molestache

> rivers looks like a kid toucher.
rivers definitely has the molestache action goin on.

2001 January 27, Scott “devotion100”, “Re: Weezer's mustaches”, in alt.music.weezer (Usenet):

I think that this level of arrogant cynicism is very instructive...you know...like how watching a mulleted drunk in a wife-beater, boxers and a molestache smacking his kids on COPS teaches us about how NOT to raise a family.

2002 December 28, C. Lee, “Re: i wonder what kind of movie we would come up with”, in alt.horror (Usenet):

2004 April 1, Douglas C. Niedermeyer (pseudonym), “Scary molestache completes coaching staff”, in the Daily Nebraskan, 2004 April 1 joke issue.

Also known as the “molestache,” this sexified upper lip hair is often seen on men wearing short shorts, Blue Blocker sunglasses, lots of gold jewelry, […]

2005 March 10, Bryce Donovan, “Easy ladies, there's enough Bryce to go around”, in The Post and Courier, Evening Post Publishing Company:

(He earned the name Mario Mugshot in my circle because he looks like Mario from Super Mario Bros, and he has a molestache and messy hair like you would see on a child molester in a mugshot)

2005 May 26, Thomas, “Re: Pistons will win Game 3”, in alt.sports.basketball.nba.det-pistons (Usenet):

2007 January 6, “Gurriato”, “Re: Estamos todos manipulados” (“Re: We are all being manipulated”), in alt.usage.spanish and other groups, Usenet,
He wears a britstache (also called a molestache, a combination of the words mustache and molest). El Renacuajo's mustache is scrawny and creepy, much like most wearers of the molestache.

(slang, rare) A type of scrawny or unkempt mustache supposedly associated with child molesters.


vestibulum

Unadapted borrowing from Latin vestibulum (“a forecourt, entrance court; an entrance”). Doublet of vestibule.


somite

pedigerous somite

(anatomy) A metamere, one of a series of segments, arranged longitudinally, of which some animals are composed.


palmar

en-adj

palmar (comparative more palmar, superlative most palmar)

more palmar (comparative)
most palmar (superlative)

dorsal

antonym(s) of “toward the palmar surface”

Borrowed from Latin palmaris. May be decomposed as palm + -ar.

"A latent print on the palmar surface of our hands and the plantar surfaces of our foot is a scan that is entirely different from the scan on the rest of our bodies.

1988 May 20, Jack Clark, “Touch of Death”, in Chicago Reader:

(anatomy, not comparable) Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage.

дланов

of or pertaining to the palm of the hand

The long and ring superficialis tendons lie more palmar than the index and small.

2002, John Gray Seiler, Essentials of Hand Surgery, →ISBN, page 14:

(anatomy and medicine) In the direction of the palm.


hypo-

From Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-), combining form of ὑπό (hupó, “under”). Doublet of sub-.
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der.
English hypo-


eyewear

American manufacturers are now describing spectacles as "eyewear".

1925, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Sir Owen Seaman, editors, London charivari:

Use of safety eyewear by Jones saved his sight when he was holding a chisel, another employe lifted up a hammer to hit the chisel and accidentally struck Jones in the nose and safety glasses.

1974 October 14, “Wise Owl Club inducts two”, in St. Petersburg Times / Manatee Times, retrieved 2010-09-01, page 3:

ANSI divides sunglasses into three categories: fashion spectacles that shield eyes from only 70% of UV-B and less than 60% of UV-A; everyday eyewear that screens out 95% of UV-B and between 60% and 92% of UV-A; and special-purpose glasses that absorb almost 99% of ultraviolet rays.

1988 July 4, Anastasia Toufexis et al., “Health & Fitness: Do Your Shades Do the Job?”, in Time:

When one of the daily robberies ends with him accidentally merking the robber (a real player, which the NPCs aren’t supposed to be able to attack), Guy gets his hands on the victim’s sunglasses—a pair of eyewear that allows him to see, like “Rowdy” Roddy Piper in They Live, the secret messages (and, in this case, powerups and side missions and stats) scattered across his world.

2021 August 6, A. A. Dowd, “The Ryan Reynolds action-comedy Free Guy is a Truman Show for the Fortnite age”, in The A.V. Club:

A vision aid or similar device worn over the eyes, such as eyeglasses, contact lenses, or protective goggles.


neuropeptide

(biochemistry) Any of several peptides, such as endorphins, that function as neurotransmitters.

neuropèptid

peptide that function as a neurotransmitter


helicase

(biochemistry) An enzyme required for DNA unwinding.


caspase

Short for cysteine-aspartic acid protease.

(biochemistry) Any of several intracellular proteolytic enzymes that mediate apoptosis and pyroptosis.


Destot's space

Named for radiologist Étienne Destot (1864-1918).

The wound on the back of the hand on the Shroud of Turin appears on the thumb side of the wrist, and any anatomy textbook will confirm that Destot's space is on the pinkie side of the wrist, where Barbet indeed sank his nails into his cadaver wrists."

2003, Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, W. W. Norton & Company, page 163:

(anatomy) The space in the wrist bounded by the hamate, capitate, triquetral and lunate bones.


respiratory system

en-noun

respiratory system (plural respiratory systems)

(anatomy) The system of organs serving for respiration.


double chin

A layer of subcutaneous fat under the chin, giving the appearance of having an extra chin.

have more chins than a Chinese phone book


master gland

The pituitary is often called the master gland because it controls so much.

2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 167:

(informal, biology) The pituitary gland.


hair dye

hair dye (countable and uncountable, plural hair dyes)

Any of various materials used to dye hair on the head.

染髮劑 /染发剂

any of various materials used to dye hair on the head


harpin

(biochemistry) A protein produced by certain plant pathogens


madarotic

From madarosis, from Ancient Greek μαδάρωσις (madárōsis, “baldness, especially of the eyelids”).

uder

(medicine, rare) Of or pertaining to the loss of eyebrows or eyelashes.


madarosis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαδάρωσις (madárōsis, “baldness, especially of the eyelids”).

bor+

(medicine, dermatology) The loss of eyebrows or eyelashes.


subcapsular

(anatomy) Below the capsule (of a joint, kidney etc)


frontal sinus

(anatomy) A paranasal sinus situated behind the superciliary arches.


nasal septum

en-noun

nasal septum (plural nasal septa or nasal septums)

nasal septa (plural)
nasal septums (plural)

deviated nasal septum

deviation of the nasal septum

(anatomy) A bony and cartilaginous partition in the nose, separating the left and right airways in the nose and dividing the two nostrils.


undercoat

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A layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur


nondairy

Coordinate term: lactose-free (but not necessarily dairy-free)

Near-synonym: milkless

Plus, today there is a wide array of nondairy yogurt options, from coconut milk to oat milk–based, and more.

2020, Shawn Stevenson, Eat Smarter: Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain, and Transform Your Life, Little, Brown Spark, published 2021, →ISBN:


chondromucoid

chondromucoid (countable and uncountable, plural chondromucoids)

(obsolete, anatomy) The combination of chondroitin sulfate and collagen fibres that gives cartilage its resilience and flexibility.


quadrate

From Middle English quadrat, quadrate, from Latin quadrātum. Doublet of quadrat; compare also quadrant (“square or quadrangle”).


slick back

en-verb

slick back (third-person singular simple present slicks back, present participle slicking back, simple past and past participle slicked back)

slicks back (present singular third-person)
slicking back (participle present)
slicked back (participle past)
slicked back (past)

His hair was slicked back with gel.

I can see you / Your brown skin shining in the sun / You got your hair slicked back and those Wayfarers on, baby

1984, “The Boys of Summer”, in Don Henley (lyrics), Building the Perfect Beast:

To make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.


one-eyed trouser snake

en-noun

one-eyed trouser snake (plural one-eyed trouser snakes)

Christ, I’ve gotta go and shake the old one-eyed trouser snake, meself.

1970, Derek Maitland, The Only War We've Got, page 140:


nasopharynx

nasopharynx (plural nasopharynxes or nasopharynges)

nasopharynxes (plural)
nasopharynges (plural)

Occasionally she gasped out "Joe!" — a flat animal cry that her slack vocal cords made unfemininely deep, that her nasopharynx, choked with mucus, robbed of all resonance.

1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 506:

(anatomy) The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate.


pulmonary alveolus

pulmonary alveolus (plural pulmonary alveoli)

(anatomy) A small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood.


albuginea

(anatomy) A layer of white, fibrous tissue.


selenoprotein

(biochemistry) Any of many proteins that include a selenocysteine or selenomethionine residue.


interventricular septum

interventricular septum (plural interventricular septa or interventricular septums)

interventricular septa (plural)
interventricular septums (plural)

(anatomy) The stout wall separating the lower chambers (the ventricles) of the heart from one another.


Nosferatu

/ˌnɒsfəˈɹɑːtuː/

Possibly from a Romanian word for vampire. The term achieved popular currency through Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula and F. W. Murnau's 1922 German film Nosferatu. See also: Wikipedia's article on the etymology of the word (and the references there).

"Friend Arthur, if you had met that kiss [...] you would in time, when you had died, have become nosferatu, as they call it in Eastern Europe, and would all time make more of those Un-Deads that so have filled us with horror."

1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1993, page 192:

Those of us who have dabbled much in the lore of the nosferatu tend to think of them as imaginative creations of the German and English Romantics, and not without reason.

2018 November, Kevin Jackson, “Something to Sink Your Teeth Into”, in Literary Review:

While it may have been capable of flight, it almost certainly spent its time on Hateg crawling about on its wrists, with its great leathery wings folded over its body like a shroud. A gigantic kind of Nosferatu comes to mind.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 26:


encephalon

encephalon (plural encephalons or encephala)

[ɪnˈsɛfəɫn̩]

[ɪnˈsɛfəɫɑn]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

lbor

Meronyms: prosencephalon, telencephalon, diencephalon; mesencephalon; rhombencephalon, metencephalon, myelencephalon

central nervous system
central nervous system

(neuroanatomy, especially embryologic neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain.


bingle

From bing (“thump, sudden bang”) + -le (diminutive suffix).

af

It is always an advantage if you have a sexy car, but if you pick her up in a rusty Datsun 180B you may as well say goodnight.[…]There is also the worst-case scenario of being involved in a bingle. If this happens you will definitely be finished and she will probably sneak off on you if she manages to escape injury.

2005, Johnny Blue, The Blue Riders' Club, page 144:

"I, uh . . . " I managed, "I seem to have had a bit of a bingle." I pointed a thumb behind me at the car.

