eco hotel

(ecology) An environmentally sustainable hotel or accommodation that has made important environmental improvements to its structure in order to minimize its impact on the natural environment.


Seppala Siberian Sleddog

en-noun

Seppala Siberian Sleddog (plural Seppala Siberian Sleddogs)

(zoology) A rare working dog breed, developed for the purpose of pulling a sled in cold climates.


Lupo Italiano

From Italian lupo italiano (“Italian wolf”).

(zoology) A large dog breed from Italy allegedly produced by crossing a female Italian wolf and a male German Shepherd.


Italian wolf

(zoology) A subspecies of gray wolf native to the Italian Peninsula.


Alaskan tundra wolf

Alaskan tundra wolf (plural Alaskan tundra wolves)

(zoology) A North American subspecies of gray wolf native to the barren grounds of the Arctic coastal tundra region.


Great Plains wolf

Great Plains wolf (plural Great Plains wolves)

(zoology) An extinct subspecies of gray wolf that once extended throughout the Great Plains.


corynanthine

(biochemistry) An alkaloid found in plants of the genera Rauvolfia and Corynanthe (syn. Pausinystalia).


spegatrine

(medicine, biochemistry) An adrenergic receptor antagonist isolated from Rauvolfia verticillata.


Black Norwegian Elkhound

Black Norwegian Elkhound (plural Black Norwegian Elkhounds)

(zoology) A small spitz breed classified as a hunting dog.


Hällefors Elkhound

Hällefors Elkhound (plural Hällefors Elkhounds)

(zoology, cynology) A medium-sized, rectangular spitz breed with either a sickle or curly tail, native to Sweden.


Korean Jindo

(zoology) An indigenous dog native to Jindo Island in South Korea.


Karelo-Finnish Laika

Karelo-Finnish Laika (plural Karelo-Finnish Laikas)

(zoology) A breed of spitz-type dog from the Karelian area of Russia, according to the Finnish Kennel Club the same breed as the Finnish Spitz.


Kishu Ken

Borrowed from Japanese 紀州犬 (Kishū-ken, “Kishū dog”).

bor+

(zoology) A dog of a Japanese breed descended from ancient medium-sized breeds.


Norrbottenspets

From Swedish, from Norrbotten + spets (“spitz”).

(zoology) A small to medium-sized breed with typical spitz-like features, traditionally kept as a hunting dog in northern Sweden.


Norwegian Elkhound

en-noun

Norwegian Elkhound (plural Norwegian Elkhounds)

(zoology) A dog of a certain northern spitz-type breed and also the national dog of Norway.


Norwegian Lundehund

Norwegian Lundehund (plural Norwegian Lundehunds)

(zoology) A small dog breed of the spitz type that originates in Norway, developed for the hunting of puffins and their eggs.


Pungsan dog

(zoology) A breed of hunting dog from North Korea, named for originating in Kimhyŏnggwŏn County.


Russo-European Laika

Russo-European Laika (plural Russo-European Laikas)

(zoology) A breed of hunting dog that originated in the forested region of Northern Europe and Russia.


Jämthund

From Swedish, named after Jämtland (derives from its inhabitants, the Jamts) + hund (“dog”).

(zoology) A breed of dog of the spitz type that is found in Northern Europe, eponymous with Jämtland.


Taiwan Dog

(zoology) A breed of small or medium dog indigenous to Taiwan.


Norwegian Buhund

Norwegian Buhund (plural Norwegian Buhunds)

From Norwegian + Norwegian buhund, from bu (“homestead, a simple building or mountain hut (where the shepherd lived while looking after his herd in the summer) but can also mean stock, as in livestock”) + hund (“dog”).

(zoology) A breed of dog of the spitz type, used as an all-purpose farm and herding dog, as well as a watchdog and a nanny dog.


Indian Spitz

(zoology) A spitz-type dog breed belonging to the utility group.


serotoninomimetic

(biochemistry) That mimics the action of serotonin


pod vegetable

(botany) Any fruit vegetable whose pods are often eaten while they are still green.


fruit vegetable

fruit vegetable (plural fruit vegetables)

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(botany) A vegetable with a pulpy, seed-rich body which grows on a vine.


Donggyeongi

(zoology) A naturally bobtailed dog breed that originated in Korea, currently endangered.


Kintamani

(zoology) A dog native to the Indonesian island of Bali, which originated from the Kintamani region.


Jeju dog

(zoology) A breed of dog that was resurrected from the brink of extinction in 1986, originating from the island of Jeju, South Korea.


Thai Bangkaew Dog

Thai Bangkaew Dog (plural Thai Bangkaew Dogs)

(zoology) A medium-sized spitz-type dog, originating from Thailand.


Danish Spitz

(zoology) A dog breed, originating from Denmark, once known as the nanny dog.


Eurasier

Borrowed from German Eurasier (“Eurasian”), signifying the breed’s European and Asian background.

bor+

(zoology) A breed of dog of the spitz type that originated in Germany.


Hare Indian Dog

en-noun

Hare Indian Dog (plural Hare Indian Dogs)

(zoology) An extinct domesticated canine, originally bred in northern Canada by the Sahtú.


Salish Wool Dog

Salish Wool Dog (plural Salish Wool Dogs)

(zoology) An extinct breed of white, long-haired, Spitz-type dog that was developed and bred by the Coast Salish, whose fur was used like wool.


Tahltan Bear Dog

Tahltan Bear Dog (plural Tahltan Bear Dogs)

(zoology) An extinct dog breed that was raised by the Tahltan people to hunt bears.


pye-dog

pye-dogs (plural)
pye (alternative)
pi-dog (alternative)
pie-dog (alternative)
pie (alternative)

From Hindi पाहि (pāhi, “migrant farmer, passer-through”), from Sanskrit पार्श्व (pārśva, “side, vicinity”).

der

(zoology) Synonym of stray dog, particularly in Indian contexts.

Indian pariah dog
Indian pariah dog#English

(zoology) Synonym of Indian pariah dog, a breed indigenous to India.


Sinhala Hound

(zoology) A landrace of dog from Sri Lanka, often living in a semi-wild state scavenging for food.


chimaerin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of protein that activates GTPase


neoskipping

en-noun

neoskipping (usually uncountable, plural neoskippings)

(genetics) The skipping of new exons in the construction of epitopes.


ontotype

(genetics) The hierarchical form of a genotype


gesneraceous

(botany) Of or relating to the taxonomic family Gesneraceae (now Gesneriaceae).


cryptocephal

(genetics) A coactivator of transcription


amidoglycan

(biochemistry) A glycan that is bonded to the amine part of a peptide


sialoglycopolymer

(biochemistry) A glycopolymer of sialic acid


GOF

GOF (countable and uncountable, plural GOFs)

gain of function
gain of function#English

(genetics) Abbreviation of gain of function.


gain of function

gain of function (countable and uncountable, plural gains of function or gains of functions)

gains of function (plural)
gains of functions (plural)
gain-of-function (alternative)

(genetics) An increase in virulence or transmissibility


perkinsozoan

(protozoology, zoology) Any parasite of the superclass Perkinsozoa


biophilous

en-adj

biophilous (comparative more biophilous, superlative most biophilous)

more biophilous (comparative)
most biophilous (superlative)

(mycology) Parasitic on leaves or stems of living plants.


nonkinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that is not a kinase


sialoligand

(biochemistry) Any ligand formed from sialic acid or a derivative


low-impact

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Carry a reusable water-bottle for a low-impact hiking experience.

(ecology) That seeks to minimize possible environmental impact.

a basso impatto

that seeks to minimize environmental impact


ORSA

Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus#Translingual

(microbiology, medicine) Initialism of oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; synonym of MRSA, now seldom used.


noncreeping

F. rubra cultivars were classified into hexaploid noncreeping, hexaploid creeping, and octoploid creeping species.

2003, Michael D. Casler, Ronny R. Duncan, Turfgrass Biology, Genetics, and Breeding, page 138:


twinspur

From twin + spur, in reference to the two (usually downward-pointing) spurs to be found on the back of the flower.

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


phytofungus

(biology) A fungus that grows on plants, typically on trees


sociobiodiversity

en-noun

sociobiodiversity (countable and uncountable, plural sociobiodiversities)

(sociology, biology) sociobiological diversity


pseudosilent

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(genetics) Apparently, but not actually, silent.


dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase

(biochemistry) An enzyme produced by the liver that contributes to the breakdown of thymine and uracil.


lumicalciferol

(biochemistry) A photoisomer produced by the excessive irradiation of ergosterol, lumisterol, or vitamin D.


(biochemistry) A zoosterol that functions in the serum as a cholesterol precursor, and is photochemically converted to vitamin D3 in the skin.


dihydroxycalciferol

(biochemistry) A metabolite of vitamin D, exerting antirachitic activity in animals


hydroxycalciferol

(biochemistry) a biologically active metabolite of vitamin D2 which is more active in curing rickets than its parent


pIg

(medicine, biology) Abbreviation of polyclonal immunoglobulin.


excisase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses an excision of a chromosome


hybridase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the degradation of RNA hybrids


carcinize

en-verb

carcinize (third-person singular simple present carcinizes, present participle carcinizing, simple past and past participle carcinized)

carcinizes (present singular third-person)
carcinizing (participle present)
carcinized (participle past)
carcinized (past)
carcinise (alternative)

Back-formation from carcinization; analyzable as Ancient Greek καρκῐ́νος (karkĭ́nos, “crab”) + -ize.

affix

partially carcinized

(evolutionary theory, zoology) Of a species, to take on a cancroid form in the course of evolution.


cytoplasmic membrane

en-noun

cytoplasmic membrane (plural cytoplasmic membranes)


bursa of Fabricius

bursa of Fabricius (plural bursae of Fabricius)

Named after Hieronymus Fabricius, who described it in 1621.

