strombid

(zoology) Any conch in the family Strombidae.


strongylocentrotid

(zoology) Any sea urchin in the family Strongylocentrotidae


strongylophthalmyiid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Strongylophthalmyiidae.


strophocheilid

(zoology)Any snail in the family Strophocheilidae.


struthiolariid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Struthiolariidae.


struthionid

(zoology) Any member of the Struthionidae; an ostrich.


sturnid

(zoology) Any Any bird in the family Sturnidae; a mynah or starling


styelid

(zoology) Any tunicate in the family Styelidae.


stylephorid

(zoology) Any deep-sea fish in the family Stylephoridae.


stylinodontid

(zoology) Any extinct taeniodont mammal in the family Stylinodontidae.


stylocellid

(zoology) Any harvestman of the family Stylocellidae.


stylodactylid

(zoology) Any member of the family Stylodactylidae.


styloniscid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Styloniscidae.


stylonurid

(zoology) Any eurypterid of the family †Stylonuridae.


stylopid

(zoology) Any insect in the family Stylopidae.


subergorgiid

(zoology) Any soft coral in the family Subergorgiidae


suberitid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Suberitidae.


subulinid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Subulinidae, which may be instead the achatinid subfamily Subulininae.


subulitid

(zoology) Any extinct sea snail in the family Subulitidae.


subulurid

Representatives of the Mermithidae are the most common nematode parasites of tettigoniids, however spirurids and more rarely, subulurids and thelastomatids, also occur in some members of this family.

1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations:

(zoology) Any member of the family Subuluridae of nematodes.


succineid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Succineidae.


sudamericid

(zoology) Any extinct gondwanatherian mammal in the family Sudamericidae.


sulid

(zoology) Any member of the family Sulidae of gannets and boobies.


sycettid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Sycettidae.


sylvicolid

(zoology) Any gnat in the family Sylvicolidae, now considered to be part of the Anisopodidae.


sylviid

(ornithology) Any of the warblers in the family Sylviidae.


symmocid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Symmocidae.


symmoriid

(zoology) Any extinct cartilaginous fish in the family Symmoriidae.


symphysanodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Symphysanodontidae.


symphytognathid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Symphytognathidae.


synanceiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Synanceiidae.


synaphobranchid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Synaphobranchidae.


synaptid

(zoology) Any sea cucumber in the family Synaptidae.


synaptiphilid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Synaptiphilidae.


synaxid

(zoology) Any furry lobster in the family Synaxidae, a synonym for the Palinuridae.


synbranchid

(zoology) Any eel-like fish in the family Synbranchidae.


synchroid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Synchroidae.


syngamid

(zoology) Any in the family Syngamidae of nematodes.


synlestid

(zoology) Any damselfly in the family Synlestidae.


synodontid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Synodontidae, the lizardfishes.


synotaxid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Synotaxidae.


synteliid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Synteliidae.


synthemid

(zoology) Alternative form of synthemistid.


synthemistid

(zoology) Any dragonfly in the family Synthemistidae.


syringogastrid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Syringogastridae.


syrnolid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Syrnolidae, now considered to be the pyramidellid subfamily Syrnolinae.


systrophiid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Systrophiidae, now considered to be part of the Scolodontidae.


tachyglossid

(zoology) Any member of the family Tachyglossidae, the echidnas or spiny anteaters


taeniacanthid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Taeniacanthidae.


taeniid

(zoology) Any tapeworm in the family Taeniidae.


taeniolabidid

(zoology) Any mammal in the family Taeniolabididae.


taeniopterygid

Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “band,ribbon”) + pterygo- + -id

uder

(zoology) Any member of the Taeniopterygidae of willowflies or winter stoneflies.


tainoceratid

(zoology) Any in the family Tainoceratidae of extinct nautiloid cephalopods.


talitrid

To cope with daily variation of environmental parameters, talitrids evolved a migratory behaviour, synchronized with tidal and nictemeral cycles, that enable them to locate the suitable patches of habitat on the shore (Pardi and Ercolini 1986).

2012, F.M. Faranda, Mediterranean Ecosystems: Structures and Processes, page 392:

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Talitridae.


talpid

From scientific Latin Talpidae (family name), ultimately from Latin talpa (“mole”).

The several species of small mammals found at Tagay, such as dormice, talpids and hedgehogs, show close affinities to European taxa.

2016 November 16, Hanneke Meijer, “Sunny steppes? A tiny parrot fossil suggests Siberia was once subtropical”, in The Guardian:

(zoology) A member of the family Talpidae, comprising moles and related insectivorous mammals.


tanaostigmatid

Galls on tamboti branches are caused by the larvae of a wasp of the tanaostigmatid family, which bores into the wood to lay her eggs.

1993, Braam Van Wyk, Bushveld Trees: Lifeblood of the Transvaal Lowveld, page 70:

In most chalcidoids, the mesopleura have a groove for the femora, but encyrtids lack this groove (as do the signiphorids, tanaostigmatids, some aphelinids, and some eupelmids).

2005, Norman F. Johnson, Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, page 531:

We have indirect evidence that at least a couple species of Tanaostigmatidae (Tanaoneura hirticoxa and a species of Tanaostigmodes in the gracilis group) feed as inquilines in various leaf galls on Inga (influding morphospecies 21) and modify gall morphology, as has been reported in another tanaostigmatid species (Fernandes et al. 1987) and cynipid gall wasps (Brooks and Shorthouse 1998).

2014, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Neotropical Insect Galls, page 159:

(zoology) Any member of the family Tanaostigmatidae of parasitic wasps.


tangasaurid

(zoology) Any diapsid in the family Tangasauridae.


tanyderid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Tanyderidae.


tanypezid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Tanypezidae.


tapejarid

(zoology) Any pterosaur in the family Tapejaridae.


tapinocephalid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Tapinocephalidae.


tapirid

(zoology) Any tapir of the family Tapiridae


tarphyceratid

(zoology) Any extinct nautiloid cephalopod in the family Tarphyceratidae.


tarsiid

(zoology) Any primate in the family Tarsiidae.


tarsipedid

(zoology) Any member of the Tarsipedidae, which is currently considered to consist of one species, Tarsipes rostratus, the honey possum.


tarsonemid

(zoology) Any member of the family Tarsonemidae of mites.


tegastid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Tegastidae.


telemid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Telemidae.


tellinid

(zoology) Any bivalve mollusc of the family Tellinidae


telmatherinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Telmatherinidae.


telsid

(zoology) Any member of family Telsidae of crustaceans.


temnodontosaurid

(zoology) Any ichthyosaur in the family Temnodontosauridae.


temorid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Temoridae.


tenebrionid

(zoology) Any member of family Tenebrionidae of darkling beetles.


tengellid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Tengellidae.


tenthredinid

(zoology) Any sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae.


tenuipalpid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Tenuipalpidae.


teraponid

(zoology) Alternative spelling of terapontid.


terapontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Terapontidae.


teratembiid

(zoology) Any webspinner in the family Teratembiidae.


teratornithid

(zoology) Any extinct bird of prey in the family Teratornithidae.


teratosaurid

(zoology) Any reptile in the family Teratosauridae, now included in the Rauisuchidae.


terebellid

(zoology) Any member of the Terebellidae.


terebrid

(zoology) Any auger shell of the family Terebridae.


teredinid

(zoology) Any shipworm in the family Teredinidae.


tergipedid

(zoology) Any nudibranch in the family Tergipedidae.


termitaphidid

(entomology) Any member of the family Termitaphididae, the termite bugs.


termitid

(zoology) Any termite in the family Termitidae


termopsid

(zoology) Any termite in the family Termopsidae.


tessaratomid

(zoology) Any bug in the family Tessaratomidae.


testacellid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Testacellidae.


testudinid

By surface analysis, Latin testūdō + -in- + -id.

surf

(zoology) Any member of the Testudinidae, the tortoises.


tetanocerid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Tetanoceridae, now considered to be the sciomyzid tribe Tetanocerini.


tethinid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Tethinidae, now considered to be the canacid subfamily Tethininae.


tethyid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Tethyidae.


tetillid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Tetillidae.


tetrablemmid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Tetrablemmidae.


tetracampid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Tetracampidae.


tetradonematid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Tetradonematidae.


tetragnathid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Tetragnathidae.


tetragonitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Tetragonitidae.


tetragonurid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Tetragonuridae, the squaretails.


tetramerid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Tetrameridae.


tetranychid

(zoology) Any spider mite in the family Tetranychidae.


tetraodontid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Tetraodontidae.


tetraphid

(zoology) Any moss in the family Tetraphidaceae.


tetrarogid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Tetrarogidae.


tetrasquillid

(zoology) Any mantis shrimp in the family Tetrasquillidae.


tetratomid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Tetratomidae.


tetrigid

(entomology) Any member of the family Tetrigidae (groundhoppers).


tettigarctid

(zoology) Any member of the Tettigarctidae, the hairy cicadas.


tettigonid

(zoology) Alternative spelling of tettigoniid.


thalassinid

(zoology) Any mud lobster in the family Thalassina.


thalassoceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Thalassoceratidae.


thalattosaurid

(zoology) Any thalattosaur in the family Thalattosauridae.


thamnocephalid

(zoology) Any fairy shrimp in the family Thamnocephalidae.


thaumaleid

(zoology) Any midge in the family Thaumaleidae.


thaumatichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Thaumatichthyidae.


thaumetopoeid

(zoology) Any member of the family Thaumetopoeidae of moths and caterpillars.


thecamoebid

(zoology) Any amoebozoan in the family Thecamoebidae.


thecodontosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the family Thecodontosauridae, but specifically of the genus Thecodontosaurus


thelaziid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Thelaziidae.


themistid

(zoology) Any sipunculan worm of the family Themistidae.


theraphosid

(zoology) Any member of the family Theraphosidae of tarantulas.


theraponid

(zoology) Alternative form of terapontid.


therevid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Therevidae.


theridiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Theridiidae, the cobweb spiders.


theridiosomatid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Theridiosomatidae.


therioherpetid

(zoology) Any cynodont in the family Therioherpetidae.


therizinosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Therizinosauridae.


thescelosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Thescelosauridae, believed to be a synonym of the Parksosauridae or the Hypsilophodontidae .


thespid

(zoology) Any mantis in the family Thespidae.


thiarid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Thiaridae.


thinocorid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Thinocoridae, the seedsnipes


thinozerconid

(zoology) Any member of the Thinozerconidae.


thomisid

(zoology) Any member of the Thomisidae; a crab spider.


thraciid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Thraciidae.


thraupid

(zoology) Any of the tanagers and related birds in the family Thraupidae.


threskiornithid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Threskiornithidae; an ibis or spoonbill.


thrinaxodontid

(zoology) Any cynodont in the family Thrinaxodontidae.


thripid

(zoology) Any thrips in the family Thripidae.


thryonomyid

(zoology) Any cane rat in the family Thryonomyidae.


thunnid

(zoology) Any member of the family Thynnidae.


thyatirid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Thyatiridae, now considered to be the drepanid subfamilyThyatirinae.