2006, Lee Battersby, A Stone to Mark My Passing: Through Soft Air, page 138:

‘But you've still got your father′s car haven′t you?’
‘No. Had a bingle in it the other night, nothing major. I just hope to hell it′s fixed before he finds out.[…]’

2010, Felicity Young, Take Out, page 163:

(Australia, informal) A minor collision, especially between motor vehicles.


bingle

en-verb

bingle (third-person singular simple present bingles, present participle bingling, simple past and past participle bingled)

bingles (present singular third-person)
bingling (participle present)
bingled (participle past)
bingled (past)


bingle

(baseball, slang) A base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.


bingle

(baseball, slang) To achieve a base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.


vajayjay

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methyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes transmethylation


vallecula

en-noun

vallecula (plural valleculae or valleculas)

1859 borrowing from Late Latin vallecula (“a little valley, glen, dell”), diminutive of vallēs (“a valley, vale”).

bor

(anatomy, botany) A depression, channel or groove.


woolly-headed

en-adj

woolly-headed (comparative more woolly-headed, superlative most woolly-headed)

more woolly-headed (comparative)
most woolly-headed (superlative)

(possibly offensive) Synonym of fuzzy-headed: characterized by vague or confused thinking, dull-witted.


lower esophageal sphincter

en-noun

lower esophageal sphincter (plural lower esophageal sphincters)

(anatomy) The sphincter situated at the lower part of the esophagus.


upper esophageal sphincter

upper esophageal sphincter (plural upper esophageal sphincters)

(anatomy) The sphincter situated at the upper part of the esophagus.


glossohyal

From glosso- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).

uder

the letter <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">upsilon</i>

(zoology anatomy) The tongue bone, specifically the lingual plate, which is a dermal toothed bone that covers or fuses with the basihyal.


serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase

en-noun

serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (uncountable)

(biochemistry) An enzyme found in heart and liver tissues.


aspartate transaminase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of amino groups between biologically active compounds, especially between aspartic acid and glutamic acid


branchia

From Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).

der

A gill or other organ having the same function


curlies

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When the condom gets caught on your curlies while you're trying to roll it off.

2001 December 1, Demetrios Hung, APA, “First helmet laws, now this...”, in rec.motorcycles (Usenet):


skin color

en-noun

skin color (countable and uncountable, plural skin colors)


clathrin

clathrin (countable and uncountable, plural clathrins)

(biochemistry) A fibrous protein that forms a polyhedral coat on the surface of the coated pits and vesicles of cells during endocytosis.


photoprotein

(biochemistry) Any of several proteins that generate light when oxidized, normally without the aid of an enzyme catalyst


sclerenchyma

sclerenchyma (countable and uncountable, plural sclerenchymas or sclerenchymata)

sclerenchymas (plural)
sclerenchymata (plural)

/sklɪəɹˈɛŋkɪmə/

/skləɹˈɛŋkəmə/

(botany) A mechanical ground tissue, impermeable to water, which consists of cells having narrow lumen and thick, mineralized walls of lignin; present in stems, vascular bundles (of monocots), seed coverings, and vein and tips of leaves.

sklerenkima

a mechanical, supportive ground tissue in plants consisting of aggregates of cells having thick, often mineralized walls


octopamine

From oct(opus) + -opamine (“dopaminergic agent, dopamine derivative”), because it was isolated from an octopus's salivary gland.

af

(biochemistry, pharmacology) An aromatic amine, 4-(2-amino-1-hydroxy-ethyl)phenol, related to noradrenaline, having similar characteristics to dopamine.


petro-

* From Latin petra (“stone, rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”).
* Clipping of petroleum.


fasciculation

en-noun

fasciculation (countable and uncountable, plural fasciculations)

(anatomy, muscles) (toxicology, venoms) An involuntary muscle twitch, usually localised and temporary, but that may be intensified and prolonged fatally by particular poisons and venoms such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.


cooch

(US, obsolete) The hootchy-kootchy, a type of erotic dance.


dark-skinned

en-adj

dark-skinned (comparative more dark-skinned, superlative most dark-skinned)

more dark-skinned (comparative)
most dark-skinned (superlative)

Of a black person, having relatively dark-colored skin.


styloid

From style or stylus + -oid (“-like, resembling”). Compare Ancient Greek στῡλοειδής (stūloeidḗs).

af

But is the human hyoid nevertheless absolutely deprived of the lateral parts of the skull? That is not the case. A ligament coming from each small callosity or from the apohyal is prolonged laterally and reaches the extremity of the styloid apophysis.

2004, Herve Le Guyader, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire: A Visionary Naturalist, page 162:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the styloid process.


get wet

en-verb

get wet (third-person singular simple present gets wet, present participle getting wet, simple past got wet, past participle (UK) got wet or (US) gotten wet)

gets wet (present singular third-person)
getting wet (participle present)
got wet (past)
got wet (UK participle past)
gotten wet (US participle past)

Some things can go in the water, like my dolphin boots, but other things, like books, are not so good when they get wet.

2004, Karen Hesse, The Music of Dolphins, page 84:

The station had an ingenious "worm" - a corrugated iron tunnel permitting First Class passengers to transfer from platform to hotel without fear of getting wet.

2022 August 24, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the Cotswold Line”, in RAIL, number 964, page 60:

(literally) To come into contact with water, rain, or another liquid.


hyaloid

From Ancient Greek ὑαλοειδής (hualoeidḗs), from ὕαλος (húalos, “glass”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-id”).


territorial matrix

en-noun

territorial matrix (plural territorial matrices or territorial matrixes)

territorial matrices (plural)
territorial matrixes (plural)

The layer which surrounds chondrocytes in cartilage. It is basophilic, and stains metachromatically due to proteoglycans.


squama

Borrowed from Latin squāma (“scale”). Doublet of squame.

(botany) The bract of a deciduous spike.


squame

Most of the right temporal bone is well-preserved, with the exception of much of the zygoma and the upper edge of the temporal squame (Plate 8).

1991, Phillip V. Tobias, The Skulls, Endocasts, and Teeth of Homo Habilis, page 84:

A tapering of the fragment on its inner surface, and the pattern of branching of the middle meningeal vessel grooves, have enabled us to identify the piece as most probably part of the left temporal squame of a cranium.

2003, South African Journal of Science - Volume 99, Issues 1-6, page 219:

Thus, the frontal fragment displays a slight concavity of the frontal squame behind glabella, a thin and flattened supra-orbital margin, and marked encroachment of the temporal lines just posterior to the supra-orbital margin.

2007, Frederick E. Grine, Evolutionary History of the "Robust" Australopithecines, page 287:


connexin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins that assemble to form gap junctions in vertebrates.


cadherin

/kædˈhɪəɹɪn/

From calcium-dependent adhesion molecules + -in.

(biochemistry) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins important in maintaining tissue structure.


bay window

From Middle English baywyndow, baywyndowe, bay-windowe, equivalent to bay + window where bay refers to an opening between columns.

Marriages that are based only on sex appeal generally fizzle out as soon as he gets a bay window and her figure becomes a bit lumpish.

1948, Godfrey Poage, What You Ought to Know Before Marriage, St. Louis: The Queen’s Work, page 12:

Bert came hustling up, bumping his way through the kids with his bay window.

1982, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man Descending, McClelland & Stewart, published 2004, →ISBN, page 126:


bulbar conjunctiva

bulbar conjunctiva (plural bulbar conjunctivas or bulbar conjunctivae)

bulbar conjunctivas (plural)
bulbar conjunctivae (plural)

(anatomy) One of three parts of the conjunctiva, the bulbar conjunctiva is the conjunctiva covering the eyeball, over the sclera.


frizzies

(colloquial) Unkempt curly hair, especially of women.


salt and pepper

His beard, once black, was now salt and pepper.

the salt-and-pepper effect on an untuned television screen


neuromuscular

Multiple sclerosis is a neuromuscular disease.

(anatomy) Pertaining to the voluntary or reflexive control of muscles by nerves.

neuromuscular

pertaining to the voluntary control of muscles by nerves


tastebud

(anatomy) Any of the small organs on the tongue used for tasting.

بُرْعُم تَذَوُّق

a small organ on the tongue used for tasting


panicle

Borrowed from Latin pānicula, diminutive of pānus (“ear of millet, literally 'thread wound on a bobbin'”), from Ancient Greek πῆνος (pênos, “web”), πηνίον (pēníon, “bobbin”). Doublet of panocha.


pomate

From Medieval Latin pomatum (“cider, ointment”) either directly or via slightly earlier English pomatum, from Latin pōmum (“fruit, apple”) + -ātum (“-ate: forming nouns”). Doublet of pomatum, pomade, and pomace.

der

Patient he sits, while Master Puff, with pomate, tongs, and powder-pluff... gives each hair its proper station...

1774, Archibald Bruce, The Kirkiad..., Canto I, 18:

(now chiefly Scotland) Synonym of pomade, a kind of thick waxy hair product used as a styling gel.


zygapophyseal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the zygapophysis.


haemato-

Representing the combining form of Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

Back in the late ’90s, when vampirism became fashionable owing to the international popularity of the novel Dracula … A subcircuit of the Buda-Pesth telephone exchange had apparently been reserved for the use of hæmatophages, as they were then known

2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 801: [compare -phage]


haire

en-noun

haire (countable and uncountable, plural haires)


hot-dog

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urogenital papilla

(anatomy, zoology) A tubular ending of the urogenital ducts behind the anus in teleost fish.


involucrum

Borrowed from Latin involūcrum. Doublet of involucre.

(anatomy) A sheath that covers or envelopes, especially one that forms around the sequestrum of new bone.


librigena

(anatomy) The "free cheek" cephalic shell on either side of the glabella outside of the facial sutures.


cranidium

cranidium (plural cranidiums or cranidia)

(anatomy) In trilobites, the part of the cephalon (the head) consisting of the glabella and the fixigenae.


fixigena

(anatomy) The "fixed cheek" cephalic shell surrounding glabella inside of facial sutures.


pulmonary circulation

pulmonary circulation (plural pulmonary circulations)

(anatomy) The part of blood circulation which carries oxygen-depleted blood away from the heart, to the lungs, and returns oxygenated blood back to the heart.


pleural lobe

(anatomy) One of the two longitudinal lobes found on the flanks of various crustacea and arthropods.


axial lobe

(anatomy) The longitudinal lobe found in various crustacea, fish and arthropods, running down the centre of the animal.


schizochroal

Coined by Clarke in 1888 (see citation), from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) + χρώς (khrṓs, “surface”).

der

The first group may be designated by the term Holochroal; the second group by the term Schizochroal.

1888 November 2, John M. Clarke, “The structure and development of the visual area in the trilobite, Phacops rana, Green”, in Journal of Morphology, volume ii, number 2, Boston, page 254:

(of eyes) With compound lenses, each with separate cornea, each lens separated from others by deep scleral walls and forming an image; the corneal membrane extends downward into sclera.


systemic circulation

en-noun

systemic circulation (countable and uncountable, plural systemic circulations)

(anatomy) The part of blood circulation which carries oxygenated blood away from the heart, to the body, and returns deoxygenated blood back to the heart.


vital organ

An organ of the body which performs a sufficiently important function that damage to the organ can cause death.