(zoology) A glandular sac opening into the cloaca of a bird, producing B cells.


head pressing

(veterinary medicine) The condition, in certain mammals, of pressing the head or face against a wall or into a corner for no apparent reason, usually a sign of neurological disorder.


cytotoxic reaction

cytotoxic reaction (plural cytotoxic reactions)

(medicine, biology) An immunological reaction in which a noncytotropic antibody combines with a specific antigen on the surface of a cell.


biomodeller

(biology) A person who constructs biomodels


precotyledonary

(biology) Prior to the formation of a cotyledon


subculturable

(biology) That may be made into a subculture


Epo

If you live or train for sports at high altitude where oxygen levels are lower, the production of Epo is stimulated and your blood contains more red cells.

2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 86:

(biochemistry) Initialism of erythropoietin.


julidan

(zoology) Any of the order Julida of millipedes.


mutual aid

From mutual + aid. Popularised by the anarcho-communist philosopher, Peter Kropotkin.

[I]n all these scenes of animal life which passed before my eyes, I saw mutual aid and mutual support carried on to an extent which made me suspect in it a feature of the greatest importance for the maintenance of life, the preservation of each species, and its further evolution.

1902, Peter Kropotkin, “Introduction”, in Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution:

(biology, sociology) The state of cooperation, as opposed to competition, as a factor in evolution and social development.

interhelpo

evolutionary or socioeconomic cooperation


quercetamide

(biochemistry) An amide obtained from quercetin in the form of an amorphous orange-yellow powder.


teaghrelin

From tea + ghrelin, due to their ability to bind to ghrelin receptors.

(biochemistry) Any of a class of acylated flavonoid tetraglycosides found in some oolong tea varieties


thyroid-stimulating hormone

anterior pituitary gland
anterior pituitary gland

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein hormone synthesized and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates activity of the thyroid gland.


ECF

extracellular fluid
extracellular fluid#English

(cytology, physiology) Initialism of extracellular fluid.


ubiquitin ligase

ubiquitin ligase (plural ubiquitin ligases)

(biochemistry) A protein that recruits an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme that has been loaded with ubiquitin, promoting protein ubiquitination and degradation.


phytoassociation

phytoassociation (usually uncountable, plural phytoassociations)


heat shock protein

heat shock protein (plural heat shock proteins)

(biochemistry) A class of proteins produced when an organism undergoes heat stress or stress, which is then used to bind to heat intolerant proteins to stabilize their structures, and initiate some of the organism's stress responses.


endocommensalism

endocommensalism (countable and uncountable, plural endocommensalisms)

(ecology) commensalism in which one organism is inside of the other. An example is a bird living in the hollow of a tree.


alpha pair

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(zoology) The dominant breeding pair in a pack of animals.


UVC

UVC provided better estimates of the rare or cryptic reef associated species.

2012, Michael Lowry, Heath Folpp, Marcus Gregson, Iain Suthers, “Comparison of baited remote underwater video (BRUV) and underwater visual census (UVC) for assessment of artificial reefs in estuaries”, in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, volume 416ndash;417, →DOI, →ISSN, retrieved 2022-12-01:

underwater visual census
underwater visual census#English

(ichthyology) Initialism of underwater visual census.


eukaryocentric

(cytology) Having a bias towards eukaryotes


C-peptide

(biochemistry) The inactive polypeptide excised from proinsulin during its conversion to insulin, containing 31 amino acid residues and secreted in equimolar amounts to insulin from beta cells.


summer queening

summer queening (plural summer queenings)

(botany, pomology) A kind of apple that originated as a chance seedling in the eastern US during the early nineteenth century.


anthropomorphological

You have a profound zeal for marvelous and fantastical FAUNA OF AN ANTHROPOMORPHOLOGICAL PERSUASION.

2009 October 20, Andrew Hussie, Homestuck, archived from the original on 2022-04-04:

(biology) Relating to anthropomorphology (human morphology).


anthropomorphologically

(biology) With regard to anthropomorphology (human morphology).


zygokrotaphy

(herpetology) The trait of having a zygokrotaphic skull.


caducibranch

(zoology) Any caducibranchiate organism.


respiratome

(biochemistry) A protein complex that regulates electron transport in respiration


megaphagosome

(biology) A very large phagosome, typically formed by the action of a virus


fundamental niche

fundamental niche (plural fundamental niches)

(biology) The full range of conditions and resources in which an organism free of interference from other species could survive and reproduce.


polyflorous

en-adj

polyflorous (comparative more polyflorous, superlative most polyflorous)

more polyflorous (comparative)
most polyflorous (superlative)


postmental

(anatomy, zoology) Posterior to the mentum.


orange ringlet

(entomology) A species of satyrine butterfly with orange wings, Hypocysta adiante, endemic to northern Australia.


Darwin ringlet

(entomology) A subspecies of the orange ringlet butterfly, Hypocysta adiante antirius, endemic to the Darwin region of northern Australia.


ALT

Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).

2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of Expression of PPARα/LPL and LDLR”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

alanine transaminase
alanine transaminase#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of alanine transaminase.


cardiofundal

From cardia ± fundus + -al = cardial ± fundal.

cardiofundal varices

In practice, most gastroenterologists use the Sarin classification with the main distinction being cardiofundal vs lesser curvature GV.

2021, Zachary Henry, Kalpesh Patel, Heather Patton, Wael Saad, “AGA Clinical Practice Update on Management of Bleeding Gastric Varices: Expert Review”, in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, volume 19, number 6, →DOI, →PMID, pages 1098–1107.e1:

A multicenter retrospective study [Romero-Castro et al 2013] evaluated 30 patients with gastric varices who were poor candidates for, refused, or had failed transjugular portosystemic intrahepatic shunts and who had cardiofundal varices fed by a single large vessel.

2017, Maple JT et al, ASGE Technology Committee, “Interventional EUS (with videos). Status evaluation report.”, in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, volume 85, number 3, →DOI, pages 465–481:

(biology, medicine) Of or pertaining to the cardia and/or fundus of the stomach; being cardial, fundal, or both.


otosteon

(zoology, anatomy, medicine) Synonym of otolith.


anticommensal

(biology) That discourages commensal activity


heptamutant

(biology) An organism that has seven mutations


cleistogam

(botany) Any plant exhibiting cleistogamy.


quadrihybrid

(biology) A hybrid whose parents differ by four pairs of contrasting Mendelian characters.


autoprocess

en-verb

autoprocess (third-person singular simple present autoprocesses, present participle autoprocessing, simple past and past participle autoprocessed)

autoprocesses (present singular third-person)
autoprocessing (participle present)
autoprocessed (participle past)
autoprocessed (past)

(biochemistry, of an enzyme) To act on the enzyme itself


suilysin

(biochemistry) A cytolysin produced by Streptococcus suis


mandelalide

en-noun

mandelalide (countable and uncountable, plural mandelalides)

(biochemistry) A marine derived macrolide, a oxygen heterocyclic compound with a large ring.


trachealess

(genetics) A gene whose mutation affects the trachea of certain insects


torpedinoid

(zoology) a member of the Torpediniformes order of electric rays.


urolite

(paleontology) a fossil or trace fossil of urine


hemadsorb

en-verb

hemadsorb (third-person singular simple present hemadsorbs, present participle hemadsorbing, simple past and past participle hemadsorbed)

hemadsorbs (present singular third-person)
hemadsorbing (participle present)
hemadsorbed (participle past)
hemadsorbed (past)

(biology) To adhere to the surface of a red blood cell


histovariability

(biology) The variability of cells or tissue


hypersuccinylate

hypersuccinylate (third-person singular simple present hypersuccinylates, present participle hypersuccinylating, simple past and past participle hypersuccinylated)

hypersuccinylates (present singular third-person)
hypersuccinylating (participle present)
hypersuccinylated (participle past)
hypersuccinylated (past)

(biochemistry) To succinylate more than is normal


mercapto protease

en-noun

mercapto protease (plural mercapto proteases)

2005, "Proceedings on Rose Breeding, Cultivation and Production in China", Y Lin, Q Liu, IV International Symposium on Rose Research and Cultivation, actahort.org
Mercapto-protease and serine protease were both found in rose petals.

The protease may be mercapto protease, preferably papain.

2017, December 8, Chenguang Biotech Group Co Ltd, "Lycopene micro-capsule powder and preparation method therefor", European Patent Office EP3721874A1

2020, "Electrochemical detection of silver ions by using sulfur quantum dots modified gold electrode", L Fu, A Wang, K Xie, J Zhu, F Chen, H Wang, et al., Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Elsevier
The principle is that silver ion can inhibit the activity of free mercapto protease and thus inhibit its biological function [[4], [5], [6]].

Considering that papain is a mercapto protease enzyme, and sulfydryl groups of papain are deemed to show a strong affinity for Au and Ag (as was the case for BSA).

2020, X LiuY ZhangS WangC LiuT WangZ Qiuet al., “Performance comparison of surface plasmon resonance biosensors based on ultrasmall noble metal nanoparticles templated using bovine serum albumin”, in Microchemical Journal, Elsevier:

2021, "Cloning, expression and characterization of metalloproteinase HypZn from Aspergillus niger", P Song, W Xu, K Wang, Y Zhang, F Wang, X Zhou, et al., PLoS one, journals.plos.org
The cysteine protease inhibitor E-64 had little effect on enzyme activity, indicating that the HypZn active site does not contain cysteine and that it is not a mercaptoprotease.

(biochemistry) A protease that contains an active sulfhydryl group.


sporosphere

(botany) The compartment of a plant containing spores


pluviophilous

(biology) That thrives in a rainy environment


interoestrus

(biology) Between successive oestrus periods


isoleukotoxin

(biochemistry) An epoxide derived from linoleic acid, systematically named 9,10-epoxy-12Z-octadecenoic acid.


aperispermic

(botany) having no albumen around the embryo of the seed


Omicron variant

omicron variant (alternative)
Omicron Variant (alternative)

(virology) The highly virulent B.1.1.529 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.


