?] + estr(ogen receptor) ant(agonist).
Base: antiestrogen
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An estrogen receptor antagonist drug.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
VFX
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
Etymology: From the initial letter of "visual", and the pronunciation of "effects".
Inflected forms:
form: VFXs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: VFXing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: VFXed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: VFXed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: VFX'd
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: VFX'd
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To create or manipulate (something) using visual effects techniques.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: When we were filming all the scenes in Charlie’s house, I had a huge scab. I think they VFX’d it out and that’s where most of the budget went.
Translations:
edoxaban
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From [Term?] + -xaban (“blood coagulation factor Xa inhibitor”).
Affixes: -xaban
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An anticoagulant drug.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
etodolac
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A certain nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
ethinylestradiol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From ethinyl + estradiol.
Compound parts: ethinyl
estradiol
Inflected forms:
form: ethynylestradiol
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: ethinyl estradiol
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: ethynyl estradiol
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: ethinyloestradiol
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
Senses:
gloss: A derivative of 17β-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
do-nothingness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From do-nothing + -ness.
Base: do-nothing
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Her disposition was naturally easy and indolent, like Lady Bertram's; and a situation of similar affluence and do-nothing-ness, would have been much more suited to her capacity, than the exertions and self-denials of the one, which her imprudent marriage had placed her in.
Translations:
set-fair
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In plastering, a particularly good trowelled surface.
pos: noun
tags: no-plural
Translations:
castable
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: From cast + -able.
Base: cast
Affixes: -able
Inflected forms:
form: more castable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most castable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: castables
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Able to be cast. In particular:
pos: adj
examples: I always assumed that I'd be more castable as I got older. I'm a character actress and a comedian —not some pretty little ingénue. I figured I'd grow[…]
Most importantly, agents want to know you are castable. The easiest way to show them that, obviously, is to get cast in stuff. You might have a long and impressive resume from your acting school or community theater back home[…]
gloss: Able to be cast. In particular:
pos: adj
examples: page=144 Witches Spellbook is advertised [as] "For those who'd like to be witches and get their hands on a batch of castable spells." This book also includes a shopping guide for such necessities as bottled bat's blood.
Magic tomes […] provided access to more castable spells than would fit in most artifacts, up to two or three dozen. The military offered its soldiers a few portable arrays made of precious metals wrought into the desired shapes, but those would be even less accessible[…]
gloss: Able to be cast. In particular:
pos: adj
gloss: Able to be cast. In particular:
pos: adj
gloss: Any substance that can be cast, as in a mould.
pos: noun
Related words: castability
Derived words: uncastable
Translations:
lang: French
word: transtypable
lang: Polish
word: rzutowalny
betadine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From Betadine, a brand name.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Povidone-iodine, used as a topical antiseptic.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: She pulls off the scab and some of the surrounding skin with our often resterilized needle. It hurts, some blood comes out, not so much pus, there's certainly more inside. I almost cry — not quite. […] I'm a little scared, I don't want it to get worse. Will garlic oil pills and a little betadine do the trick?
Translations:
aidid
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: aidids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any member of the family Aididae.
pos: noun
examples: Aidids have presumably homologous warts, although these do not bear long secondary setae.
Translations:
zeid
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
Inflected forms:
form: zeids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any fish in the family Zeidae.
pos: noun
examples: Most zeids have spiny projections or bucklers at the dorsal- and anal-fin bases and bony plates on the ventral surface of the abdomen.
Translations:
three-forked
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having three forks or prongs.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: his threeforkt Pyke / He stearnly shooke, and therewith fierce did stryke / The raging billowes […]
Translations:
Naxalite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Derived from Bengali নকশালবাড়ি (nokśalbaṛi, “Naxalbari”), the village where the movement originated in the late 1960s. See -ite.
Inflected forms:
form: Naxalites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of any of several militant Maoist movements in India.
pos: noun
examples: Nobody expects anything from a Naxalite, so everything they do is a bonus.
The Naxalite problem has to be tackled by the state police forces and paramilitary forces.
Translations:
Naxalism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Naxalite beliefs and activities.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
kokeshi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Japanese こけし (kokeshi).
Inflected forms:
form: kokeshis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kokeshi
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Japanese wooden doll with a spherical head having simple painted-on features, and a limbless, cylindrical body, typically featuring a painted-on floral design.
pos: noun
examples: I have a hurried look round my shelves: the Hawaiian belle of the dusky skin, the little Red Indian dolls from Lake Placid, the rows of kokeshis from Japan, which all bring back memories of wonderful Rotary friends, all over the world.
The popularity of kokeshi among Japanese tourists today is thus an eloquent testimony to the survival of a folk tradition as well as to the modern generation's ignorance of its implications.