生命器官

organ which performs an important function


corticopontine

(anatomy) Pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the pons.


trigeminocerebellar

(neuroanatomy) Of, pertaining to or connecting the trigeminal nerve and the cerebral cortex


segrosome

(biochemistry) A protein complex that functions during the segregation of plasmids or chromosomes during bacterial cell division


pelvic floor

1994, T. Sayer, T. Smith, 2.9 Pelvic Floor Biopsy, Bernhard Schüssler, Jo Laycock, Peggy A. Norton, Stuart L. Stanton (editors), Pelvic Floor Re-Education, Springer, page 99,
Single-fibre electromyography (SFEMG) and pudendal nerve terminal motor latency (PNTML) recordings were done in control women and women with genitourinary prolapse or stress incontinence who also had a pelvic floor muscle biopsy.

Pelvic floor ultrasound is often described as a niche investigation within obstetrics and gynecology and even within gynecological ultrasound.

2008, Hans Peter Dietz, Lennox P.J. Hoyte, Anneke B. Steensma, Atlas of Pelvic Floor Ultrasound, Springer, page v:

High-resolution three-dimensional endovaginal ultrasonography (EVUS) provides a detailed evaluation of the pelvic floor muscles and the levator ani complex, the lower urinary tract, and the anorectal region in planes that cannot be determined by conventional two-dimensional EVUS.

2010, Giulio Aniello Santoro, Andrzej Paweł Wieczorek, S. Abbas Shobeiri, Aleksandra Stankiewicz, “6: Endovaginal Ultrasonography”, in Giulio Santoro, Andrzej P. Wieczorek, Clive I. Bartram, editors, Pelvic Floor Disorders, Springer, page 61:

(anatomy) A muscular partition, formed by the muscle fibers of the levator ani, the coccygeus, and associated connective tissue, which spans the area underneath the pelvis.


dural

(anatomy, relational) Relating to the dura mater.


goo-goo eyes

N.d., Harry S. Sargent (attributed), "Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes", in, 1902, Jack Haverly, Negro Minstrels, Frederick J. Drake & Company, page 106,
Just because she made dem goo-goo eyes, she did up quick a chap about my size;
Now I wish I had that roll, and the watch and chain she stole,
Just because she made dem goo-goo eyes.

So why did you shoot goo-goo eyes at me?

2005, John Connolly, “The Reflecting Eye: A Charlie Parker Novella”, in Nocturnes, Atria Books, →ISBN, page 319:

I made the opposite of goo-goo eyes at him. Or at least, I tried. "I don't believe I need to make goo-goo eyes to hook up."

2006, Kelly McClymer, Getting to Third Date, Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 97:

(informal) A romantic look at something or someone.

гла́зки m or pl (glázki) (a flirting look, lit.: "little eyes")


lactoprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein (such as casein) present in milk


soy milk

soy milk (countable and uncountable, plural soy milks)

(uncountable) A milky liquid made from soy beans and used as a beverage, cooking ingredient or substitute for dairy milk.


sulphiredoxin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of antioxidant enzymes that work with peroxiredoxin


thioredoxin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of antioxidant proteins that are found in all mammalian cells.


peroxiredoxin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of antioxidant enzymes that mediate signal transduction in mammalian cells.


aminoacyl tRNA synthetase

aminoacyl tRNA synthetase (plural aminoacyl tRNA synthetases)

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the linkage of a tRNA molecule to an appropriate amino acid during protein synthesis.

Aminoacyl-tRNA-Synthetase

any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the linkage of a tRNA molecule to an appropriate amino acid during protein synthesis


posterolateral

(anatomy) Situated on the side and toward the posterior aspect.

posterolateraalinen

situated on the side and toward the posterior aspect


cymotrichy

(anthropology) The state of having wavy hair.


glomalin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein found in soil, important in the storage of carbon


mammillary

From Middle French mamillaire, or its source, Late Latin mamillaris.

(anatomy) A mammillary body, one of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain, that form part of the limbic system.


adrenal cortex

adrenal cortex (plural adrenal cortexes)

(anatomy) The outer portion of the adrenal glands that produces hormones essential to homeostasis.


hindbrain

(neuroanatomy) The posterior part of the brain, comprising the cerebellum, pons and medulla, the rhombencephalon


LANAP

(dentistry) Acronym of laser-assisted new attachment procedure.


drabber

1632, Philip Massinger, The City Madam

(obsolete) One who associates with drabs; a wencher.


spastin

spastin (countable and uncountable, plural spastins)

(biochemistry) A protein, related to katanin, mutations of which lead to spastic paraplegia


katanin

(biochemistry) A heterodimeric protein which functions to sever microtubules


rachis

From New Latin rachis, from Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “spine, ridge”).

der

(obsolete, zoology, anatomy) The spinal column, or the vertebrae of the spine.

(botany) The axis of either a compound leaf, inflorescence, or fern frond.

raquis

main shaft of a compound leaf or inflorescence


bell ringer

Inherited from Middle English belringer, belle ringer, bellryngar, belryngere, equivalent to bell + ringer.

In Health Sciences, Dr. Ball was always available to us in the anatomy lab giving us tips and tricks for bell ringers. You can tell he genuinely cares about teaching, because why else would he wear a uterus costume!

2018 May 24, “Meet today's Faculty of Health Sciences valedictorian”, in McMaster Daily News, archived from the original on 2023-04-03:

(anatomy, education) A type of anatomy exam in which students must answer questions at a series of stations and move on to the next station when a bell is rung.


IVC

inferior vena cava
inferior vena cava#English

(anatomy) Initialism of inferior vena cava.


roundhead

The roundhead screw and its fraternal twins, the button head and pan head screws, have a head that is flat on the bottom and hemispherical on top.

2000, Reed Karen, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Woodworking, →ISBN, page 182:

You can use flat-head screws and plug the holes, or you can use roundhead blue screws and let the heads project.

2010, H. H. Windsor, Mission Furniture: How to Make It, →ISBN, page 58:


roundhead

You roundhead whore, sock it up, or me will kill you, begar.

1672, John Lacy, The Old Troop: Or, Monsieur Raggou. As it was Acted at the Theatre Royal, page 11:

Colonel Middleton was dismounted amongst the king's forces, of whom one, taking him for a commander of their's, mounted him again, and bid him make haste, and kill a roundhead ; and so he escaped.

1840, Daniel Defoe, Memoirs of a Cavalier, page 331:

The parliament, which either could not or would not be prorogued till the end of October, busied itself exceedingly regarding the queen's residence with her children, and testified the utmost jealousy of her confessor, father Phillipss, who underwent several examinations; and may portentous hints were dropped by the roundhead orators in the house of commons respecting the queen's establishment of Capuchins at Somerset-house.

2010, Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland, Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest, →ISBN, pages 276–277:

He added that they 'fell upon all that have short hair' and cried out, 'A roundhead! A roundhead!'

2014, Peter Ackroyd, Civil War: The History of England, →ISBN:

The roundheads in the school showers easily equalled the cavaliers.

1992, John Hoyland, Fathers and Sons, page 94:

Since penile preference is so tied up with personal aesthetics and body image, it seems both logical and fair to leave the choice of cavalier or roundhead to the owner of the organ, thus avoiding the sort of life-long pain expressed in a comment like this:[…]

2008, “Objections of a sentimental character: The subjective dimension of foreskin loss”, in Matatu, number 37, →OCLC, page 158:

I knew about the English Civil War, Cavaliers (wrong but romantic) versus Roundheads (right but repulsive), but I didn't think that was what he was talking about. I shook my head. “It means our willies aren't circumcised,” he explained. “Are you a cavalier or a roundhead?”

2013, Ellen Datlow, Hauntings, →ISBN, page 155:

(slang) A male whose penis is circumcised.

The top of the caisson will be at the same level as the bag-work foundation of the pier, and a roundhead, composed of 45-ton granite faced concrete blocks, will be built on it.

1899, Junior Institution of Engineers (London, England), Journal and Record of Transactions: 1899-1900 - Volume 10, page 251:

The smallness of the damage done at Purfleet is remarkable, when it is remembered that the impact of a large steamship is sufficient to cut deeply into solid masonry piers, and that only in 1907 the effect of a collision against the souther breakwater of the Admiralty Harbour, Dover, was to sever the roundhead entirely from the body of the pier, in addition to causing other serious injuries.

1921, L.G. Mouchel & Partners, Mouchel-Hennebique Ferro-concrete:

The breakwater, and in particular the roundhead, has been the responsibility of Jersey Harbours for many years but day to day maintenance and isolated repairs were becoming more frequent, punctuated by emergency repair works to the face of the roundhead at the extreme end of the breakwater.

2009, Michael Grantham, Carmelo Majorana, Valentina Salomoni, Concrete Solutions, →ISBN, page 123:

A circular platform at the end of a pier or breakwater.


domatium

/dəʊˈmeɪʃəm/

Borrowed from New Latin dōmatium, from Ancient Greek δωμάτιον (dōmátion, “chamber, bedroom”), diminutive of δῶμα (dôma, “house, dwelling place of animals”); akin to δόμος (dómos, “house”).

A domatium typically takes the form of a hollow under a leaf, or a system of tunnels in a thorn or stem. Ideally, it is a mutualistic adaptation and should not be confused with simple damage by a borer or gall-forming pest, although commonly there is no sharp distinction between domatia of value to the plant and galls caused by harmful aphids and mites, for example.

All are ordinary anatomical features of the plants that the ants exploit, apparently in a unilateral manner. In contrast, the domatia listed comprehensively in Table 14-1 do appear uniquely to serve as ant nests.

1990, Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson, The Ants, Harvard University Press, page 535:

Although the earliest work on mites and leaf domatia was inspired by a belief that mites protected trees from fungal disease (O'Dowd and Willson 1989), mite–fungus–plant interactions received experimental attention only recently.

2004, David Evans Walter, “11: Hidden in Plain Sight: Mites in the Canopy”, in Margaret D. Lowman, H. Bruce Rinker, editors, Forest Canopies, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 237:

Domatia and extrafloral nectaries are plant structures that provide shelter and food to predaceous arthropods and thus affect herbivorous insects only indirectly.

2005, Louis M. Schoonhoven, Joop J. A. van Loon, Marcel Dicke, Insect-Plant Biology, Oxford University Press, page 40:

(entomology, botany) A chamber produced by a plant in which insects, mites, or fungi live.

domatie

chamber produced by a plant, in which insects, mites or fungi live


neurite

(neuroanatomy) Any projection from the body of a neuron; either a dendrite or an axon

neuriet

any projection from the body of a neuron


punani

en-noun

punani (countable and uncountable, plural punanis)

From Jamaican Creole punani, perhaps from Akan oponaani. Possibly influenced by English poon (“vagina”) from French putain, or from Hawaiian Puanani (“beautiful flower”).