Omicron

(virology, pathology, uncountable) Ellipsis of Omicron variant.


leptocaulous

/ˌlɛptəʊˈkɔːləs/

(botany) Relating to a leptocaul; having a slender stem and many branches.

(phycology) Not exhibiting further enlargement of segments formed by secondary growth after their initial formation, so that filaments remain at the same diameter as the apical cell that generated them.


auxocaulous

From auxo- (“growth”) + Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”) + -ous.

af

(phycology) Exhibiting further enlargement of segments formed by secondary growth after their initial formation, so that filaments have a conspicuously greater diameter than the apical cell that generated them.


ultrascaffold

(genetics) A very large genetic scaffold


EPEAT

en-noun

EPEAT (countable and uncountable, plural EPEATs)

w:Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool

(ecology) Initialism of Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool.


mating bite

Differences in courtship behavior among higher taxa include use of the spurs by male pythons and boas, mating bites by some colubrids, […]

1997, Harry W. Greene, Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature, page 127:

Most of the wounds inflicted by these mating bites heal fairly quickly, but sometimes they can be quite severe.

Females bearing mating bites are seen from early May to early August, with the majority seen in May.

2017, Jose I. Castro, The Sharks of North America, page 436:

(zoology) A bite performed during copulation in certain species.


mating mark

The male crab observed in this study did not have mating marks prior to picking up the female.

1966, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, volume 23, numbers 7-2, page 1323:

Dependable indicators of female mating activity have been revealed, but mating activity of males has only been indirectly inferred through examination of so-called “mating marks”, presumably created during the premating embrace between a male and female.

2006, Justin C. Ainsworth, "An evaluation of the use of mating marks as an indicator of mating success in male Dungeness crabs", thesis submitted to Humboldt State University, page iii

Observations of female White Sharks with relatively recent mating marks are rare in CC [Central California].

2012, Michael L. Domeier, Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the White Shark, page 165:

(zoology, rare) A lasting mark or wound sustained during copulation in certain species.


Itaboraian

From Portuguese Itaboraí, specifically referring to the Itaboraí Formation (Formação Itaboraí), which is near the city of Itaboraí, Brazil.

Carodnia is known only from the Itaboraian in both Patagonia, where it was first discovered, and Brazil, where it is better represented.

2012, John J. Flynn, Reynaldo Charrier, Darin A. Croft, Andre R. Wyss, “Cenozoic Andean Faunas”, in Bruce D. Patterson, Leonora P. Costa, editors, Bones, Clones, and Biomes, University of Chicago Press, page 62:

2013, Richard A. Fariña, Sergio F. Vizcaíno, Gerry De Iuliis, Megafauna: Giant Beasts of Pleistocene South America, University of Indiana Press, page 85,
The Panriochican Subcycle includes two ages, the Itaboraian and the Riochican, summarized below.

(geology, paleontology) A geologic age, 53.0–50.0 mya and within the Ypresian (Early Eocene), whose stratotype is the Itaboraí Formation; used especially in the context of South American land mammal age (SALMA) classification.


Itaboraian

(geology, paleontology) Of, pertaining to or occurring within the Itaboraian age.


multimutation

(genetics) The presence of multiple mutations


cytorachia

(cytology) differential behaviour of a population of cells


QRNG

Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Neisseria gonorrhoeae#English

(medicine, bacteriology, pathology) Abbreviation of quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae.


angiotensin I

(biochemistry) A physiologically inactive form of angiotensin.


angiotensin II

angiotensin converting enzyme
angiotensin converting enzyme

(biochemistry) A form of angiotensin caused by the conversion of angiotensin I through removal of two C-terminal residues by the angiotensin converting enzyme.


angiotensin III

(biochemistry) A peptide that is formed by removing an amino acid from angiotensin II by aminopeptidase A.


angiotensin IV

central nervous system
central nervous system

(biochemistry) A hexapeptide that has a wide range of activities in the central nervous system.


madurose

(biochemistry) The monosaccharide derivative 3-O-methyl-D-galactose


pocilliform

From Latin pōcillum (“small cup”) + -iform.

(biology, rare) In the shape of a small cup.


yellow dwarf

yellow dwarf (plural yellow dwarfs or yellow dwarves)

yellow dwarfs (plural)
yellow dwarves (plural)

(botany) Any of several plant diseases caused by viruses, characterized by stunted growth and yellowing of the leaves.


New Guinea singing dog

New Guinea singing dog (plural New Guinea singing dogs)

New Guinea Highlands
New Guinea Highlands

(zoology) Canis lupus hallstromi, a dog of an ancient lineage found in the New Guinea Highlands on the island of New Guinea, having a distinctive melodious howl.


monkey man

April 5, 2001, the Monkey Man attacks Anil Gopal.

2003, Henry Billings, On the Edge: Teacher's Guide, page 37:

Word is, he's on his way to Singapore in search of the Bukit Timah Monkey Man.

The most famous contemporary outbreak of Delhi heat hysteria was the Monkey Man panic of April and May 2001.

2013, Elizabeth Chatterjee, Delhi: Mostly Harmless:

(cryptozoology) A cryptid that is part monkey, part human.


aulodont

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the shape of the teeth in the Aristotle's lantern of certain sea urchins


myBP

(archaeology, geology, paleontology) Initialism of million years before present.


neometaboly

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


angiotensin converting enzyme 2
angiotensin converting enzyme 2#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of human angiotensin converting enzyme 2.


FLS

FLS (countable and uncountable, plural FLSs)

The major drivers of synovial inflammation are cytokines and chemokines. Among these molecules, TNF activates fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs), which leads to the production of inflammatory mediators. Here, we show that TNF regulates the expression of the transcription factor interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF1) in human FLSs as well as in a TNF transgenic arthritis mouse model.

2019 July 8, Michael BonelliKarolina DalwigkAlexander PlatzerIsabel Olmos CalvoSilvia HayerBirgit Niederreiteret al., “IRF1 is critical for the TNF-driven interferon response in rheumatoid fibroblast-like synoviocytes”, in Experimental & Molecular Medicine, volume 51, →DOI, page 1:

fibroblast-like synoviocyte
w:fibroblast-like synoviocyte

(cytology) Initialism of fibroblast-like synoviocyte.


human immunodeficiency virus 1

human immunodeficiency virus 1 (uncountable)

(virology) A subtype of HIV, the most common and pathogenic strain of the virus, related to viruses found in chimpanzees and gorillas living in western Africa.


human immunodeficiency virus 2

human immunodeficiency virus 2 (uncountable)

(virology) A subtype of HIV, not widely recognized outside of Africa, related to viruses found in the sooty mangabey.


simian immunodeficiency virus

simian immunodeficiency virus (plural simian immunodeficiency viruses)

simian immunodeficiency viruses (plural)
SIV (alternative)

(virology) A species of retrovirus that causes persistent infections in several species of African non-human primates.


acylome

(biochemistry) All the acyl species in the biochemistry of an organism


cogrowth

(biology) cooperative growth of two or more organisms


hyperacylation

(biochemistry) Excessive acylation (typically of histones)


subexpressed

(biochemistry) expressed to a smaller extent than is normal


anemochoria

Anemochoria may be important among seed plants for the distance reached by the diaspores.

1988, M. A. Gandolfo et al., “Akania patagonica n. sp. and additional material on Akania americana Romero & Hickey (Akaniaceae), from Paleocene sediments of Patagonia”, in Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, volume 115, number 2, page 87:

Downstream transportation[…]is common to all aquatic animals which cannot maintain their position by swimming alone. The solution to this problem in freshwater is to produce a drought resistant life-stage adapted to passive (upstream) dispersal by anemochoria or zoochoria.

1994, Henri J. Dumont, “The distribution and ecology of the fresh- and brackish-water medusae of the world”, in Hydrobiologia, volume 212, page 7:

The presence of anemochoria can be considered as an indication of environmental disturbance in already established forest formations, since wind dispersion benefits these conditions.

2019, Maureen de Moraes Stefanello et al., “How Bovine Livestock Affects Seed Rain in Subtropical Climate Forest”, in Journal of Agricultural Science, volume 11, number 10, page 246:

(botany, zoology) Alternative form of anemochory.


bioglycoconjugate

(biochemistry) A biological glycoconjugate.


electroenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses an electrochemical reaction


eucephalous

(biology, of an insect) Having a normal, properly-developed head


kexin

kexin (countable and uncountable, plural kexins)

(biochemistry) A yeast serine peptidase.


Akbash

From Turkish Akbaş, a place name and surname, or from the equivalent phrase ak baş (literally “white head”), both from Ottoman Turkish آق باش (ak baş) with the same set of meanings.

(zoology) A dog of a breed native to Turkey, primarily used as livestock guardian dogs or shepherd dogs.


largeflower

(botany) Applied to various plant species that have large flowers.


Kangal Shepherd Dog

Kangal Shepherd Dog (plural Kangal Shepherd Dogs)

(zoology) A large livestock guardian dog of a breed native to Sivas in Turkey.


Zerdava

(zoology) an aboriginal laika dog breed native to the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey


fossettid

An elongate fossettid separates the entoconid and hypoconid.

1979, Ralph Nichols, Additional Early Miocene Mammals from the Lemhi Valley of Idaho, page 4:

State 1 is coded for those taxa with a substantial difference in the depth of the basins between the central fossettid and all others, such that a mid- or late wear specimen will have the central fossettid still present and clearly-defined, while the others will all be worn away.

2005, Samantha Sara Brittany Hopkins, Evolutionary History and Paleoecology of Aplodontoid Rodents, page 74:

The p1 is smaller than the canine and is little more than a peg-like structure, ovoid in occlusal view with a tiny fossettid in the middle.

2008, Eric J. Sargis, Marian Dagosto, Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology, page 149:

When compared with taxa from the Mustersan and Tinguirican, Patagonhippus canterensis n. gen. et n. sp. and P. Dukei n. gen. et n. sp. share the absence of a posterior fossettid, but have a more hypsodont dentition.