thylacinid

(zoology) Any member of the family Thylacinidae of extinct carnivorous marsupials.


thylacoleonid

(zoology) Any member of the Thylacoleonidae.


thylacomyid

(zoology) Any marsupial in the family Thylacomyidae; a bilby.


thylacosmilid

(zoology) Any extinct sparassodont in the family Thylacosmilidae.


thyreocorid

(zoology) Any shield bug in the family Thyreocoridae.


elafin

(biochemistry) A polypeptide inhibitor of some peptidases and elastases


thyreophorid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Thyreophoridae, a synonym of the Piophilidae.


thyridid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Thyrididae.


thyropterid

(zoology) Any member of the family Thyropteridae of bats; disc-winged bats.


thysanid

(zoology) Any chalcidoid in the family Thysanidae, a synonym of the Signiphoridae.


thysanoteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Thysanoteuthidae.


timaliid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Timaliidae; a babbler.


tinamid

(zoology) Any member of the avian family Tinamidae of tinamous.


tindariid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Tindariidae.


tineodid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Tineodidae.


tinodontid

(zoology) Any extinct early mammal in the family Tinodontidae.


tiphiid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Tiphiidae.


tischeriid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Tischeriidae.


tissotiid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Tissotiidae.


titanichthyid

(zoology) Any placoderm in the family Titanichthyidae.


titanoecid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Titanoecidae.


titanoideid

(zoology) Any extinct pantodont in the family Titanoideidae.


titanosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Titanosauridae.


titanosuchid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Titanosuchidae.


hemalum

en-noun

hemalum (usually uncountable, plural hemalums)

(cytology) a mixture of hematoxylin and alum that is used to stain cell nuclei


titanotheriid

(zoology) Any extinct rhinoceros-like mammal in the family Titanotheriidae, a synonym of the Brontotheriidae.


tonnid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Tonnidae.


tornid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Tornidae.


tornoceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Tornoceratidae.


torpedinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Torpedinidae.


torridincolid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Torridincolidae.


torvosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Torvosauridae (syn. of Megalosauridae).


toxocarid

(zoology)Any roundworm in the family Toxocaridae.


toxochelyid

(zoology) Any extinct sea turtle in the genus Toxochelys.


toxodontid

(zoology) Any mammal in the family †Toxodontidae


toxopneustid

(zoology) Any sea urchin in the family Toxopneustidae.


toxotid

(zoology) Any member of the family Toxotidae of archerfish.


trachinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Trachinidae.


trachipterid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Trachipteridae, the ribbonfishes.


trachodontid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Trachodontidae, a synonym of the Hadrosauridae.


trachyceratid

(zoology) Any extinct ammonite in the family Trachyceratidae.


trachylid

(zoology) Any hydrozoan in the subclass Trachylinae


trachypachid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Trachypachidae.


trachypterid

(zoology) Any member of the family Trachypteridae of ribbonfish.


trachytid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Trachytidae.


trachyuropodid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Trachyuropodidae.


tragulid

(zoology) Any member of the family Tragulidae of mouse deers.


trapeziid

(zoology) Any member of the Trapeziidae.


homokaryon

(cytology) A cell that has multiple, identical nuclei in common cytoplasm.


idiophase

(biology) The phase in the growth of a culture during which secondary metabolites are produced


lipoperoxidation

lipoperoxidation (countable and uncountable, plural lipoperoxidations)

(biochemistry) the peroxidation (oxidative degradation) of lipids to form lipoperoxides


traversodontid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Traversodontidae.


travuniid

(zoology) Any harvestman of the family Travuniidae.


trechaleid

(zoology) Any member of the family Trechaleidae of spiders.


tremanotid

(zoology) Any extinct mollusk in the family Tremanotidae.


trematochampsid

(zoology) Any crocodylomorph in the family Trematochampsidae.


trematopid

(zoology) Any member of the family Trematopidae of extinct amphibians.


trematopsid

(zoology) Any extinct temnospondyl in the family Trematopsidae.


trematosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct temnospondyl in the family Trematosauridae.


tremoctopodid

(zoology) Any blanket octopus in the family Tremoctopodidae.


triacanthid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Triacanthidae.


triacanthodid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Triacanthodidae.


triaenonychid

(zoology) Any harvestman of the family Triaenonychidae.


triakid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Triakidae.


trichechid

(zoology) Any manatee in the family Trichechidae.


trichinellid

(zoology) Any member of the family Trichinellidae, roundworms that cause trichinosis.


trichiurid

(zoology) Any member of the Trichiuridae; a cutlassfish.


trichocerid

(zoology) Any cranefly/daddy longlegs in the family Trichoceridae.


trichodactylid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Trichodactylidae.


trichodontid

(zoology) Any member of the family Trichodontidae of sandfishes.


trichogrammatid

(zoology) Any member of the Trichogrammatidae.


trichomycterid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Trichomycteridae.


trichoniscid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Trichoniscidae.


trichonotid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Trichonotidae.


trichotropid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Trichotropidae, a synonym of the Capulidae.


trichurid

(zoology) Any member of the Trichuridae.


triconodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Triconodontidae.


trictenotomid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Trictenotomidae.


tridacnid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Tridacnidae, now considered to be the cardiid subfamily Tridacninae.


tridactylid

(entomology) Any pygmy mole cricket in the family Tridactylidae.


tridenchthoniid

(zoology) Any pseudoscorpion in the family Tridenchthoniidae.


triglid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Triglidae.


trigonalid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Trigonalidae.


trigoniid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Trigoniidae.


trigonochlamydid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Trigonochlamydidae.


triisodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Triisodontidae.


trilophosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile in the family Trilophosauridae; a trilophosaur.


trimerorhachid

(zoology) Any dvinosaur in the family Trimerorhachidae.


trimusculid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Trimusculidae.


triodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Triodontidae.


trionychid

It is perhaps instructive to note that tropical riverine batagurids, although more similar to other river-dwelling lineages in reproductive patterns than to other semi-aquatic and terrestrial batagurids, still tend to have lower fecundities and bigger eggs relative to their body sizes than do the other groups (e.g., riverine emydids, trionychids, and podocnemids) (Moll & Moll, 1990).

2004, Don Moll, The Ecology, Exploitation and Conservation of River Turtles, page 46:

Loss of scutes (and corresponding loss of sucli^([sic]) on the underlying shell plates) is widely regarded as a derived condition that has occurred independently in trionychids, advanced carettochelyids (Carettochelyidae), and derived sea turtles such as dermochelyids and protostegids (e.g., Meylan 1988; Hirayama and Chitoku 1996).

2012, Donald B. Brinkman, editor, Morphology and Evolution of Turtles:

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Trionychidae.


triopsid

(zoology) Any member of family Triopsidae of tadpole shrimps.


triozid

(zoology) Any insect in the family Triozidae.


triphorid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Triphoridae.


tripterygiid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Tripterygiidae, the triplefins.


peroxin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins, found in peroxisomes, that are associated with several peroxisomal disorders


trirachodontid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Trirachodontidae.


tristichopterid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Tristichopteridae.


tritheledontid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Tritheledontidae.


tritoniid

(zoology) Any sea slug in the family Tritoniidae.


proprotease

(biochemistry) Any proenzyme that is converted into a protease


trophophase

(biology) The phase in the active growth of a culture in which primary metabolites are formed.


tryptase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of serine proteinase contained in mast cells


micropollutant

“The long-term effect of air pollution by acid-formers like sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen, heavy metals and organic micropollutants means the poisoning of the ecosphere and the hydrosphere,” Professor Ulrich said.

1983 June 29, Dudley Clendinen, quoting Bernhard Ulrich, “Concern On Acid Rain Extending To Public Health”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

On the other hand, intermittent loading of an adsorbable micropollutant can result in significant short-term removal, because the accumulated biomass in the reactor can take up the micropollutant until equilibrium is reached.

2013, Jiri Hrubec, Water Pollution: Drinking Water and Drinking Water Treatment, Springer, →ISBN, page 43:

(ecology) Any pollutant that has a toxic effect at very small concentrations.


tritylodontid

(zoology) Any mammal-like therapsid in the family Tritylodontidae.


triviid

(zoology) Any in the family Triviidae of sea snails.


trixoscelid

(zoology) Any member of the Trixoscelidae.


trixoscelidid

(zoology) Any member of the Trixoscelididae.


trochanteriid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Trochanteriidae.


trochid

(zoology) Any sea snail of the family Trochidae.


trochilid

(zoology) Any member of family Trochilidae of all extant hummingbirds


trocholitid

From translingual Trocholitidae, from Trochilus.

(zoology) Any nautiloid cephalopod in the family Trocholitidae.


trochomorphid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Trochomorphidae.


trochonematid

(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Trochonematidae.


troglodytid

(zoology) Any member of the Troglodytidae; a wren.


trogonid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Trogonidae, the trogons.


trogonophid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Trogonophidae.


trogossitid

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Trogossitidae.


trogulid

(zoology) Any harvestman of the family Trogulidae.


trombiculid

(zoology) Any mite of the family Trombiculidae.


trombidiid

(zoology) Any member of the Trombidiidae.


tropidodiscid

(zoology) Any extinct mollusk in the family Tropidodiscidae.


tropidopheid

(zoology) Alternative form of tropidophiid.


tropidophiid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Tropidophiidae.


tropidurid

(zoology) lizard in the family Tropiduridae.


tropitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Tropitidae.


truncatellid

(zoology) Any member of the family Truncatellidae of amphibious aquatic snails.


tryblidiid

(zoology) Any mollusk of the order Tryblidiida or family †Tryblidiidae.


tsaganomyid

(zoology) Any member of the Tsaganomyidae.


tseajaiid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Tseajaiidae.


tubificid

(zoology) Any in the order Tubificida, suborder Tubificina, or family Tubificidae of worms, variously constituted.


tubiluchid

(zoology) Any priapulid worm in the family Tubiluchidae.


tuccid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Tuccidae.


tuckerellid

(zoology) Any peacock mite in the family Tuckerellidae.


tuditanid

(zoology) Any tuditanomorph microsaur in the family Tuditanidae.


tungid

Tungid fleas, one of which is commonly known as the sand flea, can cause such damage to a person. The tungid female embeds itself into the skin of the host until just the end of the abdomen is exposed. It swells to the size of a pea as its eggs develop.

1982, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Utah Mosquito Abatement Association, Volume 34, Parts 1981-1996, page 33:

These same features are likely to be much reduced in other fleas, such as tungids and sticktights, that attach more firmly to the host and feed for long periods at a particular site.

2004, Kenneth L. Gage, “Chapter 7: Fleas, the Syphonaptera”, in William H. Marquardt, editor, Biology of Disease Vectors, page 81:

As well as fleas, which move freely in the home and pelage of the host, there are those, like the tungids (Tungidae) and alakurts (Vermipsyllidae), that burrow into its skin and become neosomic (Fig. 9.5).