(uncountable, vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse with a woman.


ICA

internal carotid artery
internal carotid artery#English

(anatomy) Initialism of internal carotid artery.


MOB

(dentistry) Initialism of mesio occlusal buccal.


deaminase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses deamination


myofibril

(anatomy) Any of the cylindrical organelles, found within muscle cells, that are the contractile unit of muscles.


muscle fiber

muscle fiber (countable and uncountable, plural muscle fibers)

(anatomy) A single cell of a muscle; each muscle fiber contains many myofibrils, the contractile unit of muscles.


abdominal cavity

abdominal cavity (plural abdominal cavities)

(anatomy) The hollow portion of the torso within the abdomen, containing the abdominal organs, in mammals below the diaphragm.

buikholte

hollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs


vertebral column

vertebral column (plural vertebral columns)

(anatomy) The series of vertebrae that protect the spinal cord; the spinal column.


abathochroal

(of eyes) With compound eyes, each small lens being separate with its own cornea, and the sclera separate from the cornea.


sterigma

sterigma (plural sterigmata or sterigmas)

(mycology) A slim projecting part of the basidium of some species of fungi that carries the basidiospore.

These sterigmata are retained and make the twigs rough for several years after leaf fall.

2009, J.E. Eckenwalder, Conifers of the World: The Complete Reference, Timber Press, →ISBN:

(botany) A woody projection from the tip of the leaf base in certain conifers (Picea and Tsuga).

(entomology) Part of the genitalia of moths.


almond milk

almond milk (countable and uncountable, plural almond milks)

A milky liquid made from almonds and used as a milk substitute, cooking ingredient or beverage.


bonnyclabber

Said to be from Irish bainne (“milk”) + clábair (“muddied”) (see English clabber) or Scots Gaelic cognates thereof, with the anglicization of the first element influenced by bonny.

(Scotland and US dialects) Sour, soured, fermented or curdled milk; acidophilus milk.


actomyosin

actomyosin (countable and uncountable, plural actomyosins)

(biochemistry) A protein complex composed of actin and myosin, found in muscle fibres.

aktomiosina

a protein complex found in muscle fibres


spectacled

silmälasikuvioinen

having an appearance of wearing spectacles


hydrogenase

From hydrogen + -ase, after dehydrogenase.

It is clear from the experiments cited already that we are dealing with a bacterial enzyme comparable with the dehydrogenases, the substrate in this case being molecular hydrogen. […] In order to conform with the accepted terminology we suggest that this enzyme be called "hydrogenase."

1930, Marjory Stephenson, LH Stickland, “Hydrogenase: a bacterial enzyme activating molecular hydrogen”, in Biochemical Journal:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a substrate by the reversible oxidation of hydrogen.


smoothened

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Dan L. Lindsley
segment polarity gene

Ultimately the same as etymology 1. The gene encoding the protein was first identified in Drosophila melanogaster as a segment polarity gene and initially named smooth (smo) by Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard et al. in 1984. This was later revised to smoothened by Dan L. Lindsley and Georgianna G. Zimm in 1992, because the former name already described another locus.

transmembrane protein
transmembrane protein

(biochemistry) A transmembrane protein belonging to the group of G protein-coupled receptors that is a key component of the hedgehog signaling pathway.


adrenocortical

(anatomy) Relating to the adrenal cortex.


amalgamator

(dentistry) A device for preparing amalgam.


granulosa

(anatomy) A layer of small cells that forms the wall of an ovarian follicle.


ceramidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that separates the two parts of ceramide.


vasopressin

vasopressin (countable and uncountable, plural vasopressins)

/ˌveɪzəʊˈpɹɛsɪn/

From vasopressor + -in, circa 1927; see details at vasopressor § Etymology.

(biochemistry) An antidiuretic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland.

抗利尿激素

an antidiuretic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland


lignotuber

(botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.


tracheid cell

(botany) An elongated cell found in plant xylem whose major function is to carry water.


tracheid

From German Tracheïde, corresponding to trachea + -id.


phyllode

From Latin phyllodium, from Ancient Greek φυλλώδης (phullṓdēs, “resembling a leaf”).

der

(botany) A flattened petiole or leaf rachis that resembles and functions as a leaf, and may or may not be combined with an actual lamina.


mesenteric

However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement).

2024, Jennifer Davidson, Beth Shepherd, Sunderarajan Jayaraman, Practice Long Cases for the Part B Final FRCR Examination:


aerenchyma

en-noun

aerenchyma (plural aerenchymas or aerenchymae)

aerenchymas (plural)
aerenchymae (plural)

→ Irish: aereincíoma

(botany) A spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants.

aerenkyymi

airy tissue found in the roots of aquatic plants


MMA

MMA (countable and uncountable, plural MMAs)

(anatomy) Initialism of middle meningeal artery.


beetroot red

(organic chemistry) A glycoside obtained from beets and used as a food dye, also known as betanin and E162.


scape

From Latin scāpus, from Doric Greek σκᾶπος (skâpos). Doublet of native English shaft.

(botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.


anatomical position

(anatomy) The position of the human body, standing erect, with the face directed anteriorly, the upper limbs at the sides and the palms turned anteriorly (supinated), and the feet pointed anteriorly; used as the position of reference in description of site or direction of various structures or parts as established in official anatomical nomenclature. Note: The palms are toward our view and we cannot see the back of the hands.

人體解剖學姿勢 /人体解剖学姿势

anatomy: standard position of the body used as reference when describing the body


deciduous tooth

deciduous tooth (plural deciduous teeth)

(anatomy) Any tooth that falls out as later teeth grow in or as other existing teeth move to take its place.

(particularly) (anatomy) A baby tooth or milk tooth which is replaced by later permanent teeth in animals displaying diphyodonty.


diaphysis

(anatomy) The central shaft of any long bone.


aleurone

aleurone (countable and uncountable, plural aleurones)

/əˈl(j)ʊəɹəʊn/

1865/70; from Ancient Greek ἄλευρον (áleuron, “flour, meal”).

der

(biochemistry) The protein content of the embryo, endosperm, or perisperm of cereals, in the form of minute particles.

糊粉

protein content of the embryo, endosperm or perisperm of cereals


canine tooth

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So called because canine teeth are prominent in dogs.

One of the pointed teeth behind the incisors and in front of the premolar teeth.


ornithine transcarbamylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the reaction between carbamoyl phosphate and ornithine to form citrulline and phosphate.


ornithine carbamoyltransferase

ornithine transcarbamylase
ornithine transcarbamylase

(biochemistry) The enzyme ornithine transcarbamylase.


ament

[T]he scales of the ament in the salix rosea, rose-willow, grow into leaves; and produce other kinds of monsters.

1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 9:

(botany) A catkin or similar inflorescence.


cellulase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the cellulolysis (or hydrolysis) of cellulose.


deformylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that removes the formyl group from some amino acids (especially from methionine).


apolipoprotein

(biochemistry) Any polypeptide or protein that can serve as an apoprotein by binding with a lipid to form a lipoprotein.


aminopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the peptide bond of the terminal amino acid at the amino end of a polypeptide or protein

aminopeptydaza

any of several enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the peptide bond of the terminal amino acid


formyl methionine

(organic chemistry) The formylated form of the amino acid methionine; it initiates peptide synthesis in bacteria


proteinase

Thrombin is another endogenous serine proteinase that can be released from fibrin clot following gingival tissue injury or inflammation.

2017, E. S. Rovai, M. Holzhausen, “The Role of Proteinase-Activated Receptors 1 and 2 in the Regulation of Periodontal Tissue Metabolism and Disease”, in Journal of immunology research, →DOI:


metalloproteinase

(biochemistry) Any of several proteinases that have a metal atom (often zinc) at their active centre


coarticulation

en-noun

coarticulation (countable and uncountable, plural coarticulations)

(anatomy) The formation of a joint by the articulation of two bones.


ANS

autonomic nervous system
autonomic nervous system#English

(neuroanatomy) Initialism of autonomic nervous system.


sphingomyelinase

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyzes the cleavage of phosphodiester bonds in sphingomyelin


gelatinase

(biochemistry) Any of several proteolytic enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of gelatin.


trabecula

trabecula (plural trabeculae or trabeculas)

From Latin trabēcula (“small beam”), diminutive of trabs (“beam, timber”).

(anatomy) A small mineralized spicule that forms a network in spongy bone.

(anatomy) A fibrous strand of connective tissue that supports it in place.

(anatomy) One of the fleshy columns, or columnae carneae, in the ventricle of the heart, to which the chordae tendineae are attached.


milk line

(anatomy) One of two parallel lines on the breast of a mammal along which the nipples are found.


jawline

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Sandra swooned over Pierce's manly jawline.

The lower edge of the side of the face (below the cheek), defined by the jawbone.


serpigo

serpigo (usually uncountable, plural serpigos or serpigoes or serpigines)

serpigos (plural)
serpigoes (plural)
serpigines (plural)

(archaic) A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm.


aprotinin

(biochemistry) A polypeptide, obtained from bovine lung tissue, that acts as a protease inhibitor, and is used in surgery to reduce bleeding

aprotiniini

protease inhibitor used in surgery to reduce bleeding


node of Ranvier

node of Ranvier (plural nodes of Ranvier)

desc

→ Finnish: Ranvierin kurouma, Ranvier’n kurouma (calque)

Named for French physician Louis-Antoine Ranvier.

(anatomy) A small constriction in the myelin sheath of axons


contactin

(biochemistry) Any of several glycoproteins active in cell adhesion.


galactosyltransferase

The gene is the recipe for galactosyl transferase, an enzyme, i.e. a protein with the ability to catalyse a chemical reaction.

1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 138:

(biochemistry) Any glycosyltransferase enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of galactose entities.


neurofascin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins involved in cell adhesion.


paranodin

(biochemistry) A transmembrane neuronal glycoprotein that has a role in cell adhesion


neurexin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins found in nerve tissue


neuregulin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that have functions in the development of the nervous system.


phosphodiesterase

(biochemistry) Any of a family of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of phosphodiester links in nucleic acids.


spectrin

en-noun

spectrin (countable and uncountable, plural spectrins)

(biochemistry) A contractile protein found on the surface of the membranes of blood cells


tetraspan

(biochemistry) Any of a family of membrane glycoproteins whose multimolecular complexes have four transmembrane domains


sulfotransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase enzyme that catalyses the transfer of sulfate groups


calpain

(biochemistry) Any of a family of enzymes that regulate calcium in the body.


telencephalon

telencephalon (plural telencephalons or telencephala)

telencephalons (plural)
telencephala (plural)

From tele-, prevocalic form of teleo- + encephalon.

(neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the endbrain.


footplate

The footplate of the stapes develops and ossifies in conjunction with the otic capsule and thus takes its origin from the otic placode in the embryo.

2008, Michael Valente, Holly Hosford-Dunn, Ross J. Roeser, Audiology Treatment, page 218:

(anatomy) The flat portion at the base of the stapes; pedicel.


pteroylglutamic acid

(biochemistry, organic chemistry, dated) folic acid, a polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid of the vitamin B complex, essential for cell growth and reproduction.


bulbil

From Spanish bulbillo, from the diminutive form of Latin bulbus, from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

uder

(anatomy) A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a small vessel or tube.


yapper

If you want your pack to be a deterrent against burglars or muggers, forget about small dogs, yappers though they be. Focus on the larger breeds, particularly working stock with strong instinctual drives.

2004, Theresa Mancus, Who moved my bone?: a guide for multi-dog households, page 25:

I have to admit I would have a lot more tolerance for cell phone yappers on my one-hour train ride to and from work if they were actually learning — instead of yelling […]

2007, Training, volume 44, numbers 1-10, page 6:


brachial

Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, from bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of brachialis.

The first brachials are somewhat broader than long and are not entirely in contact interiorly. The second brachials are squarish. The first and most of the second brachials bear spines […]

1950, Austin Hobart Clark, A monograph of the existing crinoids, page 33:

Cup conical, weakly developed basal flange, six arms per ray, one exotomous branching, all brachials biserial within two to five brachials of branching, cup ornamentation probably striae radiating from base of arms onto basals.

1997, Gary D. Webster, David D. Gillette, Lower Carboniferous Echinoderms from Northern Utah and Western Wyoming, page 14:

(zoology) Denoting the upper valve of a brachiopod's shell


funiculus

From Latin funiculus, diminutive of funis (“rope, cord”) + -culus.

(anatomy) Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres (white matter) in the spinal cord. The white matter of the spinal cord is made of (posterior, anterior & lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi.


laparo-

Combining form of Ancient Greek λαπάρα (lapára, “flank”), from λαπαρός (laparós, “slack, weak, hollow”).


lactiferous

The sprouts proliferate and canalize to form the lactiferous ducts and the outbuddings form the alveoli of the mammary glands.

1997, Comprehensive Toxicology: Reproductive and endocrine toxicology, page 258:


flower head

(botany) A compact cluster of florets having the appearance of a single [flower]] (as in the daisy family).


omohyoid

/əʊ.məʊˈhʌɪ.ɔɪd/

Borrowing from New Latin ōmohȳoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”) + Latin hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”); equivalent to omo- + hyoid. Doublet of omohyoideus.

af

(anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the shoulder and the hyoid bone.

(anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the omohyoid muscle.


omohyoid

/əʊ.məʊˈhʌɪ.ɔɪd/


epicalyx

en-noun

epicalyx (plural epicalyxes or epicalyces)

(botany) A group of bracts resembling a calyx


calyculus

(botany, British) A group of bracts resembling an outer calyx.


macular

(anatomy, medicine) Relating to the macula, the area of the retina responsible for detailed central vision


phelloderm

From Ancient Greek φελλός (phellós) + -derm.

(botany) The innermost parenchymatous tissue of the periderm of some plants


decidua

From Latin dēciduus (“falling down or off”), from dēcidō (“fall down”).

(anatomy) A mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy.


epidermin

(biochemistry) A protein related to fibrin.


gynophore

(botany) The stalk of a pistil; the stalk, present in certain flowers (such as those of the genera Telopea and Brachychiton), which supports the gynoecium.


acetylglucosaminyltransferase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that adds acetylglucosamine to heptose residues of bacterial cell walls


gynoecium

gynoecium (plural gynoeciums or gynoecia)

From New Latin; from gyno- + oecium (from Ancient Greek οἰκῐ́ον (oikĭ́on), diminutive of οἶκος (oîkos, “house”)).

(botany) The pistils/carpels of a flower considered as a group


peptidoglycan

A polymer of glycan and peptides found in bacterial cell walls


tablier

(anatomy) An enlarged labia minora characteristic of certain African women.


cholinesterase

The little tablets she has to take inhibit cholinesterase, an enzyme that breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 11:

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of choline-based esters (acetylcholine or butyrylcholine).


ataxin

(biochemistry) Any of several proteins, found in several organs of the body, that have an association with ataxia


streptokinase

(biochemistry, pharmacology) An enzyme produced by some streptococci which is involved in breaking down red blood cells by activating plasminogen to produce plasmin. It is used to treat blood clots and inflammation.


mammillary body

mammillary body (plural mammillary bodies)

From mammillary (“resembling a breast or nipple”) + body.

The mammillary body is the most posterior part of the hypothalamus; there exist medially large and small cell divisions.

2004, Robert Melillo, Gerry Leisman, Neurobehavioral Disorders of Childhood: An Evolutionary Perspective, page 99:

The anterior column of the fornix extends inferiorly to converge upon the anterolateral aspect of the mammillary body.

2010, Thomas P. Naidich, Henri M. Duvernoy, Bradley N. Delman, Duvernoy's Atlas of the Human Brain Stem and Cerebellum, page 380:

Mair, Warrington, and Weiskrantz (1979) suggested that the mammillary body lesions (present in each of these patients) may account for the memory loss. Lesions restricted to the mammillary bodies have not been associated with deficits on DNMS^([delayed non-match to sample]) tasks in monkeys (Aggleton & Mishkin, 1985); however, deficits have been found on spatial memory tasks in monkeys (Parker & Gaffan, 1997) and in rats (Sziklas & Petrides, 1998).

2012, Kenneth M. Heilman, Edward Valenstein, Clinical Neuropsychology, page 521:

(anatomy) One of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the human brain, that act as a relay for impulses coming from the amygdalae and hippocampi to the thalamus, and (as part of the diencephalon) form part of the limbic system.


stand on end

en-verb

stand on end (third-person singular simple present stands on end, present participle standing on end, simple past and past participle stood on end)

stands on end (present singular third-person)
standing on end (participle present)
stood on end (participle past)
stood on end (past)

The horrifying tales he told made my hair stand on end.

(of hair) To stand erect, bristle, especially from fear.

esborronar

to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear


mesophyll

(botany) The soft internal parenchyma of a leaf


mericarp

(botany) An individual carpel of a schizocarp, having a single seed


mesocarp

From meso- + -carp (from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”)).

(botany) The middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit. In many fruits such as drupes and tomatoes, the mesocarp is fleshy


sciatic nerve

His right hand detoured to cover his left shoulder and I kicked him in his mid right thigh, finding, it appeared, his sciatic nerve.

2022, Percival Everett, Dr. No, Influx Press (2023), page 142:

(neuroanatomy) A large nerve that starts in the lower back and runs through the buttock and down the lower limb.


adenyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyzes the transfer of phosphate groups from or to adenyl groups in nucleic acids


lactamase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the opening of a lactam ring, especially one that deactivates a lactam-containing antibiotic


perigone

From French périgone, doublet of perigonium.


pappus

Via Latin pappus from Ancient Greek πάππος (páppos), an affectionate term for elderly men (referencing beards).

(botany) The markedly reduced sepals of an Asteraceae floret that take the form of trichomes or scale attached to the ovary or seed.


orbital cavity

en-noun

orbital cavity (plural orbital cavities)


heart valve

(anatomy, cardiology) Any of the valves in the heart which prevent blood from moving in the wrong direction.


interlaminar

en-adj

interlaminar (comparative more interlaminar, superlative most interlaminar)

more interlaminar (comparative)
most interlaminar (superlative)

(anatomy) Between the ectoderm and the endoderm.


schizocarp

(botany) A dry fruit that develops from multiple carpels and splits into multiple, one-seeded mericarps at maturity


earhole

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From Middle English ere hol, herehole, equivalent to ear + hole.

A puncture in the ear, usually in the earlobe, such as for earrings.


trigone

From French trigone, from Latin trigōnum, from Ancient Greek τρῐ́γωνον (trĭ́gōnon). Doublet of trigon and trigonon.

(anatomy) A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder, bounded by the apertures of the ureters and urethra; a similar region of a mitral valve


trigonal

trigonal (comparative more trigonal, superlative most trigonal)

more trigonal (comparative)
most trigonal (superlative)

From Latin trigōnālis (“triangular”), equivalent to trigon + -al.


isocitric acid

(organic chemistry) An isomer of citric acid that is involved in the citric acid cycle


ephrin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that are involved in cell signalling


retinotectal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the retina and the optic tectum


circumduction

Borrowed from Latin circumductiō (“a leading or conducting around”), from circumdūcō (“to lead or draw around”) + -tiō (nominal suffix).

af

Windmilling the arms and rotating the hand from the wrist are examples of circumduction.

ball-and-socket joint
ball-and-socket joint

(anatomy) The circular (or, more precisely, conical) movement of a body part, such as a ball-and-socket joint or the eye. It consists of a combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction.


stylet

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From French stylet (“stiletto”), from Middle French stilet (“stiletto”), from Old Italian stiletto. Doublet of stiletto.

(surgery) A slender medical probe or device.

Even octopuses without stylets almost certainly retain the molecular machinery necessary to build them.

2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 120:

(zoology) A stiff, slender organ of an animal.


interdental

After he was struck by lightning, Melnyk suffered chronic problems with his teeth, despite brushing and flossing and using interdentals and even a Water Pic.

2012, The Malahat Review, numbers 178-181, page 79:

(dentistry) A small toothbrush for cleaning in between adjacent teeth.


vernation

en-noun

vernation (countable and uncountable, plural vernations)

From New Latin vernātiō, from Latin vernāre (“to be verdant, to flourish”) + -tiō (“-tion”, suffix forming abstract nouns), from vernus (“springlike”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥. Equivalent to vernal + -tion.

der

(botany) The arrangement of multiple organs (such as leaves and flower parts) within a bud.

(botany) Arrangement of only leaves within the bud; prefoliation.


pair of glasses

en-noun

pair of glasses (plural pairs of glasses)

A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.


pair of specs

(colloquial) A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.


pair of eyeglasses

pair of eyeglasses (plural pairs of eyeglasses)


pair of spectacles

pair of spectacles (plural pairs of spectacles)


pedodontist

A dentist who specializes in pedodontics, the care of children's teeth.


pedodontics

A branch of dentistry that specializes in the care of children's teeth.


cerebrovascular

(anatomy) Relating to the blood vessels that run to or from the brain.