2010, Richard H. Madden, Alfredo A. Carlini, Maria Guiomar Vucetich, The Paleontology of Gran Barranca, page 149:

(paleontology, teeth) A small depression in the crown of a lower tooth.


ISIM

w:International Society for Invertebrate Morphology

(zoology) Initialism of International Society for Invertebrate Morphology.


nanobe

Blend of nano- + microbe; by surface analysis, nano- + -obe. From being nanoscale particles similar to microbes.

(geology, geochemistry, biology, biochemistry, microbiology, microscopy) A structure similar in appearance to a cell, but only nanometres in size.

Nanoscopic abiotic life, acellular life, or protolife.

A nanoscopic self-replicating structure.

Petrified nanoscopic structure, fossil or pseudofossil.


mycophilic

en-adj

mycophilic (comparative more mycophilic, superlative most mycophilic)

more mycophilic (comparative)
most mycophilic (superlative)

(mycology, of fungi) Commonly found in an interspecific relationship with another fungus.


ovoflavin

en-noun

ovoflavin (usually uncountable, plural ovoflavins)


polyphagan

(zoology) Any member of the beetle suborder Polyphaga.


light chain

(biochemistry) The small polypeptide subunit of a protein complex.


periphysate

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


cassiicolin

(biochemistry) A toxic protein produced by Corynespora cassiicola


cerliponase

(biochemistry) A peptidase that acts on tripeptides


melanoproteinase

(biochemistry) Any proteinase that acts on a melanoprotein


hypostriid

(paleontology) A vertical groove found between the protoconid and the hypoconid on the crowns of lower cheek teeth of castorids, i.e. beavers and closely grouped rodents.


hypostria

(paleontology) A vertical groove found between the protocone and the hypocone on the crowns of upper molariform teeth of glirans, i.e. rodents and lagomorphs.


Siberian crab apple

en-noun

Siberian crab apple (plural Siberian crab apples)

Malus baccata
Malus baccata#Translingual

(botany, pomology) Any of the species Malus baccata of apples, of Asia.


Siberian pea-tree

Siberian pea-tree (plural Siberian pea-trees)

Siberian pea-trees (plural)
Siberian pea tree (alternative)

(botany) A species of legume, Caragana arborescens native to Siberia, parts of China and neighboring Mongolia and Kazakhstan.


clinomegodont

en-adj

clinomegodont (comparative more clinomegodont, superlative most clinomegodont)

more clinomegodont (comparative)
most clinomegodont (superlative)

Coined by French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in 1942, from clino- + meg- + -odont.

coinage

(paleontology) Being or having teeth with an elongated procumbent (forward-leaning) crown and asymmetrical median labial lobe, especially in rodents such as zokors.


orthomegodont

en-adj

orthomegodont (comparative more orthomegodont, superlative most orthomegodont)

more orthomegodont (comparative)
most orthomegodont (superlative)

Coined by French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in 1942, from ortho- + meg- + -odont.

(paleontology) Being or having teeth with a nonelongated crown and symmetrical median labial lobe, especially in rodents such as zokors.


anterostriid

(paleontology) A vertical groove found between the metaconid and the metalophulid on the crowns of lower cheek teeth of certain rodents.


polyaxon

polyaxons (plural)
polyaxone (alternative)

(zoology) In a sponge, a spicule that has more than four centered axes.


mialome

(biology) The set of mRNA and proteins expressed in the midgut of a bloodsucking arthropod.


palinactinodromous

(botany) Having three or more primary veins originating near the base of the leaf, with additional branching above.


alboaggregin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that are platelet agonists


azatyrosine

(biochemistry) The amino acid (2S)-2-amino-3-(5-hydroxypyridin-2-yl)propanoic acid


coremioid

Miller (1969) described a new species of Pleurotus, P. cystidiosus, with a coremioid imperfect stage. He reported that black headed coremia develope ^([sic]) on the edges and faces of the lamellae in cultured fruitbodies and on wood in natural habitat.

1980, L. N. Nair, V. P. Kaul, “The Anamorphs of Pleurotus sajor — caju (Fr.) Singer and Pleurotus gemmellarii (Inzeng.) Sacc.”, in Sydowia annales mycologici:

Conidiophores in small to moderately large fascicles, mostly 5–18, divergent to dense, sometimes almost coremioid

2016, U. Braun, P. W. Crous, C. Nakashima, “Cercosporoid fungi (Mycosphaerellaceae) 5. Species on dicots (Anacardiaceae to Annonaceae)”, in IMA Fungus:

(mycology) Resembling or having coremia.


nomen correctum

(taxonomy) A name whose spelling is required or allowed to be intentionally altered under the ICZN rules of nomenclature but which does not have to be transferred from one taxon to another.


nomen protectum

en-noun

nomen protectum (plural nomina conservanda)

(taxonomy) A name that has been protected by the International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature and is valid to be used although it is known it does not comply with the requirements of the International Code for Zoological Nomenclature


Gamma variant

gamma variant (alternative)
Gamma Variant (alternative)
γ variant (alternative)
γ-variant (alternative)
Γ variant (alternative)
Γ-variant (alternative)

Variants of concern, and in particular the gamma variant, have played an important role in the recent epidemic wave in Brazil, which began in early 2021.

2021 August 20, Ranzani, Otavio T., et al., “Effectiveness of the CoronaVac vaccine in older adults during a gamma variant associated epidemic of covid-19 in Brazil: test negative case-control study”, in bmj, volume 374, →DOI:

Among 45 persons tested with variant-of-concern RT-PCR, whole-genome sequencing, or both, the Gamma variant was detected for 68.9%.

2022 January, da Silva, Juliana F., et al., “Cluster of SARS-CoV-2 Gamma Variant Infections, Parintins, Brazil, March 2021”, in Emerging infectious diseases, volume 28, →DOI, page 262:

The percentage of the unvaccinated population had a significant effect on the increase in ICU admissions and on the increase of omicron, alpha, delta, and gamma variant cases.

2022 August 19, de Fátima Cobre, Alexandre, et al., “The impact of COVID-19 vaccine rejection on hospital admission and variants spread worldwide: implications for healthcare policy”, in Research, Society and Development, →DOI, page 1:

(medicine, virology) The highly virulent P.1 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.


urticoid

en-adj

urticoid (comparative more urticoid, superlative most urticoid)

more urticoid (comparative)
most urticoid (superlative)

(mycology) (Especially of a cystidium) shaped like a stinging-nettle hair (with a long straight pointed section and a swollen base).


pachychalazal

From pachychalaza + -al or pachy- + chalazal.

(botany) Having or relating to a pachychalaza, an enlarged chalaza found in some dicots.


smutgrass

Southern United States
Southern United States

(botany) A grass, Sporobolus indicus, native to the West Indies and also common in the Southern United States.


cryptozoa

From crypto- + zoa, coined by English zoologist Arthur Dendy.

coin

(ecology) Small animals who live in darkness and under conditions of high relative humidity.


cryptosphere

The teeming multitudes are to be found hidden in the soil, or beneath the debris that covers much of the earth's surface. The latter environment, the cryptosphere, provides a series of microhabitats that link their inhabitants with the environment in which they evolved many millions of years ago.

2020 [1975], John Cloudsley-Thompson, Terrestrial Environments, Routledge, →ISBN, page 22:


lyxulose

(biochemistry) A pentose keto sugar, a derivative of lyxose


wild mint

From Middle English wyldemynt, wilde mente, equivalent to wild + mint.

(botany) Any plant of certain species of genus Mentha.

Mentha pulegium
Mentha pulegium#Translingual


coenosorus

(botany) A compound sorus consisting of multiple fused sori.


acrodendrophily

From acro- (“tip”) + dendro- (“tree”) + -phily (“liking, tendency”). Coined by Garnham et al. in 1946.

af

(zoology, usually of mosquitos) The tendency of an animal to inhabit or frequent treetops.


accelerostat

From accelero- + -stat. Coined by Estonian biochemists Paalme et al. in 1995.

coinage

(biochemistry) A continuous culture in which, after reaching a steady state as in a chemostat, dilution rate is increased smoothly at a constant rate of acceleration.


apocolpial

From apocolpium + -al; apo- + colpi + -al.

(palynology) Relating to a region bounded by colpi.


preampullary

Patients were grouped into a preampullary or postampullary group according to the obstruction in relation to the ampulla of Vater.

2010, Li-Yi Tsai, Wu-Shiun Hsieh, Chien-Yi Chen, Hung-Chieh Chou, Po-Nien Tsao, Wen-Ming Hsu, “Distinct clinical characteristics of patients with congenital duodenal obstruction in a medical center in Taiwan”, in Pediatrics and Neonatology, volume 51, number 6, →DOI, →PMID, page 343−346:

(biology, anatomy, medicine) Before an ampulla, as for example (usually, more specifically) upstream of the ampulla of Vater in the lumen of the duodenum; structures and events that are preampullary thus exist in the foregut rather than in the midgut.


postampullary

(biology, anatomy, medicine) After an ampulla, as for example (usually, more specifically) downstream of the ampulla of Vater in the lumen of the duodenum; structures and events that are postampullary thus exist in the midgut rather than in the foregut.


oligospermy

(biology) The fertilization of an oocyte by several spermatozoa.


blue marsh hawk

en-noun

blue marsh hawk (plural blue marsh hawks)

(entomology) A species of libellulid dragonfly, Orthetrum glaucum, of tropical and subtropical Asia, having a blue abdomen and thorax.


antirepeat

(genetics) that prevents the formation of repeats


sarcinopterin

(biochemistry) A derivative of methanopterin


chondromyxosarcoma

chondromyxosarcoma (plural chondromyxosarcomas or chondromyxosarcomata)

chondromyxosarcomas (plural)
chondromyxosarcomata (plural)

The only type of central sarcoma is chondromyxosarcoma, which should be easily distinguished from the giant-cell tumor and osteitis fibrosa, and the very rare bone aneurysm which can be differentiated from the hemorrhagic giant-cell tumor in the frozen section.