2005, M. J. Lehane, The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects, page 214:

(zoology) Any flea of the family Tungidae.


tupilakosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct temnospondyl in the family Tupilakosauridae.


tupuxuarid

(zoology) Any pterosaur in the family Tupuxuaridae.


turbinellid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Turbinellidae.


turbonillid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Turbonillidae, now considered to be the pyramidellid subfamily Turbonillinae.


turnicid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Turnicidae; a buttonquail.


turrid

(zoology) Any sea snail of the polyphyletic family Turridae, now distributed over several other families.


turrilitid

(zoology) Any member of the family Turrilitidae of ammonites.


turritellid

Littered with the unicorn horns of turritellid sea snails […], the shingle has been turned into an exceptionally crowded breeding ground.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 77:

(zoology) Any member of the family Turritellidae of sea snails.


tydeid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Tydeidae.


tylid

(zoology) Any woodlouse in the family Tylidae.


tylodinid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Tylodinidae.


typhlonectid

(zoology) Any caecilian in the family Typhlonectidae.


typhlopid

(zoology) Any member of the Typhlopidae.


tyrannosaurid

Similarly, the North American tyrannosaurid, Aublysodon, is reported from east Asia.

1965, David Jay Simmons, The non-therapsid reptiles of the Lufeng Basin, Yunnan, China, page 84:

Once again, Phil Currie says it definitely was a tyrannosaurid, most closely related, by braincase comparison, to Tarbosaurus. Chingkankousaurus fragilis was named by C. C. Yang in China in 1958.

1993, John R. Horner, The Complete T. Rex, page 134:

Most famous for the last and largest member of the clade, Tyrannosaurus rex, tyrannosaurids at first glance seem very far removed from the ostrichlike ornithomimosaurs.

2003, Gregory Paul, The Scientific American Book of Dinosaurs, page 155:

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Tyrannosauridae.


tytonid

(zoology) Any member of the Tytonidae, the barn owls.


cryptopolyploidy

(genetics) The condition of being cryptopolyploid (being polyploid while appearing to be diploid)


cryptopolyploid

(genetics) polyploid while appearing to be diploid


dioecy

From Ancient Greek δι- (di-, “twice”) + οἰκία (oikía, “house, family, tribe”).

(botany) The condition of being dioecious, namely having separate sexes, especially of plants.


hemojuvelin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein involved in axon guidance of retinal ganglion neurons.


heteromerization

(biochemistry) The process of becoming heteromeric.


holocarpic

(botany, of an alga) in which the entire thallus develops into a sporangium


alkylpurine

(biochemistry) Any C- or N-alkyl derivative of a purine; some of them are immunopotentiators


carbapenemase

carbapenemase (countable and uncountable, plural carbapenemases)

(biochemistry) Any lactamase that can hydrolyze carbapenem antibiotics and thus provide resistance to them


depurination

(biochemistry, genetics) The removal, by hydrolysis, of a purine base from DNA


detyrosination

(biochemistry) The removal of tyrosine from (the carboxyl terminal of) a protein, especially as a posttranslational modification


eigengene

1999, Orly Alter et al., ‘‘Singular Value Decomposition for Gene Expression Data Processing and Modeling.’’ In: After the Genome V (October 6–10, 1999, Jackson Hole, WY), published by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI).
We describe the use of singular value decomposition in transforming gene expression data from genes/arrays space to ‘‘eigengenes’’/‘‘eigenarrays’’ space, where the eigengenes and eigenarrays are unique orthonormal superpositions of the genes and arrays, respectively.

(genetics, mathematics, physics) One of a set of right singular vectors of a genes x samples matrix that tabulates, e.g., the mRNA or gene expression of the genes across the samples.


eigenmetabolite

(genetics) The group of metabolites associated with a specific eigengene


hydroxykynurenine

hydroxykynurenine (countable and uncountable, plural hydroxykynurenines)

(biochemistry) A metabolite of tryptophan that filters ultraviolet light in the human lens.


paleofauna

(geology, zoology) The animals that were alive in a particular period of geological history, especially those known only as fossils


polyglutamylation

(biochemistry) The posttranslational modification of a protein (especially a tubulin) by the addition of glutamate to existing glutamate residues


pupilled

(biology) Having pupils (of a specified number or kind).


crenelled

en-adj

crenelled (comparative more crenelled, superlative most crenelled)

more crenelled (comparative)
most crenelled (superlative)


cellulosome

(biochemistry) A complex of enzymes that degrade the polysaccharide surface of cells and mediate cell attachment


dictyosome

(cytology) A plant organelle that is functionally equivalent to the Golgi apparatus in animal cells.

dictyosome

a plant organelle that is functionally equivalent to the Golgi apparatus in animal cells


intraplatform

(genetics) Within a microarray platform.


interplatform

(genetics) Between microarray platforms.


micrometabolomics

(biochemistry) The study of the range of metabolites present in a very small biological sample


obestatin

en-noun

obestatin (countable and uncountable, plural obestatins)

(biochemistry) An oligopeptide sequence, present in ghrelin, that binds to a specific orphan receptor


urealytic

en-adj

urealytic (comparative more urealytic, superlative most urealytic)

more urealytic (comparative)
most urealytic (superlative)

(biochemistry) That hydrolyses urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide


autolysin

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses a component of the cell (or tissue) in which it is produced


carboxyglutamate

carboxyglutamic acid
carboxyglutamic acid

(biochemistry) Any salt or ester of carboxyglutamic acid


carboxyglutamic acid

en-noun

carboxyglutamic acid (plural carboxyglutamic acids)

(biochemistry) An amino acid found only in proteins following posttranslational carboxylation of glutamic acid residues


conglycinin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of storage proteins, found in soybean, that is a food allergen


dehydrin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins expressed in plants in response to dehydration


electrotransformed

en-adj

electrotransformed (comparative more electrotransformed, superlative most electrotransformed)

more electrotransformed (comparative)
most electrotransformed (superlative)

(genetics) transformed via electrotransformation (or by electrotransfer)


electrotransformation

(genetics) The transformation of the genetic material of an organism by means of electrotransfer


glycinin

(biochemistry) Any of the main proteins found in soybean.


proplastid

(cytology) A small, colourless cell that develops into any form of plastid


stylopod

(anatomy, zoology) The upper part of the arm.


teichuronic

(biochemistry) Relating to a teichuronic acid or its derivatives


teichuronic acid

en-noun

teichuronic acid (plural teichuronic acids)

(biochemistry) Any of a group of heteropolymeric polysaccharides, composed of a uronic acid and other carbohydrates, present in the walls of some Gram-positive bacteria


uridylyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyses the transfer of a uridylyl group between molecules


stapelia

From Stapelia, the genus name, after J. B. van Stapel.

[…]the instinctive faculty[…]sometimes falls into mistake and error, as in the instance which Mr. Kirby gives of the flesh-fly mistaking the blossom of the stapelia for carrion, the hen a piece of chalk for an egg ; and he may add the instance given by Dr. Roget, of the vulture mistaking the skin of an animal stuffed with hay for the carcase.

1835, The Gentleman′s Magazine, volume 159, page 234:

Prom.^([Promenaea]) stapelioides has 2-inch-wide yellow flowers with concentric red-brown markings, resembling the famous carrion flower stapelia, hence the epithet stapelioides.

2005, Complete Guide to Orchids, Ortho Books, page 211:

He had also a collection of stapelias and other small prickly plants; some of them were almost invisible without a magnifying glass, but most interesting.

2010, Marianne North, Abundant Beauty: The Adventurous Travels of Marianne North, Botanical Artist, page 204:

(botany) Any of the genus Stapelia of low-growing succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa, and often giving off an odour of rotten flesh.


syngenesian

(botany, archaic) syngenesious; synantherous


monomyarian

/ˌmɒnəˌmaɪˈɛəɹi.ən/

/ˌmɑnəˌmaɪˈɛɹi.ən/

(zoology) Of or relating to the Monomya.


ditypic

There are two species in a ditypic genus.

(taxonomy) Containing only two members of the next lesser rank.


maltin

(biochemistry) The fermentative principle of malt; malt diastase.


anhydrofructose

(biochemistry, chiefly attributive) A metabolic pathway that forms secondary metabolites from glycogen via 1,5-anhydro-D-fructase.


sclereid

(botany) A reduced form of sclerenchyma cell with highly thickened, lignified walls.


uncoating

(virology) A process in which the viral capsid of a virus is removed, leading to the release of the viral genomic nucleic acid.


antiglycative

en-adj

antiglycative (comparative more antiglycative, superlative most antiglycative)

more antiglycative (comparative)
most antiglycative (superlative)

(biochemistry) That counters the toxicity of methylglyoxal and similar aldehydes that are produced as a normal part of metabolism

antiglicante

that counters the toxicity of methylglyoxal and similar aldehydes


decorin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteoglycans that "decorate" collagen fibres


desmoplakin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins isolated from desmosomes


endosulfatase

(biochemistry) Any sulfatase that acts as an endoenzyme


epiphycan

(biochemistry) A small proteoglycan related to osteoglycin


osteoglycin

(biochemistry) A proteoglycan that has osteoinductive activity


fibulin

From Latin fibula (“clasp, buckle”) + -in.

(biochemistry) Any of a family of calcium-binding glycoproteins found in the extracellular matrix and in plasma.


formylpeptide

formylpeptides (plural)
formyl peptide (alternative)

(biochemistry) Any of a group of small proteins, that have a formylated N-terminal methionine, that stimulate the motor and secretory activities of leucocytes


gerontogene

(informal, genetics) Any gene that is involved in the regulation of aging and life span


histotype

(cytology) Any of a range of tissue types that arise during the growth of a tumour.


homoallele

(genetics) Any of several alternative forms of a particular gene


hyperconfluent

(biology, of a culture) Having a greater cell-density than that of a confluent one


lipocortin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of calcium-binding proteins that suppress the activity of phospholipases


lumican

(biochemistry) The major keratin sulfate proteoglycan of the cornea.


nephronectin

(biochemistry) An extracellular matrix protein, expressed in developing endocrine organs, that is a ligand for integrin.


serglycin

en-noun

serglycin (countable and uncountable, plural serglycins)

(biochemistry) An intracellular proteoglycan found in the storage granules of connective tissue mast cells


synstatin

(biochemistry) A peptide, derived from syndecan, that disrupts the interaction of integrins


morphovar

(biology) A biovar that has a distinct morphology; a morphotype


ribotyping

(genetics) The analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphism of rRNA genes in order to differentiate between species etc.


aerogenous

aerogenous dissemination of a bacterium


dimercaptosuccinate

From dimercaptosuccinic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

af

dimercaptosuccinic acid
dimercaptosuccinic acid#English

(biology, medicine, organic chemistry) The conjugate base, or any salt or ester, of dimercaptosuccinic acid.


streptodornase

en-noun

streptodornase (countable and uncountable, plural streptodornases)

Contraction, removing various letters from the full phrase.


urodilatin

(biochemistry) A hormone that causes diuresis through increasing renal blood flow.


chitooctaose

(biochemistry) A chitooligosaccharide composed of eight acetamido-glucose units


crossprime

en-verb

crossprime (third-person singular simple present crossprimes, present participle crosspriming, simple past and past participle crossprimed)

crossprimes (present singular third-person)
crosspriming (participle present)
crossprimed (participle past)
crossprimed (past)
cross-prime (alternative)

(biochemistry) To stimulate cytotoxic T cells with extracellular antigens


cruzipain

(biochemistry) A particular cysteine protease


galactoglucan

(biochemistry) A polysaccharide composed of alternating glucose and galactose units


jacalin

(biochemistry) A lectin found in jackfruit.


lipomannan

en-noun

lipomannan (countable and uncountable, plural lipomannans)

(biochemistry) A glycolipid, present in the mycobacterial cell wall, that can induce apoptosis


methylesterase

(biochemistry) Any esterase that catalyses the hydrolysis of a methyl ester


microfold

(cytology) A small folded structure in the side of some cella


oligogalacturonide

(biochemistry) An oligosaccharide formed during the degradation of pectin


transportome

(biology) All the membrane transporters and channels that govern influx and efflux of ions in a cell


palmitoylethanolamide

(biochemistry) An endogenous fatty acid amide, belonging to the class of nuclear factor agonists, with anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, neuroprotective and anticonvulsant properties.