腦血管 /脑血管

relating to the blood vessels that run to or from the brain


parvin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins involved in actin binding.


silicle

(botany) A short silique, such as the seed capsule (fruit) of shepherd's purse.


silique

From French silique, from Latin siliqua (“a pod or husk, a very small weight or measure”). Doublet of siliqua.

der

(botany) A long dry fruit (seed capsule), length more than twice the width, typical to cruciferous plants and consisting of two fused carpels that separate when ripe.


palatal expander

en-noun

palatal expander (plural palatal expanders)

(dentistry) A device used to widen the upper jaw so that the bottom and upper teeth will fit together better.


expander

(dentistry) A device used to widen the upper jaw so that the bottom and upper teeth will fit together better; a palatal expander.


catenin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that have a role in cell adhesion


baby formula

baby formula (countable and uncountable, plural baby formulas or baby formulae)

baby formulas (plural)
baby formulae (plural)

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minimus

(anatomy) The little finger or the little toe


estriol

estriol (countable and uncountable, plural estriols)

/ˈɛˌstɹaɪˌɔl/

(American spelling, biochemistry, steroids, pharmacology) A relatively weak natural estrogenic hormone that is a glycol C₁₈H₂₄O₃ found in the body chiefly as a metabolite of estradiol, is the main estrogen secreted by the placenta during pregnancy, and is the estrogen typically found in the urine of pregnant women.


beaky

en-adj

beaky (comparative beakier, superlative beakiest)

beakier (comparative)
beakiest (superlative)

beaky nose

[…] Hector thunder'd threats aloud,
And rush'd enraged before the Trojan crowd;
Then swift invades the ships, whose beaky prores
Lay rank'd contiguous on the bending shores;

1718, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book XV”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume IV, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:

[…] he emerged from the signals room with his drooping mustache, his beaky nose, his stupid, staring eyes […]

1972, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, chapter 25, in H. T. Willetts, transl., August 1914, published 1971, page 238:


penised

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Snakes, worms, and long-penised lizards copulate with women, while less frequently, men have intercourse with the mouths of stingrays...

1987, Thomas Gregor, Anxious Pleasures: The Sexual Lives of an Amazonian People, page 55:

(chiefly in combination) Having a (specified number or type of) penis


tomentum

(botany) A mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant.

tomento

matted woolly down on the surface of a plant

(zoology) A covering of fine, soft hairs; a pubescence.

(anatomy) A network of fine blood vessels between the pia mater and the cerebral cortex.


ying-yang

...wouldn't have to staunch anybody's leg wounds or haunt the hospital corridors waiting for a peek at one of my troopers with tubes up his ying-yang.

1982, Robert Merkin, The South Florida book of the dead:

Do you say it's Dad's tallywacker, his ying-yang, his wienie? Or do you say, "That's Daddy's penis"?

2004, Kevin Leman, Kathy Flores Bell, A chicken's guide to talking turkey with your kids about sex:

It was half over and so far nobody had noticed his ying-yang hanging out.

2006, Brandon James, Jeanne Carmen: My Wild, Wild Life As a New York Pin Up Queen:


MTP

en-noun

MTP (countable and uncountable, plural MTPs)

(anatomy) Initialism of medial tibial plateau.

Every time you push off and hyperextend the toe, which happens when doing something as simple as taking a step or more strenuous like cutting and jumping, the MTP joint is involved.

2022 June 20, Virginia Zakas, “The 5 injuries that can derail a fantasy season — and what they mean for your team”, in The New York Times:

(anatomy) Initialism of metatarsophalangeal joint.


amanitin

Amanita phalloides
Amanita phalloides#Translingual

Amanita virosa
Amanita virosa#Translingual

(biochemistry) A deadly amatoxin found in Amanita phalloides (the death cap), the four destroying angels (Amanita bisporigera, Amanita ocreata, Amanita verna, and Amanita virosa), and some other amanitas.


sinusoid

From the French sinusoïde, equivalent to sinus + -oid.

Ren et al. 36 insisted that human MSC can differentiate into hepatocyte-like cells but do not accelerate the capillarization and venularization of hepatic sinusoids, finally leading to the partial improvement of liver function in mice with CCl4-mediated chronic liver fibrosis.

2013 February 28, Sang-Tae Choi et al., “Therapeutic potentials occurring during the early differentiation process of mesenchymal stem cells in a rats model with thioacetamide-induced liver fibrosis”, in Korean Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, volume 17, →DOI:

(anatomy) Any of several channels through which venous blood passes in various organs.


sinusoid

en-adj

sinusoid (comparative more sinusoid, superlative most sinusoid)

more sinusoid (comparative)
most sinusoid (superlative)


capitulum

en-noun

capitulum (plural capitulums or capitula)

Borrowed from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chapiter and chapter.

(anatomy) A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.


nephron

From Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”) + -on.

der

(anatomy) The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.


phytomere

(botany) A segment of the shoot of a grass; it includes the internode and leaf together with parts of the upper and lower nodes.


onycho-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux).

(anatomy, medicine) Nail: Relating to fingernails, toenails, or homologous structures such as claws or hooves.

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary


carboxyhemoglobin

en-noun

carboxyhemoglobin (usually uncountable, plural carboxyhemoglobins)

(biochemistry) The stable complex of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin; it prevents the normal complexing with oxygen and thus leads to anoxia


hemeprotein

(biochemistry) Any conjugated protein containing heme as the prosthetic group.


heteromeric

(anatomy) Describing neurons in the spinal cord that have processes passing through to the opposite side of the cord


premotor

(anatomy) Near the front of the motor cortex.


exothelium

(anatomy) A layer of flattened epithelial cells around an organ.


columellar

(biology, anatomy) Of or pertaining to a columella.


pyramidal tract

pyramidal tract (plural pyramidal tracts)

(anatomy) A major collection of axons that transmits nerve impulses from the motor cortex to the spinal cord.


epigastrium

In cases of extreme thickening of the coats of the stomach, of a scirrhoid character, where the suffering patients are almost worn out with constant pain, such remedies, applied over the epigastrium, most materially alleviate the distress.

1839, Robley Dunglison, Dunglison's American medical library:

(anatomy) The upper middle region of the abdomen, between the umbilical and hypochondriac regions.


glottic

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the glottis or the tongue.


monooxygenase

(biochemistry) Any oxygenase enzyme that catalyzes the incorporation of a single atom of molecular oxygen into a substrate, the other atom being reduced to water; active in the metabolism of many foreign compounds


myoglobin

myoglobin (countable and uncountable, plural myoglobins)

(biochemistry) A small globular protein, containing a heme group, that carries oxygen to muscles.


precordium

(anatomy) The region of the body over the heart and thorax.


synovial

From synovia + -al, related to New Latin synoviālis.

(anatomy) Relating to or denoting a type of joint which is surrounded by a thick flexible membrane forming a sac into which is secreted a viscous fluid that lubricates the joint.

(anatomy) Of, relating to, or secreting synovial fluid.


precordial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the precordium


hydratase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the addition or removal of the elements of water; a hydrase


dehydratase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of the elements of water from a compound, often leaving a double bond.


transpeptidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of an amino or peptide group from one molecule to another


peptidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptides into amino acids; a protease.


esterase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an ester


cupin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins and enzymes that have a domain in the form of a small barrel


melanopsin

A type of photopigment (an opsin) found in the retina; it is involved in the regulation of circadian rhythms

melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cell


hydroxylase

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of compounds by the introduction of hydroxyl groups.


desaturase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of single to double bonds, especially in the production of essential fatty acids.


sudorific

en-adj

sudorific (comparative more sudorific, superlative most sudorific)

more sudorific (comparative)
most sudorific (superlative)

From New Latin sudorificus, from sūdor (“sweat”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- (“sweat; to sweat”)) + -ificus (from Proto-Italic *-fakos (suffix forming adjectives that denote bringing or making), ultimately related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”)).

der

[...] I took my leave of them, & 'ran like a Lamp-lighter', the rest of the way to the Theatre; and in a most violent perspiration, clambered into the Shilling Gallery, where scarcely I cᵈ gain admission, the rest of the House being extremely crowded, wᶜʰ did not diminish the sudorific state of my person.

c. 1751, Roger Lonsdale, quoting Charles Burney, “Childhood and First Years in London, 1726–51”, in Dr. Charles Burney: A Literary Biography, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, published 1965 (1986 printing), →ISBN, page 35:

Fear, the product of guilt, is a true night-plant. Like some of those gigantic fungi the botanists tell of, it springs up in the dark, and in an hour of restless tossing, sudorific, horripilating wretchedness, canopies our bed with a phantom toad-stool of gigantic size. The load that the conscience can jauntily stagger under in the broad light of day, [...] will, in the gloom and silence of the night, wear its bearer to his knees.

[1873], W[illiam] S[tarbuck] Mayo, chapter XVII, in Never Again (The Library of Favourite Authors, British and Foreign; I), London: Ward, Lock, & Tyler, Warwick House, Paternoster Row, →OCLC, page 192:

In a state of perspiration; covered in sweat; sudoriferous, sweaty.


elongase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the elongation of an aliphatic chain, but especially one that elongates a fatty acid


carboxylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction.

羧化酶

any enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction


interneuron

The interneuron is a major neuroarchitectural element within the arthropod central nervous system, both in terms of numbers and diversity of form.

1995, G. S. Boyan, J. L. D. Williams, “Lineage analysis as a diagnostic tool in the insect central nervous system: Bringing order to interneurons”, in O. Breidbach, Wolfram Kutsch, editors, The Nervous Systems of Invertebrates: An Evolutionary and Comparative Approach, page 273:

Another important difference between interneuron and pyramidal cell spines is the number of synaptic boutons. The spines of interneurons are covered by numerous excitatory synaptic boutons (four to eight synapses per spine).

2007, Nelson Spruston, Chris McBain, “5: Structural and Functional Properties of Hippocampal Neurons”, in Per Andersen, Richard Morris David Amaral, Tim Bliss, John O'Keefe, editors, The Hippocampus Book, page 184:

Embedded within these spinal circuits are local interneurons. An interneuron is generally defined as a neuron that only synapses onto other neurons. In the central nervous system, interneurons are considered to be the neurons that have local rather than long-distance projections.