1927, Joseph Colt Bloodgood, “Central sarcoma of bone: is there a central fibroma or fibrosarcoma and how can it be differentiated from osteitis fibrosa?”, in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, volume 9, number 2, page 217:

(biology, medicine) A rare type of bone tumor with chondromatous, myxomatous, and sarcomatous features demonstrable on histopathology; it has been reported in various body parts.


unruffed

(zoology) Without a ruff (set of modified feathers around the neck of a bird).


ubiquit

(biology) An organism found everywhere, or everywhere in a certain range.


galeid

(zoology) A member of the former shark family Galeidae.


ochlospecies

Ochlospecies are usually geographically and ecologically widespread, occurring in several climatic and vegetation zones ('ecological and chorological transgressors' of White ).

1998, Camilla R. Huxley, Chorology, Taxonomy and Ecology of the Floras of Africa and Madagascar:

The existence of “swarms” of related species or subspecies with near-complete combinations of morphological traits (“ochlospecies”; White 1962, Cronk 1999) may indicate that the terminal phylogenetic structure of some tropical tree lineages may actually be highly reticulate.

2011, Walter Carson, Tropical Forest Community Ecology:

(taxonomy) A taxonomic species concept characterized by large amounts of variation that is not correlated with geography or ecology; usually geographically widespread and having variants that may be consistently distinguishable locally but not globally.


apodemic

From Ancient Greek ἀπόδημος (apódēmos) + -ic, from ἀπο- (apo-, “away from”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “country, people”).
Apparently, in the travel sense, coined by German-language authors in the sixteenth century.

(ecology, rare) Not endemic; found both inside a particular region and outside it (regardless of origin).


listericin

Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophila melanogaster#Translingual

(biochemistry) A listericidal protein produced by the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster; the gene responsible for its formation


pseudohaploid

(genetics) haploid, but with chromosomal translocations


carchariid

(zoology) Any member of the former sand shark family Carchariidae.


peripolesis

(biology) The process by which a cell attaches itself to another cell, thought to be a physiological mechanism involved in regulating immune response.


woodjam

Straining against the last light, I finally got it tied on and tossed it out to the top of the woodjam.

1977, Harmon Henkin, The Complete Fisherman's Catalog, page 65:

[…] to treat potential chronic and catastrophic sedimentation problems caused by forest roads, restore riparian areas and re-establish large woodjams at ecologically appropriate sites.

1993, Robert Doppelt, Mary Scurlock, Entering the Watershed, page 67:

Fishes (especially small ones) often use complex hiding cover such as roots,wood jams, or aquatic macrophytes to avoid predators.

2012, Tim Beechie, Philip Roni, Stream and Watershed Restoration:

In the anastomosing river model, stable alluvial deposits associated with woodjams can resist lateral channel erosion for hundreds of years, providing sites for tree germination.

2020, Ellen Wohl, Rivers in the Landscape, page 286:

(ecology) An accumulation of wood and debris from vegetation that slows the flow of a river or stream.


gigantostracan

(zoology) Any member of the Gigantostraca.


gorgonaceous

(zoology) Of or relating to the Gorgonacea.


phenylalanylleucine

(biochemistry) A dipeptide composed of phenylalanine and leucine


tyrosinase related protein 1
tyrosinase related protein 1#English

Acronym of tyrosinase related protein 1.

(genetics) The gene encoding for the enzyme


gynandrosporous

In Œdogonium, varies as are the conditions between monœcious, gynandrosporous, and diœcious, under which the essential elements concerned in the reproduction present themselves, there seems to be still less difference, on the whole, in form and size of the spermatozoid and the oogonium themselves, than in the other cases adverted to.

1865, William Archer, “Observations on the Genera Cylindrocystis (Meneghini), Mesotænium (Näg.), and Spirotænia (Breb.), (= Palmoghlœa, Kütz. pro maxima parte), mainly induced by a paper by Dr. J. Braxton Hicks, F. R. S., F. L. S., on the Lower Forms of Algæ”, in Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Dublin, for the Sessions 1862-63, 1863-64, 1864-65, (Inclusive.), volume IV, Dublin: […] M. H. Gill, page 268:

This variety differs from the type variety Oe. kozminskii Prescott. var. kozminskii (Prescott, 1944,1951) by its smaller size, gynandrosporous habit and by the strongly capitellate vegetative cells.

1965, Pakistan Journal of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, page 178:

The features of the oogonial opening and the possible existence of dwarf males point towards relationship with O. rothii N. Pringsheim ex Hirn, which, however, is gynandrosporous.

(botany) Having reproductive organs with both male and female functions.


dodecandrin

(biochemistry) A small protein that inhibits the action of ribosomes


toxicoid

(biology, medicine, rare, dated) Resembling a toxin but not the same.


thromboangiitis

thromboangiitis (countable and uncountable, plural thromboangiitides)

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from thrombo- + angiitis = thrombo- + angi- + -itis.

thromboangiitis obliterans
thromboangiitis obliterans#English

(biology, medicine) Angiitis with a thrombotic component to its pathophysiology; (usually, more specifically) thromboangiitis obliterans.


phosphodestruction

(biochemistry) The destruction of phosphorylated proteins, typically in cell walls


NSD

(biochemistry, genetics) Initialism of non-stop decay.


NMD

nonsense-mediated decay
nonsense-mediated decay#English

(biochemistry, genetics) Initialism of nonsense-mediated decay.


non-stop decay

(biochemistry) A cellular pathway for the rapid destruction of damaged or mutant messenger RNAs lacking a stop codon in the proper reading frame.


nonsense-mediated decay

(biochemistry) A cellular pathway for the rapid destruction of messenger RNAs with premature stop codons resulting from nonsense mutations or frameshifts.


in copula

(zoology) During copulation; in the copulative state.


ex copula

(zoology) Not during copulation; not in the copulative state.


tetratonic

PHOSPORUS/ELECTRON-MOLECULE COLLISIONS: High temperature negative ions, Electron impact study of tetratonic phosphorus vapor

1974, Nuclear Science Abstracts - Volume 30, Part 5, page 139:

This tetratonic polymer proved to be more active than any of the tritonic polymers, showing the maximal inhibition recordable under standard test conditions.

2009, G. E. W. Wolstenholme, David W. FitzSimons, Julie Whelan, Submolecular Biology and Cancer, page 179:

(biochemistry, rare) Made of four amino acids.


fasciolar

(zoology) Of or relating to the fasciole.


androphorum

When all the stamina are united into two androphora; in other words, when their filaments are united into two distinct bodies, they are said to be Diadelphous (St. diadelpha);

1831, A[chille] Richard, translated by W. Macgillivray, Elements of Botany and Vegetable Physiology, Including the Characters of the Natural Families of Plants, with Illustrative Figures, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T. Cadell, page 221:

Flower of a malvacea: a, the calyx; b, the corolla; c, the stamens united in a tubular androphorum (from the Greek aner, man, or in Botany, a stamen, and pherein to bear—a columnar expansion of the centre of the flower upon which the stamens seem to grow;) d, the stigmata.

1844, W[illiam] S. W. Ruschenberger, Elements of Botany. Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges, Philadelphia, Pa, New York, N.Y.: Turner & Fisher, page 76:

In Couroupita (Plate XXXIII. b), as in the following genera, we find a floral structure analogous in its peculiarities to that of Gustavia, but offering a different appearance, owing to a modification in the form of its singular androphorum.

1873 June 5, John Miersen, “On the Lecythidaceæ”, in The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, volume XXX, part the second, London, published 1874, page 159:

(botany) A stalk-like extension of the center of a flower from which the stamens emerge.


acetohydroxamate

acetohydroxamic acid
acetohydroxamic acid

(biochemistry, pharmacology) The conjugate base of acetohydroxamic acid, which coexists with it in solution according to pH balance and buffering systems (as with the conjugate forms of all weak acids).

(biochemistry, pharmacology) Any salt or ester of acetohydroxamic acid.


myelinoclasis

(biology, medicine, uncommon) Destruction of myelin.

demyelination

usually synonymous because most mentions of demyelination involve instances of myelinolysis


oligoxyloglucan

(biochemistry) An oligomeric form of xyloglucan


bird burst

(meteorology, ornithology) A large quantity of birds simultaneously taking off from a single location and flying outwards, producing a radar signature closely resembling that from a microburst.


bioretrosynthesis

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) biochemical retrosynthesis


antiribonuclease

antiribonuclease antibodies

(biology, medicine, of antibodies or inhibitors) Against ribonucleases; against ribonuclease bioactivity.


xeromesophyte

(biology) A mesophyte adapted to thrive in a very dry environment.


allotopia

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from allo- + -topia.

(biology, medicine, rare) Synonym of heterotopia.


sialectasis

From international scientific vocabulary, using New Latin combining forms, from sialo- + ectasis.

(biology, medicine) Cystic dilation of the ducts of the salivary glands, from any of several causes (e.g., sialolithiasis, congenital conditions).


Australian emperor

Australian emperor (plural Australian emperors)

(entomology) A species of dragonfly, Anax papuensis, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia.


formiminoglutamate

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

af

formiminoglutamic acid
formiminoglutamic acid#English

(biology, medicine) The conjugate base, or any salt or ester, of formiminoglutamic acid. Used as a biomarker for intracellular folate level in testing for vitamin B₁₂ deficiency, folate deficiency, and liver failure or liver disease.

formiminoglutamic acid

coordinate as an acid versus a base, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution


autosensitization

en-noun

autosensitization (usually uncountable, plural autosensitizations)

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms, from auto- + sensitization = auto- + sensitize + -ation.

(biology, medicine, immunology) A hypersensitivity reaction to a self-antigen (any biomolecule of one's own body, usually a particular protein thereof). Often it does not occur until somehow triggered by an exogenous immune challenge (such as an infection), but once triggered it becomes its own ongoing molecular process that is independent of that stimulus.