The addition of decorative clothing a la simple rings of color and the expressive, even suggestive, faces that so many kokeshi wear, turned them from simple children's toys into works of collectible folk art.
Translations:
siliciclastic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: siliciclastics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Describing clastic rocks that bear quartz or similar silicate minerals
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: As with siliciclastic turbidites, the maximum thickness of an individual bed is commonly not attained in the neighborhood of the source area, but at some distance downcurrent (Fig. 5.16b); then it decreases distally.
gloss: Such a rock
pos: noun
Translations:
dermestid
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Inflected forms:
form: dermestids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any beetle of the family Dermestidae, most of which are scavengers that feed on dry animal or plant material.
pos: noun
examples: Stray dermestids are a great hazard in a biology department.
Some small dermestids are found in bee or wasp nests, where they feed on old pollen stores or on dried remains of bees or wasps.
In nature, dermestids can be found on old, dry carcasses, in bird and mammal nests, while the adults of some species visit flowers, where they feed on pollen and nectar.
Translations:
fucko
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From bucko and fuck.
Inflected forms:
form: fuckos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An insulting term of address.
pos: noun
tags: slang
vulgar
examples: Jimmy Conway: Come on fuckos, let's go for a ride!
“You forgot your shopping list, Fucko. You don’t want to forget that. Everything back in your pockets. As for your phone, I’m going to put that back on its little charger in your little housie. After I delete the message I left you, that is.”
Translations:
enid
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: From translingual Enidae.
Inflected forms:
form: enids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any snail in the family Enidae.
pos: noun
Translations:
minehunter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From mine + hunter.
Compound parts: mine
hunter
Inflected forms:
form: minehunters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A naval vessel that actively detects and destroys individual naval mines.
pos: noun
Translations:
pacemaking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From pace + making.
Compound parts: pace
making
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The action of a pacemaker (in any sense)
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
no-scope
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: video-games
Etymology: From no + scope.
Compound parts: no
scope
Inflected forms:
form: no-scopes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: no scope
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: noscope
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: no-scopes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: no-scoping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: no-scoped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: no-scoped
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no scope
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: noscope
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A kill with a sniper rifle performed without scoping in.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: To shoot without scoping in; especially with a high-precision, long-range gun, such as a sniper rifle.
pos: verb
tags: slang
gloss: To kill by means of a no-scope.
pos: verb
tags: slang
Related words: quickscope
Translations:
carbidopa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Probably from (de)carb(oxylase) + i(nhibitor) + -dopa (“dopamine derivative”).
Base: decarboxylase
Affixes: -dopa
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A drug C₁₀H₁₄N₂O₄·H₂O that inhibits decarboxylation of ʟ-dopa in tissues outside the brain and that is administered with ʟ-dopa in the treatment of Parkinson's disease to increase the amount of ʟ-dopa available for transport to the brain.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
carbimazole
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Blend of carboxylate + methimazole.
Compound parts: carboxylate
methimazole
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The prodrug of thiamazole, used to treat hyperthyroidism.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
canagliflozin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From cana- (of unknown origin) + -gliflozin (“sodium–glucose cotransporter inhibitor”).
Affixes: cana-
-gliflozin
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A drug C₂₄H₂₅FO₅S·½H₂O that lowers blood sugar by reducing the reabsorption of glucose from the kidneys and is taken orally to treat type 2 diabetes. It is marketed under the trademark Invokana and when used in combination with metformin, under the trademark Invokamet.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
neo-druidism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + druidism.
Base: druidism
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The religion and philosophical beliefs promoting harmony with nature, and drawing on the practices of the druids.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Druidry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Druid + -ry.
Base: druid
Affixes: -ry
Inflected forms:
form: druidry
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A religion and philosophy which promotes harmony with nature, and draws on the practices of the druids.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Neo-Druidry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + Druidry.
Base: Druidry
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
form: neo-Druidry
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The religion and philosophical beliefs promoting harmony with nature, and drawing on the practices of the druids.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
ur-word
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From ur- (“original, primal”) + word. Compare Dutch oerwoord, German Urwort.
Base: word
Affixes: ur-
Inflected forms:
form: ur-words
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: urword
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An original or primal word; a protoword.
pos: noun
examples: As "neither linguistically conceived experience nor speech-less experience," but rather as "the experience of the removal of the word" and in unity with the experience of the birth of the word," the "Ur-word" would correspond accordingly to the "Ur-sentence", [...]
According to Hillis Miller, Hopkins supposed that, by a continuous process of subdivision, all words descend from a first original, an ur-word.
Enowning, enabling saying (showing), makes way in clearing and opening ways for gathering-thinging. Heidegger in another work calls on an Ur-word from the East, bringing it into play with the thought of enowning.