PEA

PEA (countable and uncountable, plural PEAs)

(biochemistry) Initialism of palmitoylethanolamide.

(ecology) Initialism of preliminary ecological appraisal.


thyroliberin

Thyrotropin-releasing hormone
thyrotropin-releasing hormone


poligeenan

(biochemistry) A degraded form of carrageenan.


antiassociation

ribosomal subunit antiassociation activity in rabbit reticulocyte lysates

(biochemistry) Activity that counteracts association of proteins etc.


leptophyllous

en-adj

leptophyllous (comparative more leptophyllous, superlative most leptophyllous)

more leptophyllous (comparative)
most leptophyllous (superlative)


autodephosphorylation

(biochemistry) The dephosphorylation of a protein catalyzed by its own enzymatic activity


autoloop

(genetics) An autoregulatory loop (in a gene regulatory network).


biocompiler

So what's the connection? Probably the best place to start is to walk down the hall and ask the world's foremost expert on biocompilers, who is currently playing with an eight-year-old child […]

1996, Pierre Ouellette, The Deus Machine, page 369:

(biology, computing) The analogue of a compiler in synthetic biology.


chemosensing

(biochemistry) The generation of a response to the presence of a chemical stimulus


digenic

(genetics) Produced by (the interaction of) two genes.


Moscovian

(geology, paleontology) A subdivision of the Carboniferous period.


Moscovian

(geology, paleontology) Relating to the Moscovian stage.


picine

picine (comparative more picine, superlative most picine)

more picine (comparative)
most picine (superlative)

(ornithology) Of or relating to the woodpeckers (Pici), or to the Piciformes.


strumose

strumose (comparative more strumose, superlative most strumose)

more strumose (comparative)
most strumose (superlative)


calycifloral

Latin calyx (“calyx”), calycis (“calyx”) + flos (“flower”), floris (“flower”).

(archaic, botany) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx.


chemoattractand

(biochemistry) The thing attracted by a chemoattractant


deoxyribonucleate

From deoxyribonucleic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

af

deoxyribonucleic acid
deoxyribonucleic acid

(biochemistry) Any salt of deoxyribonucleic acid


biogeny

Learned borrowing from German Biogenie, itself from bio- + -genie; equivalent to bio- (“life”) + -geny (“origin”).

(historical, biology, theory of recapitulation, rare) The study of evolutionary history not only phylogenically, by also by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.


radiary

(zoology, obsolete) A radiate; one of the Radiata.


muropeptidase

(biochemistry) Any peptidase that catalyses the hydrolysis of a muropeptide


celmoleukin

(biochemistry) A particular interleukin.


angustifolious

en-adj

angustifolious (comparative more angustifolious, superlative most angustifolious)

more angustifolious (comparative)
most angustifolious (superlative)

Learned borrowing from New Latin angustifolius.


phytomer

(botany) An organic element of a flowering plant


acetylproteome

(biochemistry) The complete set of acetylases in a particular organism


epibenthic

(ecology) That lives on the surface of sediments at the bottom of the sea


extratelomeric

(genetics) Describing additional functions of telomerases that do not affect telomers


retrofract

en-adj

retrofract (comparative more retrofract, superlative most retrofract)

more retrofract (comparative)
most retrofract (superlative)

retro- + Latin fractus, past participle of frangere (“to break”).

a retrofract peduncle

retrofract pods

a retrofract stem

(botany) Bent sharply back, so as to appear broken.


panspermy

(biology) The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria may develop.

(biology) The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis.


ichthyoplankton

en-noun

ichthyoplankton (countable and uncountable, plural ichthyoplanktons)

(zoology) zooplankton derived from fish, such as fish eggs, fry and larvae


pexophagy

(biology) The selective autophagy of peroxisomes


macropexophagy

(biology) The macroautophagy of peroxisomes


micropexophagy

(biology) The microautophagy of peroxisomes


antherozoid

antherozoids (plural)
antherozooid (alternative)

From Ancient Greek ἀνθηρός (anthērós, “flowery”) + ζῷον (zôion, “animal”) + -oid.

der

(botany) One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.

anterozoide

mobile male reproductive body in the antheridia of cryptogams


dumous

en-adj

dumous (comparative more dumous, superlative most dumous)

more dumous (comparative)
most dumous (superlative)
dumose (alternative)

Latin dumōsus (“overgrown with thorns or briars”)


micronekton

(zoology) Any very small crustacean and other free-swimming marine animal(s)


paralarva

(zoology) The planktonic (moving about with the water current) stage of a young cephalopod just after it has hatched.


proglucagon

(biochemistry) Any of a group of polypeptides that are cleaved to produce glucagon.


preproglucagon

By surface analysis, prepro- + glucagon, or, by surface analysis, pre- + proglucagon.

(biochemistry) Any polypeptide precursor of a proglucagon.


shelterin

(biochemistry) A complex of proteins associated with telomeres that protect the ends of chromosomes


azocasein

(biochemistry) casein conjugated with an azo dye; it is used as a general substrate for proteolytic enzymes; degradation of the casein liberates free dye into the supernatant that can be quantitatively analyzed.


cingulin

en-noun

cingulin (countable and uncountable, plural cingulins)

From Latin cingulum (“girdle, belt”) + -in

(biochemistry) A dimeric protein found in tight junctions


ficolin

(biochemistry) Either of a pair of binding proteins that have domains related to either collagen or fibrinogen.


folliculin

(biochemistry) A protein associated with tumour suppression


trideoxynucleotide

(biochemistry) Any oligonucleotide composed of three deoxynucleotides


hexadeoxynucleotide

(biochemistry) Any oligonucleotide composed of six deoxynucleotides; typically formed from two trideoxynucleotides


multiserotype

(genetics) Concerning, or containing multiple serotypes


sakuranetin

(biochemistry) A flavanone found in Polymnia fruticosa and rice, where it acts as a phytoalexin


isopimaric acid

(biochemistry) A resin acid toxin found in various trees, especially conifers.


plakophilin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins, found in the cytoskeleton, that are essential for the formation and stabilization of desmosomal cell contacts.


pleiohomeotic

(biochemistry, genetics) A protein, with associated gene, that can link polycomb to DNA and mediate transcriptional repression


polyesterase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of polyesters


sequestosome

(biochemistry) Any of a group of adapter-proteins that bind ubiquitin


ubiquitylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of a ubiquitin molecule from a protein.


genista

(botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Genista.


biodosimeter

(biology) A dosimeter used in biodosimetry


biodosimetry

(biology) The measurement of biological response as an estimate of radiation dose


endochitinase

(biochemistry) Any chitinase that can cleave a chitin molecule at a random point within the its chain


galactoxylomannan

Cryptococcus neoformans
Cryptococcus neoformans#Translingual

(biochemistry) A complex polysaccharide, produced by the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans, that produces immune paralysis in some animals, including humans


glucuronoxylomannan

(biochemistry) A complex polysaccharide,that is the principal constituent of the capsule of the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.


infusorium

From New Latin īnfūsōrium, from Latin īnfundō.

(biology) Any of the many minute aquatic creatures, such as protozoa and unicellular algae, found in freshwater habitats.


tankyrase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins, associated with telomeres, that contain ankyrin repeats


sheddase

Many sheddases are members of the ADAM or aspartic protease (BACE) protein families.

(biochemistry) Any of a group of membrane-bound enzymes that cleave extracellular portions of transmembrane proteins, releasing the soluble ectodomains from the cell surface.


lipoarabinomannan

(biochemistry) A lipoglycan associated with some bacteria of the genus Mycobacterium.


bestrophin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that channel chloride ions across membranes


ectoapyrase

ectoapyrases (plural)
ecto-apyrase (alternative)

(biochemistry) Any extracellular apyrase


mutanolysin

(biochemistry) A muralytic enzyme, obtained from Streptomyces, that is used in laboratories to degrade bacteria and to isolate DNA


sideroflexin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of mitochondrial tricarboxylate carrier proteins


contrapsin

contrapsin (usually uncountable, plural contrapsins)

(biochemistry) A serpin found in rodent serum


immunogenetic

(immunology, genetics) Relating to immunogenetics


mirrortree

mirrortree (countable and uncountable, plural mirrortrees)

In order to reduce the high rate of false positives plaguing the mirrortree method, a novel method TreeSec has been recently developed[…]

2009, Jake Y. Chen, Stefano Lonardi, Biological Data Mining, page 364:

(biochemistry) A technique in which a high correlation of evolutionary histories of two proteins is used as an indicator to predict protein interactions; a graphical representation of this


prothymosin

(biochemistry) Any precursor of a thymosin polypeptide


sialome

(biochemistry) All the proteins expressed in the salivary glands of bloodsucking arthropods

(biochemistry) All the sialic acid compounds of an organism etc


synexin

(biochemistry) A particular adrenal medullary protein involved in calcium metabolism


autohydrogenotrophic

(biology) Both autotrophic and hydrogenotrophic


exosite

(biochemistry) A secondary binding site, remote from the active site, on a protein


exosubstance

(biochemistry) Any substance that is active outside of the cell that produced it


isoprotein

The different isoproteins have been correlated with changes in plasma lipoprotein levels.

1991, George Steiner, Primary Hyperlipoproteinemias, page 47:

(biochemistry) Any of a family of closely-related proteins that have similar structural and functional properties.


zonulin

From zonula + -in, after zonula occludens toxin, of which it is the target.

(biochemistry) A protein that modulates the permeability of tight junctions between cells of the wall of the digestive tract.


neostatin

(biochemistry) A fragment of a fibulin which inhibits endothelial cell proliferation.


ramet

Coined by A. B. Stout in 1929 from Latin rāmus (“branch”) + -et.

(botany) A clone (individual member of a genet).


aquaglyceroporin

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


coancestry

coancestry (countable and uncountable, plural coancestries)

(biology) A measure of the degree of common ancestry of two (or more) individuals


endoproteolysis

(biochemistry) The breaking of the peptide bonds of nonterminal amino acids in proteins


ethanologenic

en-adj

ethanologenic (comparative more ethanologenic, superlative most ethanologenic)

more ethanologenic (comparative)
most ethanologenic (superlative)

(biochemistry, especially of a bacterium) That produces ethanol


fibrinogenic

fibrinogenic (comparative more fibrinogenic, superlative most fibrinogenic)

more fibrinogenic (comparative)
most fibrinogenic (superlative)


formylglutathione

(biochemistry) The S-formyl derivative of glutathione that is an intermediate in the metabolism of methanol and formaldehyde


lipoylation

(biochemistry) The attachment of a fatty acid residue (or similar lipid) to a molecule


lipoylated

lipoylated (comparative more lipoylated, superlative most lipoylated)

more lipoylated (comparative)
most lipoylated (superlative)

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) Modified by lipoylation


multiallelic

(genetics) Relating to, or affected by multiple alleles or genes


oxononanoate

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) Any salt or ester of the keto acid derived from nonanoic acid, some of which have biochemical functions


procofactor

(biochemistry) An inactive material that becomes a cofactor once activated


tenase

(biochemistry) An activating complex that plays a role in protein coagulation


xenosome

(zoology) A endosymbiotic bacterium of some marine protozoans.


empodium

From Ancient Greek ἔν (én, “in”) + -podium (“relating to a leg-like structure”).

af

(zoology) A bristle-like or pad-like structure between the tarsal claws of Diptera


biostat

(ecology) A container in which organisms are kept in a controlled environment


cytoadherence

(biology) The adherence of cells to a biological surface, especially to endothelium


galactase

en-noun

galactase (countable and uncountable, plural galactases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that produces galactose by the hydrolysis of lactose


cardial

(biology, medicine) Of or relating to the cardia of the stomach.

(biology, medicine, rare, dated) Of or relating to the heart; cardiac (cordis).


rheophilic

(zoology) That lives in swiftly-flowing water


siluriform

(zoology) Characteristic of catfish, of the order Siluriformes, that have barbels that resemble the whiskers of a cat


alginic

(biochemistry) Relating to alginic acid or its derivatives.


antipredation

antipredation strategies of marine worms


epibiota

(ecology) The organisms that live on the surface of another one


brood pouch

(zoology) A cavity, in some animals, in which eggs develop and hatch.


mesograzer

(zoology) Any small invertebrate herbivore, typically about an inch long


tetradymia

(botany) Any member of the genus Tetradymia of flowering plants.


squamatization

(biology) The formation of squamous cells.


multifoliolate

en-adj

multifoliolate (comparative more multifoliolate, superlative most multifoliolate)

more multifoliolate (comparative)
most multifoliolate (superlative)


penicilliform

penicilliform (comparative more penicilliform, superlative most penicilliform)

more penicilliform (comparative)
most penicilliform (superlative)


florigenic

florigenic (comparative more florigenic, superlative most florigenic)

more florigenic (comparative)
most florigenic (superlative)

(botany) Promoting flowering or the formation of flowers.


antiflorigenic

antiflorigenic (comparative more antiflorigenic, superlative most antiflorigenic)

more antiflorigenic (comparative)
most antiflorigenic (superlative)

(botany) Discouraging the formation of flowers.


hydroxycholesterol

(biochemistry) Any of several hydroxy derivatives of cholesterol, some of which are metabolic intermediates


dimethylaminohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that catalyses the removal of dimethylamine residues from a molecule


tetracoral

(zoology) Any member of the order Rugosa (or Tetracoralla) of extinct corals.


schizocoral

(zoology) Any member of the order Tabulata (or Schizocoralla) of tabulate corals.


compstatin

(biochemistry) A cyclic tridecapeptide that is used to treat problems with the human complement system


tridecapeptide

(biochemistry) Any oligopeptide having thirteen amino acid residues


detyrosinated

(biochemistry) Modified by means of detyrosination


suscept

Probably a back-formation from susceptible.

As is self-evident given its name, humanity is a suscept for HIV.

(biology) A species which is capable of being infected or parasitized by another species.


strophiolate

From strophiole + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).


transcobalamin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of carrier proteins which bind cobalamin.


cepacian

(biochemistry) An exopolysaccharide, produced by Burkholderia cepacia bacteria, that plays a role in the formation of biofilms


crotonase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydration of crotonyl-coenzyme A


macroparasite

(biology) Any parasite that is visible to the naked eye


prokineticin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of secreted proteins that contract gastrointestinal smooth muscle


retroinhibition

(biochemistry) A form of feedback in a cyclic metabolic pathway in which an end product inhibits an allosteric enzyme that starts the reaction


triparental

(biology) Involving three parents, but especially describing a form of bacterial conjugation in which a conjugative plasmid present in a "helper" bacterial strain assists the transfer of plasmid from a second to a third strain.


marginocephalian

(zoology) Of or relating to the Marginocephalia, a clade of ornithischian dinosaurs.


marginocephalian

Thus, they were able to corroborate previous hypotheses of overrepresentation of nodosaurid ankylosaurs and hadrosaurid ornithopods in marine sediments, whilst they also found that marginocephalians, ankylosaurid ankylosaurs, sauropods, and supposedly herbivorous theropods were positively associated with terrestrial paleoenvironments.

2016 February 2, “The “χ” of the Matter: Testing the Relationship between Paleoenvironments and Three Theropod Clades”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(zoology) Any member of the Marginocephalia.


aerophilic

(biology, especially of microorganisms) That thrive in the presence of molecular oxygen

aerófilo

that thrives in the presence of molecular oxygen


flavocytochrome

(biochemistry) A flavoprotein that is also a cytochrome


metalloregulator

(biochemistry) Any protein that regulates biochemical interactions with metals, often by binding to them


diheme

(biochemistry) Two heme groups in a hemoprotein


monoheme

(biochemistry) A single heme group in a hemoprotein.


tetraheme

(biochemistry) Four heme groups in a hemoprotein


triheme

(biochemistry) Three heme groups in a hemoprotein


schizaeaceous

(botany) Of or relating to the family Schizaeaceae of mostly tropical ferns.


schizophyceous

(zoology) Of or relating to the Schizophyceae, a class of blue-green algae.


siredon

From Latin Sīrēdones, alternative form of Sīrēnes (“the Sirens”) from Ancient Greek Σειρηδώνες (Seirēdṓnes) plural of Σειρηδών (Seirēdṓn) alternative form of Σειρήν (Seirḗn, “Siren”).

(zoology, obsolete) A larval or neotenic salamander (e.g. the axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum).


phosphoribosylglycinamide

(biochemistry) The glycine-amide of 5-phosphoribosylamine that is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of purine


semifloret

(botany) A floret, or floscule, with its corolla lengthened into a strap-shaped petal.


caruncula

Borrowed from Latin caruncula (“a little piece of flesh”). Doublet of caruncle.

bor+

Even without mobilization of the bone, the median eyelid angle can be deplaced in the nasal direction. For this purpose, we inserted a heart-shaped cartilage implant, curved toward the caruncula.

1982, Sherrell J. Aston, Albert Hornblass, Murray A. Meltzer, et al., editors, Third International Symposium of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Eye and Adnexa, Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins Co., →ISBN, page 116:

(anatomy, zootomy, botany) Synonym of caruncle.


carazostatin

(biochemistry) A particular tricyclic carbazole alkaloid.


hyellazole

(biochemistry) A particular carbazole alkaloid.


dodecagynous

(botany, obsolete) Of or relating to the obsolete order Dodecagynia

(botany) Of plants having eleven or twelve styles, such as the houseleek.


iteroparity

(biology) The condition of being iteroparous


compositous

I know of no case better adapted to show the importance of the laws of correlation in modifying important structures, independently of utility and, therefore, of natural selection, than that of the difference between the outer and inner flowers in some Compositous and Umbelliferous plants.

1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Laws of Variation”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 144:

(botany) Belonging to the Compositae; composite.


serranoid

From translingual Serranus + -oid (“resembling”), this being the typical genus.

(zoology) Any fish of the family Serranidae, which includes the striped bass, the black sea bass, and many other food fishes.


monosymmetrical

(botany) Of flowers: capable of being bisected into similar halves in only one plane.


sambubioside

(biochemistry) Any glycoside of sambubiose, especially one containing an anthocyanidin


sarcosphere

(biology) A spherical, clonal expanding colony of stem cells


sophoroside

(biochemistry) Any glycoside of sophorose


sympatrically

en-adv

sympatrically (comparative more sympatrically, superlative most sympatrically)

more sympatrically (comparative)
most sympatrically (superlative)

(ecology) in the same or overlapping geographical areas


ultraspiracle

(biochemistry) An invertebrate nuclear receptor for juvenile hormones.


urolithin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of metabolites produced by human colon microflora from ellagic acid and related compounds


xylorutinoside

(biochemistry) Any rutinoside of xylose.


aminogram

(biochemistry, genetics) A diagram that shows the amino acid composition of a peptide or protein


daylength

(biology) period of daylight; photoperiod


sexfid

From Latin sexifidus, from sex (“six”) + -fidus, related to findere (“to split”).

a sexfid calyx or nectary


brachyural

(zoology) Of or relating to the Brachyura.


brachyurous

From Latin brachyūrus, from Ancient Greek βραχύουρος (brakhúouros, “short-tailed”), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).


cephalopodic

(zoology) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods.


sauroid

en-adj

sauroid (comparative more sauroid, superlative most sauroid)

more sauroid (comparative)
most sauroid (superlative)

Ancient Greek σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”) + -oid.

a sauroid fish

(zoology) Resembling or relating to the saurians.


pectination

en-noun

pectination (countable and uncountable, plural pectinations)


peripterous

From peri- + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -ous.

(botany) Surrounded by a wing or border.


cruciferin

(biochemistry) A storage protein found in the seeds of some crucifers


storage protein

storage protein (plural storage proteins)

(biochemistry) Any of many proteins, found especially in seeds, that act as reservoirs of amino acids and metal ions that are needed by growing organisms


deoxyinosine

(biochemistry) Any nucleoside formed from hypoxanthine attached to a deoxyribose


epoxidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes an epoxidation reaction.


landcover

landcover (countable and uncountable, plural landcovers)

landcovers (plural)
land cover (alternative)

(geology, ecology) Any natural or man-made material that covers the land surface of the Earth.


monoderm

(biology) (of bacteria) Having a single membrane, especially a thick layer of peptidoglycan


phosphoglycerate kinase

phosphoglycerate kinase (plural phosphoglycerate kinases)

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate group between ATP and phosphoglycerate


superintegron

superintegrons (plural)
super-integron (alternative)

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(genetics) An integron with a long gene cassette array


tenocyte

(cytology) An elongated fibroblast cell found in tendons


tenomodulin

(biochemistry) A protein responsible for tenocyte proliferation


vicilin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of storage proteins found in legumes


subgerminal

Even before a chicken egg is laid, cells with greater amounts of yolk begin falling into a subgerminal cavity beneath the blastoderm.

2000, Richard Grossinger, Phoebe Gloeckner, Jillian O'Malley, Embryogenesis: Species, Gender, and Identity, page 179:


multisetose

en-adj

multisetose (comparative more multisetose, superlative most multisetose)

more multisetose (comparative)
most multisetose (superlative)

(biology) Having many setae, or bristles.


dorsoapical

dorsoapical setae

(biology) Of or relating to the back and apex.


vesicorectal

vesicorectal fistulas

(biology, medicine) Relating to the urinary bladder and the rectum, usually with reference to a fistula therebetween.

rectovesical

of or pertaining to the rectum and bladder


supraordinal

supraordinal (comparative more supraordinal, superlative most supraordinal)

more supraordinal (comparative)
most supraordinal (superlative)

(taxonomy) Of or relating to a grouping above that of order.


superordinal

superordinal (comparative more superordinal, superlative most superordinal)

more superordinal (comparative)
most superordinal (superlative)

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oegopsid

(zoology) Any member of the squid order Oegopsida or suborder Oegopsina.


supersex

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(biology) The result of an abnormal combination of sex chromosomes.


scorpioidal

scorpioidal (comparative more scorpioidal, superlative most scorpioidal)

more scorpioidal (comparative)
most scorpioidal (superlative)


hypoderma

(botany) A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.

(zoology) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.


stipulaceous

(botany) stipular; of or relating to stipules


dodecandrian

(botany) Of or relating to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.


petalum

From New Latin petalum, from Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”), from Proto-Hellenic *pétalos, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”). Doublet of petal.


phyllosoma

en-noun

phyllosoma (plural phyllosomas or phyllosomata)

phyllosomas (plural)
phyllosomata (plural)

(zoology) The thin, flat, transparent larval stage of certain lobsters.


pampatheriid

(zoology) Any member of the Pampatheriidae, a family of large extinct armadillo-like plantigrade armoured xenarthrans.


microvariant

(genetics) An allele that contains an incomplete repeat unit.


degradome

(biochemistry) All the compounds produced in the degradation of a material (especially of a protease)


dextrinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a dextrin


glucosaccharide

(biochemistry) Any saccharide having glucose residues


glutaminergic

(biochemistry) Relating to the activity, function or transmission of the amino acid glutamine.


isomaltosaccharide

(biochemistry) Any saccharide composed (mostly) of isomaltose monomers; but especially any isomaltooligosaccharide


kindlin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of adhesion plaque proteins that activate integrins


oligopeptidase

From oligo- + peptidase or from oligopeptide + -ase.

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis (cleavage) of a short oligopeptide rather than a protein


retropepsin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of retroviral proteases


signalase

(biochemistry) A peptidase that cleaves signal peptides from secreted proteins cotranslationally


fructoside

(biochemistry) Any glycoside of fructose


xylosylfructose

(biochemistry) A disaccharide composed of xylose and fructose.


biolabeling

(biology) The labeling (for subsequent tracking) of individual cells, often by the use of nanoparticles


acetylglucosaminylation

(biochemistry) The addition of acetylglucosamine to a molecule


asaccharolytic

(microbiology, of a bacterium, mold, etc.) Incapable of breaking down carbohydrates for energy

assacarolítico

incapable of breaking down carbohydrates for energy


aspartase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the deamination of aspartic acid to fumaric acid and ammonia

aspartase

any enzyme that catalyses the deamination of aspartic acid to fumaric acid and ammonia


chemoorganotrophic

(biology) (of bacteria) organotrophic and also requiring organic compounds for growth


decasaccharide

(biochemistry) Any oligosaccharide that has ten monosaccharide units


glutamyltranspeptidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of glutamic acid residues between proteins.


heparinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolytic cleavage of heparins


hexosamine

(biochemistry) Any amino sugar derived from a hexose.


idopyranose

Vitex negundo
Vitex negundo#Translingual

(biochemistry) A rare hexose whose derivatives, obtained from the plant Vitex negundo, protect against diabetes.


langerin

(biochemistry) An antigen produced by Langerhans cells


phosphomutant

(biochemistry, genetics) A mutant protein that is a phosphoprotein, wherein the mutation changes one or more amino acids modifiable by phosphorylation into non-phosphorylatable residues.


mutant protein

(biochemistry, genetics) Any protein produced via a mutated gene


transdominant

(genetics, of a mutation) That can control the expression of a structural gene on another chromosome


corneodesmosin

(biochemistry) A highly polymorphic glycoprotein that is secreted by differentiated keratinocytes and by inner root sheath cells of hair follicles.


corneodesmosome

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that hold corneocytes together; their degradation leads to desquamation


gonotrophic

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


halotolerant

en-adj

halotolerant (comparative more halotolerant, superlative most halotolerant)

more halotolerant (comparative)
most halotolerant (superlative)

(biology) Able to tolerate a high concentration of salt in its environment


resistome

(genetics, medicine) All the genes (in a bacterium) that confer resistance to antibiotics


stenopterous

stenopterous (comparative more stenopterous, superlative most stenopterous)

more stenopterous (comparative)
most stenopterous (superlative)


pseudoscutum

(biology) A structure resembling a scutum.


Hechtian strand

en-noun

Hechtian strand (plural Hechtian strands)

Named after K. Hecht, who was the first to study them in detail. See -ian.

(biology) A stretched plasma membrane extending from the plasmolysed protoplast to the cell wall in plants.


cultrate

en-adj

cultrate (comparative more cultrate, superlative most cultrate)

more cultrate (comparative)
most cultrate (superlative)
cultrated (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin cultrātus (“knife-shaped”), from culter + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

(botany, zoology) Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds.


granofilosean

(biology) Any naked amoeboflagellate of the subphylum Filosa.


hematoendothelial

(cytology) Relating to hematopoietic and endothelial cells


reticulopodium

(biology) A form of pseudopodium having a network of threads


acropsin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of opsins found in corals of the genus Acropora.


asporin

(biochemistry) A protein similar to decorin


calgranulin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of calcium-bonding proteins that inhibit kidney stone formation


chemerin

(biochemistry) A chemoattractant protein that promotes calcium mobilization and chemotaxis of immature dendritic cells and macrophages


chronophin

(biochemistry) A serine protein phosphatase that regulates cofilin-dependent actin dynamics


cnidopsin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of opsins found in cnidarian jellyfish


encephalopsin

en-noun

encephalopsin (countable and uncountable, plural encephalopsins)

(biochemistry) Any of a class of opsins that are expressed within the brain


endoplasmin

endoplasmic reticulum
endoplasmic reticulum

(biochemistry) A calcium-binding glycoprotein found in the endoplasmic reticulum.


eumetazoan

(zoology) Any animal of the subkingdom Eumetazoa (all animals except sponges)

eumétazoaire

(zoology) animal of the subkingdom Eumetazoa


gastrodermis

(biology) The endodermis of the cnidarian gut


mimecan

(biochemistry) A keratan sulfate proteoglycan found in the bovine cornea


keratan

keratan (countable and uncountable, plural keratans)

(biochemistry) A glycosaminoglycan whose sulfated form is found in the cornea, cartilage, and bone


myozenin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of actinin- and filamin-binding proteins expressed predominantly in skeletal muscle


neuropsin

(biochemistry) A type of opsins expressed mostly in the eye and nervous tissue.


omentin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of secretory proteins expressed predominantly in visceral adipose tissue.


panopsin

panopsin (countable and uncountable, plural panopsins)

(biochemistry) An opsin that is expressed in the brain and testis


parazoan

(zoology) Any sponge (of the subkingdom Parazoa)


peropsin

peropsin (countable and uncountable, plural peropsins)

(biochemistry) An opsin, found in the eye, that modulates vitamin A


photoisomerase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyse the isomerization of photopigments


pinopsin

pinopsin (countable and uncountable, plural pinopsins)

(biochemistry) A type of opsin found in the pineal gland (mostly of chickens)


prelamin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of precursors of lamins


proelastase

proelastase (countable and uncountable, plural proelastases)


retinochrome

(biochemistry) Any of a class of photosensitive pigment, related to rhodopsin, located primarily in the inner portions of the visual cells of cephalopods


stratifin

(biochemistry) A protein found in stratified keratinizing epithelial cells.


trypsinolysis

(biochemistry) The cleavage of peptide bonds by means of trypsin


ubiquitinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a ubiquitination reaction


sialoglycopeptide

(biochemistry) Any glycopeptide containing sialic acid residues


tolloid

(biochemistry) A metalloproteinase, similar to astacin, that functions in the development of sea urchins


heterotopism

heterotopism (countable and uncountable, plural heterotopisms)


heterotopy

heterotopy (countable and uncountable, plural heterotopies)

From hetero- + Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”) + -y.

(biology) A deviation from the natural position; abnormal placement.

(biology) A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to take place over thousands of years by the gradual displacement of germ cells.


metastoma

metastoma (plural metastomas or metastomata)

metastomas (plural)
metastomata (plural)
metastome (alternative)

From meta- (“behind”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

(zoology) A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.

(zoology) A ventral single plate located in the opisthosoma of some non-arachnid chelicerates in the extinct genus Houia which is involved in feeding and manipulating food.

(botany) A structure found in some mosses and liverworts that covers the mouth of the capsule from which spores are released.


unispore

Fletcher (1978) demonstrated that in Britain unispores from Ralfsia clavata developed into germlings that eventually produced blades identifiable as Petalonia fascia and that unispores from Microspongium gelatinosum ultimately produced narrow, terete thalli identifiable as Scytosiphon lomentaria.

1984, Christopher S. Lobban, Michael James Wynne, The Biology of Seaweeds, University of California Press, page 71:

Culture studies of Newfoundland Acrothrix revealed an asexual, heteromorphic, monophasic life history which includes a unispore-producing macrothallus and a recycling, plurispore-producing microthallus.

1985, Susan G. Forward with G. Robin South, “Observations on the taxonomy and life history of North Atlantic Acrothrix Kylin (Phaeophyceae, Chordariales)”, in Phycologia, volume 24, numbers 3–4, page 347:

The plurispores and unispores produced by the erect thalli at 10 degrees C under SD conditions once again developed into new prostrate thalli.

2012, Q. Ashton Acton, PhD, Issues in Life Sciences: Botany and Plant Biology Research: 2011 Edition, ScholarlyEditions Press, page 631:

(botany) An algal spore that develops within a unilocular sporangium.


plurispore

(botany) An algal spore that develops within a plurilocular sporangium.


infrafamilial

From infra- + familial (“relating to a taxonomic family”).

prefix

(taxonomy) Pertaining to division or subclassification within a biological family.


subform

(taxonomy) A taxon below the level of form.


calsarcin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of sarcomeric calcineurin-binding proteins.


holozoan

(biology) Any organism of the clade Holozoa


merosin

(biochemistry) A form of laminin found in placenta, striated muscle, and peripheral nerve


myopalladin

(biochemistry) A particular sarcomeric protein


nexilin

(biochemistry) A particular protein that binds actin filaments


pacsin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of cytoplasmic phosphoproteins that play a role in vesicle formation and transport


pleiotrophin

(biochemistry) A protein, similar to midkine, that has a number of functions related to heparin


tropomodulin

en-noun

tropomodulin (countable and uncountable, plural tropomodulins)

(biochemistry) A protein that binds tropomyosin and thus weakens its interaction with actin.


ascrotal

The primary locomotory muscles of terrestrial mammals are appendicular, so much of the locomotory heat energy of the muscle is transferred to the environment rather than directed into the body cavities; this is not the case for ascrotal marine mammals, whose primary locomotory muscles surround the abdominal and pelvic cavities.

2001, Frances M. D. Gulland, CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine:


brickellin

(biochemistry) An O-methylated flavonol found in Brickellia veronicifolia.


briarellin

briarellin (countable and uncountable, plural briarellins)

(biochemistry) Any of a class of eunicellin diterpenes found in Briareum.


neopeltolide

(biochemistry) A macrolide originally isolated from sponges near the Jamaican coast, and exhibiting nanomolar cytotoxic activity against several lines of cancer cells.


kinamycin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of bacterial polyketide secondary metabolites containing a diazo group, known for their cytotoxicity.


periplanone

(biochemistry) Any of a group of sex pheromones produced by the female American cockroach Periplaneta americana.


germacranolide

(biochemistry) Any of a group of sesquiterpene lactones found in a variety of plants.


nobilin

(biochemistry) A sesquiterpene lactone found in Dendrobium nobile.


eucannabinolide

(biochemistry) A particular cytotoxic germacranolide.


cynaroside

(biochemistry) A flavone that is a 7-O-glucoside of luteolin, found in various plants.


urocanase

Inherited deficiency of urocanase leads to elevated levels of urocanic acid in the urine.

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the second step in the degradation of histidine, the hydration of urocanate into imidazolonepropionate.


reptilase

(biochemistry) An enzyme found in the venom of Bothrops snakes, with activity similar to thrombin.


galactosylceramidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that removes galactose from ceramide derivatives (galactocerebrosides).


gerrhonotine

(zoology) Of or relating to the lizard subfamily Gerrhonotinae.


cantholoreal

(zoology) Of or relating to the posterior canthal when fused with the posterior loreal.


canthal

(zoology) Any of the scales along the upper surface of the canthus rostralis in snakes, located behind the level of the prenasal/postnasal suture and before the supraocular.


globoside

(biochemistry) A kind of glycosphingolipid with more than one sugar as the side chain (or R group) of ceramide


verdoperoxidase

verdoperoxidase (countable and uncountable, plural verdoperoxidases)


farnesyltranstransferase

farnesyltranstransferase (usually uncountable, plural farnesyltranstransferases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction trans,trans-farnesyl diphosphate + isopentenyl diphosphate ⇌ diphosphate + geranylgeranyl diphosphate, involved in steroid and terpenoid biosynthesis.


folacin

folacin (countable and uncountable, plural folacins)

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) folic acid


flavedo

flavedo (countable and uncountable, plural flavedos)

From New Latin flāvēdō (“yellowness, sallowness, yellow color”), derived from Latin flāvus (“yellow, golden”).


morpheein

(biochemistry) A protein that can form two or more different homo-oligomers (morpheein forms), but must come apart and change shape to convert between forms.


levansucrase

(biochemistry) A hexosyltransferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction sucrose + (2,6-beta-D-fructosyl)n ⇌ glucose + (2,6-beta-D-fructosyl)n⁺1.


farnesylpyrophosphate

en-noun

farnesylpyrophosphate (countable and uncountable, plural farnesylpyrophosphates)

(biochemistry) An intermediate in the HMG-CoA reductase pathway used by organisms in the biosynthesis of terpenes, terpenoids, and sterols.


woodwardia

Borrowed from translingual Woodwardia, from the English Woodward (surname).

(botany) Any of the genus Woodwardia of chain ferns.


underexcretion

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Renal underexcretion of uric acid is the primary cause of hyperuricemia in about 90% of cases.

(biology) inadequate excretion of something


overexcretion

overexcretion of phosphate in the urine

(biology) excessive excretion of something


cornu ammonis

cornua ammonis (plural)
cornu Ammonis (alternative)

From Latin cornū Ammōnis (“Ammon's horn”). See ammonite.

(paleontology, obsolete) A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an ammonite.


morphon

w:Webster's Dictionary#Webster's New International Dictionary 1909

(biology, archaic) A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form, according to Ernst Haeckel.


sclerodermic

sclerodermic plate

sclerodermic spicule

(zoology) Having the integument, or skin, hard or covered with hard plates.

(zoology) Of or relating to the Sclerodermata.


apoptin

(biochemistry) A short, nonstructural viral protein encoded by Chicken anemia virus.

apoptina

a short, nonstructural viral protein encoded by Chicken anemia virus


plasmepsin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of aspartic acid protease enzymes produced by the plasmodium parasite.


thermosynthesis

(biology) The supposed use of heat cycles or gradients by organisms to obtain energy


relaxosome

(biochemistry) The complex of proteins, including relaxase, that facilitate plasmids during bacterial conjugation


rhabdomyoblast

(biology) A kind of elongated cell that is essential to the diagnosis of a rhabdomyosarcoma.


rhamnus

(botany) Any of the plants in the genus Rhamnus; a buckthorn.


rhamnulokinase

(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + L-rhamnulose ⇌ ADP + L-rhamnulose 1-phosphate.


ribulokinase

(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + L(or D)-ribulose ⇌ ADP + L(or D)-ribulose 5-phosphate.


rhynchonella

It is quite possible that the Maine rhynchonellas described as R. aspasia by Billings were descended from some one of these earlier rhynchonellas not yet separated into special (literary) groups.

1900, Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey:

The material from Mejdel Shems includes a few pyritized ammonites (Nos. 5336-5339) and a couple of non-pyritized rhynchonellas (Nos. 5340-5341), all of Jurassic age.

1905, William Libbey, Franklin Evans Hoskins, The Jordan Valley and Petra - Volume 2, page 353:

Of the fossils which occur in great numbers, rhynchonellas, spirifers, and encrinites are common.

1912, Geological Survey of New South Wales, Mineral Resources - Issues 15-20, page 59:

One of the most important of recent discoveries is that of the rhynchonella fossil in tubicolar sandstones at the Thistle Mine near Lorinna.

1919, Geological Survey Bulletin - Issue 30, page 34:

We have been unable to follow Chaput's description in detail, but we think that our (b) corresponds with his "reddish clays and marls with blocks of marly limestones", from which latter he obtained some of his Sowerbyceras tortistdcatum, mentioned above, as well as rhynchonellas of the group arolica (1936, pp. 52, 53).

1956, Transactions - The Royal Society of Edinburgh - Volume 62, page 428:

(zoology) Any member of the extinct genus †Rhynchonella of brachiopod found in Silurian to Eocene strata worldwide.


ribokinase

(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + D-ribose ⇌ ADP + D-ribose 5-phosphate.


ribophorin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of transmembrane glycoproteins located in the membrane of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, but absent in the membrane of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum.


ficain

(biochemistry) An enzyme derived from figs.


basement membrane

basement membrane (plural basement membranes)

(anatomy, histology) A thin sheet of fibrous cells that underlies the epithelium.


calneuron

(biochemistry) Any of a family of calcium sensor proteins expressed in the nervous system


telosome

(genetics) A nuclear telomere cap complex that is formed by the association of telomeric proteins.


telosomic

(genetics) having one segment of a chromosome missing

(genetics) relating to a telosome or to telosomics


telotrisomic

(genetics) Having an extra chromosome segment


ditelosomic

(genetics) Having a segment missing from two chromosomes


microcollinearity

(genetics) collinearity of very short sequences


neurexophilin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of glycoprotein neuropeptides that bind to neurexins


tetrasomic

(genetics) Having four copies of a particular chromosome

Sex chromosome abnormalities occur in at least 1 in 400 births and include the well-described 47,XXX, 47,XXY, 47,XYY, and 45,X karyotypes. The addition of more than one extra X or Y chromosome occurs rarely, and little information is available in the medical literature. Individual case reports make up most of this body of knowledge, and all are based on subjects who identified themselves postnatally. Many were ascertained through screenings of institutions and hospitals; thus, there is no unbiased information on the natural history of poly X and Y karyotypes. A direct relationship between the number of additional sex chromosomes and the severity of the phenotype is generally assumed. The purpose of this article is to summarize what is known about these conditions and to present 10 additional cases. The karyotypes include, 48,XXXX, 49,XXXXX, 48,XXYY, 48,XXXY, 49,XXXXY, 49,XXXYY, 48,XYYY, 49,XYYYY, and 49,XXYYY.

2025 October 4, Linden, Mary G, Bender, Bruce G, Robinson, Arthur, “Sex chromosome tetrasomy and pentasomy”, in Pediatrics, volume 96, number 4, →DOI, pages 672-682:


galactokinase

galactokinase (countable and uncountable, plural galactokinases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that facilitates the phosphorylation of α-D-galactose to galactose 1-phosphate at the expense of one molecule of ATP.


gerontine

(biochemistry, archaic) A substance isolated from liver, later identified as spermine.


musculamine

(biochemistry, archaic) A substance isolated from muscle, later identified as spermine.


gerbilline

(zoology) Any gerbil of the subfamily Gerbillinae


glioblast

(biology) A kind of cell derived from neuroectoderm, with the ability to differentiate into several different types of neuroglia


gluconokinase

(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + D-gluconate ⇌ ADP + 6-phospho-D-gluconate.


gluconolactonase

(biochemistry) A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction D-glucono-1,5-lactone + H₂O ⇌ D-gluconate.


glucuronoxylan

(biochemistry) The primary part of hemicellulose as found in hardwood trees such as birch.


glycosylceramidase

glycosylceramidase (countable and uncountable, plural glycosylceramidases)

(biochemistry) A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction glycosyl-N-acylsphingosine + H₂O ⇌ N-acylsphingosine + a sugar.


gitoxigenin

(biochemistry) The aglycone of gitoxin and of lanatoside B and of digitoxin


isolanid

(biochemistry) lanatoside C, a cardiac glycoside


lanatoside

Possibly Blend of Latin lanata + glycoside?

Digitalis lanata
Digitalis lanata#Translingual

(biochemistry) Any of a group of cardiac glycosides found in Digitalis lanata.


glyceroneogenesis

(biochemistry) de novo synthesis of glyceride-glycerol from precursors other than glycerol or glucose


guanase

(biochemistry) guanine deaminase, an enzyme


galvanotaxis

(biology) The movement of an organism either towards or away from an electric current


guanylyltransferase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that transfers a guanosine monophosphate group, usually from GTP to another molecule, releasing pyrophosphate.


guanylin

(biochemistry) A 15 amino acid polypeptide, secreted by goblet cells in the colon, that acts as an agonist of the guanylyl cyclase receptor GC-C and regulates electrolyte and water transport in intestinal and renal epithelia.


gymnotus

From translingual Gymnotus (genus name).

You […] arm in waves, electric in his ire, / The dread Gymnotus with ethereal fire.

1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 19:

(zoology) Any of the genus Gymnotus of electric knifefishes.


gymnoblast

(zoology) Any member of the Gymnoblastea.


gryphaea

(zoology) Any of the genus †Gryphaea of extinct gryphaeid oysters, devil's toenails.


polyaxial

According to Florin, only the Taxaceae cannot be interpreted in terms of the polyaxial concept, since the single terminal ovule shows no evidence of having evolved from a bract and ovuliferous shoot system.

1990, C. N. Page, “Piatae: General Traits of Conifers”, in K.U. Kramer, P.S. Green, editors, Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms, page 291:

However, sustainable avocado production at acceptable commercial levels remains a challenge as the polyaxial, pseudo-terminal flowering architecture of avocado (Verheij, 1986) dictates that trees must continuously increase in size to remain productive (Whiley and Schaffer, 1994).

2002, Antony William Whiley, B. Nigel Wolstenholme, The Avocado: Botany, Production and Uses, page 147:

(botany) Axial about more than one axis.


iridin

From irid- + -in, as it is obtained from the iris plant.

(biochemistry) A toxic isoflavone, the 7-glucoside of irigenin.


isonandra

(botany) Any of the genus Isonandra of sapotaceous plants.


isodesmosine

isodesmosine (countable and uncountable, plural isodesmosines)

(biochemistry) A lysine derivative found in elastin.


isoschizomer

recognition sequence
recognition sequence

(biochemistry) Either of a pair of restriction enzymes specific to the same recognition sequence.


isolecithal

(biology) Having an even distribution of yolk in the cytoplasm.


irisin

(biochemistry) A hormone that can replicate some of the positive effects of exercise.


epiandrosterone

(biochemistry) A steroid hormone with weak androgenic activity, a natural metabolite of dehydroepiandrosterone via the 5α-reductase enzyme.


irigenin

Iris domestica
Iris domestica#Translingual

(biochemistry) An O-methylated isoflavone that can be isolated from the rhizomes of the leopard lily (Iris domestica). Its 7-glucoside is iridin.


pitrilysin

pitrilysin (countable and uncountable, plural pitrilysins)

(biochemistry) A particular bacterial protease.


immunoprotein

(immunology, biochemistry) Any protein with immunological activity


intermedin

(biochemistry) A melanocyte-stimulating hormone


imidazolonepropionase

(biochemistry) A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction (S)-3-(5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-3H-imidazol-4-yl)propanoate + H₂O ⇌ N-formimidoyl-L-glutamate + H⁺.


iduronidase

iduronidase (countable and uncountable, plural iduronidases)

/ˌaɪ.d͡ʒəˈɹɑn.əˌdeɪs/

(biochemistry) An enzyme involved in the degeneration of glycosaminoglycans, and found in the lysosomes of cells.


antirepression

(genetics) The action of antagonizing a repressor


diandry

(biology) The fertilization of an egg by two sperm, or by a diploid sperm


cauligenous

(botany) Originating from the stem of a plant.


dorso-

Combining form of Latin dorsum (“back”).

dorsi- (alternative)
dors- (alternative)


oophore

(biology) A form of some ferns and mosses that bear sexual fruit.


paenungulate

(zoology) Any animal of the clade Paenungulata.


mannoheptose

mannoheptose (countable and uncountable, plural mannoheptoses)

(biochemistry) A heptose related to mannose.


pediveliger

(zoology) A stage in the life cycle of a veliger when it is able to crawl using its foot.


spidroin

(biochemistry) The main type of protein in spiders' dragline silk.


tripotential

(biology) The potential of a stem cell to develop into three different types of cell.


siphuncule

siphuncules (plural)
siphunculus (alternative)

From Latin sīphunculus (“little tube”), from sīphō (“tube, pipe”) + -culus (diminutive suffix), from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn), of uncertain and possibly non-Indo-European Mediterranean substrate origin.

(zoology) A tube that connects adjacent chambers in the shells of some cephalopods.


NGF

nerve growth factor
nerve growth factor#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of nerve growth factor: a neurotrophic factor and neuropeptide involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells.


(genetics) A regulatory and RNA gene responsible for brain development.


(genetics) A regulatory and RNA gene responsible for hand and opposable thumb development in humans.


FOX + P + 2: Acronym of forkhead box protein P2.

(genetics) regulatory gene and RNA gene responsible for the development of throat structures; in humans, those related to speech.


LCT

(genetics) A gene responsible for encoding lactase; mutations in this gene are responsible for adults' ability to digest lactose.


tormogen

From Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos, “socket”) + -gen.

(cytology) A specialized epidermal cell in insects, associated with the formation of the socket around the base of a bristle.


arylsulfotransferase

(biochemistry) A sulfotransferase enzyme that transfers a sulfate group from phenolic sulfate esters to a phenolic acceptor substrate.


ascorbase

(biochemistry) L-ascorbate oxidase, an oxidoreductase enzyme.


arabinosyltransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme acting upon arabinose, involved in polymerisation of arabinogalactan.

arabinosyylitransferaasi

a transferase enzyme acting upon arabinose


arabinoxylan

arabinoxylan (countable and uncountable, plural arabinoxylans)

(cytology) A hemicellulose found in the primary and secondary cell walls of plants, consisting of copolymers of arabinose and xylose.

arabinoxilano

a hemicellulose found in the cell walls of plants


amylopullulanase

amylopullulanase (countable and uncountable, plural amylopullulanases)

(biochemistry) A glycoside hydrolase enzyme with amylase and pullulanase activity.


aminase

(biochemistry) An enzyme involved in amination.


chromothripsis

From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) (referring to English chromo(some)) + θρίψις (thrípsis, “shattering into pieces”) (from τρίβω (tríbō, “I rub”).

But for 2—3% of cancers, particularly bone cancer (up to 25%), recent evidence suggests that a single event of chromothripsis involving one or a few chromosomes leads to multiple gene rearrangements (in some cases tens to hundreds) that can disrupt tumor suppressor genes and/or produce oncogenic fusion genes.

2012, Lauren Pecorino, Molecular Biology of Cancer: Mechanisms, Targets, and Therapeutics, page 24:

Another new phenomenon described by Stephens et al.[86] is called “chromothripsis”. Chromothripsis describes a massive genomic rearrangement in one or more chromosomes in a single catastrophic event during the cells' history,

2014, Asfar Azmi, Molecular Diagnostics and Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer, page 113:

Some of the characteristics of chromothripsis are oscillating copy number changes, clustering of breakpoints, localized rearrangements involving one or a part of a chromosome, and complex rearrangements.

2015, Anders M. Lindroth, Yoon Jung Park, Christoph Plass, “Epigenetic Reprogramming in Cancer”, in Alexander Meissner, Jörn Walter, editors, Epigenetic Mechanisms in Cellular Reprogramming, Springer, page 206:

(genetics, pathology) A multiple of chromosomal rearrangements that is associated with some cancers.


copeptin

(biochemistry) The C-terminal part of the arginine vasopressin precursor peptide that is a prognostic marker in patients with some acute diseases


glutamyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a glutamyl group between molecules, especially between proteins


clote

From Middle English clote, Old English clāte, from Proto-West Germanic *klaitā.


scarious

en-adj

scarious (comparative more scarious, superlative most scarious)

more scarious (comparative)
most scarious (superlative)
scariose (alternative)

A polymorphous plant, with larger (frequently three lines in diameter), more globose and racemose heads, and more scarious involucres than any form of A. vulgaris.

1838, John Torrey, Asa Gray, A Flora of North America, page 422:

(botany) thin, dry, membranous, and not green


pseudotrunk

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

(botany) A false trunk formed by the roots etc. of certain trees.


tachina

(zoology) Any of the genus Tachina of large tachinid flies, mostly parasitoids on lepidopteran caterpillars.


talegalla

(zoology) Any of the genus Talegalla of brush-turkeys, of Indonesia and vicinity.


telokin

en-noun

telokin (usually uncountable, plural telokins)

From Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “end”), and kin(ase).

(biochemistry) An abundant protein found in smooth muscle, identical to the C-terminus of myosin light-chain kinase.


thalia

Thalias are herbaceous perennials with long-stalked, calathea- or canna-like, all-basal leaves, the stalks of which enfold each other toward their bases to produce false stems.

1982, Thomas H. Everett, The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture:

(botany) Any of the genus Thalia of tropical plants found in aquatic or marshy habitats.


thiaminase

thiaminase (countable and uncountable, plural thiaminases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that metabolizes or breaks down thiamine into two molecular parts.


thiorphan

(biochemistry) The active metabolite of racecadotril.


thiokinase

(biochemistry) A ligase that synthesizes coenzyme A thioesters.


thioglucosidase

(biochemistry) A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction a thioglucoside + H₂O ⇌ a sugar + a thiol.


thyroperoxidase

thyroperoxidase (countable and uncountable, plural thyroperoxidases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme, expressed mainly in the thyroid, that liberates iodine for addition onto tyrosine residues on thyroglobulin for the production of thyroxine or triiodothyronine.


thymopoietin

thymopoietin (countable and uncountable, plural thymopoietins)

(biochemistry) A protein involved in the induction of CD90 in the thymus.


tomatinase

tomatinase (countable and uncountable, plural tomatinases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that can degrade tomatine, found in some microbes.


tolerogen

From tolerance (or related word) + -gen.

(biochemistry) Any substance that invokes a specific immune non-responsiveness due to its molecular form, but which might be an immunogen in other forms.


tortrix

From translingual Tortrix (“genus name”), being the namesake of the family Tortricidae.

(entomology) A tortrix moth, any member of the family Tortricidae


tradescantia

(botany) Any of the genus Tradescantia of spiderworts.


transaldolase

transaldolase (countable and uncountable, plural transaldolases)

pentose phosphate pathway
pentose phosphate pathway

(biochemistry) An enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway that catalyzes the chemical reaction sedoheptulose 7-phosphate + glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate ⇌ erythrose 4-phosphate + fructose 6-phosphate.


transcortin

transcortin (countable and uncountable, plural transcortins)

(biochemistry) A protein, corticosteroid-binding globulin.


triatoma

(zoology) Any member of the genus Triatoma of assassin bugs.


trichinella

(zoology) Any of the genus Trichinella of parasitic roundworms.


anthoecium

(botany) A fertile lemma or palea of a grass


trichohyalin

trichohyalin (countable and uncountable, plural trichohyalins)

(biochemistry) A protein in humans that confers mechanical strength on the hair follicle's inner root sheath and other toughened epithelial tissues, such as the hard palate and filiform ridges of the tongue.


archaeomalacological

(paleontology) relating to archaeomalacology


archaeomalacology

(paleontology) The study of the remains of molluscs from archaeological sites