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary


glycodeoxycholic acid

(biology, medicine) A particular bile acid, the conjugate acid of glycodeoxycholate.

glycodeoxycholate

coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution


hirsutulous

en-adj

hirsutulous (comparative more hirsutulous, superlative most hirsutulous)

more hirsutulous (comparative)
most hirsutulous (superlative)


hypopolarization

en-noun

hypopolarization (countable and uncountable, plural hypopolarizations)

classical compound
depolarization
international scientific vocabulary

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms, from hypo- + polarization.

depolarization:

shift in intracellular electrical charge distribution

(biology, medicine) Decreased or subthreshold polarization, as:

(usually and especially) Synonym of depolarization.


splayleg

(agriculture, veterinary medicine) A disease of pigs in which the legs are splayed because of a myopathy.


lymphadenocarcinoma

lymphadenocarcinoma (plural lymphadenocarcinomas or lymphadenocarcinomata)

lymphadenocarcinomas (plural)
lymphadenocarcinomata (plural)

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms, from lymph- + adeno- + carcinoma.

Sebaceous lymphadenoma is a benign tumor that occurs rarely in the salivary glands, most commonly in the parotid glands or periparotid lymph nodes, and even more rarely undergoes malignant transformation into a sebaceous lymphadenocarcinoma.

2020 November 26, Hao FY, Wang YL, Li SM, Xue LF, “Sebaceous lymphadenocarcinoma of the parotid gland: a case report”, in World J Clin Cases, volume 8, number 22, →DOI, →PMID, pages 5751–5757:

(biology, medicine) The malignant counterpart of lymphadenoma; the result of malignant transformation of lymphadenoma.

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
lymphoma


leucocytozoan

(zoology) Any of the genus Leucocytozoon of parasitic alveolates.


hyperketoacidemia

(biology, medicine) The presence of excessive ketoacids in the blood.


threadtail

(entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Nososticta, endemic to Australasia.


sexual maturity

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

(biology, of an organism) The stage when an organism can reproduce, though this is dissimilar from adulthood.


immune privilege

(biology) The ability of certain sites of the body to tolerate the introduction of antigens without eliciting an inflammatory immune response.


benthon

The simple trophic relations in the plankton do not demand such a wide variety of adaptations as do the complex relations in the benthon where, in addition to microphagous herbivores, there are also macrophagous ones and an^([sic]) unique of detritus feeders which build up animal protoplasm on the sea floor.

1961, Challenger Society for the Promotion of the Study of Oceanography, Annual Report and Proceedings of the Challenger Society, volumes 13-20, The Society, →OCLC, page 28:

(ecology, biology) The habitat at the bottom of a body of water.


bobtail trophon

bobtail trophon (plural bobtail trophons)

(malacology) Boreotrophon truncatus, a species of rocksnail.


Steinbach's crown cactus

Steinbach's crown cactus (plural Steinbach's crown cactuses or Steinbach's crown cacti)

Steinbach's crown cactuses (plural)
Steinbach's crown cacti (plural)

(botany) Any of species Rebutia steinbachii of flowering cactuses.


CCHF

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever
w:Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever

(medicine, virology) Initialism of Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever.


psammic

From Ancient Greek ψᾰ́μμος (psắmmos, “sand”) + -ic.

af

(ecology) Of or pertaining to the psammon.


basemean

basemeans (plural)
base mean (alternative)

(genetics) The mean (average) of the dispersion of a gene


lumenogenic

(biochemistry) Relating to lumenogenesis


circumcapitular

(botany, anatomy) Surrounding a capitulum


decoralin

(biochemistry) A peptide present in the venom of the wasp Oreumenes decoratus


disjugal

(entomology) Relating to the plane or furrow separating the ancestral prosoma and opisthosoma in some mites


microspeciation

en-noun

microspeciation (countable and uncountable, plural microspeciations)

(biology) The evolution of distinct microspecies


frutescence

(botany) the quality of being frutescent


rectiradiate

(malacology, of the ribs of a cephalopod shell) Straight (not inclined forward or backward).


longicone

(malacology) A long, thin, conic shell, as of some Paleozoic cephalopods.


longiconic

(malacology) Relating to, having the form of, or composed of, longicone(s).


phragmoconic

It is entirely phragmoconic. The ribs are straight rectiradiate and branch at the ventral shoulder to give rise to two to three secondary ribs . As the venter is somewhat eroded little detail is visible there .

Occasionally triplicate ribs are also seen at the phragmoconic stage. Biplicate with intercalation can also be seen. The body chamber shows regular trifurcation. The overall ornamentation is prorsiradiate which shows appreciable[…]

2006, Dr. Surendra Prasad, Ammonite Biostragigraphy of Middle to Late Jurassic Rocks of Jaisalmer Basin, Rajasthan, India:

(malacology) Relating to, or composed of, phragmocone(s).


Higgs bison

Higgs bison (plural)
Higgs Bison (alternative)
Higgs-Bison (alternative)

Blend of Higgs boson + bison. From being elusive, not being found after a long search, akin to how the Higgs boson proved time-consuming to find. Higgs was chosen due to the similarity between boson and bison, and its characteristic mysteriousness, due to not being found.

Scientists believe the Higgs bison were offspring of steppe bison and aurochs, an extinct breed of cattle.

2016 October 19, Robby Berman, “Scientists Identify the Elusive Higgs Bison”, in Big Think, archived from the original on 2022-10-05:

But now, cave art and further DNA testing have finally unraveled the origins of Higgs Bison, which turns out to be a previously undescribed hybrid animal. The research appears in the journal Nature Communications.

2016 October 19, Jason Daley, “Cave Paintings Help Unravel the Mystery of the ‘Higgs Bison’”, in Smithsonian Magazine:

The discovery of a missing hybrid ancestor—nicknamed the Higgs-Bison after the Higgs-Boson, a particle posited by theoretical physicists before it was proven to exist—confirmed this cross-breeding had occurred.

[2023, Christopher J. Preston, Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 86:

Bison bonasus
Bison bonasus#Translingual

Bos primigenius
Bos primigenius#Translingual

(informal, paleontology, biology) The ancestor of the European bison (Bison bonasus), a species originating from the hybridization of the aurochs (Bos primigenius) and the steppe bison (Bison priscus).


lituiticone

From or related to the genus name Lituites.

An endogastric cyrtocone, the basal part sectioned showing the position of the siphuncle P.
A lituiticone. All side views, except M, have the shell oriented with the venter to the left a a earlier whorls.

1964, New Mexico. Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Memoir:

Description A nautiloid with a shell only partially coiled in a flat spiral (lituiticone) : the coiling appears in the first whorls, which may be only slightly touching, and the shell subsequently develops in a straight line[…]

1986, Paolo Arduini, Giorgio Teruzzi, Simon & Schuster's Guide to Fossils, Simon & Schuster:

[…] The shells are slender orthocones or rapidly expanding lituiticones, either weakly cyrtoconic or with the apical part spirally[…]

2020 March 10, Winston Frank Ponder, David R. Lindberg, Juliet Mary Ponder, Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca, Volume 2, CRC Press, →ISBN:

(malacology) A conch or shell which completes few whorls in the beginning, and thereafter becomes a straight cone.


lituiticonic

Conch lituiticonic, with relatively large, compressed, loosely coiled adapical spiral, and a rather rapidly expanding, somewhat compressed uncoiled segment, which has a sigmoidal ventral outline in its adapical portion.

Lituiticonic uncoiling of nautiloid conchs foreshadows much more extensive development of a similar trend among some Cretaceous ammonoids. It was formerly thought that most of the foregoing stages constituted an evolutionary series[…]

1960, William Heyden Easton, Invertebrate Paleontology:

It has a rich macrofauna with Brachiopods, Gastropods, Nautiloids (orthoceraconic, cyrthoceraconic and lituiticonic) and Trilobites. The processed sample RG 68 comes from a point located on the right bank of the Guandacol River[…]

1973, Academia Nacional de Ciencias (Córdoba, Argentina), Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias:

(malacology) Relating to, having the form of, or composed of, lituiticone(s).


nautiliconic

(malacology) Relating to, having the form of, or composed of, nautilicone(s).


torticonic

(malacology) Relating to, composed of, or having the form of a torticone; having the form of a conical corkscrew.


nautilicone

(malacology) A shell having the form of a coiled spiral (in which the whorls impress each other) like a nautilus.


torticone

(malacology) A shell (as of a snail, cephalopod, etc) having the form of a conical corkscrew, a twisted cone.


ectocochlear

These may be very elongate (longicone) or short and rather swollen (brevicone). It has been generally assumed that all fossil cephalopods with straight or curved shells were ectocochlear, i.e. that the shell was wholly external to the body.

2013 July 23, E. N. K. Clarkson, Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

Such markings would be apparent only if they were external; this is regarded as good evidence that in such taxa the conch was ectocochlear. Additional evidence is given by cells encrusted with oriented patterns of epizoans that attached[…]

2019 June 4, Ronald Singer, Encyclopedia of Paleontology, Routledge, →ISBN:

(malacology, rare) Having the shell external to the body.


tarphyceracone

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tarphyceracone.

(malacology) A shell or conch in which the whorls or volutions are in contact (but are not deeply involute).


tarphyceraconic

(malacology) Relating to, composed of, or having the form of a tarphyceracone.


ellipticonic

(malacology) Relating to, composed of, or having the form of an ellipticone.


ellipticone

(malacology) A shell which has an elliptical (oval or egg-shaped, rather than e.g. spherical) shape.


cyrtoceraconic

(malacology) Relating to, composed of, or having the form of a cyrtoceracone.


orthoceraconic

(malacology) Relating to, composed of, or having the form of an orthoceracone.


orthoceracone

(malacology) A shell which has a straight cone shape.


cyrtoceracone

From cyrto- + (from κυρτός (kurtós)) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + cone?