2011, Susan A. Duchars, “8: Spinal Interneurons in the Control of Autonomic Function”, in Ida J. Llewellyn-Smith, Anthony J. M. Verberne, editors, Central Regulation of Autonomic Functions, 2nd edition, page 140:

(anatomy) A multipolar neuron that connects afferent and efferent neurons.


immunoglobin

(immunology, biochemistry) Any protein that functions as an antibody


immunoglobulin E

(immunology) A class of antibody (or immunoglobulin "isotype") found in mammals.


deadenylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a deadenylation reaction


oculate

en-adj

oculate (comparative more oculate, superlative most oculate)

more oculate (comparative)
most oculate (superlative)

From Latin oculātus, from oculus (“eye”).


polyhedrin

(biochemistry) A protein that forms the crystalline matrix of viral polyhedral bodies


underbite

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A malocclusion, in which the lower teeth extend past the upper ones

underbid

condition of lower teeth extending past upper ones


discoid

(dentistry) A disk-shaped dental excavator designed to remove the carious dentin of a decayed tooth


beauty parlor

(US, Philippines) A salon where hairdressers, beauticians, and cosmeticians work.


acyltransferase

/ˌeɪsʌɪlˈtɹɑːnzfəɹeɪz/

(biochemistry) Any of several transferase enzymes that catalyze the transfer of acyl groups between lipids.

asyylitransferaasi

any of several enzymes that catalyse the transfer of acyl groups between lipids


hypanthium

From hypo- + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos) + -ium.

affix

(botany) The bowl-shaped part of a flower on which the sepals, petals, and stamens are borne


peladophobia

Mention may also be made here to peladophobia, fear of baldness, particularly manifested in men. In the more severe cases of peladophobia, the social intercourse of the patient is much restricted, developing into what is virtually a phobia of society.

1925, Transactions of the Section on Dermatology and Syphilology of the American Medical Association at the Annual Session, page 190:

Andrew fears bald people (peladophobia). As a child, he inadvertently insulted a bald man in a grocery store and was promptly clapped on the ears by the old man and screamed at.

2008, James Garner, Arthur H. Bell, Phobias and How to Overcome Them: Understanding and Beating Your Fears, Castle Books, →ISBN, page 105:

You can have pluviophobia, the fear of being rained on, or peladophobia, the fear of bald people, but there is no medical term for the fear of doors.

2010, Vanessa Woods, Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo, Gotham Books, →ISBN:


cyclin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins whose presence in a cell varies through its cycle, and that regulates this cycle by forming a complex with kinase


lipoxygenase

polyunsaturated fatty acid
polyunsaturated fatty acid

(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids


cytokinin

The rate-limiting step for cytokinin biosynthesis involves a group of isopentenyltransferase (IPT) enzymes.

2015 April 23, Simon Moore et al., “Spatiotemporal modelling of hormonal crosstalk explains the level and patterning of hormones and gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type and mutant roots”, in The New Phytologist, volume 207, →DOI:

SE onset depends on a complex network of interactions among plant growth regulators, mainly auxins and 'cytokinins, during the proembryogenic early stages, and ethylene and gibberellic and abscisic acids later in the development of somatic embryos.

2015 August 18, Clelia De-la-Peña et al., “The role of chromatin modifications in somatic embryogenesis in plants”, in Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 6, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any of a class of plant hormones involved in cell growth and division.


argonaute

(biochemistry, genetics) Any of a group of proteins responsible for the gene silencing phenomenon known as RNA interference

Argonauta

any of a group of proteins responsible for RNA interference


genual

PIE word
 *ǵónu
From New Latin genuālis, from Latin genū (“knee”).

The phyllocoptine species Paraciota tetracanthae Mohanasundaram (1984) exemplifies a minimal number of leg setae in lacking all but the genual seta of leg I and the tarsal setae of both legs.

1996, E.E. Linquist, Eriophyoid Mites: Their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control, page 23:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to a genu or to the knee.


prothrombin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein, produced in the liver, that is converted into thrombin during bleeding and subsequent clotting.


gnathodynamometer

(dentistry) An instrument used to measure the force applied in closing the jaws.


xylosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of xylose.


pentosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of a pentose


bimeter

It is unfortunate that the bimeter cannot be used in dentulous cases.

1951, Jerome Meyer, Oral Rehabilitation, page 528:

(dentistry) A type of gnathodynamometer having an adjustable central-bearing point.


mesenterium

From Late Latin mesenterium and its source, Ancient Greek μεσεντέριον (mesentérion).

The mesenterium, or midriff, diaphragma, is a cause, which the Greeks called φρένες, because by his inflammation the mind is much troubled with convulsions and dotage.

1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 5, subsection ii:


conjugated protein

en-noun

conjugated protein (plural conjugated proteins)

(biochemistry) Any protein that consists of both a polypeptide (the apoprotein) and a prosthetic group such as a lipid (in lipoproteins), sugar (in glycoproteins) or porphyrins and metals (in hemoglobin etc)


apoprotein

(biochemistry) The polypeptide part of a conjugated protein; for example, an apolipoprotein plus a lipid particle yields a lipoprotein.


slicked-back

en-adj

slicked-back (comparative more slicked-back, superlative most slicked-back)

more slicked-back (comparative)
most slicked-back (superlative)

→ Swedish: backslick

His slicked-back hair made the villain look cool.

(of a hairstyle) Treated with a wet-look gel and combed straight back


tuberosity

en-noun

tuberosity (countable and uncountable, plural tuberosities)

The basitemporal platform is flat in posterior view because the mamillar tuberosities are very weakly developed.

2002, T. H. Worthy, The Lost World of the Moa: Prehistoric Life of New Zealand, page 128:

The superior aspect of the supramarginal gyrus lies underneath the euryon, which corresponds to the most prominent point of the parietal tuberosity or bossa […]

2018, Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas, Applied Cranial-Cerebral Anatomy:

(countable, anatomy) A rounded protuberance, at the end of a bone, to which a muscle or tendon is attached.


somatocrinin

(biochemistry) A hormone, produced in the hypothalamus, that promotes the secretion of growth hormones.


suprachiasmatic

When I tell you that the suprachiasmatic nucleus is composed of 20,000 brain cells, or neurons, you might assume it is enormous, consuming a vast amount of your cranial space, but actually it is tiny.

2017, Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep, Penguin, published 2018, page 18:

Situated above the optic chiasm; specifically, designating a nucleus or region in the paraventricular region of the hypothalamus.


thalamic

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the thalamus.


man cave

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man + cave, suggesting the caves in which prehistoric people sometimes lived.

(LGBTQ) The vulva or vagina of a trans man.


basilar

Borrowing from New Latin basilāris, irregularly from basis (“a pedestal, foot, base”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); or from French basilaire, from base (“base, basis”) + -aire (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix), in the pattern of cimbalaire (“cymbal-shaped”).

af

(anatomy, relational) Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an organ of Corti.


corticotropin

en-noun

corticotropin (countable and uncountable, plural corticotropins)

adrenocorticotropic hormone
adrenocorticotropic hormone#English

(biochemistry, endocrinology) Synonym of adrenocorticotropic hormone


labrum

(anatomy) Any of several lip-like projections.


zona pellucida

zona pellucida (plural zonae pellucidae or zonæ pellucidæ)

zonae pellucidae (plural)
zonæ pellucidæ (plural)

Latin zōna (“zone”) + pellūcida (“transparent”).

The sperm passes through an outer barrier called the zona pellucida and, all being well, fuses with the egg.

2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 339:

(anatomy) A glycoprotein membrane surrounding the plasma membrane of an oocyte.


silicatein

silicatein (countable and uncountable, plural silicateins)

(biochemistry) An enzyme used by sponges to capture silicate and build silica nanostructures


jade gate

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the female’s feet are lifted toward the heavens and the jade stalk is inserted deeply into the jade gate.

The vagina, especially in reference to sex.


jade stalk

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Then he inserts the Jade Stalk in her interior.

(in East Asian literature) The penis, especially in reference to sex.


semiring

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(anatomy) One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds, forming an essential part of the syrinx of songbirds.


cryopyrin

(biochemistry) A nucleotide-binding and leucin-rich protein which activates the inflammasome in response to toxins.


medullary

From medulla + -ary; compare also Late Latin medullaris.

(anatomy) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla

ydin-

pertaining to, consisting of or resembling marrow

(anatomy) Relating to the medulla oblongata


sacciform

en-adj

sacciform (comparative more sacciform, superlative most sacciform)

more sacciform (comparative)
most sacciform (superlative)


sorus

From New Latin sōrus, from Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós, “heap”).

AGLAOMORPHIA, [...] Sori non-indusiate, rotundate, [...] Fronds coriaceous, dimorphous, the sterile sessile querciform, brown rigid; [...]

1857, Thomas Moore, Index Filicum: A Synopsis, with Characters, of the Genera, and an Enumeration of the Species of Ferns : with Synonymes, References:

(botany) A cluster of sporangia on the edge or underside of a fern frond.


pleckstrin

Abbreviation of platelet + leukocyte C kinase substrate + KSTR (amino acids) + string.

abbreviation of

(biochemistry) A protein found in platelets


cut-throat razor

en-noun

cut-throat razor (plural cut-throat razors)


straight razor

A razor with a blade that can fold into its handle.


cuticulin

cuticulin (countable and uncountable, plural cuticulins)

(biochemistry) A structural protein, in the cortical layer of large ascarids, which does not exhibit the striations characteristic of collagen, and which is not attacked by collagenase


haloperoxidase

(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that oxidize organic halogen compounds; they are hemoproteins or similar


vanadium-associated protein

vanadium-associated protein (plural vanadium-associated proteins)

(biochemistry) Any protein, such as hemovanadin, that contains vanadium in an associated molecule


peristome

Its removal does not, however, leave the mouth of the capsule wide open, for around the margin are two circles of pointed teeth forming the peristome.

1911, “Bryophyta”, in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition:

(botany) One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surrounding the opening of the capsule of many mosses.


vanadium bromoperoxidase

(biochemistry) A haloperoxidase, used by some algae to synthesize halogen compounds, that has a requirement for the element vanadium


lacrimal lake

(anatomy) The pool of tears in the lower conjunctival cul-de-sac of the eye, which drains into the opening of the tear drainage system


radial artery

Radial here means “of or pertaining to the radius” (one of the bones of the arm).

(medicine, human anatomy) The main artery of the lateral aspect of the forearm that is one of the two branches of the brachial artery and enters the wrist on the side of the thumb.


tube steak

A rhyming allusion to cube steak and the item's shape.

I want to slip my tube steak into your sister. What'll you take in trade?

1987, Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford, directed by Stanley Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket, spoken by Joker (Matthew Modine):


plasmin

plasmin (countable and uncountable, plural plasmins)

(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that dissolves the fibrin in blood clots.


have one's ears lowered

en-verb

have one's ears lowered (third-person singular simple present has one's ears lowered, present participle having one's ears lowered, simple past and past participle had one's ears lowered)

has one's ears lowered (present singular third-person)
having one's ears lowered (participle present)
had one's ears lowered (participle past)
had one's ears lowered (past)

Hair cuts change the relative position of the end of a person's hair and the person's ears and the term is based on the humorous supposition that the same effect could have been achieved by moving the ears lower down the person's face.

