brominase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a bromination reaction


dedikaryotization

(biology) The conversion of a dikaryon into a pair of homokaryons


deglutamylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a deglutamylation


windshield phenomenon

(automotive, entomology, colloquial) The anecdotal observed decrease in the number of insects splattering across windshields during road trips across the years.


genodeme

(ecology) A population of genetically identical organisms


glutamylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a glutamylation


homoadenine

(genetics) A homopyrimidine pairing in which the base is adenine


lactate dehydrogenase

(biochemistry) A dehydrogenase that converts lactate into pyruvate.


precore

(genetics) The part of a viral gene that is not necessary for replication


resveratroloside

(biochemistry) A glycoside of resveratrol


ultraconservation

(genetics) Extreme conservation (of genes)


zymolectin

(biochemistry) A lectin present in yeast.


zonobiome

(ecology) The group of biomes constituting a particular ecozone.


plerotic

(biology, of an oospore) that occupies the entire oogonium


clanistics

(genetics) The genetic study of the evolution of related organisms


deglucuronidase

(biochemistry) Synonym of glucuronidase.


ectozoochorous

(biology) Relating to dispersal of seeds via the skin or fur of animals


levanobiose

(biochemistry) A disaccharide fructofuranosyl-(2→6)-O-β-D-fructose


levanotriose

(biochemistry) The trisaccharide fructofuranosyl-(2→6)-O-β-D-fructofuranosyl-(2→6)-O-β-D-fructose


metabiosynthesis

(biochemistry) The biosynthesis of a group of related compounds


microheteroplasmy

(genetics) Very small-scale heteroplasmy, typically in mitochondrial DNA


monospore

(biology) A simple nonmotile asexual spore


polymannose

(biochemistry) A polysaccharide formed of mannose units


prochitinase

(biochemistry) A compound that promotes the formation of a chitinase


sialoform

(biochemistry) The form of a compound reacted with a sialic acid


stamenoid

(botany, of a petal) Having the form (or function) of a stamen


staphostatin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteinase inhibitors present in Staphylococcus


terpenome

(biochemistry) All the terpenoids present in an organism


anthropopressure

(ecology) pressure due to the presence of people or habitation


cyclooctadepsipeptide

(biochemistry) A cyclic octadepsipeptide


euseptum

(biology) A true septum (formed from a septal plate)


stylopization

Stylopization may so change a species that it can not be identified unless one understands the direction of the changes under such conditions.

1909, William Dwight Pierce, A monographic revision of the twisted winged insects comprising the order Strepsiptera Kirby:

Parasitization by Strepsiptera (stylopization) may affect morphology and behavior of the host.

2008, John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, page 3598:

(entomology) Parasitization by strepsipteran insects.


triungulinid

The triungulinids may be forcibly removed by the bee, as was observed by Smith (1859) with regard to Andrena trimmerana.

(entomology) The first-instar larva of a strepsipteran insect.


mesaconase

(biochemistry) A type of fumarase that catalyses the hydrolysis of mesaconate


metabogenome

(biochemistry, genetics) All the metabolites specified by genes in a specific organism


metabogenomics

(biochemistry, genetics) The study of metabogenomes


organophosphatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of organophosphate esters


photorelocation

(biology) relocation (typically of chloroplasts) in response to light


pseudocyphellate

(biology, of some lichens) Having pseudocyphellae


anapocosis

(biology) A form of apoptosis, due to the formation of large pores, in some cancer cells


apoceruloplasmin

(biochemistry) The apoprotein of ceruloplasmin


apometalloprotein

(biochemistry) The form of a metalloprotein that lacks the coordinated metal atom


arabanase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an araban


carpopodium

en-noun

carpopodium (plural carpopodiums or carpopodia)

carpopodiums (plural)
carpopodia (plural)

(botany) A receptacular elongation of the base of the gynoecium


cellobiosan

(biochemistry) The anhydrosugar (2S,4S,5S)-2-[[(2S,3R,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-2-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol derived from cellobiose


disomal

(genetics) Relating to disomy or to disomes


disome

(genetics) A pair of homologous chromosomes


dissepimented

(biology) Having one or more dissepiments


ecophenotypism

(biology) The evolution of ecophenotypes


ectophallus

(biology) The external phallic wall of some insects


effectorome

(biochemistry) All the effectors of an organism


effectoromic

(biology) Relating to effectoromes or to effectoromics


effectoromics

(biochemistry) The study of effectoromes


hemipopulation

(biology) The population of a form of an organism that occurs in two distinct forms (e.g. aquatic and airborne)


micropopulation

(biology) A population of microorganisms

(ecology) A population of organisms within a microregion


microlandscape

(ecology) A very small landscape, especially one that has been artificially constructed


misacylation

(biochemistry) Incorrect or unusual acylation (typically of tRNA)


misaminoacylation

misaminoacylation (countable and uncountable, plural misaminoacylations)

(biochemistry) Incorrect or unusual aminoacylation (typically of tRNA)


misannotate

en-verb

misannotate (third-person singular simple present misannotates, present participle misannotating, simple past and past participle misannotated)

misannotates (present singular third-person)
misannotating (participle present)
misannotated (participle past)
misannotated (past)


mispolyadenylation

(genetics) Faulty polyadenylation, typically of mRNA


oligoguanine

(biochemistry) Any oligomer of guanine (as part of a nucleic acid)


parahaploid

(genetics) Describing a male diploid organism whose parental genes are inactivated by heterochromatization


phenogroup

(genetics) A group of alleles that are inherited together


phototolerance

(biology) The condition of being phototolerant


phototolerant

en-adj

phototolerant (comparative more phototolerant, superlative most phototolerant)

more phototolerant (comparative)
most phototolerant (superlative)


apotype

(taxonomy) A hypotype that has supplementary descriptions


aegyptin

Aedes aegypti
Aedes aegypti#Translingual

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins present in the salivary gland of the mosquito (Aedes aegypti)


allodiploidization

(genetics) Conversion to allodiploid form


aminoterminus

(biochemistry) The aminoterminal end of a protein.


autoallopolyploid

(genetics) allopolyploid, and having one set of chromosomes (or one genome) in a more than diploid state


holophytism

(biology) The property of being a holophyte.


puschkinia

(botany) Any of the genus Puschkinia of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae.


spiralism

From spiral + -ism. In the sense of employee movement, coined by Watson (1964).

(botany) The abnormal form of a flower due to torsion.


carrageenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses a carrageenan.


countertransporter

(biochemistry) Anything that countertransports


deglutarylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of glutaryl groups


demalonylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of malonyl groups


depupylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses depupylation


depupylation

(biochemistry) The removal of conjugated PUP protein


desulfinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of a sulfinate group


heptulose

(biochemistry) Any heptose that is a ketose


txn

(genetics) Abbreviation of transcription.


metamale

(biology) Synonym of supermale (“male with XYY syndrome”).


phosphoprotease

(biochemistry) Any protease that cleaves phosphoproteins


photoautotrophism

(biology) autotrophism that uses light as a source of energy


podokinetic

(biology) That uses a foot or feet for locomotion


polyaminase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a polyamination


polyhaploid

(genetics) Having many unpaired chromosomes


rhamnospondin

(genetics) A lectin gene associated with the binding of rhamnose


endotegmen

(botany) The part of the seed coat that develops from the inner epidermis of the inner integument.


reverse shell

(zoology) A univalve shell whose volutions run in the opposite direction to that of a standard screw thread.


seroin

(biochemistry) A structural protein in the silk of the silkmoth (Bombyx mori)


speleobiologist

(biology) A biologist whose speciality is speleobiology


spermioteleosis

(biology) The development of the spermatogonium following spermiogenesis


subhabitat

(ecology) A distinct component of a habitat


supergenome

mobile genetic element
mobile genetic element

(genetics) All the genes encoded on an organism's chromosomes together with those encoded on mobile genetic elements such as plasmids and transposons


transformasome

(biology) A structure, on the surface of some bacteria, responsible for the uptake of extracellular DNA and its subsequent transformation/integration into the bacterial genome


amphithallic

(botany) Both homothallic and heterothallic


anhydropic

(biology, of an egg) Not hydropic (replete with yolk)


chacotriose

(biochemistry) The trisaccharide 6-deoxy-α-L-mannopyranosyl-(1->2)-[6-deoxy-α-L-mannopyranosyl-(1->4)]-D-glucopyranose


dysproteinemia

en-noun

dysproteinemia (countable and uncountable, plural dysproteinemias)

Decreased albumin is a common form of dysproteinemia. Fundamentally, the decrease can be attributed to either albumin loss or failure of albumin synthesis. Depending on the stage of the disease, it can be associated with either slight hyperproteinemia (acute stage), normoproteinemia (progressive stage), or, in its advanced stages, hypoproteinemia. Therefore, the total serum protein is not a reliable index of albumin status and albumin must be determined.

2008, Jiro Jerry Kaneko, John W. Harvey, Michael L. Bruss, “Interpretation of serum protein profiles”, in Clinical Biochemistry of Domestic Animals, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 145:

(biology, medicine) The presence of abnormal types or amount of protein in the blood.


fluorinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses a fluorination reaction


haptotax

en-verb

haptotax (third-person singular simple present haptotaxes, present participle haptotaxing, simple past and past participle haptotaxed)

haptotaxes (present singular third-person)
haptotaxing (participle present)
haptotaxed (participle past)
haptotaxed (past)

(biology) To move by means of haptotaxis


heteroexchange

en-noun

heteroexchange (countable and uncountable, plural heteroexchanges)

(biochemistry) The exchange of different entities (e.g. acidic and basic amino acids) typically across a membrane.


koinobiosis

(biology) The continued development of a host following infection by a parasite


plumed disseminule

(botany) A fruit or seed bearing a plume


microbiodiversity

(biology) The biodiversity of microorganisms


bioculture

bioculture (countable and uncountable, plural biocultures)


drift seed

Most drift seeds are produced by tropical trees, and they can be found on distant beaches after drifting thousands of miles through ocean currents.

(botany) A seed adapted for long-distance dispersal by water.


tachycitin

(biochemistry) An antimicrobial protein present in the hemocytes of the horseshoe crab


wingpad

(entomology) The part of a pupa that develops into a wing in the adult insect.


agarobiose

(biochemistry) A disaccharide composed of galactose and anhydrogalactose units


bifurcose

(biochemistry) A branched tetraose alpha-D-gluco-hexopyranosyl beta-D-arabino-hex-2-ulofuranosyl-(2->1)-[beta-D-arabino-hex-2-ulofuranosyl-(2->6)]-beta-D-arabino-hex-2-ulofuranoside


bionucleophile

(biochemistry) A biochemical nucleophile


enzymolyze

en-verb

enzymolyze (third-person singular simple present enzymolyzes, present participle enzymolyzing, simple past and past participle enzymolyzed)

enzymolyzes (present singular third-person)
enzymolyzing (participle present)
enzymolyzed (participle past)
enzymolyzed (past)

(biochemistry) To cause, or to undergo enzymolysis


fructofuranosyl

(biochemistry, in combination) A univalent radical derived from fructofuranose


graminan

(biochemistry) A fructan present in the stems of cereals


metametabolism

(biochemistry) The study of the metabolism of related organisms


metametabolome

(biochemistry) The combined metabolome of related organisms


self-impotent

(botany) Incapable of self-fertilization.


oligofructan

(biochemistry) Any oligosaccharide composed of fructose residues


ovoflavoprotein

(biochemistry) A flavoprotein present in egg white


phagoptosis

(biology) An alternative to apoptosis in which a cell is phagocytosed


photoprotoporphyrin

(biochemistry) A photoisomer of a protoporphyrin


polyadenylylation

(biochemistry) Addition of many adenylyl groups


retromutagenesis

(genetics) A reversal of normal mutagenesis that allows a mutation to escape being selected


staphylothrombin

en-noun

staphylothrombin (usually uncountable, plural staphylothrombins)

(biochemistry) A complex formed of coagulase and prothrombin


streptavidinate

en-verb

streptavidinate (third-person singular simple present streptavidinates, present participle streptavidinating, simple past and past participle streptavidinated)

streptavidinates (present singular third-person)
streptavidinating (participle present)
streptavidinated (participle past)
streptavidinated (past)

(biochemistry) To bind with streptavidin


archegoniate

(botany) Relating to or possessing archegonia.


archivore

(biology) Any organism that ingests archaeans, whether as food or as a source of energy.


bicollateral

(biology, of a vascular bundle) Having phloem on each side of the xylem.


bidensovirus

(virology) Any DNA virus of the genus Bidensovirus


bryoflora

en-noun

bryoflora (countable and uncountable, plural bryofloras)

(biology) bryophytes considered as a group


candidapepsin

Compound of translingual Candida + pepsin.

Candida albicans
Candida albicans#Translingual

(biochemistry) A pepsin present in Candida albicans


chaxapeptin

(biochemistry) A lasso peptide present in an extremotolerant strain of Streptomyces


cheironym

(taxonomy) An unofficial, unpublished name of an organism


confamiliar

(taxonomy) A member of the same family as another organism


dephosphomimetic

(biochemistry) Any agent that mimics biological dephosphorylation


desmocadherin

(biochemistry) Any cadherin that is a constituent of a desmosome


dubiofossil

1998, H. J. Hofmann, Chapter 4: Synopsis of Precambrian Fossil Occurrences in North America, S. B. Lucas, M. R. St-Onge (editors), Geology of the Precambrian Superior and Grenville Provinces and Precambrian Fossils in North America, Geology of Canada No. 7, Geological Society of America, Geological Survey of Canada, page 284,
Relevant data on dubiofossil and pseudofossil occurrences can be found in Mendelson and Schopf (1992, Table 22.2), and Hofmann (1992, Table 23.6).
Regarding microscopic dubiofossils, the biological versus abiological origins of the oldest possibly biogenic remains, spheroidal structures in the about 3.8 Ga old Isua sequence in southern West Greenland reported in the previous decade, were discussed by Bridgwater et al. (1981) and Roedder (1981), with an abiogenic interpretation considered more likely.

In a review, Venkatachala et al. (1996) have considered 13 reports as authentic fossils and the rest were considered as non-fossils or dubiofossils.

2019, Mukund Sharma, Veeru Kant Singh, “Megascopic Carbonaceous Remains from Proterozoic Basins of India”, in M. E. A. Mondal, editor, Geological Evolution of the Precambrian Indian Shield, Springer, page 739:

Thus, Manchuriophycus and Rhysonetron had received the status of pseudofossil or dubiofossil in the published literature (Schopf and Klein 1992).

2019, Chirananda De, Mangrove Ichnology of the Bay of Bengal Coast, Eastern India, Springer, page 143:

(geology, paleontology) Any geological object that has characteristics of a fossil but whose identity is uncertain.

Dubiofossil

geological object of uncertain identity that has characteristics of a fossil


ectoaperture

(botany) The softest part of a pollen grain where the layer of ectexine is thinest


eurychoric

(biology) That is widely distributed in various climates


excisosome

(biology) The system/structure that removes membranous organelles from the developing lens of the eye


glycerophosphatase

(biochemistry) Any phosphatase that hydrolyses glycerophosphates


halorespirer

(biology) An organism that employs halorespiration


metatranscript

(genetics) Synonym of metatranscription.


metatranscription

(genetics) The transcription of the nucleic acid of a group of related, or interacting organisms


nuocyte

(cytology, immunology) A cell associated with the immune response


peroxyflavin

(biochemistry) Any peroxy derivative of a flavin, in general formed by the reaction of a reduced flavin with dioxygen molecules.


physiobiochemistry

(physiology, biochemistry) physiological biochemistry


sapecin

(biochemistry) An antibacterial protein present in a Sarcophaga


selectome

(genetics) A structured collection of positively-selected traits


unangia

(biology) Unilocular reproductive structures of algae, fungi etc.


tricolporoidate

(botany, of pollen grains) Having three colpi


near-endemic

The next most common criterion was 6, the bird is endemic or near-endemic.

2016, James Lambert, “Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 30, number 1, pages 39–62:

(biology) Having almost the entire population restricted to a certain region.


near-endemic

A near-endemic to Paraguay, Stevia rebaudiana, with a distribution centered near the Monday River, is potentially a major source of high-potency sweetener for the growing natural food market.

2003, Carlos Galindo Leal, Ibsen de Gusmão Câmara, editors, The Atlantic Forest of South America: Biodiversity Status, Threats, and Outlook, page 304:


chemoimmunology

(biochemistry, immunology) chemical aspects of immunology


deoxyheptose

(biochemistry) Any deoxysugar derived from a heptose


frigophilic

(biology) That thrives in a cold environment


glutaminogenesis

(biochemistry) The metabolic production of glutamine


heliophytic

(botany) That thrives in bright sunlight


homocysteinylate

en-verb

homocysteinylate (third-person singular simple present homocysteinylates, present participle homocysteinylating, simple past and past participle homocysteinylated)

homocysteinylates (present singular third-person)
homocysteinylating (participle present)
homocysteinylated (participle past)
homocysteinylated (past)

(biochemistry, of a protein) To react with homocysteine


homocysteinylation

en-noun

homocysteinylation (countable and uncountable, plural homocysteinylations)

(biochemistry) The process, or the result of homocysteinylating


homoplasmon

(genetics) The plasmon of a homoplasmic organism


hydrofection

(genetics) hydrodynamic infection (of a gene)


hypercitrullinate

en-verb

hypercitrullinate (third-person singular simple present hypercitrullinates, present participle hypercitrullinating, simple past and past participle hypercitrullinated)

hypercitrullinates (present singular third-person)
hypercitrullinating (participle present)
hypercitrullinated (participle past)
hypercitrullinated (past)

(biochemistry) To citrullinate excessively


ceramidium

From Ancient Greek κέραμος (kéramos, “earthen vessel”) + -idium.

af

(phycology) In macroalgae in the Rhodomelaceae family, the urn-shaped envelope surrounding the sporogenous filaments of the cystocarp


imprintome

(genetics) A subset of a genome that contains only imprinted genes


lipopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any peptidase that hydrolyses lipopeptides


nectarophagous

(biology) That feeds on nectar (of plant flowers)


normophagic

(biology) Associated with a normal diet (for that animal)


rhizobiome

(biology) The biome associated with a rhizosphere


riboexonuclease

(biochemistry) An exonuclease that cleaves RNA


thermopreference

(biology) An organism's preference for a particular temperature range


thyroidization

(cytology) Conversion to a form with a thyroidal appearance


acetoacetase

en-noun

acetoacetase (countable and uncountable, plural acetoacetases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an acetoacetate


adolapin

(biochemistry) An analgetic, antiinflammatory polypeptide present in bee venom


biopolymerization

biopolymerization (countable and uncountable, plural biopolymerizations)

(biochemistry) Polymerization to form biopolymers.


chromoplastogenesis

(biology) The formation and development of chromoplasts


coparalogous

(genetics) paralogous with another organism


cryoculture

(biology) A culture (of cells or tissue) made at a low temperature


cultispecies

(biology) A species that is part of a culture (of cells, tissue etc)


ethnotaxonomy

(taxonomy) The naming system for plants and animals used by a particular ethnic group

(taxonomy) The study of such naming systems


CTLD

C-type lectin-like domain
C-type lectin-like domain#English

(biology) Initialism of C-type lectin-like domain.


attB

Combined from att from attachment, and B for bacterium.

(biology) The gene sequence of a bacterium for the attachment point of the Lambda phage used in genetic engineering.


attP

Combined from att from attachment, and P for phage.

(biology) The gene sequence of a phage at the attachment point of the Lambda phage used in genetic engineering.


hTIM

From h for human and TIM for timeless. Capitals because it is a protein.


histolopathological

(histology, pathology) histological and pathological


homogalacturonase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyses homogalacturonan


hyppos

From "hydrophobic portion", introduced by Polly Matzinger.

(biochemistry) hydrophobic portions of proteins exposed on the surface of denatured molecule or molecular aggregates.


matriglycan

(biochemistry) A glycan that links dystroglycan to the basement membrane


microaerotolerant

(biology) Able to tolerate only a very low amount of air (oxygen)


plasminogenesis

(biochemistry) The generation of plasmin in blood


revertase

reverse transcriptase
reverse transcriptase#English

(biochemistry) Synonym of reverse transcriptase.


shiikuwasha

Citrus reticulata
Citrus reticulata#Translingual

(botany, nutrition) A citrus fruit, native to Taiwan and Okinawa (Citrus reticulata, syn. Citrus depressa)


sporopollen

sporopollen (countable and uncountable, plural sporopollen)


amphizoic

(biology) Able to exist either as a parasite or as a free-living organism


arthropsin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of opsins present in arthropods


autoimmunostainer

(immunology, cytology) An automated immunostainer


cerebrometabolic

(biochemistry) Relating to metabolism within the brain


cochlin

cochlin (countable and uncountable, plural cochlins)

(biochemistry) An extracellular matrix protein present in the cochlea and vestibule of the inner ear


deoxyheme

(biochemistry) The form of heme that does not have an attached oxygen atom


galactotetraose

(biochemistry) Any tetraose containing a galactose group


mannatide

(biochemistry) A heteropolysaccharide, present in a Streptococcus strain, that is an adjuvant for an influenza vaccine


punctum saliens

History of Animals
Ulysses Aldrovandi
Volcher Coiter

Borrowed from Latin punctum saliēns (“leaping point”), attributed to Volcher Coiter or Ulysses Aldrovandi, after a Latin translation of Aristotle's History of Animals (book 6, part 3).

The rudiments of the brain, eyes, punctum saliens, spinal cord, six vertebrae, shades of ribs, a dark knob at the cephalic extremity of spine, and an oval expansion at the caudal extremity.