Translations:
crizotinib
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An aminopyridine drug used to treat certain kinds of lung carcinoma.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Tab
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From tab.
Inflected forms:
form: Tabs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A key on a computer keyboard that typically inserts a tab or moves the input focus.
pos: noun
Translations:
dronabinol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Contraction of tetrahydrocannabinol.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A synthetic delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol that is used to control nausea caused by chemotherapy and to stimulate appetite in cases of AIDS-induced anorexia.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The others, dronabinol (Marinol, Syndros) and nabilone (Cesamet), are pills used to curb nausea in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and to stimulate appetite in AIDS patients with wasting syndrome.
Translations:
lorcaserin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A serotonergic and anorectic drug, C₁₁H₁₄ClN.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
majid
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Inflected forms:
form: majids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the family Majidae of sea spiders or spider crabs.
pos: noun
Translations:
mysid
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Inflected forms:
form: mysids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any crustacean of the order Mysida.
pos: noun
gloss: Any crustacean of the family Mysidae.
pos: noun
tags: uncommon
Translations:
retrosplenial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From retro- + splenial.
Base: splenial
Affixes: retro-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Behind the splenium.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
subtest
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From sub- + test.
Base: test
Affixes: sub-
Inflected forms:
form: subtests
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sub-test
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: subtests
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: subtesting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: subtested
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: subtested
pos: verb
tags: past
form: sub-test
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A test that is part of a larger one.
pos: noun
gloss: To perform tests on a subgroup or subset.
pos: verb
examples: 2007, Anthony J. Petrosino, Taylor Martin, Vanessa Svihla, Developing Student Expertise and Community
Subtesting showed that these differences existed between the urban and suburban groups in the application items, whereas the rural group was not significantly different from the suburban or urban groups.
Translations:
dapoxetine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From [Term?] + -oxetine (“fluoxetine derivative”).
Affixes: -oxetine
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An SSRI marketed for the treatment of premature ejaculation in men.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
self-striping
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
Etymology: From self- + striping.
Base: striping
Affixes: self-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a variegated colour, so as to produce stripes when used to knit small items such as socks or mittens.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
desmopressin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Desmo: word-forming element used in scientific compounds and meaning "band, bond, ligament," from Greek desmos "bond, fastening, chain," related to dein "to bind," from PIE root *dē- "to bind."
Pressin: from vasopressin, the hormone that desmopressin is an analogue of, that causes increased blood pressure.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A synthetic replacement for vasopressin.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
dactinomycin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From D + actinomycin.
Compound parts: D
actinomycin
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Actinomycin D.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
perseid
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Inflected forms:
form: perseids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any member of the Perseidae.
pos: noun
Translations:
mesna
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: An acronym for 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate Na.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An organosulfur compound used in cancer chemotherapy involving cyclophosphamide and ifosfamide as an adjuvant.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
mesalamine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The drug mesalazine.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
montelukast
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From Mont(r)e(al) + -lukast (“leukotriene receptor antagonist”), named after the city of Montreal, where the drug was developed by Merck in 1991.
Base: Montreal
Affixes: -lukast
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A leukotriene antagonist (trademark Singulair) used orally in the form of its sodium salt C₃₅H₃₅ClNNaO₃S to treat asthma or to relieve the symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
midodrine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From (a)mide + -o- + -drine (“sympathomimetic”).
Base: amide
Affixes: -o-
-drine
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A vasopressor/antihypotensive agent.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
megestrol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From me(thyl) + -gestr- (“estrogen”) + -ol.
Base: methyl
Affixes: -gestr-
-ol
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A steroidal progestin.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
KBs
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Abbreviation of kine bud + -s (possibly either genitive or plural).
Affixes: -s
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: High-grade marijuana.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
Translations:
FANBOYS
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Acronym of For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Acronym used to remember the coordinating conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.
pos: noun
tags: mnemonic
plural
plural-only
examples: The risk is greater with subordinating conjunctions (see “Starting a Sentence with Because”), but the FANBOYS are sometimes considered guilty by association: […]
These FANBOYS help create compound sentences, and when they serve this role, a comma comes before their use.
Avoid putting a comma immediately after any of the FANBOYS.
Translations:
fetuin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: fetuins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a family of plasma glycoproteins, secreted from the liver into the bloodstream
pos: noun
Translations:
norethisterone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From nor- + ethisterone.
Base: ethisterone
Affixes: nor-
Inflected forms:
form: norethindrone
pos: noun
tags: alternative
US
Senses:
gloss: A synthetic steroid hormone, 19-nor-17α-ethynyltestosterone (C₂₀H₂₆O₂), which has actions similar to those of progesterone and is used chiefly for contraception.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations: