hexaglutamylated

(biochemistry) Modified by reaction with six glutamic acid components


hyperedited

(genetics, of nucleic acid) Excessively edited


intercohesin

(biochemistry) Between cohesin molecules


melanofibril

(biology) A fibril that contains melanin


mesocuticle

(biology) a layer of tissue between the exocuticle and endocuticle in some arthropods


mesoevolution

We define this scale between a single speciation event and global macroevolutionary patterns as mesoevolution

2019, Christopher H. Martin, Emilie J. Richards, “The Paradox Behind the Pattern of Rapid Adaptive Radiation: How Can the Speciation Process Sustain Itself Through an Early Burst?”, in Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, volume 50, pages 25.1-25.25:

(biology) Evolutionary change on a time-scale intermediate between microevolution and macroevolution


ovoperoxidase

(biochemistry) Any peroxidase from an egg or oocyte


phosphoprofiling

(biochemistry) The profiling of phosphorylated proteins


protointron

(genetics) A section of RNA that develops into an intron


ribobase

(biochemistry) The nucleobase of a ribonucleotide


spliceogenic

A number of clinical applications are reviewed, i.e., mutation detection in inherited cancer syndromes based on DNA-sequencing, detection of spliceogenic variants based on RNA-sequencing, DNA-sequencing to identify risk modifiers and application for pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, cancer somatic mutation analysis, pharmacogenetics and liquid biopsy.

2017, Kamps R, “Next-Generation Sequencing in Oncology: Genetic Diagnosis, Risk Prediction and Cancer Classification”, in International journal of molecular sciences, volume 18, number 2, MDPI, →DOI, →PMID:


tetracomplex

(genetics) A complex of four homeobox genes


tetranucleation

(biology) Conversion to a tetranucleated from


acquired characteristic

en-noun

acquired characteristic (plural acquired characteristics)

(biology) A change or modification to a living organism that occurs during its lifetime, that is not incorporated into its DNA, and hence cannot be passed on to its offspring; for example, the loss of a limb in an accident, or stunted growth due to inadequate nutrition.


hypodevelopment

(biology, anatomy) A reduced level of development


ultrasequencing

(genetics) an extension of pyrosequencing


grandoffspring

Plugging these numbers into his model, Dr Croft showed that the diminution of fecundity in elderly females that this intergenerational competition creates, combined with the fact that the youngsters an elderly female is competing with are often her own daughters (so it is her grandoffspring that are benefiting), means it is better for her posterity if she gives up breeding altogether, and concentrates her efforts on helping those daughters.

2017 January 14, “The evolution of the menopause: A whale of a tale”, in The Economist, page 74, column 3:


hyperpseudopilus

(biology) A large, multimeric pseudopilus


recodonized

(genetics, of a gene) That has a (terminal) codon replaced or reattached


apotarget

(biochemistry) An apoprotein that is the target of a biochemical reaction.


haploabnormal

(genetics) Having an abnormal haploid form


haploabnormality

haploabnormality (countable and uncountable, plural haploabnormalities)

(genetics) the condition of being haploabnormal


melastin

(biochemistry) A protein immunomodulator produced by Streptomyces


midbivalent

(genetics) in the middle of a bivalent chromosome


thyroglobin

(biochemistry) A globin produced by the thyroid gland


myopodin

(biochemistry) A protein present in cardiac smooth muscle


sororin

(biochemistry) A phosphoprotein that regulates sister chromatid cohesion


notopodal

(zoology) Belonging to the Notopoda, a division of decapods including the dromioid crabs.


gropper

Enjoyed a wide range of Sedge warblers, heard a gropper, and saw a spoonbill, and our first house martins and swifts of the year. The avocets were grand (nearly 50 of them) and not as argumentative as usual at his time of the year.

2001 April 29, Michael J Davis, “A grand day out and request for help”, in uk.rec.birdwatching (Usenet):

These overwhelmingly male gatherings remind me of paparazzi flocks I’ve encountered. Like a reluctant celebrity, the Pallas’s “gropper” (twitchers have their own language, as well as paparazzi-style ripping yarns about this trip or that shot) was skulking in the bushes.

2017 September 25, Patrick Barkham, “Twitchers and groppers: when birdwatching turns ugly”, in The Guardian:

(UK, informal, birdwatching) The grasshopper warbler.


pholidote

(zoology) A member of the Pholidota; a pangolin.


Evolution Day

From evolution + day. From being the anniversary day of the day that On Origin of Species by Charles Darwin was originally published in 1859. From On Origin of Species being the seminal work that introduced biological evolution as the origin of the diversity of life on Earth.

evolutionary biology
evolutionary biology#English

(biology, holidays, celebrations) November the 24th; the day that celebrates the publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, and evolutionary biology, evolution science.

holidays; celebrations; holidays; celebrations

en:Charles Darwin
en:Evolution Day
en:On Origin of Species


dilysine

dilysine (countable and uncountable, plural dilysines)

(biochemistry, uncountable) The dipeptide composed of two lysine moieties

(biochemistry, countable) The motif in proteins composed of this dipeptide


antenna complex

antenna complex (plural antenna complexes)

(biology) A light-harvesting array of protein and chlorophyll molecules embedded in the thylakoid membrane of plants and cyanobacteria.


glucose 6-phosphate
glucose 6-phosphate#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of glucose 6-phosphate.


phosphoglucose isomerase

phosphoglucose isomerase (plural phosphoglucose isomerases)

(biochemistry) Alternative form of phosphoglucoseisomerase.


triose phosphate

triose phosphate (plural triose phosphates)

(biochemistry) Alternative form of triosephosphate.


ATP synthase

adenosine triphosphate
adenosine triphosphate

adenosine diphosphate
adenosine diphosphate

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) from adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and inorganic phosphate.


histioblast

(cytology) Any cell that is capable of forming tissue


histopoiesis

(biology) The formation and development of cells


replicore

(biochemistry) The DNA fragment made during a replication fork


mucopolysaccharase

(biochemistry) Synonym of mucopolysaccharidase.


oligocratic

Significantly, his pollen deposits reveal the conditions both in the oligocratic and the telocratic .

1982, John D. Hamaker, Donald A. Weaver, The Survival of Civilization Depends Upon Our Solving Three Problems, page 64:

During the first part of the oligocratic stage, leaching of brown soils produces acid podzols that favour coniferous woodlands and heaths.

2004, Richard John Huggett, Fundamentals of Biogeography, page 319:

Carpinus (hornbeam) behaved much more strongly as an oligocratic species than before; its pollen frequency not rising until quite late in the stage.

2012, M. Ingrouille, Historical Ecology of the British Flora, page 76:

Palaeoenvironmental evidence from northwest Europe indicates that the oligocratic phase of the interglacial cycle (Fig. 3.1) had begun by ca. 5K years BP.

2014, Antoinette Mannion, Global Environmental Change, page 71:

(ecology) The third and penultimate stage of interglacial forest development (Late-Temperate), characterized by shade-tolerant species that tolerate leaching of the soil.


nucleoalbumin

nucleoalbumin (countable and uncountable, plural nucleoalbumins)

(biochemistry) A complex of nucleic acid and albumin


pseudoheritability

pseudoheritability (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoheritabilities)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudoheritability.wav

(biology) A form of estimate used to determine heritability.


plasmagene

plasmagenes (plural)
plasma gene (alternative)

(genetics) A gene located in granules of the cytoplasm of a cell


sulfoprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein that has a free sulfate group


thiobutabarbital

From thio- (“containing sulfur”) + secbutabarbital.

af

(pharmacology, veterinary medicine) A short-acting barbiturate derivative (trademark Inactin) which has sedative, anticonvulsant and hypnotic effects and is used in veterinary medicine for induction in surgical anesthesia.


PRPP

phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate
phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate.


phosphoribosylpyrophosphate

(biochemistry) Alternative form of phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate.


thrombolysin

(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme formed from plasminogen


fertilin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that mediate the binding of sperm to oocytes


polycotyly

(botany) The condition of being polycotyledonous


oncoplot

(genetics) A diagrammatic representation of genetic mutations


reflagellation

en-noun

reflagellation (usually uncountable, plural reflagellations)

(biology) A second or subsequent flagellation, typically following deflagellation


Ramachandran plot

Ramachandran plot (plural Ramachandran plots)

Named after G. N. Ramachandran, one of the people who developed it in 1963.

(biochemistry) A diagram that visualizes the energetically allowed regions for backbone dihedral angles ψ against φ of amino acid residues in protein structure.


tetracrotic

(biology) Of the arterial pulse: exhibiting a quadruple beat.


ovulin

(biochemistry) A seminal protein that mediates ovulation in fish


oncoribosome

(biology) A specialised ribosome associated with a cancer


plithotaxis

(biology) migration of a cell such that shear stress is minimised


phosphotarget

(biochemistry) a target for phosphorylation


debranchase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that counters branching in nucleic acids


hyposin

(biochemistry, medicine) An oligopeptide antihypertensive


tryptophyllin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of peptides in the skin secretions of some frogs


vasculotide

(biochemistry) Any of a group of peptides that mimic the action of angiopoietin


endjoining

(biochemistry) The joining of the broken ends of DNA fragments


trochanterofemoral

(zoology) Relating to the trochanter and femur of some arthropods.


anticompetitor

(biology) That opposes the activities of a competitor


cholesterolgenesis

(biochemistry) Alternative form of cholesterogenesis.


resistosome

(botany) The structure presumed to confer disease resistance to a plant


adaptomics

(biology) The use of genomics in the study of adaptation


haplotyper

(biology, computing) A piece of software that characterises haplotypes.


poliovirion

(virology) An individual particle (virion)) of a poliovirus


shadowdragon

(entomology) Any of genus Neurocordulia (family Corduliidae) of dragonflies.


boghaunter

(entomology) Either of two species of dragonfly of the genus Williamsonia, family Corduliidae.


duskhawk

(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae.


heliorhodopsin

(biochemistry) Any of a form of rhodopsin that have a reverse orientation in the cell wall


photomotility

(biology) The condition of being photomotile


limbidium

The leaf margin, which consists of a band of uni-stratose to pluri-stratose, hyaline-yellowish, prosenchymatous, stereid cells is called limbidium. In some species, the limbidium can be well developed in all three laminae.

2020, Afroz Alam, Contemporary Research on Bryophytes, page 165:

(bryology) A differentiated margin of the leaf of a moss.


acalycal

(botany, of a stamen) Not attached to a calyx


mycodiversity

(ecology) The diversity of fungi in a particular environment.


hypusinate

en-verb

hypusinate (third-person singular simple present hypusinates, present participle hypusinating, simple past and past participle hypusinated)

hypusinates (present singular third-person)
hypusinating (participle present)
hypusinated (participle past)
hypusinated (past)


mispatterning

(biology) The formation of an incorrect pattern


prepatterning

(biology) The formation of a pattern before some other process


prenucleosome

(biology) A composite of histone and DNA that is converted into a nucleosome by a motor protein


nucellin

(biochemistry) an aspartic endopeptidase expressed in nucellar cells during degradation


ethomics

(biology) ethology and genomics considered as a single discipline


kleptogyny

From klepto- (“theft”) + -gyny (“women”).

(zoology) A mating strategy in which a male copulates with a female in a harem while the owner of the harem is not paying attention.


sucro-

sucrose, sucroacid


sucr-

(biochemistry) Alternative form of sucro-.


-tropin

From -tropic (“attracted to or acting upon”) + -in.


rootstalk

All these species are climbing, briery plants, having long slender roots, which proceed in all directions from a common rootstalk or rhizome.

1868, George Bacon Wood, A Treatise on Therapeutics, and Pharmacology, Or Materia Medica, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Company, page 432:

For Theophrastus insists that the scion's relation to the rootstalk is not essentially different from that of any other plant's relation to the earth. The rootstalk simply provides nourishment, just as the earth does, while the formation and growth of the scion are both due to the power of the scion itself.

2016, James Wilberding, Forms, Souls, and Embryos, Routledge, →ISBN:


-sterone

(biochemistry, steroids) Steroid hormone.


deethylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of an ethyl group from a compound


phosphoglycerokinase

phosphoglycerate kinase
phosphoglycerate kinase


genomescape

(biochemistry) The architectural "landscape" of a genome, typically represented by the occurrence of specific repeats


estr-

oestr- (alternative UK)
-estr- (alternative)


estro-

estr- (alternative)
oestro- (alternative UK)
oestr- (alternative UK)

estrogen


agrophic

(botany, of a vein) Not paired with a vein on the opposite side of the lateral vein.


agrophic

(botany) A vein that is not paired with a vein on the opposite side of the lateral vein.


anthemoid

(botany, of a pollen grain) That has basal columellae.


arctotoid

(botany, of a style) having a ring of sweeping hairs borne on the shaft of the style proximal to the style branches


bostrychoid

(botany, of buds) arranged in a helical manner on the outside of a long, tapering, conical rachis; having the form of a bostryx.


carduoid

(botany, of a style) having a ring of sweeping hairs on the shaft below the style branches


endophloic

(botany, of lichen) having the thallus growing within (rather than upon) the bark of trees


heterobrochate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having lumina of different sizes


homobrochate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having lumina of all the same sizes


brochus

(botany) The width of the lumen of a pollen grain reticulum.


obtrapeziform

(botany, of a leaf) trapeziform, but attached by the narrower trapezoidal base


phytomelanous

(botany) Relating to or composed of phytomelan.


pseudobasifixed

(botany, of an anther) connected to the filament of the stamen by connective tissue which extends in a tube around the filament tip


vernonioid

(botany, of a style) Having sweeping hairs borne on abaxial surfaces of style branches.


crustacivore

(biology) Any animal (typically a bird) that forages for, and eats crustaceans


diastataxis

(biology, of a bird) The state of not having a fifth secondary feather


secondary feather

en-noun

secondary feather (plural secondary feathers)

(biology) A remex flight feather that is connected to the ulna


hypopteron

(biology) the tuft of axillary feathers of a bird's wing


mesoptile

(biology) one of the second set of down feathers (in those birds that have two sets)


nebbing

(zoology) The act of a pair of birds of touching or rubbing each other's bills.


neossoptile

(biology) Any of the soft down feathers of a newly-hatched bird


phaneric

(biology, of plumage) cryptic (used for camouflaging)


plumology

(biology) The branch of biology that deals with feathers and plumage


cenanthous

(botany, of a perianth) That lacks both stamens and pistil


hapter

(botany) An attachment formed when a foliose lichen thallus comes in contact with a substrate


ectaxonic

From ecto- + Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”) + -ic.

af

(anatomy, zoology) Having the outer digits more strongly developed than the inner ones


propubic

(zoology) Having a pubic shaft that is directed forward


algophagy

(biology) The condition of being algophagous


antenodal vein

(biology) A small crossvein at the front of the wing of a dragonfly or damselfly


mito-

# From Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread of the warp”).
# From mitosis.

der

mitoclastic, mitodepressive, mitogenetic


parasitoidy

(biology) The condition of being parasitoid


greenwater

(ecology) Alternative form of green water.


autoflowering

(botany) Describes a plant (typically cannabis) that automatically switches from vegetative growth to the flowering stage based on age


spruce tip

(sylviculture, arboriculuture, horitculture, agriculture, botany, cooking) The new spring growth at the ends of spruce branches. For some species of spruce, these are edible and a traditional foodstuff.


ecoevolution

en-noun

ecoevolution (countable and uncountable, plural ecoevolutions)

evolutionary biology
evolutionary biology

(ecology) evolutionary ecology (the intersection of ecology and evolutionary biology)


xerocole

(biology) An animal that is adapted to a very dry ecosystem (typically a desert).


exoscopic

(botany, of an embryo) Having the apex pointed toward the neck of the archegonium


(biochemistry) Abbreviation of thyroxine.


tigertail

(entomology) Any of various dragonflies of the family Synthemistidae, having black and yellow patterned tails.


chlorogenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses chlorogenic acid


ecotin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of protease inhibitors present in Gram-negative bacteria


methylthiotransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of a methylthio group


gonadotropin-releasing hormone

(biochemistry) A peptide hormone secreted by cells of the hypothalamus that stimulates secretion of gonadotropins.


agomir

(biochemistry) Any of a group of small, single-stranded synthetic RNA


linaridin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of linear dehydrated peptides


prebranch

(botany) Describing the part of a root from which a lateral root will form


pristinin

(biochemistry) A posttranslationally modified peptide present in Streptomyces pristinaespiralis


magnoid

(cytology) Having relatively large cells


oosorption

(biology) The resorption of a developing egg typically as a response to a parasite


metastage

(biology) Any of a group of equivalent developmental stages in unrelated organisms


retrohome

en-verb

retrohome (third-person singular simple present retrohomes, present participle retrohoming, simple past and past participle retrohomed)

retrohomes (present singular third-person)
retrohoming (participle present)
retrohomed (participle past)
retrohomed (past)

(genetics) To cause or to undergo retrohoming


strippase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that, along with helicase, is involved in DNA unwinding.


diresidue

(biochemistry) A pair of amino acids that repeat in a particular protein


cartilogenesis

(biology) The biogenesis of cartilage tissue.


cystinosin

(biochemistry) A lysosomal transmembrane protein that transports cystine


VoC

variant of concern
variant of concern#English

(virology) Abbreviation of variant of concern.

Alternative form of VOC.
Abbreviation of variant of concern.


acridivore

(biology) Any organism that eats grasshoppers and locusts


acridivorous

en-adj

acridivorous (comparative more acridivorous, superlative most acridivorous)

more acridivorous (comparative)
most acridivorous (superlative)

(biology) that eats grasshoppers and locusts


coprofauna

en-noun

coprofauna (countable and uncountable, plural coprofaunas)

(biology) Any animal known only as a coprolite


polychaetologist

(biology) Any biologist whose speciality is polychetes


symbiontism

(biology) The condition of being symbiontic


torocyte

(cytology) An erythrocyte that appears to have a pale central area


aggregase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the aggregation of protein


collencyte

(cytology) A type of branched cell present in collenchyma


enterocoely

enterocoely (countable and uncountable, plural enterocoelia)

(uncountable, biology) The formation of the coelom in the development of an embryo

(countable, biology) An embryonic coelom


spongocyte

(cytology) A cell, in some poriferans, that secretes spongin


nonoligodendrocyte

(cytology) Any cell in the nervous system that is not an oligodendrocyte.


VUI

CUI

command user interface, character-based user interface

TUI

touch user interface, textual user interface/text-based user interface, terminal user interface, tangible user interface

(virology) Abbreviation of variant under investigation.


barttin

(genetics) A human gene associated with Bartter syndrome.


cell type

(cytology) A morphologically distinct form of cell


endocrinogenesis

(biology) The generation and differentiation of endocrine cells


tubocurarine chloride

(biochemistry, pharmacology) A toxic compound of the alkaloid class obtained chiefly from the bark and stems of a South American vine (Chondrodendron tomentosum of the family Menispermaceae) that in its dextrorotatory form constitutes the chief active constituent of curare and used in the form of its hydrated hydrochloride C₃₇H₄₁ClN₂O₆·HCl·5H₂O to produce relaxation of voluntary muscles before surgery and in tetanus, encephalitis, and poliomyelitis.


expellency

expellency (countable and uncountable, plural expellencies)

(biology) The ability to expel (parasites for example))


phagomimetic

(microbiology) That mimic the action of phagocytes

(ecology) Pertaining to phagomimicry; pertaining something that which is not food but which stimulates the feeding response.


phagomimicry

(ecology) The mimicking of food to the extent that it will generate a feeding response.


acetaldehydase

acetaldehydase (countable and uncountable, plural acetaldehydases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of acetaldehyde to acetic acid


aciculum

From Latin [Term?]. Compare English acicula.

(botany, zoology) A needlelike spine or bristle, specially the seta of an annelid


acinarious

/ˌæsɪˈnɛəɹi.əs/

/ˌæsɪˈnɛɹi.əs/


acone

(biology, of the eyes of an insect) That lack cones


acrose

(biochemistry) A racemic form of fructose


acrotrophic

(biology, of an insect) Having nutritive cells at the top of the follicular tube


actinobranch

actinobranchs (plural)
actinobranchia (alternative)

(biology) An organ, in some anthozoans, that functions as a gill


actinophore

(biology) A cartilaginous spine that supports the fin rays of fish


riverdamsel

(entomology) Any of various Australia damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, African species are named sprites).


triosephosphateisomerase

From triosephosphate + isomerase, equivalent to triose + phosphate + isomer + -ase.

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the reversible interconversion of the triosephosphate isomers dihydroxyacetone phosphate and D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate.


contrasuppression

(genetics) The inhibition of the function of a suppressor.


Cajal body

Discovered by Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934), Spanish neuroscientist and histologist, in 1903.

(cytology) A spherical membraneless nuclear body largely consisting of proteins and RNA, found in the nucleus of proliferative cells like embryonic cells and tumor cells, or metabolically active cells like neurons.


nuclear body

(cytology) A membraneless structure found in the cell nuclei of eukaryotic cells.


hypopleural

The key does not include any species without hypopleural bristles.

1926, John Merton Aldrich, “Notes on Muscoid Flies with Retracted Hind Crossvein, with Key and Several New Genera and Species”, in Transactions of the American Entomological Society, volume 52, number 1, →JSTOR, pages 7–28:

(entomology) Of or pertaining to the hypopleuron.


haploselfing

(biology, of yeasts) mating between mother and daughter cells


carcinoecium

(biology) A chitinous structure, produced by some sea anemones, that overlies the gastropod shell of a hermit crab


carpostome

(biology) The opening in the cystocarp of red algae through which the spores are discharged


carpoxenia

(botany) The effect of pollen on the tissue of the carpel


palemouth

(entomology) A species of libellulid dragonfly, Brachydiplax denticauda, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Solomon Islands, having a blue abdomen, dark red eyes and yellow mouthparts.


chimopelagic

(biology) That is normally pelagic but rises to surface waters in winter


cryptogein

(biochemistry) A fungal elicitor protein involved in plant defence


eudipleural

(biology) Having bilaterally symmetric pleura / antimeres


histotyping

histotyping and grading

(cytology) The analysis of histotypes, such as in diagnosis and prognosis.


motify

en-verb

motify (third-person singular simple present motifies, present participle motifying, simple past and past participle motified)

motifies (present singular third-person)
motifying (participle present)
motified (participle past)
motified (past)


pseudogenus

(genetics) A spurious genus based on apparent similarities in unrelated organisms.


straminicoly

(biology) That condition of being straminicolous


subxeric

(ecology, of an environment) Extremely dry


xylanesterase

xylanesterases (plural)
xylan esterase (alternative)

(biochemistry) An esterase that catalyses the hydrolysis of xylans


common glider

(entomology) A libellulid dragonfly, of species Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.


sMMO

methane monooxygenase
methane monooxygenase

(biochemistry) soluble methane monooxygenase


chiropodous

(zoology) Having feet that are adapted for grasping


chitinophosphatic

(biology) Composed of (alternate layers of) chitin and calcium phosphate


chlamydeous

Probably back-formation from achlamydeous, archichlamydeous, metachlamydeous, monochlamydeous; or from Ancient Greek χλᾰμῠ́δ- (khlămŭ́d-, stem of χλᾰμῠ́ς (khlămŭ́s)) chlamys + -eous.

der

stem of <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">χλᾰμῠ́ς</i> (khlămŭ́s)


chloragocyte

chloragogen cell
chloragogen cell#English


chlorococcine

(biology, of an alga) That lacks both motility and the ability to divide into somatic cells


chromotropism

en-noun

chromotropism (countable and uncountable, plural chromotropisms)

(biology) orientation relative to a colour stimulus


chromoparous

(biology, of a bacterium) That excretes a pigment


chromopexy

(biology) The ability to ingest and store (in a chromogen) pigments


chromophyll

(biology) Any plant pigment (such as chlorophyll)


chromosomin

(biochemistry) A protein, associated with chromosomes, present in the heads of fish sperm


PTX

PTX (countable and uncountable, plural PTXs)

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of pentraxin.


chromatocyte

(biology) Any cell that contains a pigment


hyperextremophile

Prokarya hyperextremophiles thrive at higher levels of temperature and in hypersalinity than the moderate extremophiles.

2000, Joseph Seckbach, “Extremophilies as Models for Extraterrestrial Life”, in ASP Conference Series, volume 213, →Bibcode:

(biology) An organism that thrives at higher temperatures than typical extremophiles, which in turn thrive at higher temperatures than ordinary life.


marginotomy

(genetics) The cutting (or incomplete copying) of the margins of a polynucleotide


chrysocarpous

(botany) Having golden / yellow berries / fruit


chylocauly

(botany) The condition of being chylocaulous


chylophyllous

(botany) Having fleshy or succulent leaves.


chylophylly

(botany) The condition of being chylophyllous.


pollen basket

(entomology) An arrangement of hairs on part of the tibia on the hind legs of certain species of bees used in transporting pollen.


bioblitz

(biology) An intense biological survey that attempts to record all the living species within a designated area


chymoplasm

(biology) The part of an egg that becomes mesenchyme


overexpresser

(genetics) Something that experiences (or produces) overexpression


compoplot

(genetics) A barplot of the genetic composition of a population


infrabiological

(biology) Describing a simple biological system or organism that lacks metabolism


citrophilous

(biology) That is attracted to, and eats citrus plants


cladautoicous

(botany, of a moss) that has the male inflorescence on a special branch


modRNA

modRNA (countable and uncountable, plural modRNAs)

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of modified RNA: a synthetic messenger RNA (mRNA) in which some nucleosides are replaced by other naturally modified nucleosides or by synthetic nucleoside analogues.


ornithocheiromorph

Clipping of translingual Ornithocheiromorpha

clipping

translingual <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul">Ornithocheiromorpha</i>

(paleontology) a member of the clade Ornithocheiromorpha.


cleistocarp

cleistocarps (plural)
clistocarp (alternative)

From Ancient Greek κλειστός (kleistós, “closed”) + -carp.


cleistocarpous

(botany) Relating to, or bearing a cleistocarp


cleistogene

cleistogenes (plural)
clistogene (alternative)

From Ancient Greek κλειστός (kleistós) + -gene.

af

grc:κλειστός

(botany) A cleistogamous flower or plant


tree moss

(biology) A moss (or possibly a lichen) that grows on trees


sporogen

(botany) A plant that bears spores; a cryptogam.


clisere

(ecology) The turnover of environmental conditions in a specific habitat throughout a period of climate change, whether natural or man-made.


epitheliome

An epitheliome is thus a conceptual grouping of all of the processes, expressed genes or proteins that make up a functional epithelium, and distinguishes each type of epithelia.

2015, Julian A.T. Dow, Shireen A. Davies, “What is an epitheliome, anyway?”, in Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, volume 67, →DOI:

(biology) A collection of interacting epithelial cells


isomeroreductase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that combines the activity of an isomerase and a reductase


NANC

NANC transmitters

(biochemistry) Initialism of nonadrenergic, noncholinergic.


suicide gene

(genetics) Any gene that causes a cell to kill itself through apoptosis.


garrya

(botany) Any of the genus Garrya of flowering plants.


cnidocell

(biology) An external ciliary process of a cnidoblast


βTrCP

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of beta-transducin repeat containing gene or protein.


β-TrCP

(biochemistry) Alternative form of βTrCP.


scalid

From Ancient Greek σκαλιδον (skalidon, “hoe”).

der

(zoology) A curved spine arranged in circles on Loricifera, Kinorhyncha or Priapulida.


saporin

ribosome-inactivating protein
ribosome-inactivating protein

Saponaria officinalis
Saponaria officinalis#Translingual

(biochemistry) A ribosome-inactivating protein present in the seeds of the soapwort Saponaria officinalis


intraconnect

en-verb

intraconnect (third-person singular simple present intraconnects, present participle intraconnecting, simple past and past participle intraconnected)

intraconnects (present singular third-person)
intraconnecting (participle present)
intraconnected (participle past)
intraconnected (past)

(biology) To connect with other cells that are connected together in a cluster


ribonucleosidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that removes the ribose moiety from a ribonucleoside


coshift

(genetics) The shift (movement) of a gene along with another


dihydrometabolite

(biochemistry) The dihydro form of a (steroidal) metabolite


endlabelled

(biochemistry, of a nucleic acid) labelled at an end


endlabelling

(biochemistry) The labelling of a nucleic acid at an end


codehydrogenase

(biochemistry) Any dehydrogenase coenzyme


coelogyne

(botany) Any orchid of the genus Coelogyne


coelomesoblast

(biology) The mesoblast of the mesothelium


coelomoduct

(biology) An excretory and genital duct that opens into the coelom of annelid worms


coenenchymal

(biology) Relating to, or composed of coenenchyme


coenobe

Nativized form of coenobium. By surface analysis, coen- + -obe.


alastor

Alastor eriurgus. . . A very common "mason wasp" in the neighbourhood of Sydney; very plentiful in February and March.
They are subject to the attacks of cuckoo wasps and other parasitic Hymenoptera; in one nest I found a small Bracon larva beside the young Alastor, which it soon devoured, and then spun an elongate white silken cocoon, out of which it emerged ten days after; . . . I have bred out several specimens. These inquilines are placed in the Alastor nest while the builders are out hunting for caterpillars, their active mothers being on the watch to crawl in and deposit the eggs in the owner's absence.

1895 Walter W. Froggatt On The Nests and Habits of Australian Vespidae and Larridae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. (second series.) vol. IX 1894. p.27


secodont

(zoology) Of teeth: blade-like; suited for cutting or slicing.


secodont

(zoology) A blade-like tooth, suited for cutting or slicing.


mesarch

the mesarch structure of a leaf


sinulus

(malacology) A concave part of the outer lip of a gastropod.


subscalar

(malacology) Having some, but not all of the properties of scales.


glycoHb

There is one more test called glycoHb (HbA1c) which most of you are not aware. […] If blood sugar is high as in diabetes, more sugar will combine with hemoglobin and more glycoHb will be formed.

2008, Manthappa M., How to Manage Your Diabetes and Lead a Normal Life, New Delhi: Peacock Books, →ISBN, pages 10–11:

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of glycohemoglobin.


(pathology, botany, mycology, agronomy) Initialism of tropical race 4; the pathogenic fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense that causes Panama disease, which is 100% deadly to the Cavendish banana.


epithecium

(lichenology, mycology) An external layer over the fertile surface of some fungi, formed from extensions of the paraphyses.


acrophysalide

(biology) A terminal, inflated cell of a basidiome


Cheetoh

(zoology) A domestic cat of a breed with distinctive spots and rosette patterning.


Lykoi

From Ancient Greek λύκοι (lúkoi, “wolves”), plural of λῠ́κος (lŭ́kos, “wolf”).

(zoology) A domestic cat of a breed that slightly resembles a werewolf.


apomnemiopsin

(biochemistry) The apoprotein of mnemiopsin


mnemiopsin

(biochemistry) A photoprotein that is bioluminescent in the presence of calcium ions


biodrilling

(biology) The formation of deep root channels that help soil structure


biotransporter

(biology) Any organism that biotransports


carboxyhydrolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses a carboxylic derivative


demethyltransferase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that removes or transfers a methyl group, typically in histones


zaphrentid

Either the precursors of the known craspedophyllids and zaphrentids evolved during this time in areas where no record has been preserved or recognized, or […]

1975, Geological Survey Professional Paper, volumes 868-869, page 23:

(zoology) Any member of the Zaphrentidae.


zonurid

(zoology) Any lizard belonging to the Zonuridae.


darcin

(biochemistry) A particular male pheromone


diplococcoid

(biology) Characteristic of a diplococcus


entosis

en-noun

entosis (countable and uncountable, plural entoses)

(biology) The invasion of a cell by another one


novemfid

From Latin novemfidus, from novem (“nine”) + -fidus, from findere (“to split”).


gonimoblast

From Ancient Greek γόνιμος (gónimos) + -blast.

af

(biology) A sporogenous filament (or bundle of such filaments) in the fertilized carpogonium of red algae.


halidohydrolase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyzes haloacids


hexamutant

(biology) An organism that has six lined mutations


internomedian

(biology) Relating to, connecting or between the internal and median veins of a wing


phenometry

(biology) The measurement of plants and their growth.


sinapoyltransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase that transfers a sinapoyl group


subdistant

(biology) Describing gills of a mushroom that are closer together than "distant"


ureosmotic

(biology) That modifies urea production in order to stabilize osmotic pressure


Hh

Initialism of Hedgehog; the gene and the signaling pathway are named after the protein.

Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophila melanogaster#Translingual

(biology) A protein expressed in the larva of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, required for the proper development of the larval body.

The gene coding for the Hh (Hedgehog) protein.

The signaling pathway involving the Hh (Hedgehog) protein, and its homologues in other animals.


subclose

en-adj

subclose (comparative more subclose, superlative most subclose)

more subclose (comparative)
most subclose (superlative)

(mycology) in relation to gill spacing in mushrooms, somewhere between close and crowded.


overscaling

(entomology) In moths, a covering of extra scales.


dideoxysequencing

(genetics) The sequencing of dideoxynucleotides


sporangin

(biochemistry) An enzyme associated with the development and release of sporangia


polyribonucleotidyl

(biochemistry, in combination) A macromolecular radical derived from polyribonucleotide


polymannuronate

(biochemistry) A polymeric form of mannuronate


abrineurin

brain-derived neurotrophic factor
w:brain-derived neurotrophic factor

(biochemistry) Synonym of brain-derived neurotrophic factor.


amoebosis

en-noun

amoebosis (countable and uncountable, plural amoeboses)

amoeboses (plural)
amebosis (alternative)

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amoeb- + -osis.

(biology, medicine, uncountable) Disease associated with the presence of amoebas.

(biology, medicine, countable) Any of various such diseases.


disaggregin

(biochemistry) A fibrinogen receptor antagonist present in the tick Ornithodoros moubata


hemomucin

(biochemistry) A glycosylated protein present in the parasitoid wasp Macrocentrus cingulum


savignygrin

(biochemistry) A platelet aggregation inhibitor present in the tick Ornithodoros savignyi


catasetum

(botany) Any of the genus Catasetum of showy epiphytic orchids.


tarbosaur

From the genus name Tarbosaurus, formed with -saur.

Juvenile T. rexes were light and agile before they leveled up into the adults we’re more familiar with. […] Other megatheropods, including abelisaurs and tarbosaurs, also grew from turkey-like hatchlings to bus-sized behemoths over the course of their lives.

2021 February 25, Cara Giaimo, “The Outsized Influence of Teen T. Rex and Other Young Dinosaurs”, in The New York Times:

(zoology) A tyrannosaurid dinosaur of the genus Tarbosaurus from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and China.


dartwhite

(entomology) Any butterfly of the genus Catasticta, family Pieridae, of the neotropics.


spirochetostatic

en-adj

spirochetostatic (comparative more spirochetostatic, superlative most spirochetostatic)

more spirochetostatic (comparative)
most spirochetostatic (superlative)

As the previously used chemotherapeutic agents have only proved themselves to be spirochetostatic and not spirochetocidal, the patient is liable to a delayed infection which may not become manifest for years.

1944, Cedric C. Carpenter, “Failure of penicillin to prevent syphilis”, in United States Naval Medical Bulletin, volume 43, number 2, pages 389–390:

(medicine, biology) Inhibiting (curbing) spirochetal populations although not destroying them.

spirocheticidal

spirochetostatic is to spirocheticidal as bacteriostatic is to bacteriocidal


hormonome

(biochemistry) All the hormones in an organism


ephedroid

(botany) A member of the order of Ephedrales.


sandaliform

(botany) shaped like a sandal or slipper.


morphotrap

(biochemistry) A synthetic transmembrane protein used in biochemical research


hyperfusogenic

(biology, typically of a virus) Very fusogenic


pseudoenzymatic

(biochemistry) Relating to or caused by a pseudoenzyme


spheroidin

(biochemistry) A protein present on the surface of some poxviruses


costulation

en-noun

costulation (countable and uncountable, plural costulations)


hyphidium

(mycology) A sterile hyphal structure in the fertile layer of a fungus.


NPN

non-protein nitrogen
w:non-protein nitrogen

(biology) Initialism of non-protein nitrogen.


morphotrapped

(biochemistry) Modified by reaction with morphotrap


pseudoread

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(biochemistry) A read (sequence of genes) generated from a reference genome (rather than the genome of an actual organism)


moubatin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of lipocalin present in soft ticks


oligoprimer

(biochemistry) An oligonucleotide primer


bacteriocuprein

(biochemistry) A bacterial form of erythrocuprein that contains two atoms of zinc


polyribonucleotidyltransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase that transfers polyribonucleotidyl groups.


phrenospasm

phrenospasm (countable and uncountable, plural phrenospasms)

From phreno- + spasm, from Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, “diaphragm”) and σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”) respectively.

(medicine, biology) A blow to the chest which causes the diaphragm to go into spasm, making it difficult to draw a breath.

(medicine, biology) Diaphragmatic spasm, as in hiccups.


furniture beetle

furniture beetle (plural furniture beetles)

(entomology) Any of various species of wood-boring beetle, the larvae of which are a type of woodworm, especially Anobium punctatum, the common furniture beetle.


bluestreak

(entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Lestoidea (not to be confused with superfamily Lestoidea), endemic to Australia.


shutwing

(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Cordulephya, endemic to eastern Australia.


urfly

(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Archaeophya, endemic to Australia.


mistfly

(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Pseudocordulia, endemic to tropical northeastern Australia.


streamcruiser

(entomology) A species of dragonfly, Hesperocordulia berthoudi, endemic to southwest Western Australia.


swiftwing

(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Lathrocordulia, endemic to Australia.


rainforest mystic

rainforest mystic (plural rainforest mystics)

(entomology) A species of dragonfly, Austrophya mystica, endemic to northeastern Australia.


plectrotaxy

(zoology) The disposition of spurs at the distal ends of leg segments.


kalidium

From Ancient Greek καλιά (kaliá, “hut”) + -idium.


microrecombination

(genetics) Very small scale recombination of nucleotides


phosphoaccepting

(biochemistry) That acts as a phosphoacceptor


transglutaminylation

(biochemistry) The intermolecular or intramolecular transfer of a glutaminyl group


megacoccus

(biology) A relatively large coccoid bacterium


megalaesthete

(biology) A relatively large photoreceptor in the megalopore of a chiton


megazoosporange

(biology) A sporangium that contains megazoospores


megazoospore

(biology) A relatively large algal zoospore


micrandrous

(botany) That produces dwarf male plants


micropropagate

en-verb

micropropagate (third-person singular simple present micropropagates, present participle micropropagating, simple past and past participle micropropagated)

micropropagates (present singular third-person)
micropropagating (participle present)
micropropagated (participle past)
micropropagated (past)

(biology) To propagate by means of micropropagation


polyclimax

en-noun

polyclimax (countable and uncountable, plural polyclimaxes)

(ecology) The presence of multiple vegetational climaxes in the same ecosystem


rufofulvous

en-adj

rufofulvous (comparative more rufofulvous, superlative most rufofulvous)

more rufofulvous (comparative)
most rufofulvous (superlative)


monodeiodinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that removes a single iodine atom from thyroxine


monodeiodination

(biochemistry) The removal of a single iodine atom, typically from thyroxine


monohaploid

(botany) Describing a monoploid plant that is normally diploid


monomeniscous

(obsolete, biology, of an eye) Having a single lens


monosiphonic

(biology, botany) Having a single siphon (tube)


monoxylic

Cycas initially has a single ring of vascular bundles (monoxylic); however, one or more concentric vascular bundle rings appear outside the primary ring of bundles in the older stems showing polyxylic condition (figure 4.21).

2023, Dr. Romesh Singh Bhaal, Dr. Komal, Diversity of Microbes, Algae, Fungi and Archegoniates, page 216:

(botany) Having a single ring of vascular bundles.


monostomous

(zoology) Having a single mouth or similar opening


polycotyledony

(botany) The condition of being polycotyledonous


polygynoecial

(botany, of a fruit) Formed from the pistils of multiple flowers


polymitosis

(biology) The occurrence of multiple cases of mitosis following meiosis


polyphylly

(botany) The condition of being polyphyllous


even-toed ungulate

en-noun

even-toed ungulate (plural even-toed ungulates)

From even-toed (as a translation of the taxonomic name, translingual Artiodactyla, from Ancient Greek ἄρτιος (ártios, “even in number”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “toe”)) + ungulate.

der

(zoology) Any mammal in the order Artiodactyla, including camels, pigs and ruminants such as deer, cattle, goats, sheep and antelopes; as well as, in recent years, cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises).


odd-toed ungulate

en-noun

odd-toed ungulate (plural odd-toed ungulates)

From odd-toed (as a translation of the taxonomic name, translingual Perissodactyla, from Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós, “odd in number”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “toe”)) + ungulate.

der

(zoology) Any mammal in the order Perissodactyla, including horses and other equids, rhinoceroses, and tapirs.


oligotropic

(biology, of an insect) That collects pollen or nectar from a relatively small number of plant types


leuciscin

en-adj

leuciscin (comparative more leuciscin, superlative most leuciscin)

more leuciscin (comparative)
most leuciscin (superlative)

(ichthyology) Of or relating to the cyprinid tribe Leuciscini


leuciscine

leuciscine (comparative more leuciscine, superlative most leuciscine)

more leuciscine (comparative)
most leuciscine (superlative)

(ichthyology) Of or relating to the cyprinid subfamily Leuciscinae


leuciscine

(ichthyology) Any fish in the cyprinid subfamily Leuciscinae


sextine

(palynology) Alternative form of sexine.


sexuate

(biology) Having distinct male and female forms


sexuparous

(biology) Describing a generation of aphids that produces sexual offspring


ocreaceous

(botany) Relating to, or having the form of an ocrea


OoA

(genetics, paleontology) Initialism of Out of Africa (hypothesis).


HGDP

(genetics) Initialism of Human Genome Diversity Project.


modern human

(paleontology) Any hominin of the species Homo sapiens.


protophyll

(botany) A primitive leaf in some clubmosses


protospore

(biology) A uninucleate body from which a spore develops


swainsona

(botany) Any of the genus Swainsona of flowering plants.


sychnocarpous

All trees and herbaceous perennials are sychnocarpous.

(botany) Able to produce fruit many times without perishing.


retrocopulate

en-verb

retrocopulate (third-person singular simple present retrocopulates, present participle retrocopulating, simple past and past participle retrocopulated)

retrocopulates (present singular third-person)
retrocopulating (participle present)
retrocopulated (participle past)
retrocopulated (past)


monocotyledony

(botany) The condition of being monocotyledonous.


dicotyledony

(botany) The condition of being dicotyledonous.


porogamous

(botany) Exhibiting or relating to porogamy.


Bostrichiform

en-adj

Bostrichiform (comparative more Bostrichiform, superlative most Bostrichiform)

more Bostrichiform (comparative)
most Bostrichiform (superlative)

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the coleopteran infraorder Bostrichiformia.


unineme

(biochemistry, of a chromatid) having a single duplex of DNA


overbloom

en-verb

overbloom (third-person singular simple present overblooms, present participle overblooming, simple past and past participle overbloomed)

overblooms (present singular third-person)
overblooming (participle present)
overbloomed (participle past)
overbloomed (past)

Coupled with sewage, the unnatural intensity of these nutrients makes the algae in the bay overbloom, and too much algae in turn blocks sunlight.

2004, Robert P. Marzec, The Mid-Atlantic Region, page 83:

(botany) To produce an excessive amount of flowers or algae.


metagon

(biology) An extranuclear RNA particle similar to a virus.


metastomium

(zoology) That portion of the head of an annelid situated behind the mouth


metatype

(biology) A topotype of a species which is confirmed as belonging to that species by the author who originally described it


metaxin

en-noun

metaxin (countable and uncountable, plural metaxins)

(biochemistry) A mammalian mitochondrial protein.

(genetics) The gene that encodes this protein.


monotremous

The monotremous section of the Implacentalia is represented as in Australia, by the well known Platypus, and by an Echidna or Ant-eater which appears to differ from our own in nothing but the shorter spines and more hairy fur.

1868, Gerard Krefft, Notes on the Fauna of Tasmania, page 6:


Wormworld

(paleontology, informal, neologism) An ecosystem characteristic of the later Ediacaran, when animal life was dominated by surface-dwelling worms.


gonotrophy

(biology, of insects such as mosquitoes) a life cycle of feeding and laying of eggs


kinetoflagellar

(biology) relating to a kinetoplast and a flagellum


toxicovenomics

(biology) The study of toxins delivered in venom


paracladium

(botany) A branch that has the same branching structure as the main axis


paracyst

(dated, botany) The antheridium of an ascomycete


pararabin

(biochemistry) A form of arabin present in agar


parasymbiosis

(biology) The condition when the hyphae of a parasite envelop the algal constituents of a lichen and cause injury.


parathecium

(biology) The hyphal layer of the apothecium of a lichen


pseudoaxis

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pseudocolumella

pseudocolumella (plural pseudocolumellas or pseudocolumellae)

pseudocolumellas (plural)
pseudocolumellae (plural)

(biology) A structure resembling a columella of a coral formed from its septa joining together


pseudoorder

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homoprotomer

(biochemistry) A protomer composed of a single amino acid


alveolosphere

(biology) A collection of alveolar stem cells


eukaryome

(biology) All the microeukaryotic organisms associated with an animal


protosequence

(genetics) The sequence of bases in an ancestral genome


snaclec

Snaclecs have a basic heterodimeric structure with two subunits, nearly always linked covalently, via a disulphide bond.

2013, Blanca Hernández-Ledesma, Chia-Chien Hsieh, Bioactive Food Peptides in Health and Disease, page 226:

(biochemistry) A lectin, typically in snake venom, that binds carbohydrate.


Bti

(bacteriology, agriculture) Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, a type of bacterium used in the biological control of certain insects.


thyroid hormone

thyroid hormone (plural thyroid hormones)

Meronyms: triiodothyronine, thyroxine

(biochemistry) any of several closely related metabolically active compounds (as triiodothyronine) that are stored in the thyroid gland in the form of thyroglobulin or circulate in the blood usually bound to plasma proteins


genome size

(genetics) The size (mass or number of base pairs) of a genome


maltosyltransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase that catalyses the transfer of maltosyl residues


cosmognosis

(obsolete, biology) The supposed instinct that tells animals when and where to migrate


geomalic

(obsolete, biology) Relating to geomalism


geophyllous

(botany) geophytic; having leaves that bury themselves in response to drought


gephyrocercal

(ichthyology) Having a caudal fin formed by the "bridging" of the dorsal and anal fins


onagrad

(botany) Any plant of the family Onagraceae


quadricrescentoid

(zoology, dentistry) Having four crescentic folds.


ferrylmyoglobin

(biochemistry) An oxidised form of myoglobin in which the iron atom has an oxidation state of +4


pallilysin

Treponema pallidum
Treponema pallidum#Translingual

(biochemistry) A lysin present in Treponema pallidum


nigricant

en-adj

nigricant (comparative more nigricant, superlative most nigricant)

more nigricant (comparative)
most nigricant (superlative)


GnRHa

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist or gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue.


fibritin

(biochemistry) A structural protein in some viruses that attaches tail fibres to its baseplate


cardiolipase

(biochemistry) A lipase that acts on cardiolipin


victorin

(biochemistry) A peptide toxin, produced by the fungus Drechslera victoriae that causes blight in some crops


Wood Wide Web

If so, did Voyria have anything to give back to their fungal partners in exchange, or were they just parasites — hackers of the Wood Wide Web?

2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 23:

(ecology) Mycorrhizal networks, that is networks of fungi that connect trees, collectively.


rebound effect

(conservation) Synonym of takeback (“reduction in energy savings from new technologies due to increased levels of demand”).


kataegis

(biology) A grouping of localised genomic hypermutations associated with some cancers


minisarcomere

(biology) a small sarcomere associated with myofibrillogenesis


pseudoligand

(biochemistry) A charged ligand associated with a solvent


wallum

en-noun

wallum (countable and uncountable, plural wallums)

A coastal ecosystem in Queensland, Australia.

A shrub, Banksia aemula, that grows there.


caroubin

caroubin (countable and uncountable, plural caroubins)

(biochemistry) A mixture of proteins, similar to gluten, obtained from carob beans.


organodifferentiation

(biology) The differentiation of organs in a developing plant or animal


urobilinoid

(biochemistry) Any derivative (typically a metabolic product) of urobilinogen


ambipedal

(biology) Able to use both feet with equal ease


peroxidatic

(biochemistry) Relating to, or by means of a peroxidase


karyograph

(genetics) An image of all the chromosomes of a cell


affimer

(biochemistry) A small protein that binds to a target molecule in the manner of an antibody


cellosyl

(biochemistry) A muramidase produced by the bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor


zooidogamous

(botany) Describing fertilisation that involves at least one gamete that is motile (as in animals).


uniread

(genetics) A single read of the identity of a base in a nucleic acid string


histotropism

(biology) The attraction of a parasite to a particular tissue


zygnemaceous

(biology) relating to, or characteristic of algae of the genus Zygnema.


gymnospermism

(botany) The trait of being gymnospermous.


graminous

en-adj

graminous (comparative more graminous, superlative most graminous)

more graminous (comparative)
most graminous (superlative)


ecovalence

(ecology) A measure of the interaction of a genotype and its environment


VOI

(virology) Abbreviation of variant of interest.


tetrachenium

(botany) A fruit formed by four indehiscent parts


karyomap

(genetics) A graphical representation of the genes present in a pair of parents that could pass on genetic disorders to a child


myohemoglobin

(biochemistry) A form of hemoglobin associated with muscle tissue


isanthesic

an isanthesic map

(botany, cartography) Relating to a kind of isoline that joins places on the Earth where the flowers of a particular plant species bloom at the same time.


probasal

(anatomy, botany) That develops into a basal structure


cosignal

(biology) Any of a group of coordinated signals


metacluster

(genetics) A cluster of metagenomic data


effluxer

(cytology) A T cell that effluxes various components


pseudoreduction

en-noun

pseudoreduction (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoreductions)

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(biology) The period of tetrad formation in nuclear division.


polylecty

The two most basal bee families, Dasypodaidae and Mellitidae, are predominantly composed of pollen specialists, indicating that oligolecty might be the ancestral state in bees[…]. In the western Palaearctic anthidiine bees, several transitions from oligolecty to polylecty were found, but none from polylecty to oligolecty[…].

2020, R. G. Vastrad, “Specialized Bees Fail to Develop on Non-host Pollen: Do Plants Chemically Protect Their Pollen?”, in A Study of Floral Specialization in Solitary Bees, Raleigh, N.C.: Lulu, →ISBN, page 31:

(entomology) The condition of being polylectic.


ligandomic

(biochemistry) Relating to ligandomes or to ligandomics


trogosome

(biology) A membrane-bound vacuole within a cell containing foreign material captured by trogocytosis


isoimmunity

isoimmunity (countable and uncountable, plural isoimmunities)

(biology, immunology, medicine) Synonym of alloimmunity.


hypercapsulation

(biology) hyperencapsulation of a bacterium in a protective shield


recodonization

recodonization (usually uncountable, plural not attested)

(genetics) The replacement or reattachment of a terminal codon to a gene


grasshawk

/ˈɡɹɑːshɔːk/

(entomology) Any of various species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Neurothemis.


bicornutin

(biochemistry) An arginine-rich oligopeptide that has antimicrobial properties


mesoporphyrinogen

mesoporphyrinogen (countable and uncountable, plural mesoporphyrinogens)

(biochemistry) An intermediate in the metabolism of porphyrinogens


rhizomide

(biochemistry) Any of a group of antimicrobial cyclic xenopeptides produced by the bacterium Paraburkholderia rhizoxinica


metaboly

From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”).

der

(biology) The change in shape undergone by euglenids as they move or evolve


petaltail

(entomology) Any dragonfly in the family Petaluridae; a petalurid.


cuprophore

(biochemistry) A material (typically a protein) that transports copper ions


deoxyhypusinate

en-verb

deoxyhypusinate (third-person singular simple present deoxyhypusinates, present participle deoxyhypusinating, simple past and past participle deoxyhypusinated)

deoxyhypusinates (present singular third-person)
deoxyhypusinating (participle present)
deoxyhypusinated (participle past)
deoxyhypusinated (past)

(biochemistry) To modify by the addition of deoxyhypusine


deoxyhypusinated

(biochemistry) Modified by the addition of deoxyhypusine


deoxyhypusination

(biochemistry) Modification by the addition of deoxyhypusine


insertant

(biochemistry) A receptor that is inserted into an enzyme

(genetics) A mutation that is inserted into a gene


monoglucosyltransferase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a single glucosyl group


nanoenhancer

(genetics, medicine) An enhancer used to target (typically cancer) cells


autocarpous

(botany) Having fruit formed by self-pollination.


tikitericin

(biochemistry) A lanthipeptide present in a bacterium of the genus Thermogemmatispora


uromucoid

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein present in urine


tetrasporangium

(botany) A sporangium that produces tetraspores


hexander

(botany) Any plant of the class Hexandria


homoiothermy

(biology) Alternative form of homeothermy.


octastichous

(botany) Having a phyllotaxis of eight leaves in each spiral around a stem


meliorbiosis

(biology) A positive deviation from eubiosis


ultramer

(biochemistry) Any of a class of synthetic DNA sequences


decander

(dated, botany) Any plant of the Decandria class


decephalize

decephalize (third-person singular simple present decephalizes, present participle decephalizing, simple past and past participle decephalized)

decephalizes (present singular third-person)
decephalizing (participle present)
decephalized (participle past)
decephalized (past)

(biology) To reverse or reduce cephalization


isochar

(botany) A line on a map showing areas that contain plants with the same characteristics


intergenital

(zoology) Between the genital plates of an echinoderm


clostridiosis

(biology, medicine, noncount) Infection with a clostridium.

Of the sick horses, equine intestinal clostridiosis was diagnosed in 2 horses with large C perfringens counts (10⁴ to 10⁷ colony-forming units/g) and with acute diarrhea.

1981, M. Wierup, J.A. DiPietro, “Bacteriologic examination of equine fecal flora as a diagnostic tool for equine intestinal clostridiosis”, in American Journal of Veterinary Research, volume 42, number 12, →PMID, pages 2167–2169:

(biology, medicine, count) An instance of such infection; an infection with a clostridium.


enterococcosis

(biology, medicine, uncountable) Disease caused by enterococci, such as avian enterococcosis in poultry or enterococcal infection in people with immunodeficiency.


isoimmune

(biology, immunology, medicine) Synonym of alloimmune.


exogonine

(zoology) Any annelid of the subfamily Exogoninae


Australasian slimwing

en-noun

Australasian slimwing (plural Australasian slimwings)

(entomology) A subspecies of libellulid dragonfly, Lathrecista asiatica festa, endemic to northern Australia.


Poseidonia

From Latin Poseidonia, from Ancient Greek Ποσειδωνία (Poseidōnía); or directly from Greek Ποσειδωνία (Poseidonía). From Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn) + -ία (-ía). Equivalent to Poseidon + -ia.

(biology) alternative form of Posidonia, a genus of seagrass


punctus interrogativus

/ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɒɡəˈtiːvəs/

/ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɒɡəˈtaɪvəs/

/ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəˈɹɒɡətɪvəs/

/ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɑɡəˈtivəs/

/ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɑɡəˈtaɪvəs/

/ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəˈɹɑɡətɪvəs/

From Medieval Latin pūnctus interrogātīvus (“question mark”).

bor

punctus percontativus A reversed, but not inverted punctus interrogativus […] used in the 16th and 17th centuries to indicate the end of a percontatio.