1846, The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics, Physiology, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Public Health and News, page 382:

(biology, chiefly historical) The primordial heart in an embryo, appearing as a throbbing point.


nitrosoprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein whose free -SH groups have been nitrosylated, typically by atmospheric NO


nitrosoproteome

(biochemistry) The proteome of nitrosoproteins of an organism


nucleocytoskeletal

(cytology) Relating to, or connecting the nucleus and cytoskeleton of a cell


vesicocolonic

vesicocolonic fistulas

(biology, medicine) Synonym of vesicocolic.


amphicribral

(botany) In which the phloem surrounds the xylem


amphivasal

(botany) In which the xylem surrounds the phloem


amphidiploidization

amphidiploidization (usually uncountable, plural amphidiploidizations)

(genetics) The process of becoming amphidiploid


anhydroglucopyranose

(biochemistry) The pyranose form of anhydroglucose


biotransformable

(biology) biologically or biochemically (typically enzymatically) transformable


gasdermin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that help to regulate epithelial proliferation and differentiation


glycosite

(biochemistry) A site of glycosylation in a protein


hydrohalophyte

(biology) A halophyte that lives in salty water


infrasubgeneric

(taxonomy) Relating to a taxon at a rank lower than subgenus


multifucosylated

(biochemistry) fucosylated in multiple locations


neuroketal

(biochemistry) Any of a group of ketals, produced via the biosynthesis of neuroprostane, that induce crosslinking in proteins


allododecaploid

(genetics) Having twelve sets of chromosomes, six from each parent


aminopeptidasic

(biochemistry) Relating to an aminopeptidase


anamorsin

(biochemistry) A protein that inhibits apoptosis


burkavidin

(biochemistry) A biotin-binding protein present in Burkholderia


roding

roding (countable and uncountable, plural rodings)

(ornithology) The mating display of the male woodcock, consisting of a patrolling flight around its territory.


homobaric

(biology) Of a leaf: having gas partial pressures that are homogeneous.


heterobaric

(biology) Of a leaf: having gas partial pressures that are heterogeneous.


perulate

The terminal buds are perulate.


galactoglycerol

(biochemistry) A simple disaccharide composed of a galactose moiety and glycerol


geogenetics

(geography, genetics) The study of geographic variation in genetics


hemiclitoris

hemiclitoris (plural hemiclitorises or hemiclitorides)

hemiclitorises (plural)
hemiclitorides (plural)

(anatomy, zoology) An erectile organ in female snakes and lizards, in the latter of which it is eversible.


heterodiasporic

(botany) In which the seeds and fruit are dispersed separately


lectotypify

en-verb

lectotypify (third-person singular simple present lectotypifies, present participle lectotypifying, simple past and past participle lectotypified)

lectotypifies (present singular third-person)
lectotypifying (participle present)
lectotypified (participle past)
lectotypified (past)

(taxonomy) To identify and document a lectotype


lectotypification

en-noun

lectotypification (countable and uncountable, plural lectotypifications)

(taxonomy) The process, or the result of lectotypifying


macrotaxonomy

(taxonomy) taxonomy of the larger ranks (typically family and above)


microrespirometer

(biology) A device used for measuring respiration in isolated tissue samples, or in single cells


neomale

(biology) Describing an organism whose sex has reverted from female to male.


neomale

(biology) An organism whose sex has reverted from female to male.


neofemale

(biology) Describing an organism whose sex has reverted from male to female.


neofemale

(biology) An organism whose sex has reverted from male to female.


nephrogenetics

(biology, genetics) The application of genetics to nephrology.


ontogimorph

(taxonomy) A semaphoront identified via taxonomic ontogeny.


panortholog

(genetics) An ortholog that is conserved throughout a genome.


phytopromotion

(biochemistry) An increase in the production of a phytochemical.


phytozoophagous

(biology) zoophagous, but prepared to consume plants if needed


hindcrown

(ornithology) The rear part of a crown (the top of a bird's head).


pinoid

(biochemistry) A protein kinase that regulates auxin.


pinoid

en-adj

pinoid (comparative more pinoid, superlative most pinoid)

more pinoid (comparative)
most pinoid (superlative)

(botany) Resembling or characteristic of a pine or a pine needle.


plastoglobulin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of lipoproteins present in the plastids of many plants


convicine

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) A glycoside of pyrimidinedione that functions as an antinutrient found in fava beans.


supraspecies

(taxonomy) At a hierarchical level above species


teneurin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of glycoproteins associated with neurons


apohemoprotein

(biochemistry) The apoprotein of a hemoprotein


apotransaminase

(biochemistry) The apoenzyme of a transaminase


archaeobiology

(archaeology, biology) The biological aspects of archaeology


archaeobiological

(archaeology, biology) Relating to archaeobiology


euplantula

(entomology) A broadened variant of the plantula found on the lower surface of the middle tarsomere of an insect's leg which acts as a tarsal attachment point.


midband

(zoology) A band or stripe across the middle of part of an organism.


lysiosquilloid

Members of the family share with lysiosquilloids the subquadrate, distally ribbed propodi of maxillipeds 3-4, but differ in bearing a distinct median carina on the telson.

2002, A.. Wells, W. W. K. Houston, Crustacea: Malacostraca : Phyllocardia, Hoplocardia, Eucarida:

The lysiosquilloid Pullosquilla litoralis was previously reported to inhabit only tropical waters less than 2 m deep […]

2003, The Journal of Experimental Biology, volume 206, number 1, page 378:

Ahyong (1997) hypothesized that the long ischium of lysiosquilloid stomatopods increased the reach of their raptorial appendages, implying that this allowed these stomatopods a greater striking distance […]

2012, Les Watling, Martin Thiel, Functional Morphology and Diversity, page 278:

(zoology) Any mantis shrimp in the superfamily Lysiosquilloidea


phosphoribosyladenosine

(biochemistry, in combination) A chemical containing a phosphate group connected to ribose in turn connected to adenosine (which in turn is normally connected to diphosphate or triphosphate)


biohistory

(biology) The history of life and its development


biopolyelectrolyte

(biochemistry) Any polyelectrolyte of biological origin


brachioblast

(botany) An immature piece of tissue that has arms or needles


chemogenetics

(genetics) A variant of optogenetics that uses chemically-engineered molecules instead of light


decaploidy

(genetics) The condition of being decaploid


caminalcule

Blend of Camin + animalcule, named after American biologist Joseph Camin, who invented them.

named-after

(biology) One of a group of made-up organisms used to teach concepts in phylogenetics.


eurytopicity

(biology) The condition of being eurytopic


heliobiology

(biology) The (study of the) effect of solar activity on life (both animal and plant)


hemimetamorphosis

(biology) Incomplete or partial metamorphosis


tonic immobility

(zoology) A behaviour in which an animal appears to be temporarily paralysed and unresponsive to external stimuli, for example in response to the threat of a predator.


molosser

Derived from Molossia, an area of ancient Epirus, where the large shepherd dog was known as a Molossus

(zoology) A dog of various large, solidly-built breeds, typically having heavy bones, pendant ears, and a relatively short and well-muscled neck with a short, broad muzzle.


gland of Deshayes

en-noun

gland of Deshayes (plural glands of Deshayes)

(biology) A special organ in shipworms that digests the cellulose in the fine particles of wood formed by their boring action.


magnetobiology

(biology) The (study of the) interaction of magnetic fields and biological systems


seminism

(biology, historical) The old theory that the newly created being is formed by the mixture of the seed of the male with the supposed seed of the female.


oligophyte

From oligo- (“several”) + -phyte (“plant”).

(biology) Relating to several species of plant


dinor

This is the first example of a dinor-carotenoid to be reported.

1989, Robert George Ackman, Marine Biogenic Lipids, Fats & Oils - Volume 1:

Cullen et al. also measured urinary output on day 14 of TxB₂, and the 11-dehydro-metabolites of TxB₂, as an indication of COX-1 inhibition in vivo and urinary 6-keto-PGF_(1α) and its 2,3 dinor metabolite, as a marker of COX-2 inhibition in vivo.

2005, K. D. Rainsford, Nimesulide - Actions and Uses, page 160:

Metabolized to 1,2-dinor metabolite and 1,2,3,4-tetranor metabolite.

2011, Arthur H. Jeske, Mosby's Dental Drug Reference, page 756:

(biochemistry) A taraxastane from which two methyl groups have been removed.


nostocoid

The Nostocoid type consists of small rounded blue-green cells not over 5p. in diameter and arranged in chains which are often much broken up in the cephalodium, so that the concatenate arrangement is hardly apparent.

1947, Ivan Mackenzie Lamb, A monograph of the lichen genus Placopsis Nyl, page 166:

The filaments are typically somewhat twisted or nostocoid and the trichomes are very narrow, barely three micra in diameter.

1953, Natural and Applied Science Bulletin:

(botany) Resembling a member of the genus Nostoc of cyanobacterium


frontal point

(zoology) Either of two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds.


planktonivore

(biology) Any organism that feeds on plankton


myostracum

At this place in the myostracum the smaller, second-order prisms […] range from two to 15 microns in diameter.

1964, Shell Structure and Muscle Scars of Cap-shaped Archaeogastropods:

In contrast to the muscle scars, the growth tracks of which are marked by a radial stretch of myostracum, the growth track of the pallial line is the boundary surface between two shell layers.

2014, Adolf Seilacher, Alan D. Gishlick, Morphodynamics, page 68:

(zoology) Part of shell wall secreted at attachment of adductor muscles.


discohexact

(zoology) A hexact with axes enlarged at the extremity.


hexaster

(zoology) A hexact with axes that branch into rays at the extremity.


eleutherozoic

From eleuthero- + -zoic, from Ancient Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros, “freedom”) + ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).

der

These Pelmatozoa in a way are to be regarded as intermediate between the statozoic and eleutherozoic forms, as regards their mode of life, and may be dealt with to advantage in the present paper.

1912, Proceedings of the United States National Museum:

They considered articulates to be pre-adapted for an eleutherozoic existence because they possess muscular arms which are potentially of value in crawling and swimming, as in comatulids.

1977, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History):

(biology) of or pertaining to the Subphylum Eleutherozoa


photophilia

(biology) A tendency to thrive in bright sunlight.


halophilia

(biology) The property of an organism thriving in a saline environment.


dendrophilic

en-adj

dendrophilic (comparative more dendrophilic, superlative most dendrophilic)

more dendrophilic (comparative)
most dendrophilic (superlative)

(biology) Thriving in environments that are rich in trees.


cryophilia

(ecology) A tendency to thrive at low temperatures.


anthophilic

anthophilic (comparative more anthophilic, superlative most anthophilic)

more anthophilic (comparative)
most anthophilic (superlative)

(biology) Thriving in the presence of flowers.


transtilla

The small lobe of the transtillae distinguishes the species from its preceding congeners; the narrow vinculum is also a special feature.

1973, L. A. Gozmány, L. Vári, The Tineidae of the Ethiopian Region, page 131:

The male transtilla and valva are truncated, and the transtilla is as long as the valva (Fig. 71).

1992, James A. Scott, The Butterflies of North America, page 352:

One type is the separated transtilla covered with spines.

2000, Bulletin of Natural History, number 4, page 49:

(zoology) A band of connective tissue between and at the base of the valva of some insects.


myosinogen

en-noun

myosinogen (countable and uncountable, plural myosinogens)

(biochemistry) A globulin, one of the two principal proteins of muscle tissue, from which the myosin formed during rigor mortis is derived.


preplasmablast

(cytology) A cell that will differentiate into a plasma cell


stenovalent

(ecology, of an organism) Restricted to few types of environment


actinogonidial

(zoology) Having radiately arranged genital organs.


monoaminomonocarboxylic

This process relates to methods for separating the glutamic acid and aspartic acid from proline and monoaminomonocarboxylic acids present in hydrolyzed vegetable protein materials.

1968, Robert Powell, Monosodium Glutamate and Glutamic Acid, page 46:

A fact of great importance for the sorption of amino acids onto ionites is that monoaminomonocarboxylic acids exist as cations and not zwitterions when sorbed onto sulfocationites from neutral solutions.

1986, Georgiĭ Vasilʹevich Samsonov, Ion-exchange sorption and preparative chromatography of biologically active molecules, page 99:

(biochemistry) Having a single amino functional group and a single carboxyl or carboxylic acid group.


amebopore

(biochemistry) A peptide responsible for pore formation in cell walls


amyloidity

(mycology) The condition of being amyloid


apelinergic

(biochemistry) Produced or activated by apelin


auxosporulate

en-verb

auxosporulate (third-person singular simple present auxosporulates, present participle auxosporulating, simple past and past participle auxosporulated)

auxosporulates (present singular third-person)
auxosporulating (participle present)
auxosporulated (participle past)
auxosporulated (past)


biohydroxylation

(biochemistry) biochemical hydroxylation, typically of hydrocarbons


bolinopsin

(biochemistry) A photoprotein present in the ctenophore Bolinopsis infundibulum


cerastocytin

(biochemistry) A protease present in the venom of some snakes


electrotransformant

(biology) A transformant undergoing electrotransformation


fesselin

(biochemistry) A protein, present in smooth muscle, that stimulates actin


glycohormone

(biochemistry) Any hormone that contains a sugar moiety


importome

(biochemistry) All the proteins imported into an organelle


species barrier

en-noun

species barrier (plural species barriers)

The people had died because they ate meat from infected cows. A species barrier had crumbled.

2003 June 3, Sandra Blakeslee, “Mad Cows, Sane Cats: Making Sense of the 'Species Barrier'”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

The species barrier often is not an absolute barrier and refers to the difficulties in the transfer from one species to the next.

2004, W. Michael Scheld et al., editors, Infections of the Central Nervous System, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 261:

(pathology, zoology) The inability of a disease to be transmitted from one species to a different one.


dihydroretinol

(biochemistry) retinol with two hydrogen atoms added, found in human metabolism of vitamin A


light organ

(biology) A luminous organ of an animal.


axanthic

(herpetology) Coloured without normal yellow or red pigments, resulting in shades of grey.


macroprotein

(biochemistry) Any relatively large protein, typically a metalloprotein


multimetabolite

(biochemistry) Relating to multiple metabolites


myotubulin

(biochemistry) A tubulin present in muscle tissue.


milk albuminate

milk albuminate (plural milk albuminates)


carubin

(uncountable, organic chemistry, biochemistry) Scientific name for locust bean gum


necriscence

(biology) serotiny as a result of the death of a plant


poikilohydry

From poikilo- + -hydry or a noun-forming modification of poikilohydric (see -y); compare homoiohydry.

Poikilohydry occurs in such organisms as lichens and bryophytes, which lack mechanisms such as waterproofing cuticles or stomata that can help resist desiccation.

Frequently, poikilohydry is coupled with the capacity to tolerate dehydration or low water content of cell tissue and to recover from it without physiological damage.

Nonvascular cryptogams, particularly the lichens and mosses, form a majority of the species and biomass exhibiting poikilohydry within desert regions of the world, including North America.

1997, S. D. Smith, R. Monson, J. E. Anderson, Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants, Springer, page 191:

2011, T. G. Allan Green, Leopoldo G. Sancho, Ana Pintado, Chapter 6: Ecobiology of Desiccation/Rehydration Cycles in Mosses and Lichens, Ulrich Lüttge, Erwin Beck, Dorothea Bartels (editors), Plant Desiccation Tolerance, Springer, Ecological Studies 215, page 113,
The strategy of poikilohydry was almost certainly primitive and evolved from the production of desiccation-tolerant spores (Oliver et al. 2000). Organisms employing poikilohydry are confined to a small overall size, in particular because of the limitations to water transport that relies on capillarity (Proctor and Tuba 2002).

Their small size and ability to adhere to solid substrates allows mosses to occupy habitats where poikilohydry provides a unique advantage, but these characteristics set limits on their distribution to specific types of environments where tracheophytes are unable to dominate.

2018, Mitchell B. Cruzan, Evolutionary Biology: A Plant Perspective, Oxford University Press, page 33:

(botany) The condition of being poikilohydric; the lack of structural or functional mechanisms to actively regulate the equilibrium between the concentration of water in cell tissue and that in the environment.


polygenome

(genetics) The collective genome of a community of related organisms


porophore

(biology) Any structure that supports a pore


satellitome

(genetics) All the satellite DNA of an organism


spindeloid

(cytology, of a cell) Having the form of a spindle


triplosensitivity

(genetics) The state of a diploid organism having an extra copy of a particular gene


secondary metabolite

secondary metabolite (plural secondary metabolites)

(biochemistry) A metabolite of an organism that is not used by that organism for growth, development &c


xeriscence

(biology) Serotiny as a result of desiccation.


buzz pollination

(entomology) A technique of pollen collection practised by certain bee species in which the bee holds the flower and vibrates so as to shake pollen free.


autotransduction

(genetics) transduction between cells of the same organism


budneck

budnecks (plural)
bud neck (alternative)

(biology) A constriction between a bud and the organism that produced it


thermophilia

(biology) The ability to thrives at relatively high temperatures.


dendroflora

dendroflora (countable and uncountable, plural dendrofloras)


hemerochory

(botany) The dispersal of seeds or spores by the indirect action of man


hemisome

(genetics) A coil of DNA, surrounding a core of four histones, in a centromere


hysteranthy

(botany) The condition of being hysteranthous.


heptaloop

(biochemistry) A nucleic acid motif composed of seven loops


heterodichogamy

(biology, of a flower) The presence of two structures that exhibit male and female characteristics at different times (within the same flower)


heterodichogamous

(biology) Relating to, or exhibiting heterodichogamy


heteroenzymatic

(biochemistry) Relating to heteroenzymes


heteroenzyme

(biochemistry) Any of two or more proteins that have different structure but the same enzymatic activity


hypochromatosis

(cytology) chromatolysis; the disappearance of chromatin, or of the nucleus, in a cell


sedimentator

In addition, by analogy with shallow-water suspension-feeders of corresponding groups, filtering sponges and bivalve molluscs (Limopsidae and Mytilidae) and sedimentors such as serpulomorph polychaetes, Bryozoa and most likely crinoids can be included among triptonovores.

1997, The Biogeography of the Oceans, page 468:

The survivors in hypertrophic lakes thus mostly consist of hig-efficiency bacteria feeders and of raptors, which also seems to be in accordances with Patalas (1954), (Pejler (1965) and Andersson et al. (1975). This can be achieved partly by a change in species composition, partly by changing proportions in the diet, implying that a greater fraction will consist of bacteria for the sedimentators and microfiltrators.

2012, Birger Pejiler, “Zooplanktic indicators of trophy and their food”, in C. Forsberg, J.A. Johansson, editors, Forest Water Ecosystems:

Excessive growth of blue-green algae inhibits the development of most sedimentators by eliminating most of the small algae which are the basic food of the phytophagous sedimentators (Edmondson, 1965; Pourriot, 1965; Dumont, 1977).

2012, Henri J. Dumont, J. Green, Rotatoria, page 61:

(zoology) An organism that feeds on bacteria or small algae that are found in sediments.


leiomodin

leiomodin (countable and uncountable, plural leiomodins)

(biochemistry) A protein, in muscle cells, that binds actin


degenerationism

(biology, historical) A theory stating that human conditions such as disease and savagery represent a reversion to an earlier evolutionary stage.


hairpinned

en-adj

hairpinned (comparative more hairpinned, superlative most hairpinned)

more hairpinned (comparative)
most hairpinned (superlative)

The resulting DNA ends consist of blunt phosphorylated recombination signal end, and coding ends with hairpinned termini.

1997, Maurizio Zanetti, Donald J. Capra, Antibodies, page 87:

(genetics) Consisting of or containing a hairpin ribozyme

The hairpinned substrate was incubated with extracts from cells infected by both AAV and adenovirus.

2005, Jonathan Kerr, Susan Cotmore, Marshall E. Bloom, Parvoviruses, page 194:

(genetics) Produced by a hairpin transfer.


anthrophilic

anthrophilic (comparative more anthrophilic, superlative most anthrophilic)

more anthrophilic (comparative)
most anthrophilic (superlative)

Domestication and the evolution of anthrophilic traits in houseflies and some drosophilids have allowed certain species to attain cosmopolitan status.

2005, David K. Yeates, Brian M. Wiegmann, The Evolutionary Biology of Flies, page 372:

(biology) Thriving in the presence of humans.


macrogland

(biology) A gland distributed on the skin, typically of a toad, that secretes toxins


megatheropod

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

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

(zoology) Any theropod dinosaur that exceeds 3000 kilograms in weight, and 9 meters in length.


microinvertivore

(biology) Any organism that feeds on microinvertebrates


myristoylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a myristoylation


neurosterol

(biochemistry, neuroscience) A neuroactive sterol


oioxenous

(biology, of a parasite) Having a single species of host


orbitohyoideus

(zoology, anatomy) A large, tapering muscle, in some frogs, associated with the ceratohyal


pathobiome

(biology, pathology) A biome (biological community) associated with a particular disease


Greater Adria

From greater + Adria.
From being first discovered in researching the geologic region called Adria.

A northwestern ocean basin system was genetically related to the Atlantic Ocean, opened in Middle to Late Jurassic time, and is known as the Alpine Tethys Ocean, which include multiple branches, such as the Piemonte-Liguria Ocean between Greater Adria (i.e. modern Adria and the its restored portions now folded and thrusted in circum-Adriatic orogens), Iberia, and the Briançonnais continental fragment, and the Valais Ocean between the Briançonnais fragment and Europe

2019, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, Trond H. Torsvik, Stefan M. Schmid, Liviu C. Maţenco, Marco Maffione, Reinoud L.M. Vissers, Derya Gürera, Wim Spakman, “Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic”, in Gondwana Research, →DOI, page 80:

In their reconstruction model, the Ios basement, along with other tectonic units in the Cycladic islands and Crete, are all part of a subducted Greater Adria continental ribbon.

2020 November 11, Sonia Yeung, Marnie Forster, Emmanuel Skourtsos, Gordon Lister, “Evidence for the Late Cretaceous Asteroussia event in the Gondwanan Ios basement terranes”, in Solid Earth, preprint, European Geosciences Union:

Along most of the Alpine subduction the European plate subducted below Greater Adria, however, towards the west, Greater Adria under-thrusted the European margin forming the proto-Apennine slab[…]

2021 July, Ágnes Király, Francesca Funiciello, Fabio A. Capitanio, Claudio Faccenna, “Dynamic interactions between subduction zones”, in Global and Planetary Change, →DOI:

(paleogeography, paleogeology) A Greenland-sized paleo-microcontinent in the Neo-Tethys Ocean that rifted from the north of Africa portion of the supercontinent of Gondwana and accreted to the south of Europe portion of the supercontinent of Laurasia, and thence subducted.


cerebrol

(biochemistry, obsolete) An oily reddish fluid found in brain tissue.


anthrophilia

(biology) The property of thriving in the presence of humans.


renaturase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses renaturation


petrophile

(biology) Any organism that thrives in rocky environments.


petrophilic

petrophilic (comparative more petrophilic, superlative most petrophilic)

more petrophilic (comparative)
most petrophilic (superlative)

/ˌpɛtɹəˈfɪlɪk/

(biology) Thriving in rocky environments.

One of the larger organisations, CoRenewal, has been conducting reserach into the ability of fungi to detoxify the poisonous byproducts of crude oil estraction left behind by Chevron's twenty-six-year operation in the Ecuadorian Amazon. In partnership with Ecuador's National Institute for Agricultural Research, scientists are doing basic research into local 'petrophilic' fungal strains and training local communities in mycological techniques.

2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 207:

(mycology) Able to digest petroleum byproducts.


gonodactyloid

The posterolateral margins are usually broadly rounded, but in Harpiosquillidae Manning, 1980, the posterolateral margins are deeply excavate, and in several gonodactyloids, the posterolateral margin is squared.

2000, Australian Journal of Zoology, volume 48, page 610:

It is possible that in the coral-dwelling gonodactyloids the accumulation of muscle tension and sudden release of the pendulum-like 'hammer' would impose too much stress on the muscles and skeleton of the appendage if animals were larger […]

2017, Robert H. Gore, Crustacean Biogeography:

(zoology) Any mantis shrimp in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea


squilloid

Squilloids, eurysquilloids, parasquilloids and lysiosquilloids burrow in soft, level substrates.

2004, Gary C. B. Poore, Marine Decapod Crustacea of Southern Australia:

In other groups, the midband ommatidial facets are hexagonal, but vary in number from two or six (usually six) in lysiosquilloids and eurysquilloids, always two in squilloids, and two or three (usually two) in parasquilloids; […]

2013, Carel von Vaupel Klein, Mireille Charmantier-Daures, Treatise on Zoology:

(zoology) A member of that taxonomic family Squillidae.


parasquilloid

(zoology) A mantis shrimp in the superfamily Parasquilloidea.


eurysquilloid

(zoology) A mantis shrimp in the superfamily Eurysquilloidea


bathysquilloid

Clipping of translingual Bathysquilloidea

clipping

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

Among the synapomorphies of the bathysquilloids is the elaborate ornamentation of the female gonopore, described in detail by Bruce (1988). This gonopore ornamentation is unique to the bathysquilloids, […]

2000, Australian Journal of Zoology, volume 48, numbers 4-6, page 625:

The tergite of the thoracic somites is smooth in most stomatopods, but is variously carinate in squilloids, bathysquilloids, parasquilloids and eurysquilloids.

(zoology) A mantis shrimp in the superfamily Bathysquilloidea.


azygous

the azygous muscle of the uvula

(biology) Odd; not one of a pair; single.

(biology) In genetics, not containing a specific allele of a gene, or only having wild type alleles (cf. heterozygous, homozygous).


histogen

(biology) Any of the germ layers involved in histogenesis.


taxid

(taxonomy) Abbreviation of taxonomic identifier.


thermozyme

(biochemistry) Any thermally-stable enzyme, typically expressed by thermophiles


dactylose

en-adj

dactylose (comparative more dactylose, superlative most dactylose)

more dactylose (comparative)
most dactylose (superlative)

Distinguished by its elongated dactylose form, and by the bold longitudinally striped pattern of the epidermis.

1849, Lovell Augustus Reeve, Conchologia Iconica:

It consists of a little calcareous cylindrical column, about one tenth of an inch in height, attached by a dactylose base, and surmounted by an expansion in the form of a reversed cone, the margin of whose wide end is extended into several radiating arms, which, like the rest of the fossil, are entirely calcareous.

1872, George James Allman, A Monograph of the Gymnoblastic Or Tubularian Hydroids, page 172:

In front of them on the ventral surface is a pair of short dactylose processes, bluntly rounded at their tips; the abdomen is lacking.

1932, Smithosonian Institution, “Copepods of the Woods Hole Region”, in Bulletin, volume 158, page 526:


lycosoid

(zoology) Any spider in the superfamily Lycosoidea or similar taxonomic group.


satellitism

(virology) An obligate association between two viruses


nidopallium caudolaterale

prefrontal cortex
prefrontal cortex#English

(anatomy, ornithology) The avian equivalent of the primate prefrontal cortex. A region of a bird's brain, located at the rear, that coordinates cognition in the pallium layer of the brain.


antigeny

From ἀντί (antí, “against, opposite”) + γένος (génos, “sex, stock, race”).

It is a curious circumstance that, while albinic antigeny finds its most complete expression in high temperate regions, and melanic antigeny prevails toward the tropics, the albinic females of a partially antigenic species never appear in the spring brood, but increase in numbers throughout the hot season […]

1877, Samuel Hubbard Scudder, Antigeny, Or Sexual Dimorphism in Butterflies, page 151:

(biology, obsolete) Sexual dimorphism, especially in lepidopterans.


budsite

budsites (plural)
bud site (alternative)
bud-site (alternative)

(biology) The site on a plant at which a bud develops


Wuhan pneumonia

A respiratory disease first reported in Wuhan, China on December 31, 2019, from Wuhan + pneumonia.

2020 January 9, “Wuhan pneumonia outbreak: Mystery illness 'caused by coronavirus”, in BBC:

2020 January 11, Shaun Lintern, “Wuhan pneumonia: First death reported by mystery Chinese virus”, in Independent:

2020 January 22, “Monitoring Wuhan Pneumonia”, in Columbia Health:

This travel period overlapped with the time period after the announcement of the first case of Wuhan pneumonia (symptom onset on Dec 12, 2019) according to the Chinese health authority.

2020 January 24, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, “A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster”, in The Lancet^(https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30154-9/fulltext):

(pathology, virology, informal, politically offensive in Mainland China) A form of pneumonia due to infection by a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which is genetically similar to SARS and MERS.


pseudocardinal

pseudocardinals (plural)
pseudo-cardinal (alternative)

Right valve with three pseudocardinal teeth, the front one being strongest, high and triangular, the second low and longer, the posterior one indistinctly differentiated from the hinge plate.

1922, WB Marshall, “New pearly fresh water mussels from South America”, in Proceedings of the US National Museum, volume 61, number 2437:

True clams are said to have "cardinal" teeth, so named because of their proximity to the heart (the Greek kardia means "heart"); freshwater mussel pseudocardinals are not so positioned.

1997, SM Martin, “Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida) of Maine”, in Northeastern Naturalist:

(malacology) A type of tooth found on the shells of some bivalve molluscs.


root nodule

(botany) A lump found on the roots of some plants, primarily legumes, that forms a symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria known as rhizobia, allowing the plant to obtain nitrogen directly from the atmosphere, which most plants cannot do.


Casparian strip

en-noun

Casparian strip (plural Casparian strips)

Named after its discoverer Robert Caspary.

(biology) A band of suberin in the walls of the endodermis


ceftazidimase

(biochemistry) A lactamase specific to ceftazidime


cenocron

(biology) A temporary biota or subset of a biota


deuridylylation

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) The removal of a uridylyl group


brood cocoon

(biology, arachnology) A cocoon-like structure made of web in which a female spider lays her eggs.


oxiapoptophagy

(biology) A combination of oxidation, apoptosis and autophagy associated with oxidative stress


IBI

IBI (countable and uncountable, plural IBIs)

(ecology) Initialism of index of biological integrity.

(biology) Initialism of interbeat interval.


aschizan

en-adj

aschizan (comparative more aschizan, superlative most aschizan)

more aschizan (comparative)
most aschizan (superlative)

(entomology) Of or pertaining to the dipteran section Aschiza.


Abbreviation of coronavirus disease + 19 from 2019, the year the virus was discovered. Coined by the World Health Organization on February 11, 2020. Intended to avoid stigma by not referring to a place, animal, career, or group of people.

Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.

2020 January 11, “Coronavirus”, in World Health Organization:

As we enter the first months of 2021, increasing numbers of reports of variants of the COVID-19 virus mark a new development in the pandemic.

2021 February 5, “Redoubling public health measures needed due to COVID-19 virus variants”, in World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, archived from the original on 2021-02-15:

(virology, metonymic) SARS-CoV-2 (virus that causes the COVID-19 disease)


/ˈsɑːz ˈkəʊviː ˈtuː/

Becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2 can trigger a potentially deadly respiratory disease called Covid-19, an illness which presents with three main acute symptoms: fever, a deep, dry cough and a shortness of breath which can become quickly life-threatening.

2020 March 31, Sandee LaMotte, “What is coronavirus and Covid-19? An explainer”, in CNN:

As of March 10, 2020, the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has been responsible for more than 110,000 infections and 4000 deaths worldwide, but data regarding the epidemiologic characteristics and clinical features of infected children are limited.

2020 April, Lu, Xiaoxia, Liqiong Zhang, Hui Du, Jingjing Zhang, Yuan Y. Li, Jingyu Qu, Wenxin Zhang et al., “SARS-CoV-2 infection in children”, in New England Journal of Medicine, volume 382, number 17, →DOI:

In addition to continuing to track the emergence of new variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), there are four major priorities for the global response to variants of concern.

2021 June, Krause, Philip R., Thomas R. Fleming, Ira M. Longini, Richard Peto, Sylvie Briand, David L. Heymann, Valerie Beral, Matthew D. Snape, Helen Rees, Alba-Maria Ropero, Ran D. Balicer, Jakob P. Cramer, et al., “SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Vaccines”, in New England Journal of Medicine, →DOI:

SARS-related coronavirus 2
SARS-related coronavirus 2#English

(virology) SARS-CoV-2; SARS-related coronavirus 2


Medusavirus

From Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa, “Medusa”) + virus. From Latin virus (“virus”). From being a virus which can turn amoeba into stone-like cysts. From Medusa, the Greek mythological figure which could petrify people with a glance.

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The newest giant virus is Medusavirus, so named because of the way it infects amoebas, single-celled organisms that commonly live in water.

2019 March 20, Sarah Zhang, “Beware the Medusavirus”, in The Atlantic:

Many of the NCLDVs, including the phycodnavirus Paramecium bursaria Chlorella virus (PBCV-1), the iridovirus Chilo iridescent virus (CIV), the mimivirus Cafeteria roenbergensis virus (CroV), or the giant amoeba-infecting Faustovirus, Pacmanvirus, and Medusavirus, present large icosahedral capsids composed of trimers of a MCP that displays a double jelly-roll fold.

2019 October 24, German Andrés et al., “The cryo-EM structure of African swine fever virus unravels a unique architecture comprising two icosahedral protein capsids and two lipoprotein membranes”, in Journal of Biological Chemistry, →DOI:

Furthermore, we identified 5 A. triangularis homologous sequences shared with Medusavirus, a giant virus that replicates on Acanthamoeba castellanii, which was isolated from hot spring water.

2020 March 16, Issam Hasni et al., “Description of Virulent Factors and Horizontal Gene Transfers of Keratitis-Associated Amoeba Acanthamoeba Triangularis by Genome Analysis”, in Pathogens, →DOI:

(virology) An informal genus of the informal family Medusaviridae, large DNA viruses that infect amoeba.


upexpression

en-noun

upexpression (usually uncountable, plural upexpressions)

(genetics, biochemistry) The greater than normal expression of a protein.


SNARE

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins whose primary role is to mediate vesicle fusion.


depalmitoylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a depalmitoylation reaction


epimetabolite

(biochemistry) An enzymatically-modified metabolite, especially one that has biochemical activity


foldosome

(biology) An organelle responsible for protein folding


glycocalicin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein associated with platelets


hulless

hulless oats

hulless barley


lepidopterophagous

(biology) That eats insects of the order Lepidoptera


magnetogenetics

(biology) The manipulation of cells in a magnetic field


Anisian

Derived from German Anisisch, from Latin Anisus.

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


sematectonic

(biology) That acts as a sign of building


unipinnate

(botany) Being a pinnately compound leaf that does not branch off into further petiole axes, and consequently lacks pinnulae


architomy

(biology) A form of reproduction, in some annelids, in which fission is followed by bodily reorganization


benthophage

(biology) Any animal that feeds in the deep sea


cambivore

Other nutritional subgroups, represented in smaller numbers, were cambivores (phloem and cortex feeders), detritrivores (necrophagous species) and wood borers (xylophagous species).

2015, Jon Andersson, “Wood-inhabiting beetles in low stumps, high stumps and logs on boreal clear-cuts: implications for dead wood management”, in PLoS One:

On average, obligate predators were more negatively affected than cambivores and facultative predators.

2017, Jonas Victorsson, “Stump extraction in the surrounding landscape: predatory saproxylic beetles are more negatively affected than lower trophic levels.”, in Forest ecology and management:

Assemblages of clear-cut and old-growth stands were similar, with groups of 'cambivores' and 'obligate saproxylics' differing from those of uncut stands, and related to greater abundance of the latter in old growth habitats with large volumes of suitable dead wood.

2018, Tim R. New, Forests and Insect Conservation in Australia, page 15:

(biology, rare) Any organism that consumes the cambium of plants.


chromatotrophin

(biology) Any of a group of hormones responsible for colour change in some crabs


corynemycolic acid

(biochemistry) A mycolic acid present in Corynehcterium


mediocrat

In our opinion it is impossible to consider Taxodiaceae as a characteristic index of a warm climate and therefore they cannot be included in the typical mediocrats group,

The sharp increase in terminocrats and the decrease in mediocrats between marker beds f and h should correspond to renewed cooling.

2004, John A. Van Couvering, The Pleistocene Boundary and the Beginning of the Quaternary:

The mediocrats (see “mesocratic” in Figure 15.8) curve refers to Quercus, Tilia, Ulmus, and other trees/shrubs characteristic of the climatic-optimum part of interglacials.

2007, Alfred Traverse, Paleopalynology, page 444:

(biology) A plant species that thrives in moderate conditions.


editome

(genetics) That part of a genome that has undergone editing


standing crop

(ecology, agriculture) The total dried biomass of the living organisms present in a given environment.


bioresilience

(ecology) The ability of a whole species or an individual of a species to adapt to change.


blue carbon

(ecology) Carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere by the world's coastal ocean ecosystems.

carbon glas

carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere by the ocean


herbfield

(ecology) A plant community dominated by herbaceous plants, especially forbs and grasses.


windwatt

(ecology) A mudflat exposed as a result of wind action on water.


glucodynamic

(biochemistry) Relating to glucodynamics


glucodynamics

(biochemistry) The dynamics of glucose synthesis and metabolism


glycodynamics

(biochemistry) The dynamics of sugar synthesis and metabolism


glycerolipidome

(biochemistry) A lipidome of glycerolipids


pelophilous

en-adj

pelophilous (comparative more pelophilous, superlative most pelophilous)

more pelophilous (comparative)
most pelophilous (superlative)

The hallophitic communities are divided into those that are psammaphilous, pelophilous, and helophilous, according as the substratum consists respectively of sand, of mud, or of swamp.

1913, Gerald O. Case, The Use of Vegetation for Reclaiming Tidal Lands, page ii:

Pelophilous species burrow in sandy loam and clay soils, and display ecomorphological adaptations to assist with loosening these compacted substrata.

2007, Bernhard A. Huber, Bradley J. Sinclair, Karl-Heinz Lampe, African Biodiversity, page 43:

Thus, two major ecological groupings are evident: the pelophilous group preferring soft sediments with slow current (strongly dominated by L. hoffmeisteri), and the psammophilous group inhabiting harder sediments with faster current (P. barbatus and others).

2012, Pilar Rodriguez, Piet F.M. Verdonschot, Aquatic Oligochaete Biology VIII, page 225:

Over the entrie 5-year period of the present study (1998-2002), the pelophilous macrofauna showed a moderate biomass, similar to that in 1975/76 and 1987-1992.

2013, Norbert Wolnomiejski, Zbigniew Witek, The Szczecin Lagoon Ecosystem:

(biology) Found in muddy environments; mud-dwelling.


morphopopulation

(biology) A population or organisms that have a common morphology


osteochrome

(cytology) Any substance that stains bone tissue


photogravitropic

(biology) That moves or orientates under the influence of light and gravity


preproalbumin

(biochemistry) A precursor of an albumin that has an extension of amino acids at the N-terminus


presynthetic

(biochemistry) Relating to the synthesis of mRNA and proteins prior to interphase


protaminize

en-verb

protaminize (third-person singular simple present protaminizes, present participle protaminizing, simple past and past participle protaminized)

protaminizes (present singular third-person)
protaminizing (participle present)
protaminized (participle past)
protaminized (past)


radioantagonist

(biochemistry) An antagonist labelled with a radioisotope


sialometabolite

(biochemistry) Any metabolite derived from sialic acid


tensilin

(biochemistry) A form of stiffening protein in some sea creatures


threatspot

(biology) A location that is the habitat of a rare or threatened species.


vomocytosis

(biology) The expulsion of an organism from capture by a leucocyte or macrophage


potocytosis

From Latin poto (“I drink”) + cyto- (“cell”) + -osis.

af

(biology) A type of receptor-mediated endocytosis in which small molecules are transported by caveolae across the plasma membrane of a cell and deposited directly into the cytosol.


chitinoligosaccharide

(biochemistry) Any oligosaccharide present in chitin


deoxyhexosyl

(biochemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical derived from a deoxyhexose


endogalactosidase

(biochemistry) An endocellular galactosidase


epitranscriptomic

(genetics) Relating to an epitranscriptome or to epitranscriptomics


track and bowl system

en-noun

track and bowl system (plural track and bowl systems)

(zoology) A saucer-shaped depression surrounded by tracks, dug by the male kakapo to enhance its booming mating call.


gigaxonin

(biochemistry) A particular cytoskeletal protein that contains kelch sequences


semicaptivity

(zoology) The condition of being kept partially in captivity.


isomaltodextrin

(biochemistry) An isomer of maltodextrin formed from isomaltose rather than maltose


mesobrowser

(biology) A medium-sized browser (animal that browses)


metalloisoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any isoenzyme that contains a metal atom which is essential for its biological activity


midtrophic

(biology) In the middle part of a food chain


monoestry

(biology) The condition of being monoestrous


motoneurogenesis

(biology) The generation of motor neurons


neuropeptidase

(biochemistry) A peptidase that breaks down neuropeptides


bombaceous

en-adj

bombaceous (comparative more bombaceous, superlative most bombaceous)

more bombaceous (comparative)
most bombaceous (superlative)

Where several cylinders have been joined together, and squeezed into a cake or ball, the mass is usually wrapped in large leaves, which appear to belong to a malvaceous or bombaceous plant.

1896, Sir William Jackson Hooker, Companion to the Botanical Magazine:

Among the remarkable trees present the best known is the bombaceous Chorisia crispiflora, which has a barrel-like swollen trunk whose loose soft wood acts as a gigantic water-reservoir.

1925, Eugenius Warming, Isaac Bayley Balfour, Martin Vahl, Oecology of plants, page 294:

Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) in 1805 had already differentiated growth forms such as palms, banana form, malvaceous form, bombaceous form, mimosa form, heather, cactus form, orchids, casuarinas, conifer, arum form, lianas, aloe form, grass form, ferns, lilies, willow form, myrtle form, Melastoma form, and laurel form (see Lomolino et al., 2004).

2011, Andrew Millington, Mark Blumler, Udo Schickhoff, The SAGE Handbook of Biogeography, page 78:

A bombaceous tree here and there adorned the forest with its numerous purple flowers.

2014, Richard Spruce, Alfred Russel Wallace, Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes, page 300:

(botany, relational) Of the family Bombacoideae (a sub-family of Malvaceae)


pentosyl

(biochemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical derived from a pentose


phasome

(genetics) The phase-variable genes of an organism


phytobrick

(biology) A standard part used in plant synthetic biology


pseudowhorl

(botany) Any arrangement of tightly-packed leaves that is not an actual whorl


superpromiscuity

(genetics) The condition of being superpromiscuous


tridecaploid

(genetics) Having thirteen complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell


acetotrophy

(biology) The condition of being acetotrophic


allocoprophagy

(biology) The feeding on excrement produced by other animals.


autoendolith

(biology) An endolith that deposits the same type of mineral that it inhabits


charasome

(biology) A convoluted plasma membrane domain in characean green algae


coenotype

(biology) The type of organism in a coenopopulation


granulocrine

(biology) Describing secretions that originate in protoplasm


hologenophore

(genetics) The specimen of an organism from which DNA is analysed / sequenced


hyperpiezophile

(biology) An extremophile that lives at a very high pressure


metabarcoder

(genetics) A device used in metabarcoding


molybdochaperone

(biochemistry) A chaperone for a molybdoenzyme


myxodiaspory

From myxo- (mucus) + diaspore (botany; seeds and fruit regarded together) + -ry.

af

(biology) The condition of having mucilaginous diaspores.


pericoronal

(botany) Surrounding a corona (of a flower)


photopeptide

(biochemistry) Any photoactivatable peptide


proteocatabolic

(biochemistry) Relating to protein catabolism


ripoptosome

(biology) An intracellular signalling complex formed in response to genotoxic stress


telocentromeric

(genetics, of a chromosome) Having a terminal centromere


histolocalization

en-noun

histolocalization (usually uncountable, plural histolocalizations)

(biology) The localization of a compound in a specific tissue.


cryptozoic

(zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.


biofunctionalize

en-verb

biofunctionalize (third-person singular simple present biofunctionalizes, present participle biofunctionalizing, simple past and past participle biofunctionalized)

biofunctionalizes (present singular third-person)
biofunctionalizing (participle present)
biofunctionalized (participle past)
biofunctionalized (past)

(biology) To modify a material (especially a nanomaterial) to add biological function


colporoidate

(botany) Having colpi (typically of a designated number or type)


epichaperome

The nature of the epichaperome, therefore, which presents as stable, multi-partner complexes affected by strong interactions as opposed to other cellular forms of chaperomes present in dynamic complexes of weak interactions, provide opportunities for its detection through small molecules [...].

2020, Swathi Merugu et al., “Chemical Probes and Methods for Single-cell Detection and Quantification of Epichaperones in Hematologic Malignancies”, in David M. Chenoweth, editor, Chemical Tools for Imaging, Manipulating, and Tracking Biological Systems: Diverse Methods for Optical Imaging and Conjugation (Methodis in Enzymology; 639), Cambridge, Mass., San Diego, Calif.: Academic Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, section 2.4 (Epichaperome Probes), page 294:

(biology) A network of chaperomes present in cancer cells.


equatorin

(biochemistry) An acrosomal protein present in mammalian sperm


haptomonad

(biology) An attached form of some promastigotes


histozoic

(biology, of a parasite) That lives within the tissue / cells of a host


hologenomic

(genetics) Relating to a hologenome or to hologenomics


homoselenocysteine

(biochemistry) The amino acid HSeCH₂CH₂CH(NH₂)COOH


hyperstaining

(cytology) An exceptionally high level of staining


hypostomium

(botany) The region immediately anterior of a stomium


ambush predator

en-noun

ambush predator (plural ambush predators)

For 10 million years after they arrived in Europe, despite the great numbers of small rodents present, cats showed no sign of prospering, let alone attaining the dominance among ambush predators they have today.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 89:

(biology, ethology) A carnivorous animal that prefers to capture or trap prey by stealth or strategy, rather than by speed or strength.


lipogenase

(biochemistry) Alternative form of lipoxygenase.


liprotide

(biochemistry) A micellular complex of lipid surrounding a protein core


macrohair

(botany) A relatively large hair, typically on a bract or leaf


microbiont

(biology) A microorganism that has a close relationship with a host


myocardiogenesis

(biology) differentiation of tissue to form the myocardium


optoepigenetic

(genetics) Whose epigenetic activity is modulated by light


peptidogenesis

(biochemistry) The biogenesis of peptides


photoenvironment

(ecology) An environment that has a particular level of light


phytomorph

Interpretational Criteria During the initial stages of counting, it became apparent that some of the phytomorphs observed do not conform to established classification schemes.

1995, Salvatore A. Engel-Di Mauro, A Phytolith Analysis of Buried Soils in the Young Loess Sequence of Hungary:

(rare, botany) A specific morphology of a phytolith.

Various features of the phytomorphs were illustrated, described, and discussed in some detail in the paper, and their similarity to various living algae were pointed out.

1946, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on a Treatise on Marine Ecology and Paleoecology, Report

(obsolete, paleontology) A hypothetical alga-like organism once thought to have had a symbiosis with some extinct fenestrid bryozoans, in an attempt to explain their unusual morphologies.


podostemoid

(botany) Any plant of the subfamily Podostemoideae


prelocalize

en-verb

prelocalize (third-person singular simple present prelocalizes, present participle prelocalizing, simple past and past participle prelocalized)

prelocalizes (present singular third-person)
prelocalizing (participle present)
prelocalized (participle past)
prelocalized (past)


pseudomycelium

(biology) An association of cells, in some bacteria and yeast, that resembles a mycelium


afroalpine

(ecology) Relating to the climates of the higher African mountains


ultraspecific

(biology) Relating to taxa at greater than species level


coronavirology

Progress has been rapid in coronavirology during the last few years, and interesting insights have been gained for virology in general.

1988, W. Spaan, “Coronaviruses: Structure and Genome Expression”, in Journal of General Virology, volume 69, page 2939:

The cloning/sequencing phase of coronavirology for which the 1980's will be partly remembered, has provided a sound framework for further studies of the virus structural proteins and also some provocative insights relevant to these studies.

1991, David Cavanagh, Coronaviruses and their Diseases, page v:

A key determinant of virus pathogenesis is the distribution of host cell receptor for the virus in question. This aspect of coronavirology has been reviewed.

2000, Madeleine W. Cunningham, Effects of Microbes on the Immune System, page 333:

(virology) The scientific study of coronaviruses.


coronavirologist

Coronaviruses were declared a distinct virus group by Tyrrell and an international group of coronavirologists in 1968, on the basis of their appearance under the electron microscope after negative staining, ether lability and RNA content.

1987, Susan Gale Robbins, Molecular Interactions in the Replication of Mouse Hepatitis Virus:

Evidently, this will be the major challenge for coronavirologists in the years to come.

1995, S. Siddell, The Coronaviridae, page 134:

As a coronavirologist, I am tempted to translate the eponymic prefix as ‘crown’ and confer the regal attribute to my favourite viruses.

2004 April 1, Marian C Horzinek, “The bright future of coronavirology”, in Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery:

Before the emergence of the original SARS, the study of coronaviruses was a professional backwater. “There has been such a deluge of attention on we coronavirologists,” said Susan R. Weiss, a virologist at the University of Pennsylvania. “It is quite in contrast to previously being mostly ignored.”

2020 June 2, Alan Burdick, “Monster or Machine? A Profile of the Coronavirus at 6 Months”, in The New York Times:

(virology) A scientist who studies coronaviruses.


biotaxonomic

(biology, taxonomy) Relating to biotaxonomy


borealization

(ecology) Conversion to the ecology of a typical northern coniferous forest


deramification

en-noun

deramification (countable and uncountable, plural deramifications)

(biology) The removal of branch structures


coronavirion

Recent biochemical studies have revealed that the single-stranded RNA of several coronaviruses is polyadenylated, indicating that it is probably of positive polarity, and the genome of infectious bronchitis virus has been reported to be infectious, supporting evidence that the coronavirion RNA has a message function.

1979 January, Douglas A. Kennedy, “Inhibition of coronavirus 229E replication by actinomycin D”, in Journal of Virology, volume 29, number 1, page 401:

Coronavirions are pleomorphic, although generally spherical, 60 to 220 nm in diameter and bear widely spaced, club-shaped surface projections about 20 nm in length.

1983, Stuart Siddell, “The Biology of Coronaviruses”, in Journal of General Virology, volume 64, page 761:

Our cryo-tomograms of whole coronavirions provide direct insight into the 3D structure of CoVs, revealing important features of the virion envelope and the RNP.

2009 January 13, Montserrat Bárcena, “Cryo-electron tomography of mouse hepatitis virus: Insights into the structure of the coronavirion”, in PNAS, volume 106, number 2, page 582:

(virology) An individual particle of a coronavirus.


anticoronavirus

Some cross-reactivity occurred when bovine coronavirus was present in the fecal specimens and required blocking with bovine anticoronavirus serum.

1986, Alberto J. L. Macario, Monoclonal antibodies against bacteria, volume 3, page 306:

By neutralization tests, we studied the specific antirotavirus and anticoronavirus activity in raw milks, heat-treated milks and their corresponding ammonium sulfate-precipitated fractions, and in ultrafiltration fractions.

1987, Journal of Food Protection, volume 50, page 537:

Serological data showed a significant difference between MS patients and control subjects in titers of anticoronavirus antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid.

1997 January, Aurelio Bonavia, “Infection of Primary Cultures of Human Neural Cells by Human Coronaviruses 229E and OC43”, in Journal of Virology, volume 71, number 1, page 800:

(virology, immunology) Acting against coronavirus (usually in reference to antibodies).


coronaviruslike

en-adj

coronaviruslike (comparative more coronaviruslike, superlative most coronaviruslike)

more coronaviruslike (comparative)
most coronaviruslike (superlative)
coronavirus-like (alternative)

Coronaviruslike particles (CVLPs) in fecal samples have been inconsistently associated with diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms in humans.

1985 September, “Coronaviruslike particles in human gastrointestinal disease: epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory observations”, in American Journal of Diseases of Children, volume 139, page 928:

The presence of negative-stranded sgRNAs in infected cells, which has recently been described for coronaviruses (35, 36), would be an important indication for a coronaviruslike transcription mechanism in EAV.

1991 June, Johan den Boon, “Equine arteritis virus is not a togavirus but belongs to the coronaviruslike superfamily”, in Journal of Virology, volume 65, number 6, page 2910:

This group of viruses includes rotaviruses, adenoviruses, Norwalk and Norwalk-like viruses, caliciviruses, astroviruses, and viruses having a coronaviruslike morphology.

1995, Patrick R. Murray, Manual of Clinical Microbiology, page 1017:


glucoconjugated

(biochemistry) glycoconjugated with glucose


hypopolyploid

(genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that is less than polyploid


invadolysin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of metalloproteinase associated with mitosis and cell migration


metataxonomy

(taxonomy) The taxonomy of an entire microbiota


antirotavirus

(virology, immunology) Acting against rotaviruses (usually in reference to antibodies).


neosomy

en-noun

neosomy (countable and uncountable, plural neosomies)

(biology) An intrastadial metamorphosis associated with arthropod symbiosis


pleurotoid

(biology) Characteristic of fungi of the genus Pleurotus (having laterally-attached fruiting bodies).


recodonise

en-verb

recodonise (third-person singular simple present recodonises, present participle recodonising, simple past and past participle recodonised)

recodonises (present singular third-person)
recodonising (participle present)
recodonised (participle past)
recodonised (past)

(genetics) To rearrange the codons of a gene


riboendonuclease

(biochemistry) An endonuclease that acts upon RNA


sialoglycolipid

(biochemistry) Any glycolipid that contains sialic acid moieties


stratophenetic

(taxonomy) Relating to relationships between organisms that exist only as fossils


lirula

From Latin lirula, from lira (“ridge of soil between furrows”) + -ulus (“diminutive suffix”).

314. Seila assimilata C. B. Adams.
Plate IV, Fig. 8
Cerithiopsis assimilata C. B. Ad., […] Shell small, thin, turreted; nuclear whorls sinistral; whorls ten, ornamented with three prominent, sharp, equal, equidistant, raised spiral lines; interspaces between ridges crossed by numerous fine lirulas; suture indistinct; […]

1903, Ralph Arnold, The Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California, page 290:

(malacology) A fine raised line on a mollusk shell.

(zoology) A tooth in the opercula of some bryozoans.


HCP

en-noun

HCP (countable and uncountable, plural HCPs)

(biotechnology, biochemistry, countable) Initialism of host cell protein.


adipomyokine

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein form of cytokine associated with adipose tissue


MRSE

Staphylococcus epidermidis
Staphylococcus epidermidis#Translingual

(medicine, microbiology) Initialism of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis.


ESBL

(medicine, biochemistry, microbiology) Initialism of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase.


megalodontesid

(zoology) Any of the wood wasps in the family Megalodontesidae

megalodontid

technically invalid name in use before the family was renamed in 1996


ferret-badger

(zoology) Any of several small mustelid omnivores of the genus Melogale, of southern and eastern Asia, having a bushy tail and distinctive white or yellow markings on a black face.


allopelagic

(biology, of a marine organism) That lives at a variety of depths


biocharacterization

biocharacterization (usually uncountable, plural biocharacterizations)


chemosymbiotrophic

(biology) chemotrophic and symbiotrophic


cytomodulatory

(cytology) That modulates the growth of cells, typically of cancers


IDV

IDV (countable and uncountable, plural IDVs)

(medicine, microbiology) Initialism of influenza D virus.


deuteroconch

deuteroconch (plural deuteroconches or deuteroconchs)

deuteroconches (plural)
deuteroconchs (plural)

A microspheric nucleoconch does not have an obvious deuteroconch, and is followed by a spiral nepionic stage, no matter what the adult chamber arrangement may be.

1954, Alan Hilder Smout, Lower Tertiary Foraminifera of the Qatar Peninsula, British Museum (Natural History), page 25:

(zoology) The second chamber of ammonites and other cephalopods


disialyloctasaccharide

(biochemistry) Any octasaccharide that has two sialic acid moieties


ecophase

(biology, ecology) An ecological phase (in the life of an organism)


ecosystematist

(ecology) A biologist whose speciality is ecosystems


ethoscope

(biology) A device allowing the study of the behaviour of an organism (typically fruit flies)


telogonic

From Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “degree of completion, end; telo-”) + Ancient Greek γόνος (gónos, “offspring; seed, genitals”) + -ic.

af

degree of completion, end; <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">telo-</i>

(zoology) Referring to nematodes in which new germ cells originate only at the distal end of the gonad.


hologonic

/ˌhɒl.əʊˈɡɒn.ɪk/

From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole, entire; holo-”) + Ancient Greek γόνος (gónos, “offspring; seed, genitals”) + -ic.

whole, entire; <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">holo-</i>

(zoology) Referring to nematodes in which the germinal area extends the whole length of the gonad.


gypsicolous

(biology) That thrives in soil containing gypsum


heteroarthrocarpic

(botany, of a fruit) Laterally divided into two different segments


crown virus

Inventions: 14 (9); e.g.: specific gamma-globulin against Auesky disease; ethanol vaccine against Auesky disease, bivalent vaccine against parainfection and adenoviruses of calves; inactivated vaccine against rhinotracheitis of cattle; three-valent serum against respiratory diseases of calves; vaccine against crown virus of calves, etc.

1993, “Haralambiev, Haralambi Evtimov”, in Who's who: Bulgaria '93, Sofia: Inter-idea, page 114:

Primarily the work of Hildebert Wagner at the Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, Munich, and Klaus Keplinger at Innsbruck University, studies revealed that cat's claw was antiviral in the feline crown virus, the lamb Maed visna virus, human herpesvirus, and effective against neurobronchitis and allergies.

2000, Herbal Companion to AHFS DI 2001, Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, →ISBN, page 15:

At the same time, a combination of α-interferon and ribavirin has been turned out to be efficient at the treatment of the widely distributed viral hepatitis C; this combination could also be promising for the therapy of the recent outbreak of the RNA-viral infection of atypical pneumonia induced by a crown virus.

2004, Konstantinova, I.D., Leont'eva, N.A., Galegov, G.A. et al., “Ribavirin: Biotechnological Synthesis and Effect on the Reproduction of Vaccinia Virus”, in Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, volume 30, number 6, →DOI, page 556:

(rare, virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae; a coronavirus.


VLP

virus-like particle
w:virus-like particle

(virology) Initialism of virus-like particle.


morbidostat

(biology) A device used to measure resistance of bacteria to drugs


multiliposomal

(biochemistry) Relating to multiple liposomes


RBP

retinol-binding protein
w:retinol-binding protein

(biochemistry) Initialism of retinol-binding protein.

RNA-binding protein
w:RNA-binding protein

(biochemistry) Initialism of RNA-binding protein.


FFR

iFR

instantaneous wave-free ratio; instant flow reserve

(ecology) Abbreviation of free-flowing river.


oligonitrophilic

(biology) That needs relatively little nitrogen in order to achieve nitrogen fixation


organokine

(biochemistry) Any cytokine that regulates the cells of a particular organ


oxyregulator

(biology) Any organism that can achieve oxyregulation


feline infectious peritonitis

en-noun

feline infectious peritonitis (uncountable)

(veterinary medicine) An uncommon but usually fatal cat disease caused by an aberrant immune response to infection with feline coronavirus (FCoV).


alphacoronaviral

[Caption of figure 3:] (C and D) MTase assays of alphacoronaviral nsp16 (C) and betacoronaviral nsp16 (D) stimulated by the noncognate nsp10 from a coronavirus of the same genus.

2015 August, Wang YSun YWu Aet al., “Coronavirus nsp10/nsp16 Methyltransferase Can Be Targeted by nsp10-Derived Peptide In Vitro and In Vivo To Reduce Replication and Pathogenesis”, in Journal of Virology, volume 89, number 16, →DOI, page 8421:

Topology of the HCoV-NL63 M protein has not been assessed yet, but one may assume that alphacoronaviral M proteins may adopt Nₑₓₒ-Cₑₓₒ topology allowing for C-terminal modification.

2018 September 5, Naskalska ADabrowska ANowak PSzczepanski AJasik KMilewska Aet al., “Novel coronavirus-like particles targeting cells lining the respiratory tract”, in PLoS ONE, volume 13, number 9, →DOI, page 16:

(virology) Relating to alphacoronaviruses.


betacoronaviral

S1 Fig. Sequence alignment of betacoronaviral Mᵖʳᵒ. Modified from an output from ESPript [36].

2015 December 14, Ho B-L, Cheng S-C, Shi L, Wang T-Y, Ho KI, Chou C-Y, “Critical Assessment of the Important Residues Involved in the Dimerization and Catalysis of MERS Coronavirus Main Protease”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, number 12, →DOI, page 15:

(virology) Relating to betacoronaviruses.


noncoronavirus

Taken together, the results of this study demonstrated for the first time that the BCV genome contains a sequence that functions as a packaging signal, at least when appended to a noncoronavirus RNA.

2000 January, Raymond Cologna, Brenda G. Hogue, “Identification of a Bovine Coronavirus Packaging Signal”, in Journal of Virology, volume 74, number 1, →DOI, page 582:

Fort Carson soldiers worked Thursday to convert a Seattle football stadium into a 250-bed hospital that will treat noncoronavirus patients so that civilian hospitals can focus on those with the deadly, flu-like disease.

2020 April 2, Tom Roeder, “Fort Carson soldiers turn Seattle stadium into coronavirus relief hospital”, in The Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO:

(virology) Not pertaining to coronaviruses; noncoronaviral.


noncoronavirus

noncoronaviruses (plural)
non-coronavirus (alternative)

The SARS virus is a coronavirus, which is significantly different from other human coronaviruses. There is no evidence of exchange of genetic material with noncoronaviruses.

2010, Michael Beach, “Pandemics”, in Disaster Preparedness and Management, Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company, →ISBN, page 153:

It is unknown whether this signal of positive selection results from the MERS-CoV progenitor, from another DPP4-utilizing bat coronavirus, such as BtCoV-HKU4, or from a noncoronavirus that also utilizes DPP4.

2015, Kayla M. Peck, Christina L. Burch, Mark T. Heise, Ralph S. Baric, “Coronavirus Host Range Expansion and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Emergence: Biochemical Mechanisms and Evolutionary Perspectives”, in Annual Review of Virology, volume 2, number 1, →DOI, page 99:

(virology) That which is not a coronavirus.


gammacoronaviral

Our high-resolution data have enabled a precise study of transcription and translation in cells infected with both pathogenic and attenuated forms of IBV and expand our understanding of gammacoronaviral gene expression.

2019 August, Adam M. Dinan, Sarah Keep, Erica Bickerton, Paul Britton, Andrew E. Firth, Ian Brierley, “Comparative Analysis of Gene Expression in Virulent and Attenuated Strains of Infectious Bronchitis Virus at Subcodon Resolution”, in Journal of Virology, volume 93, number 18, →DOI, page 1:

(virology) Relating to gammacoronaviruses.


rotaviruslike

en-adj

rotaviruslike (comparative more rotaviruslike, superlative most rotaviruslike)

more rotaviruslike (comparative)
most rotaviruslike (superlative)
rotavirus-like (alternative)


rotavirion

The core of the rotavirion consists of three proteins, including the viral RNA polymerase, and 11 segments of double-stranded (ds)RNA.

2001, M. Barro, P. Mandiola, D. Chen, J. T. Patton, E. Spencer, “Identification of sequences in rotavirus mRNAs important for minus strand synthesis using antisense oligonucleotides”, in Virology, →DOI:

(virology) An individual particle of a rotavirus.


rotavirology

(virology) The scientific study of rotaviruses.


MTase

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of methyltransferase.


rotavirologist

(virology) A scientist who studies rotaviruses.


cytobiont

From cyto- + -biont or cytobiosis + -ont.

There is little or no probability of a nonphotosynthetic eukaryotic cytobiont existing in nonparasitic cytobiosis with a nonphotosynthetic host because of too great a similarity, and therefore competition, in nutritional requirements.

1983, Kwang W. Jeon, Intracellular Symbiosis, page 4:

In the more typical examples of cytobiosis described later, the cytobionts are located within the cytoplasm in small vacuoles or, more rarely, embedded within the cytoplasm itself.

1990, Gerard M. Capriulo, Ecology of Marine Protozoa, page 328:

(biology) An organism involved in cytobiosis.


cytobiosis

(biology) Symbiosis in which one of the symbiotic organisms exists within a cells of the other.


cytobiotic

(biology) Relating to, or exhibiting, cytobiosis.


auxotype

(cytology) A subtype of Neisseria bacteria defined by its distinctive growth responses on a medium.


auxotype

en-verb

auxotype (third-person singular simple present auxotypes, present participle auxotyping, simple past and past participle auxotyped)

auxotypes (present singular third-person)
auxotyping (participle present)
auxotyped (participle past)
auxotyped (past)

(cytology) To carry out differential staining of different Neisseria bacteria that have requirements for different nutrients.


proteocatalytic

(biochemistry) catalytic by means of a proteasome


Adlet

(cryptozoology, mythology) Alternative letter-case form of adlet (“half-human, half-dog cryptid”).


goblet cell

The cell is named for its goblet-like shape. The apical portion is shaped like a cup and the basal portion is shaped like a stem.

(cytology) A column-shaped secretory cell found in the epithelium of the respiratory and intestinal tract that secretes the principal constituents of mucus.


rhodopeptin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of antifungal cyclic tetrapeptides present in a Rhodococcus


schizodactylous

(zoology) Having some toes facing forward and some facing backwards


turncurtovirus

(virology) Any virus of the genus Turncurtovirus.


velaglucerase

(biochemistry) a form of glucocerebrosidase


xenodiversity

(ecology) Diversity due to the presence of "foreign" organisms.


xylotransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase that transfers xylose groups.


anthocyanescence

(botany) The formation of red pigments (such as anthocyanin) as a symptom of disease


biovariability

en-noun

biovariability (countable and uncountable, plural biovariabilities)


bistratosity

(botany) The condition of being bistratose


cladocarpous

(botany) Having fruit at the end of branches


dihomomethionine

(biochemistry) The amino acid 2-amino-6-(methylthio)hexanoic acid


electrophoretise

en-verb

electrophoretise (third-person singular simple present electrophoretises, present participle electrophoretising, simple past and past participle electrophoretised)

electrophoretises (present singular third-person)
electrophoretising (participle present)
electrophoretised (participle past)
electrophoretised (past)

(biochemistry) To separate proteins by means of electrophoresis


jararhagin

(biochemistry) A hemorrhagic metalloproteinase in the venom of the snake Bothrops jararaca


cholecystokininergic

(biochemistry) Produced or activated by cholecystokinin.


anticholecystokinin

(biochemistry) That counters the effect of cholecystokinin.


pectinolysis

(biochemistry) The biochemical hydrolysis of pectin


phyllochron

(botany) The time interval between the sequential appearance of leaves on a plant (typically on a cereal)


synovin

(biochemistry) The mucin found in synovia.


pseudotime

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

(biology) An inferred time in the development of a cell.


saprine

(biochemistry) A ptomaine from the putrefying abdominal viscera.


septicine

(biochemistry) A ptomaine obtained from decaying flesh.


sociogenomic

(sociology, genetics) Relating to sociogenomics


transgalactooligosaccharide

(biochemistry) The normal form of galactooligosaccharide