(malacology) A shell which has a curved cone shape.


bactriticonic

(malacology) Relating to, composed of, or having the form of a bactriticone.


bactriticone

(malacology) A shell which has a straight cone shape, like certain primitive Ammonoidea.


trizygotic

(biology) Derived from three eggs that have been separately fertilized.


xenobot

blend

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

(biology, robotics, artificial life) An artificial construct built from cells extracted from Xenopus embryos, and designed to move, consume, and build piles.


desert pea

(botany) an Australian plant in the genus Swainsona, distinctive for its blood red leaf-like flowers


semileafless

(botany) Having very few leaves; applied especially to a variety of pea plant.


zombie taxon

Referring to the fossil having been mobile, or "walking", long after the death of the original organism.

(paleontology) A taxon that falsely appears to persist until, or reappear at, a time in the fossil record later than the taxon's actual point of extinction, due to fossils of organisms belonging to the taxon having been eroded from their original strata and redeposited in the source sediments for younger strata.


juxtanodin

(biochemistry) An oligodendroglial protein that binds actin


mycosaccharide

(biochemistry) Any sugar present in fungi


xenoamicin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of acylated depsipeptides present in the pathogen Xenorhabdus.


myrtalean

(botany) Belonging to the Myrtales clade.


regulatome

(biochemistry) All the regulatory metabolic pathways of an organism


pipimorph

(zoology) Any of the frogs of the clade Pipimorpha.


anancine

(zoology) Any of the extinct genus Anancus of elephantoid proboscideans native to Afro-Eurasia.


tarantulid

(zoology) Any member of the arachnid family Tarantulidae.


disparid

(zoology) Any member of the clade Disparida of extinct marine animals.


farm cat

(zoology) A domestic cat, usually of a mixed breed, that lives primarily outdoors, in a feral or semiferal state on agricultural properties and is expected to provide pest control by hunting rodents.


palisade worm

(helminthology, zoology) A nematoid worm, Strongylus equinus, which parasitizes the blood vessels of a horse, producing aneurysms, often fatal.


miniproteinase

(biochemistry) A relatively small proteinase


metacell

(biology) A (population of) nucleic acid profiles of individual or groups of cells


de novo lipogenesis

en-noun

de novo lipogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural de novo lipogenesises)


kenotoxin

kenotoxin (countable and uncountable, plural kenotoxins)

(biochemistry, obsolete) A supposed toxin thought to be generated by exertion and to cause fatigue.


ebioscience

(biology) Any form of bioscience that uses electronics or the Internet


hypoglutamylation

(biochemistry) Less than normal glutamylation


edgotype

(genetics) A node or edge in an interactome network


ansamitocinoside

(biochemistry) Any glycoside of ansamitocin


depositivore

(biology) Any animal that feeds on marine deposits


protoalkaloid

(biochemistry) A precursor of an alkaloid, typically one that is not heterocyclic


hyperpalmitoylation

(biochemistry) Excessive palmitoylation, typically leading to astrogliosis


palmitome

(biochemistry) The collection of palmitoylated proteins of an organism


inosose

(biochemistry) A sugar present in muscle tissue


phalacrocoracine

(zoology) Relating to the Phalacrocoracidae.


craspedotal

(zoology) Of or relating to the Craspedota.


theront

From Ancient Greek θήρ (thḗr, “beast, fantastic animal”) + -ont.

der

(microbiology, ichthyology) The stage where a tomite elongates (swims away) after being released from the cyst.


tomite

(microbiology, ichthyology) The division of a tomont within a cyst.


protomont

(microbiology, ichthyology) An immature or beginning stage of a tomont.


protomite

(microbiology, ichthyology) An immature or beginning form of a tomite.


blackflap blenny

en-noun

blackflap blenny (plural blackflap blennies)

(ichthyology) Cirripectes auritus, a species of combtooth blenny found in saltwater coral reefs of the Western Pacific Ocean.


subdeletion

subdeletion (countable and uncountable, plural subdeletions)


PHC

(astronomy, ecology, geology) Abbreviation of potentially hazardous comet.


abietineous

(botany) Of or relating to the Abietineae.


acutilingual

For example, the shape of the horn can be like a comb or the moon, and the shape of the head can be acutilingual or lamellirostral.

2021, Jianwei Zhang, Stefan Wermter, Fuchun Sun, Cross-Modal Learning: Adaptivity, Prediction and Interaction, page 2101:

(zoology) Having a sharply pointed tongue or oral region.


fimbriome

(biology) All the fimbriae of an organism


perichromatic

(biology) Surrounding the chromatin of a cell nucleus


citrullinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses citrulline to produce ornithine


EHF

Ebola hemorrhagic fever
w:Ebola hemorrhagic fever

(medicine, virology) Initialism of Ebola hemorrhagic fever.


EVD

EVD (countable and uncountable, plural EVDs)

Ebola virus disease
w:Ebola virus disease

(medicine, virology) Initialism of Ebola virus disease.


salikase

(biochemistry) An enzyme capable of hydrolyzing salicin to dextrose and saligenin.


dendroclone

(zoology) A kind of regular or irregular branching spicule in certain sponges.


archichlamydeous

(botany) Of or relating to the Archichlamydeae.


dombeya

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


autodifferentiation

Spermatogenic cells appear to be incapable of autodifferentiation in an anhormonal environment.

1981, C. R. Austin, Colin Russell Austin, Robert Geoffrey, Mechanisms of Sex Differentiation in Animals and Man, page 66:

Undifferentiated gonia undergo autodifferentiation to oocytes in the absence of any hormone.

2012, Karl Maramorosch, Invertebrate Tissue Culture: Research Applications, page 67:

The undifferentiated dorsal skin of the tail bud of a 9—10 day duck embryo, cultured on a natural medium containing embryo extract, underwent autodifferentiation to produce, within 8-10 days, the typical glandular invaginations (7).

Singh et al. (2013) reported that a coating of fibronectin (attachment protein) on SF/CE membrane exhibited enhanced adhesion and autodifferentiation of stem cells.

2019, Valentina Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu, Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Biopolymer Fibers, page 360:

(biology) Automatic differentiation and specialization of cells; autonomous development.


autoskeleton

(zoology) The true skeleton of a sponge, composed of elements secreted by the sponge itself.


glossograptid

(zoology) Any member of the Glossograptidae, an extinct family of graptolites.


heptadecaglycoside

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) A glycoside containing seventeen sugar moieties


epicotylar

The basipetally differentiating epicotylar vasculature and the root-hypocotyl-cotyledon vasculature are ontogenetically separate and establish connection just below the cotyledons.

1984, Journal of Plant Anatomy and Morphology, volumes 1-2, page 77:

Shoots regenerated from epicotylar end were selected on kanamycin (50 mg/L) and the shoots derived from the axillary bud primordia of cotyledonary node failed to survive on kanamycin.

2013, Pawan K. Jaiwal, Rana P. Singh, Applied Genetics of Leguminosae Biotechnology, page 78:


ammonialyase

ammonialyases (plural)
ammonia-lyase (alternative)

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that converts an amine into ammonia


concolonial

(biology) Between members of the same colony.


merisis

merisis (countable and uncountable, plural merises)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μερίς (merís, “part”) + -sis (forming nouns of action or progress)

af

(biology) Any form of growth; specifically, growth by increase in number of cells.


cellless

Salt tolerance, salt accumulation, and ionic homeostasis in an epidermal bladder-cellless mutant of the common ice plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. Journal of Experimental Botany 58, 1957. Albert, R. (1975).

2011 May 10, Plant Responses to Drought and Salinity stress: Developments in a Post-Genomic Era, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 187:

However, the fluxes of potassium (k+) and chlorine (Cl-) cause a hyperpolarization making the cellless excitable. The opening of these channels is either voltage-dependent or linked to a neurotransmitter (Safini, Bouskraoui, Pédiatrie,[…]

2019 February 22, Kholoud Kahime, Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Omar El Hiba, Denis Sereno, Lahouari Bounoua, Handbook of Research on Global Environmental Changes and Human Health, IGI Global, →ISBN, page 326:

Germ cellless encodes a cell type-specific nuclear pore-associated protein and functions early in the germ-cell specification pathway of Drosophila. Genes Dev. 8, 2123–2136. Kasahara, K., Chida, K., Tsunenaga, M., Kohno, Y., Ikuta, T.,[…]

2003, Kwang W. Jeon, International Review of Cytology: A Survey of Cell Biology, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 53:


pairing time

(zoology) A time when birds or other animals bond or mate.


immunotactoid

immunotactoids seen on histopathology

Because immunotactoids may be composed of either immune complexes or monoclonal proteins, which are capable of forming tactoids or microtubules, the variability in the size and the orientation of the tactoids from one patient to another may be a result of concentration or biochemical composition of the protein similar to that described in cryoglobulinemia.

2006, Korbet SM, Schwartz MM, Lewis EJ, “Immunotactoid glomerulopathy (fibrillary glomerulonephritis)”, in Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, volume 1, number 6, →DOI, →PMID, pages 1351–1356:

(biology, medicine) A tactoid of immune origin and formation, composed of immune complexes, monoclonal proteins, or both; such microscopic structures (described variously as microtubules, tubules, fibrils, or crystals) can interfere with glomerular function in the kidneys.


tateril

Learned borrowing from translingual Taterillus.

lbor

(zoology) Gerbil of the genus Taterillus.


erebosis

(biology) A form of cell death found in the fruit fly gut that is part of homeostasis


phosphofructomutase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of isomers of fructose phosphates


heterodromy

(botany) The property of being heterodromous.


pteraspidomorph

(zoology) Any member of the Pteraspidomorphi, an extinct class of early jawless fish.


ringleist

(microbiology) A ridge on the frustule of Aulacoseiraceae species.


preprothyrotropin

thyrotropin-releasing hormone
thyrotropin-releasing hormone

(endrocrinology, biochemistry) A large precursor protein of thyrotropin-releasing hormone, derived by posttranscriptional processing and enzymatic modification.


thyrotropin-releasing hormone

thyroid-stimulating hormone
thyroid-stimulating hormone

(biochemistry) A hypophysiotropic hormone produced by neurons in the hypothalamus that stimulates the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and prolactin from the anterior pituitary.


preproorexin

(endocrinology, biochemistry) A precursor of orexin, selectively expressed in the lateral hypothalamic area.


prepro-

From biology circa the 1960s and 1970s, as part of the development of the science of posttranslational modification; by surface analysis, pre- + pro-.