1993, Malcolm Beckwith Parkes, Pause and Effect, Glossary, pages 306–307:

[…]manuscript punctuation has a punctus elevatus after the interjections and a punctus interrogativus at the end of the sentence.

2000, Jane Roberts, Janet Laughland Nelson, editors, Essays on Anglo-Saxon and Related Themes in Memory of Lynne Grundy, King's College (University of London), →ISBN, page 537:

[…]although none of these happend to have occasion to use the punctus interrogativus.

2015 December 23, Mary P. Richards, editor, Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: Basic Readings, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 387:

(palaeography) A medieval question mark, ⟨⹔⟩, possibly the ancestor of the modern mark ⟨?⟩.


punctus elevatus

/ˌpʌŋktəs ɛləˈvɑːtəs/

From Medieval Latin pūnctus ēlevātus (literally “raised mark”).

The punctus elevatus after consecuto ('followed') not only distinguishes more sharply between the present state of revelation and the historical process by which it was achieved but emphasizes the relationship between them as one of cause and-effect.

1993, Malcolm Beckwith Parkes, Pause and Effect, Influences on The Application of Punctuation, page 71:

The point and punctus elevatus are used within the sentence.

(palaeography) A medieval punctuation mark indicating a medium-length pause (approximately ⸵).


punctus versus

From Medieval Latin pūnctus versus (literally “facing mark”).

[…]moreover by turning the punctus after fiant into a punctus versus, he has repointed the two verses as a single sententia.

1993, Malcolm Beckwith Parkes, Pause and Effect, Influences on The Application of Punctuation, page 74:

Thus the basic punctuation marks used in English manuscripts of the eleventh-thirteenth centuries are: the simple point, the punctus elevatus, the punctus versus, and the punctus interrogativus.

2011 July 22, Tadao Kudouchi, edited by Akio Oizumi and Jacek Fisiak, English Historical Linguistics and Philology in Japan, De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 172:

[…]the punctus versus is used at the close of the sentence and after words introducing direct speech[…]

(palaeography) A medieval punctuation mark marking the end of a sentence (approximately ;)


punctus circumflexus

From Medieval Latin pūnctus circumflexus (literally “bent-around mark”).

[…]MS. Bodley 340, going back to an early form of the text, has confused indications that such was intended: after 'þa' it has a punctus circumflexus[…]

1953, Occasional Papers, volume 3, University of Cambridge, page 10:

There was an entirely separate set of marks to coach the raising and lowering of the voice in oral delivery -- including the punctus elevatus, the punctus interrogotivus^([sic]), and the punctus circumflexus.

2004, George D. Gopen, The Sense of Structure: Writing from the Reader's Perspective, Pearson Longman, →ISBN, page 170:

The punctus circumflexus does not seem to have been used commonly in manuscripts of other than liturgical texts.

(palaeography) A medieval punctuation mark indicating a short pause (approximately '̣).


punctus flexus

From Medieval Latin pūnctus flexus (literally “bent mark”).

In the sacerdotal prayers in col. a the punctuation is by punctus flexus, punctus elevatus and punctus.

1993, Malcolm Beckwith Parkes, Pause and Effect, Plates and Commentaries, page 197:

Very few cases show the use of the punctus flexus for minor medium pauses.

2007, Manuscripta: A Journal for Manuscript Research, volume 51, St. Louis University Library, page 230:

After all, it was the revision of the Cistercian liturgy that helped facilitate the widespread use of positurae, particularly the punctus flexus and punctus elevatus.

2015, Benjamin Pohl, Dudo of Saint-Quentin's Historia Normannorum: Tradition, Innovation and Memory, York Medieval Press, →ISBN, Introduction, page 19:

punctus circumflexus
punctus circumflexus#English

(palaeography) Synonym of punctus circumflexus.


intrahisian

From intra- + hisian = intra- + His + -ian.

intrahisian conduction delay

intrahisian block

We prospectively evaluated 46 patients who had intrahisian conduction delay. Twenty-three had a split His potential and 23 had a prolonged HV interval with a normal QRS complex.

1979, J.H. McAnulty, E. Murphy, S.H. Rahimtoola, “Prospective evaluation of intrahisian conduction delay”, in Circulation, volume 59, number 5, →DOI, →PMID, pages 1035–1039:

In this issue of HeartRhythm is a very interesting article by Ragupathi et al, who describe the natural history of patients with putative intrahisian atrioventricular (AV) block. The authors have nicely shown that although these patients often present with traumatic and very worrisome syncopal episodes, they seem to have a very low incidence of progression to complete AV block.

2018, Melvin M. Scheinman, “Progression of intrahisian atrioventricular block: Will this presage a renaissance of His-bundle studies?”, in Heart Rhythm, volume 15, number 9, →DOI, →PMID, page 1378:

(biology, medicine, cardiology) Within the bundle of His.


acrodendrophile

(biology) A creature that inhabits the treetops


cytomembranous

(biology) Relating to, or composed of cytomembrane


mesopolysaccharide

(biochemistry) Any polysaccharide that coats the surface of the mesothelium


microlipidome

From micro- + lipidome or microlipid + -ome.

(biochemistry) All the microlipids of an organism


rhizocompartmental

(biology) Relating to a rhizocompartment.


exomarker

(biochemistry) An exogenous marker / probe


optotag

en-verb

optotag (third-person singular simple present optotags, present participle optotagging, simple past and past participle optotagged)

optotags (present singular third-person)
optotagging (participle present)
optotagged (participle past)
optotagged (past)

(genetics) To employ optotagging as part of optogenetics


chemoexpulsion

(biology) expulsion from a cell by chemotaxis


flipon

(genetics) An altered conformation of a nucleic acid chain


homoiochlorophyllous

(botany) That retains its chlorophyll when deprived of water


periplasting

(biology) That removes the periplast from cells


ribolock

ribolocks (plural)
RiboLock (alternative)

(biochemistry) A material that inhibits the action of ribonuclease


acetomannan

(biochemistry) An acetylated mannan present in aloe


dendrosome

(biology) A vesicle containing dendrimers


endosporulator

(biology) An organism that produces endospores


nutrimetabolomics

(biochemistry) The metabolomics of nutrition


pectooligosaccharide

(biochemistry) An oligosaccharide form of pectin


refaunation

en-noun

refaunation (countable and uncountable, plural refaunations)

(ecology) The reintroduction of animals into an environment (following a previous defaunation)


muehlenbeckia

(botany) Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.


multirotation

multirotation (countable and uncountable, plural multirotations)

(dated, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry) mutarotation


brush-tailed

"Coursing? What, with those long-legged, brush-tailed brutes, like a fox upon stilts, which the prefect cozened you into buying?"

1857, Charles Kingsley, Hypatia: Or, New Foes with an Old Face, volume II, page 170:

Nothing, only that it was restless and sticking its claws in the carpet to drag them out again, and apparently anxious to get out of the house - setting up its fur and looking brush-tailed, wild-eyed, and staring.

1867, George Manville Fenn, Bent, Not Broken, volume II, page 268:

(zoology) Having a furry tail, as many marsupials.


photopreference

(biology) preference for a particular level or colour of light


electropenetrography

(biology) An electrical method of studying the penetration, by an insect, of the skin


electropenetrograph

(biology) The device used in electropenetrography


lingual nerve

(neuroanatomy, zootomy) A sensory branch of the mandibular nerve that supplies the mucous membrane of the anterior two thirds of the tongue and the floor of the mouth and responds to stimuli of pressure, touch, and temperature.


phasogram

(genetics) A histogram of the distances between reads in a nucleic acid chain


egorotation

(biology) rotation of a body-part (typically a fly's eye) around an axis of the body


histotropic

(zoology) Relating to the period of development of a larva within the stomach of a mammal.


nososymbiocity

(biology, pathology) The collective pathogenic potential of a microbial community


oxylipidomic

(biochemistry) Relating to oxylipidomics


phosphotransference

(biochemistry) The transference of a phosphate group, typically by means of a phosphotransferase


engulfasome

(biology) A complex of protein that engulfs bacterial spores


bloodfeed

en-verb

bloodfeed (third-person singular simple present bloodfeeds, present participle bloodfeeding, simple past and past participle bloodfed)

bloodfeeds (present singular third-person)
bloodfeeding (participle present)
bloodfed (participle past)
bloodfed (past)


hydrome

(biology) A vascular bundle, in plants, that transports water


hydrophyton

en-noun

hydrophyton (plural hydrophytons or hydrophyta)

hydrophytons (plural)
hydrophyta (plural)

(biology) A branched structure that supports the zooids in colonial hydrozoa.


hydrosome

(biology) A colony of hydrozoans considered as a single organism


hypogeocarpous

(botany) Having fruit beneath the surface of the earth


elaeocarp

(botany) A tree of the Elaeocarpaceae family.


entomovirological

(entomology, virology) Relating to entomovirology


cereblon

(biochemistry) A protein associated with ubiquitination


protosplice

(genetics) Describing a site in a codon into which introns are first inserted


venestatin

(biochemistry) A calcium-binding protein produced by the parasitic nematode Strongyloides venezuelensis


biodiversity hotspot

biodiversity hotspot (plural biodiversity hotspots)

From biodiversity + hotspot. The word hotspot to describe such regions appears to have been first used by the British environmentalist Norman Myers (1934–2019) in a 1988 article in The Environmentalist.

Conservationists are far from able to assist all species under threat, if only for lack of funding. This places a premium on priorities: how can we support the most species at the least cost? One way is to identify ‘biodiversity hotspots’ where exceptional concentrations of endemic species are undergoing exceptional loss of habitat.

2000 February 24, Norman Myers, Russell A[lan] Mittermeier, Cristina G[oettsch] Mittermeier, Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, Jennifer Kent, “Biodiversity Hotspots for Conservation Priorities”, in Nature, volume 403, number 6772, London: Nature Research, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, abstract, page 853:

(ecology) A place with a significant level of biodiversity, particularly if the flora and fauna are threatened with loss of their habitat.

Norman Myers
Springer Science+Business Media

生物多様性ホットスポット

せいぶつたようせいホットスポット


xenopolymerase

(biochemistry) A DNA polymerase that originated in a different organism.


deoxygalactonojirimycin

(biochemistry) A deoxy derivative of galactonojirimycin, 1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-D-galactitol


mendeliome

(genetics) All the genes associated with Mendelian inheritance


mirmimic

(biochemistry) Any material that mimics the action of microRNA


xanthonychid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Xanthonychidae.


lactochrome

(biochemistry) A form of riboflavin present in milk


lacunin

(biochemistry) An extracellular matrix protein present in certain moths


otic ganglion

glossopharyngeal nerve
glossopharyngeal nerve

lesser petrosal nerve
lesser petrosal nerve

auriculotemporal nerve
auriculotemporal nerve

(neuroanatomy, zootomy) A small parasympathetic ganglion that is associated with the mandibular nerve, situated near the foramen ovale of the sphenoid bone, receives preganglionic fibers from the glossopharyngeal nerve by way of the lesser petrosal nerve, and sends postganglionic parasympathetic fibres to the parotid gland by way of the auriculotemporal nerve.


enzymogenesis

Hence, the two cod enzyme structures define the earlier events and illustrate the "enzymogenesis," or emergence of a unique enzyme.

1992, Olle Danielsson, Hans Jörnvall, “"Enzymogenesis": classical liver alcohol dehydrogenase origin from the glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase line”, in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, →DOI, page 9250:

This multiple enzymogenesis of the same activity from different superfamilies is again analogous to the situation for ADHs and PDHs, where different forms belong to either of these two superfamilies.

2008, B. Persson, J. Hedlund, H. Jörnvall, “Medium- and short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase gene and protein families”, in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, →DOI:

On the supposition that these ADH families might have evolved in response to ethanol exposure, the possibility that ethanol triggered enzymogenesis within each ADH family will be discussed in the sections that follow.

2011, Aída Hernández-Tobías, Adriana Julián-Sánchez, Enrique Piña, Héctor Riveros-Rosas, “Natural alcohol exposure: is ethanol the main substrate for alcohol dehydrogenases in animals?”, in Chem Biol Interact, →DOI:

(biochemistry) The evolutionary development of function of an enzyme, typically used for alcohol dehydrogenases.


cell body

(biology) A cell of a unicellular organism, constituting its entire body.

(cytology) The main body of a cell, containing its nucleus and organelles (as opposed to various projections or elements of external structure such as cell wall, flagella, dendrites, etc.).

(neurology) The nucleus-containing central part of a neuron exclusive of its axons and dendrites that is the major structural element of the gray matter of the brain and spinal cord, the ganglia, and the retina.


encephalization quotient

encephalization quotient (plural encephalization quotients)

(biology) Relative brain size measure defined as the ratio between observed to predicted brain mass for an animal of a given size, based on nonlinear regression on a range of reference species.


phenogrouping

(genetics) The identification and analysis of phenogroups


super-Mendelian

(genetics) Describing the inheritance of entire chromosomes rather than just genes


archealization

(biology) The restoration of an ecosystem of other biological system to its original, prehistoric form


aeruginolysin

Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa#Translingual

(biochemistry) A proteinase formed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa


catastrophic moult

catastrophic moult (plural catastrophic moults)

catastrophic moults (plural)
catastrophic molt (alternative)

(ornithology) A moult, typically in penguins, in which most or all of the feathers are shed at the same time

(zoology) A similar process in some seals in which large areas of skin are lost


MCDB

(biology) Initialism of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology.


orange staff sergeant

orange staff sergeant (plural orange staff sergeants)

(entomology) A nymphalid butterfly of species Athyma cama, of tropical and subtropical Asia.


scarlet percher

scarlet percher (plural scarlet perchers)

(entomology) A species of libellulid dragonfly, Diplacodes haematodes, of mainland Australia, New Guinea, Timor, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia; the males are bright red.


green marsh hawk

green marsh hawk (plural green marsh hawks)

(entomology) A species of libellulid dragonfly, Orthetrum sabina, of Eurasia, Australia, and Micronesia.


slender skimmer

slender skimmer (plural slender skimmers)


pygmy percher

(entomology) A species of small libellulid dragonfly, Nannodiplax rubra, of Australia and New Guinea.


chalky percher

(entomology) A species of libellulid dragonfly, Diplacodes trivialis, of Asia, Australia, and New Guinea.


painted grasshawk

painted grasshawk (plural painted grasshawks)

(entomology) A species of libellulid dragonfly, Neurothemis stigmatizans, of northern Australia.


slimwing

Australasian slimwing
Australasian slimwing

(entomology) An Australasian slimwing dragonfly.


pale-spotted emperor

pale-spotted emperor (plural pale-spotted emperors)

(entomology) A widespread species of large aeshnid dragonfly, Anax guttatus, of Asia, Australia, and Oceania.


blue skimmer

(entomology) A species of libellulid dragonfly, Orthetrum caledonicum, of Australia, the Lesser Sundas, New Guinea, New Caledonia, the males of which are predominantly light blue in colour.


colourful bluetail

colourful bluetail (plural colourful bluetails)

colourful bluetails (plural)
colorful bluetail (alternative)

(entomology) A species of coenagrionid damselfly, Ischnura pruinescens, of northeastern Australia and New Guinea.


endoenzymatic

(biochemistry) Relating to, or caused by, an endoenzyme.


hypoacylation

(biochemistry) A diminished level of acylation, typically of a protein


ostreolysin

Pleurotus ostreatus
Pleurotus ostreatus#Translingual

(biochemistry) A cytolytic protein present in the oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus


red swampdragon

red swampdragon (plural red swampdragons)

(entomology) A libellulid dragonfly, Agrionoptera insignis allogenes, a subspecies of the grenadier, of Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.


striped swampdragon

striped swampdragon (plural striped swampdragons)

(entomology) A libellulid dragonfly, Agrionoptera longitudinalis biserialis, of Australia and New Guinea.


graphic flutterer

graphic flutterer (plural graphic flutterers)

(entomology) A libellulid dragonfly, Rhyothemis graphiptera, of Australia, the Moluccas, New Guinea, and New Caledonia.


pseudocell

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudocell.wav

(biology, computing) A pseudospatial cell


fibrinoprotein

(biochemistry) A protein related to fibrinopeptide


multimethylated

(biochemistry) methylated at multiple sites


eckol

Derived from Ecklonia, a genus of brown algae, + -ol

(biochemistry) phlorotannin from Lessoniaceae brown algae.


carmalol

(biochemistry) A derivative of phlorethol containing a dibenzodioxin moiety.


phlorethol

(biochemistry) A phloroglucinol oligomer with C-O-C linkages, a kind of phlorotannin.


thyridial

(entomology) Of or pertaining to the thyridium.


thyridium

From Latin thyridium, from Ancient Greek θυρίδιον (thurídion), diminutive of θύρᾱ (thúrā, “door”).

(entomology) A spot in the wing veins of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera and Trichoptera.

(entomology) A spot on both sides of the second abdominal tergite in ichneumonids


pouteria

(botany) Any plant of the genus Pouteria.


cystine knot

(biochemistry) A protein structural motif containing three disulfide bridges formed from pairs of cysteine residues. The sections of polypeptide that occur between two of them form a loop through which a third disulfide bond passes, resulting in a rotaxane substructure. This motif stabilizes protein structure and is conserved in proteins across various species.


immunometabolite

(biochemistry) A metabolite produced by the immune system


phytoheritage

(biology) bioheritage in the form of plants


tetrapenin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of exosomal proteins


caenacin

Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans#Translingual

(biochemistry) A protein (with associated gene "CaeNaCin") present in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans


barbella

(botany) a short, stiff, straight leaf hair.


sinus venosus

sinus venosi (plural)
venous sinus (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin sinus vēnōsus (“venous hollow”).

ubor

(zootomy) The first chamber of the heart in fish, amphibians, and reptiles, emptying into the right atrium.


subdeflected

Covered perforate, brownish yellow, with three chestnut bands, striate, somewhat solid; whorls 41, flattened, the last subdeflected' in front; peristome labiate, expanded above, reflected below.

1888, George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology: Structural and Systematic. With Illustrations of the Species. First series, page 112:

Dorsal ridge present specimens are somewhat more ovate (i.e. less subdeflected toward hinge above muscle spot.

1950, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin - Geological Survey of Canada:

(biology) Partially or imperfectly deflected.


tubercularly

(biology) In a tubercular (tuberculate) manner.


biontic

The complete and accurate repetition of phyletic by biontic development is obliterated and abbreviated by secondary contraction, as ontogeny strikes out for itself an ever straighter course; accordingly, the repetition is the more complete the longer the series of young stages successively passed through.

1988, Keith Stewart Thomson, Morphogenesis and Evolution, page 20:

There is no need to clutter the literature with more long Germanic compounds: suffice it to say that referring to the organism/habitat relationship as biontic, philic or xenic summarises the above arguments succinctly.

2000, R. L. Kitching, Food Webs and Container Habitats, page 44:

(biology, rare) Relating to an individual organism.


bioball

(biology) A water-soluble sphere / ball containing a known number of microorganisms


sebelipase

(biochemistry) A recombinant form of lipase


inotocinergic

(biochemistry) Produced or activated by inotocin


supertope

(biochemistry) An epitope that is almost universally present in a particular group.


HAR

human accelerated region
human accelerated region#English

(genetics, evolutionary theory) Acronym of human accelerated region.


homogonic

(biology) Describing a parasite that is not heterogonic


protransglutaminase

(biochemistry) The inactive precursor of transglutaminase


slantface

(entomology) Any of various orthopterans having heads with a long flat sloping underside.


axiation

(biology) The development of an axis (and subsequent polarity) in an embryo


chronomodulation

en-noun

chronomodulation (usually uncountable, plural chronomodulations)

(biology) The modulation of a circadian rhythm


mesopubic

(zoology) Having the pubis bone centrally / medially located


proteometabolomic

(biochemistry) proteomic and metabolomic


nematocin

(biochemistry) A form of oxytocin produced by some nematodes


complementoid

complementoid (countable and uncountable, plural complementoids)

We have seen that the evidence for the existence of complementoid is supplied by its preventing complement from combining with certain molecules […]

1905, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, volume 74, page 12:

The change of toxins into toxoids is paralleled by the change of complements into complementoids.

1913, Walter D'Este Emery, Immunity and specific therapy, page 158:

(biochemistry, dated) An immunological complement that has lost its zymotoxic group, but which still has a receptor site for the hemolysin.


rhesusize

en-verb

rhesusize (third-person singular simple present rhesusizes, present participle rhesusizing, simple past and past participle rhesusized)

rhesusizes (present singular third-person)
rhesusizing (participle present)
rhesusized (participle past)
rhesusized (past)

(genetics, of an antibody) To substitute a rhesus sequence for a human sequence into a nucleic acid


overscattering

Pre-fixation of embryos in the first fixative solution could decrease the dissociation or overscattering of blastomeres.

1975, Nihon Gakushiin, Proceedings of the Japan Academy, page 54:

This technique was modified to avoid artifactual loss of chromosomes by overscattering, and the ooplasmic matrix was retained […]

1991, E. S. E. Hafez, Assisted Human Reproductive Technology, page 31:

(biology) The breaking apart and spreading of biological entities during the preparation of sample slides for the microscope.


cryonecrosis

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, cryo- + necrosis = cryo- + necro- + -osis.

(biology, medicine, surgery) Necrosis caused by extreme cold, whether as trauma (in frostbite) or as a method of cryoablation in research or in cryosurgery.


DNAzyme

(biochemistry) Synonym of deoxyribozyme.


machairodontid

(zoology) Any member of the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae of carnivoran felids.


archease

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes, involved in nucleic acid metabolism, found in almost all living organisms


triubiquitin

(biochemistry) A trimer of ubiquitin; the motif responsible for its biosynthesis


kinotype

(biochemistry) A profile of cellular kinase activity that is specific to a particular species


plastogene

(genetics) The equivalent of a simple gene in plastids


purothionin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of toxic cross-linked cyclic oligopeptides


rustic moth

(lepidopterology) Any of various moths belonging to genus Agrotis or other genera in the family Noctuidae, and having larvae that are cutworms.


gain-of-function research

en-noun

gain-of-function research (plural gain-of-function researches)

(medicine, virology) Medical research that alters an organism or disease in a way that increases pathogenesis, transmissibility, or host range.


oligoglycan

oligoglycan (countable and uncountable, plural oligoglycans)

(biochemistry) An oligomeric form of glycan


identical by state

(genetics) Being two identical alleles or two identical segments or sequences of DNA; being segments which are not identical by descent and therefore do not share a recent common ancestor.


waterdock

waterdocks (plural)
water-dock (alternative)
water dock (alternative)

From water + dock. Compare Old English ēa-docce (“Rumex aquaticus”, literally “water-dock”).

cog

(botany) Any of a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Rumex native to fens and freshwater banks of Europe and Western Asia.


fimbrilin

(biochemistry) A protein present in fimbriae


monoparalogous

(genetics) That has resulted from a single paralogous diversion from a common ancestor


phenodominant

(genetics) Relating to a dominant phenotype


phenodominate

en-verb

phenodominate (third-person singular simple present phenodominates, present participle phenodominating, simple past and past participle phenodominated)

phenodominates (present singular third-person)
phenodominating (participle present)
phenodominated (participle past)
phenodominated (past)

(genetics) To act in a phenodominant manner


telokinetic

(genetics) That migrates toward the telomere of a chromosome


protoplasted

(biology) Whose protoplast has been regenerated or transformed


semitrypsin

(biochemistry) A form of trypsin that cleaves peptide bonds only at one end of a protein


multikingdom

(biology) Relating to multiple taxonomic kingdoms


hyperediting

(genetics) Excessive editing (of nucleic acid)


hydrophytism

(botany) The adaptation of plants to habitats where water is abundant.


edge effect

(ecology) A change in population or community structures that occurs at the boundary of two or more habitats.


proteometabolic

(biochemistry) Relating to proteometabolism


proteometabolism

(biochemistry) The metabolism of proteins


FGly

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of C-alpha-formylglycine.


cleaner shrimp

en-noun

cleaner shrimp (plural cleaner shrimps or cleaner shrimp)

cleaner shrimps (plural)
cleaner shrimp (plural)

(zoology) Any of a number of swimming decapod crustaceans that clean other organisms of parasites.


histobacteriological

(bacteriology, histology) histological and bacteriological


cervicospinal

(anatomy, zoology) Relating to the neck and the spine.


ceratomania

(botany) The conversion of phyllomes into spur-like or sac-like nectarial structures, as in ranunculaceous plants.


phytophil

(biology) Alternative form of phytophile.


stereid

(botany) A plant cell with thickened cell walls providing mechanical support.


pregenome

(genetics) A collection of pregenomic RNA


sulfcatalase

(biochemistry) An inactive form of the enzyme catalase formed by reaction with hydrogen sulfide or homocysteine


sulfheme

(biochemistry) An inactive form of heme formed by reaction with hydrogen sulfide


midsystole

(biology, medicine) The middle portion of systole, during which midsystolic events can occur, such as midsystolic murmur, midsystolic ejection, and midsystolic click.


membranolysis

(biology) The disruption of a biological membrane


membranolyse

en-verb

membranolyse (third-person singular simple present membranolyses, present participle membranolysing, simple past and past participle membranolysed)

membranolyses (present singular third-person)
membranolysing (participle present)
membranolysed (participle past)
membranolysed (past)

(biology) To cause, or to undergo membranolysis


membranolysed

(biology) Having a disrupted biological membrane


conophytum

(botany) Any of the genus Conophytum of South African and Namibian aizoaceous succulent plants.


nomarthral

(zoology) Having normal articulation of the joints.


quinquejugate

(botany) Pinnate, with five pairs of leaflets.


dichobunoid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the superfamily Dichobunoidae


fruitspike

(botany) An inflorescence of fruit in the form of a spike


subunguligrade

(zoology) Intermediate between unguligrade and digitigrade


biogeocycling

(biochemistry, geology) The action of a biogeocycle


sonifaction

(entomology) The production of sound by insects (typically by stridulation).


phacochoere

(zoology) The warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus


phaeochromocyte

phaeochromocytes (plural)
pheochromocyte (alternative)


phaeophyll

(biochemistry) The carotenoid pigment of brown algae, mostly composed of fucoxanthin


phalaenopsid

(botany) Any moth orchid of the genus Phalaenopsis


phallin

en-noun

phallin (countable and uncountable, plural phallins)

Amanita phalloides
Amanita phalloides#Translingual

(organic chemistry, mycology) Any of several haemolytic cyclic oligopeptides present in the death cap toadstool, Amanita phalloides.


epidermology

From epidermis + -ology = epidermo- + -logy. Cosmetological sense coined by French biochemist Joëlle Ciocco.

While visible injury symptomatology is one aspect of indicator value of plants, the other is leaf epidermology. The rationale behind the latter is that it is the leaf epidermis that is most exposed, and stomata are the easy entry points of pollutants in higher plants.

2008, T N Khoshoo, Environmental Concerns and Strategies (Third Revised and Enlarged Edition), A P H Publishing Corporation, page 196:

(biology) The scientific discipline studying the epidermis of plants at a microscopic level.


phototransferase

(biochemistry) Any photochemical transferase


pneumaticized

(biology) Having cavities filled with air


calopin

(biochemistry) A bitter chemical from Boletus calopus wikidata:Q77421148


narluga

/nɑːˈluː.ɡə/

(zoology) A hybrid whale, resulting from the crossbreeding of narwhal and beluga whales; but which feed on different prey than either parent species.


polyguanosine

(genetics) A long string of guanosine residues in a nucleic acid


ochna

Borrowed from translingual Ochna, from Ancient Greek ὄχνη (ókhnē, “pear tree”).

The ochnas are among the most attractive trees of this section.

1922, United States. Agricultural Research Service. Plant Science Research Division, Plant Inventory (issues 61-70, page 57)

(botany) Any of the genus Ochna of evergreen trees, shrubs and shrublets.


niku-nuki

From Japanese 肉抜き (niku-nuki, literally “flesh removal”), introduced to English by Fukuda, Haga, and Tatara in 2007.

bor

(malacology) A method of preserving both the shell and the body intact, by using hot water on a live specimen to separate the two.


fragmentomics

(genetics) The genomics of DNA fragments produced by apoptotic and necrotic cells


Moscow Watchdog

en-noun

Moscow Watchdog (plural Moscow Watchdogs)

(zoology) A breed of dog that was bred in the former Soviet Union, descended from crosses between the Saint Bernard and the Caucasian shepherd.


marsupiform

(botany) Pocket-shaped; used to describe domatia.


lebetiform

(botany) Bowl-shaped; used to describe domatia.


Epstein-Barr virus

Epstein-Barr virus (plural Epstein-Barr viruses)

Epstein-Barr viruses (plural)
EBV (alternative)

Named after its discoverers, Anthony Epstein and Yvonne Barr in 1964.

infectious mononucleosis
infectious mononucleosis

(virology) Human gammaherpesvirus 4, a human herpesvirus of the herpes family and the cause of infectious mononucleosis.


Nipah virus

(virology) Nipah henipavirus, a bat-borne virus that can infect humans and other animals.


Greenland Dog

(zoology) A large breed of husky-type dog kept as a sled dog.


Finnish Spitz

(zoology) A breed of dog originating in Finland.


amphizoonosis

(biology, microbiology) An infection in both directions among host species, including other than human, due to the growing number of nonhuman adenovirus genomes.


American Eskimo Dog

American Eskimo Dog (plural American Eskimo Dogs)

(zoology) A breed of companion dog, originating in Germany, a member of the Spitz family.


Portuguese Sheepdog

Portuguese Sheepdog (plural Portuguese Sheepdogs)

(zoology) A medium-sized breed of dog of the herding dog type, one of the indigenous regional dogs of Portugal.


Swedish Lapphund

Swedish Lapphund (plural Swedish Lapphunds)

(zoology) A breed of dog of the spitz type from Sweden, used by the Sami people for herding and guarding their reindeer.


Finnish Lapphund

Finnish Lapphund (plural Finnish Lapphunds)

(zoology) A hardy, easygoing, medium-sized breed of the spitz type, originating in Finland.


Northern Inuit Dog

Northern Inuit Dog (plural Northern Inuit Dogs)

(zoology) A breed of dog developed from a breeding project in the UK in the 1980s with the objective of producing a dog breed that resembles a wolf.


Tamaskan Dog

From Munsee tamaska (“mighty wolf”) (+ English -n), from teme, tama (“wolf”) + maska (“big, strong, or mighty”); + English dog.

(zoology) A new dog breed with a wolf-like appearance known to have mixed origins, an offshoot of the Northern Inuit Dog.


West Siberian Laika

West Siberian Laika (plural West Siberian Laikas)

(zoology) A breed of spitz–type hunting dog, originating in Russia.


Interior Alaskan wolf

Interior Alaskan wolf (plural Interior Alaskan wolves)

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories

(zoology) A subspecies of gray wolf native to parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, interior Alaska and Yukon.


American Alsatian

American Alsatian (plural American Alsatians)

(zoology) A dog breed that was recently developed in California in the 1980s to resemble the now-extinct dire wolf.


East Siberian Laika

East Siberian Laika (plural East Siberian Laikas)

(zoology) A Russian breed of dog of the spitz type, a hunting dog originating in parts of Siberia east of the Yenisei.


Florida black wolf

Florida black wolf (plural Florida black wolves)

(zoology) An extinct subspecies of Canis lupus that was endemic to Florida.


Czechoslovakian Wolfdog

Czechoslovakian Wolfdog (plural Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs)

(zoology) A dog breed that began as an experiment conducted in Czechoslovakia in 1955.


Kunming Wolfdog

Kunming Wolfdog (plural Kunming Wolfdogs)

(zoology) A type of shepherd dog, created in the early 1950s to meet the need for military dogs in Yunnan, China.


Goyet dog

(paleontology) A Paleolithic dog traced to a wolf fossil from northern Siberia.


Taimyr wolf

(zoology) An ancient wolf that inhabited the Taimyr Peninsula of northern Siberia.


Alaskan Husky

(zoology) The most commonly used dog in dog sled racing, a mongrel bred specifically for its performance.


Labrador Husky

Labrador Husky (plural Labrador Huskies)

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador

(zoology) A sled dog that originated in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, closely related to the Canadian Eskimo Dog.


Yakutian Laika

(zoology) An ancient working dog breed that originated in the Arctic seashore of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia).


aspercetin

(biochemistry) A hemorrhagic protein in the venom of a lancehead snake (Bothrops asper).


intestino-

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from intestine + -o-.

Near-synonyms: enter-, entero-

intestinointestinal

intestinovesical

(biology, medicine) Of or relating to an intestine.


allotetrapolyploidization

(genetics) Modification to allotetrapolyploid form


culturome

(biology) All the bacterial cultures of an organism


ecosensitivity

ecosensitivity (countable and uncountable, plural ecosensitivities)

(biology) sensitivity of an organism to its ecological environment


histomechanical

(biology) Relating to the mechanical properties of tissue


subhaplogrouping

subhaplogrouping (countable and uncountable, plural subhaplogroupings)

(genetics) The assignment of subhaplogroups


metallotransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase that is a metalloenzyme


aquaglycoporin

(biochemistry) A form of aquaporin that is active in the transport of water and glycols (including glycerol)


MSSA

Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus#Translingual

(microbiology, medicine) Initialism of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; a skin infection that is not resistant to certain antibiotics.