When you need a haircut, you go to a barber, so here I am at Tommy's Bronxville's tonsorial prepared to get clipped. Or, as we said as kids, have my ears lowered.

2006 June 25, “Cutting to the Chase at Barber Shop”, in New York Daily News:

(idiomatic, humorous, dated) To get a haircut.


diad

From di- + -ad. Compare dyad, with which it may have been confused.

(anatomy) A structure in the cardiac myocyte


ferredoxin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of iron and sulfur-containing proteins, found in green plants, that function in electron transport and in photosynthesis.


ossein

en-noun

ossein (countable and uncountable, plural osseins)

(biochemistry) The collagen component of bone


anal cleft

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(anatomy) The groove between the buttocks.


lyase

(biochemistry) Any of many classes of enzyme that catalyze the breaking of a specific form of bond


pterion

From French ptérion, from ptère (“wing of the sphenoid bone”) + -ion, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Then standing before a closet mirror, he put the automatic to his head, at the point of the pterion, and pressed the comfortably concaved trigger.

1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 349:

sphenoparietal suture
sphenoparietal suture

(anatomy) The point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture; known as the weakest part of the skull.

pterión

the point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture


gluteal cleft

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(anatomy) The groove between the buttocks that runs from just below the sacrum to the perineum.


multienzyme

(biochemistry) Any protein having two or more catalytic functions


rubredoxin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of iron-sulfur proteins found in some bacteria


ocrea

(botany) A sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf.


alveolar bone

(anatomy) A ridge on the surface of a teeth-bearing bone, such as maxilla and mandible in humans, that contains the tooth sockets.


dry socket

The severe pain of a "dry socket" after tooth extraction can be relieved by injections of vitamin B₁ (thiamine hydrochloride) Dr. Joseph P. Osterloh, of San Francisco, reports.

1942 August 8, “Vitamin B Relieves Pain After Tooth Extraction”, in The Science News-Letter, volume 42, number 6, page 89:

(dentistry) An inflammation, usually acutely painful, of the alveolar bone following extraction of a tooth.


desmology

* From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “ligament, bond”) + -logy

uder

(anatomy) The branch of anatomy which concerns ligaments.


pre

From Latin prae (“in front of”); see pre-.


pre

en-noun

pre (countable and uncountable, plural pres)

The formal is about 95 per cent hype and hysteria, and about 5 per cent actual formal, and the pre-formal gathering of parents and kids is about as hypey and hysterical as it gets... After the pres, the night mirrors the increasing pain of high heels as they go from shiny and exciting to plain uncomfortable.

2007 September 21, Nina Ubaldi, “Lose the hype and formals can be fun”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:


pre

en-verb

pre (third-person singular simple present pres, present participle preing, simple past and past participle pred or preed)

pres (present singular third-person)
preing (participle present)
pred (participle past)
pred (past)
preed (participle past)
preed (past)

This view alone is reason enough to book up this place for a girl's weekend. Imagine preing outside the city lights, playing the Lemonade visual album full blast on Apple TV.

2017 May 26, Paige McPhee, “13 Toronto Staycations For The Ultimate Girls Weekend”, in Narcity, archived from the original on 2021-10-23:

It's your average Saturday night and you're preing with your mates so you won't have to waste tonnes of money in some average bar. No one can come up with a good drinking game, so you just resort to the classics: Beer Pong and Ring of Fire.

2022 February 28, Malou Baumann, “A round-up of all the best drinking games”, in The Tab, archived from the original on 2022-07-06:

Fight Night, one of the most notorious student nights of the year, returns this month. Getting dressed up with your friends, preing way too hard, and finally Ubering to the AO Arena where the hip flask you smuggled in definitely comes in handy.

2022 November 10, Myfanwy Fleming-Jones, “Manchester Student Fight Night – All you need to know!”, in The Mancunion, archived from the original on 2022-11-26:


facial nerve

(neuroanatomy) The seventh (VII) of twelve paired cranial nerves that supply motor fibers especially to the muscles of the face and jaw and sensory and parasympathetic fibers to the tongue, palate, and fauces.


apellous

(anatomy) Not covered by skin. Said of a circumcised penis, which has had its prepuce (foreskin) removed.


ethmoid sinus

(anatomy) Any of several paranasal sinuses enclosed within the ethmoid bone.


sphenoid sinus

en-noun

sphenoid sinus (plural sphenoid sinuses)

(anatomy) A paranasal sinus contained within the body of the sphenoid bone.


tooth socket

periodontal ligament
periodontal ligament

(anatomy) A socket in the jaw in which the roots of teeth are held in the alveolar process with the periodontal ligament.


vegetative nervous system

vegetative nervous system (plural vegetative nervous systems)

autonomic nervous system
autonomic nervous system

(neuroanatomy) The autonomic nervous system.


prosencephalon

prosencephalon (plural prosencephalons or prosencephala)

prosencephalons (plural)
prosencephala (plural)

From proso- + encephalon. proso- is from Ancient Greek πρόσω (prósō).

Holonym: encephalon


pectoralis major

pectoralis major (plural pectoralis majors or pectorales majores)

pectoralis majors (plural)
pectorales majores (plural)

With the pectoralis major cut off, the shoulders caved inward as if in a perpetual shrug, making it impossible to move the arm forward or sideways.

2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 65:

(anatomy) The large muscle that covers the chest and ribs.


median plane

(anatomy) The only plane along which the human body is roughly symmetrical, running from the top to the bottom through navel, separating the left and the right hand.

mediaanitaso

anatomy: plane that divides the body evenly to the left and right half


sagittal plane

(anatomy) Any imaginary plane parallel to median plane.


cerebral hemisphere

cerebral hemisphere (plural cerebral hemispheres)

(neuroanatomy) One of the two regions of the brain that are delineated by the body's median plane.


permed

en-adj

permed (comparative more permed, superlative most permed)

more permed (comparative)
most permed (superlative)


myelo-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”).

myelosuppression; myelodysplasia

(anatomy, biology, medicine) Bone marrow.

myelomeningocele; myelomeningitis

(anatomy, biology, medicine) Spinal cord.


collum

Borrowed from Latin collum (“the neck”). Doublet of col.

No sooner does a little particle of food touch the edge of the delicate collar which surrounds the collum, than it adheres to it and is carried down by currents, that circulate up one side of the collar and down the other, to the end of the collum, in which, along with an accompanying drop of water, it becomes at once engulped^([sic]).

1882, Frank Coles Phillips, Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists' Society, volume 3, page 25:

(anatomy) A neck, cervix, or neckline part or process.


unguis

From Latin unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”). Doublet of onyx.

(botany) The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; an ungula.


spinous

spinous (comparative more spinous, superlative most spinous)

more spinous (comparative)
most spinous (superlative)

From spine + -ous, or borrowed from Latin spinōsus.

The spinous process of vertebra CII can be identified through deep palpation as the most superior bony protuberance in the midline inferior to the skull.

2012, Richard Drake, Richard Lee Drake, Wayne Vogl, Gray's Basic Anatomy, →ISBN, page 36:

the spinous processes of the lumbar vertebrae


cohesin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins responsible for binding the sister chromatids during mitosis


fifth cranial nerve

en-noun

fifth cranial nerve (plural fifth cranial nerves)


neurotrophin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that stimulate the growth of nerve cells


trigeminal nerve

trigeminal nerve (plural trigeminal nerves)

Meronyms: ophthalmic nerve, maxillary nerve, mandibular nerve

(neuroanatomy) Each of the fifth and largest pair of cranial nerves responsible for sensation and motor function in the face and mouth.


trigeminal

From Latin trigeminus (“threefold, triple, triform”) + -al, equivalent to tri- + geminal.

af

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the trigeminal nerve (the fifth cranial nerve).

三叉的

of or pertaining to the trigeminal nerve


trigeminal

trigeminal nerve
trigeminal nerve#English

(neuroanatomy) Ellipsis of trigeminal nerve.


virginal membrane

en-noun

virginal membrane (plural virginal membranes)

So called because the membrane is usually damaged by sexual intercourse.


sidebang

(colloquial, US) A hairstyle that consists of long hair brushed forward over one eye, similar to a fringe haircut, but worn on one side only.


RLQ

right lower quadrant
w:right lower quadrant

(anatomy) Initialism of right lower quadrant (of the human abdomen).


radial vein

(anatomy) Any of a group of veins on the radial side of the forearm


radial nerve

(anatomy) A large nerve, carrying both sensory and motor neurones, that supplies the dorsal aspect of the forearm and arm


glycocalyx

glycocalyx (plural glycocalyces or glycocalyxes)

glycocalyces (plural)
glycocalyxes (plural)

Blood platelets and megakaryocytes from which they arise, both have ruthenium red positive glycocalyces in the form of globular particles; ruthenium red is known to react strongly with chondroitin sulphate.

1976, L. T. Threadgold, The Ultrastructure of the Animal Cell, 2nd edition, Pergamon Press, page 146:

The microvilli are in turn covered with a velvety meshwork made of countless sugar-based structures that look a little bit like antlers. These are called the glycocalyxes.

2015, Giulia Enders, translated by David Shaw, Gut, Scribe, published 2016, page 36:

2016, V. C. Hascall, P. H. Weigel, B. P. Toole, Hyalurolan, Ralph A. Bradshaw, Philip D. Stahl, Gerald W. Hart (editors), Encyclopedia of Cell Biology, Volume 1: Molecular Cell Biology, Elesvier (Academic Press), page 280,
Most cells are able to dynamically synthesize hyaluronan and form cell-associated glycocalyces that include chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (e.g., versican and aggrecan) bound to the hyaluronan (Figure 4).

In cancer, the glycocalyxes of circulating tumor cells play a fundamental role in the metastatic process.

2017, Stefania Marcotti, Gwendolen C. Reilly, “3: Sugar-Coating the Cell: The Role of the Glycocalyx in Mechanobiology”, in Simon C. F. Rawlinson, editor, Mechanobiology: Exploitation for Medical Benefit, Wiley, page 44:

(biology, anatomy) A filamentous coating of glycoprotein and polysaccharide on the surface of bacteria and some other cells.

glycocalyx

filamentous coating of glycoprotein and polysaccharide on the surface of some cells


roached

From the noun roach (“curve, edge of a sail”).

(US) Having a style of trimming a horse's mane so that the hair stands straight up from the neck, similar to the natural growth pattern of a zebra's mane, or a mohawk haircut on a human.


cycler

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We took samples from the tubes in the cycler at regular intervals

(biochemistry) Ellipsis of thermal cycler.; a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.


permanent wave

(British) A series of waves in the hair produced by means of chemical substances and heat; a perm


curling tongs

Tongs, usually electrically heated, used for curling or waving the hair.

kulma

heated tongs for curling or waving the hair