(biology) Denoting a precursor (molecule).


August plum

(botany) A wild plum tree of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh (Prunus americana).


flehmen response

en-noun

flehmen response (plural flehmen responses)

(zoology) A behavior in which an animal curls back its upper lip exposing its front teeth, inhales with the nostrils usually closed, and then often holds this position for several seconds.


photokinase

(biochemistry) A kinase involved with photokinesis


onygenalean

During the last two decades, many onygenalean pathogens were discovered […]

2020, Chaturvedi, V., de Hoog, G.S., “Onygenalean Fungi as Major Human and Animal Pathogens”, in Mycopathologia, volume 185, →DOI, page 1:

(mycology) Of or pertaining to the fungal order Onygenales.


blastomycete

(mycology) A fungus of the genus Blastomyces.

Thus granulomata may be due to an infection by schizomycetes or fission-fungi, by hyphomycetes or mould-fungi, and by blastomycetes or yeast-fungi.

1898, Alexander GR Foulerton, “On the Pathology of some Specific Grainulomata in Horses and Cattle”, in Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics, volume 11, pages 103–114:


metaeffector

(biochemistry) An effector (protein) of an effector


hemicomplementation

(genetics) Partial genetic complementation


hemicomplemented

(genetics) Modified by hemicomplementation


stephanoceratoid

(paleontology) A member of the Stephanoceratoidea superfamily of cephalopods


antilipoid

[…] its peculiar behavior toward the lipoids suggests strongly that it is a product of the toxic action of the causal parasite upon the lipoids of the body-cells and is in the nature of an antilipoid.

1915, John Albert Kolmer, A Practical Text-book of Infection, Immunity, and Specific Therapy, page 247:

Lipoids, which are autogenous in the circulation, when injected with hog serum, produce formation of antilipoids in the rabbit.

1928, U.S. Public Health Service, Venereal Disease Information, page 49:

(biochemistry) A substance that destroys or degrades lipoids.


bioexpression

(genetics) biological expression of a gene


phosphonatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses phosphonates


spurge olive

(botany) Synonym of spurge-laurel (Thymelaea passerina).


sarcosinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyses sarcosine moieties from proteins


isoantagonism

(biology, rare) Antagonism between same species in a shared environment.


isoantagonistic

(biology, rare) Relating to, or exhibiting, isoantagonism.


β-amino acid

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of beta-amino acid.


phosphoglycosyltransferase

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


phosphoglycosyl

(biochemistry) A glycosyl group attached to a phospholipid


thymonucleate

(biochemistry) Any salt of a nucleic acid.


toxifilin

(biochemistry) An actin present in chromists of the genus Toxoplasma


autocolonial

This may be because the formation of autocolonies within the mother cell wall is a considerable advance over the condition of free-lying spherical cells, and because along with the development of this autocolonial habit there has gone almost necessarily an axial differentiation of the individual cells.

1914, Gilbert Morgan Smith, The Organization of the Colony in Certain Four-celled Coenobic Algae, page 1175:

Single-chambered globular forms with attachment scars, in the Late Ordovician Maysville Group of Kentucky, are most likely referrable to Sorosphaera tricella Moreman, 1930 inasmuch as such specimens occur with autocolonial specimens of S. tricella.

1981, James Elvin Conkin, Barbara M. Conkin, Early Mississippian (Kinderhookian) Smaller Foraminifera from the McCraney Limestone of Missouri and Illinois, page 12:


AAX

Isoprenylation is followed by cleavage of the AAX amino acid residues and, in some cases, by additional proteolytic cuts.

2013, Edward E Pryor Jr, Peter S Horanyi, Kathleen M Clark, Nadia Fedoriw, Sara M Connelly, Mary Koszelak-Rosenblum, Guangyu Zhu, Michael G Malkowski, Michael C Wiener, Mark E Dumont, “Structure of the integral membrane protein CAAX protease Ste24p”, in Holden Thorp, editor, Science, volume 339, number 6127, American Association for the Advancement of Science, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 1600–1604:

(biology) An amino acid that includes a side chain X.


AAY

(botany) Initialism of American aster yellows.


archiestrogen

(biochemistry) A naturally occurring estrogen mimic.


leccinoid

(mycology) referring to a group of fungi that includes Leccinellum, Leccinum, Spongiforma, and Retiboletus griseus.


XopR

(bacteriology, biochemistry) A toxic protein secreted by Xanthomonas that damages plants


XopN

(bacteriology, biochemistry) A toxic protein secreted by Xanthomonas that damages plants by damaging their immune response


badione A

Named after translingual Xerocomus badius + -one.

(mycology) A ketone pigment produced by Xerocomus badius with SMILES C1=CC(=CC=C1/C(=C\2/C(=C(C(=O)O2)C3=CC4=C5C(=C3)C(=O)C(=O)OC5=C(C=C4C6=C(/C(=C(/C7=CC=C(C=C7)O)\C(=O)O)/OC6=O)O)O)O)/C(=O)O)O


graphoglyptid

(paleontology) A trace fossil in the form of a horizontal wriggly burrow found in deep water.


enteronephry

(anatomy, zoology) Of certain invertebrates, the opening of nephridial ducts directly into the digestive tract.


lophate

(biology) Having a surface morphology of ridges surrounding depressions. Applied to seeds, pollen, spores, teeth.


stannomid

(biology) A member of the Stannomida order.


psamminid

(biology) A member of the order Psamminida.


stercome

stercome (plural stercomes or stercomata)

Derived from the German Sterkom coined by Fritz Schaudinn in 1899 in "Untersuchungen über den Generationswechsel von Trichosphaerium sieboldii Schn". Abhandlungen der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1898: 44https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96964#page/462/mode/1up. Corresponds to Latin stercus (“dung”) + -ome.

(biology) An extracellular pellet of waste material produced by some groups of foraminiferans.


stercomare

(biology) A mass of stercomata in an organic tube


rachi-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from New Latin rachis, from Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “spine, ridge”).


calyctomine

(biochemistry) An alkaloid found in shikakai (Acacia concinna), (1-hydroxymethyl-6,7-dimethoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline).


acetylcholinic

(biochemistry) Of or relating to acetylcholine.


eopterosaur

(paleontology) A member of the Eopterosauria clade.


flavadine

https://books.google.com/books?id=mynNBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1348&lpg=PA1348 Dictionary of Alkaloids with CD-ROM edited by John Buckingham, Keith H. Baggaley, Andrew D. Roberts, Laszlo F. Szabo page 1348

(biochemistry) An alkaloid derived from Aconitum flavum, 12-acetyl-N-oxide-napelline.


neoline

(biochemistry) A diterpene alkaloid from Aconitum plants, 20-ethyl-6α,16β-dimethoxy-4-(methoxymethyl)aconitane-1α,8,14α-triol.


aconitane

(biochemistry) A diterpene alkaloid fundamental parent, (1R,2R,3R,5R,8S,9R,13R,17R)-11-azahexacyclo[7.7.2.1^(2,5).0^(1,10).0^(3,8).0^(13,17)]nonadecane.


prezizane

(biochemistry) A tricyclic terpene found in agarwood.


daphniphylline

(biochemistry) A terpene alkaloid, (3β,7R,8α,22S-23-[(1R,4R,5S)-1,4-dimethyl-2,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-4-yl]-23-oxodaphnan-22-yl acetate


ECV

en-noun

ECV (countable and uncountable, plural ECVs)

extracellular volume
extracellular volume#English

(biology) Initialism of extracellular volume, the volume of fluid, etc., in an organism that is outside the organism's cells.


zygaenoid

Many zygaenoids are chemically defended as larvae (e.g., Dalceridae, Megalopygidae, and Limacodidae), […]

2017, Robert G. Foottit, Peter H. Adler, Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society, volume 1, page 482:

(zoology) A member of the superfamily Zygaenoidea.


decap

en-verb

decap (third-person singular simple present decaps, present participle decapping, simple past and past participle decapped)

decaps (present singular third-person)
decapping (participle present)
decapped (participle past)
decapped (past)

(biology) To enzymatically remove a cap from mRNA.


rNMP

The units of RNA, termed ribonucleoside monophosphates (rNMPs), have been recently found as the most abundant defects present in DNA.

2014, Hsiang-Chih Chiu et al., “RNA intrusions change DNA elastic properties and structure”, in Nanoscale, volume 6, number 17, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of ribonucleoside monophosphate.


glycophagy

(biology, biochemistry) feeding on, or metabolism of sugars, especially glucose


tetrapentapeptide

(biochemistry) An oligopeptide formed from forty-five amino acid units


radiodont

(paleontology) A member of the Radiodonta order of Cambrian arthropods


polySia

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of polysialic acid.


kleptopredator

(biology, ecology) An animal that engages in kleptopredation.


monoreassortant

(genetics) reassortant in a single manner


mud duck

mud ducks (plural)
mudduck (alternative)

Spatula clypeata
Spatula clypeata#Translingual

(zoology) The northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata).


BCAR

(genetics, oncology) Acronym of breast cancer anti-estrogen resistance gene.


Bernese mountain dog

en-noun

Bernese mountain dog (plural Bernese mountain dogs)

(zoology) A large dog breed, one of the four breeds of the Sennenhund-type dogs from the Swiss Alps.


Sennenhund

(cynology, zoology) Farm dogs of the general livestock guardian type, consisting of four breeds, all sporting a unique tricolor coat.


secondary predation

(biology, ecology) A form of predation when one predator feeds on a second predator, which has in turn already consumed a target prey.


indirect predation

(biology, ecology) A nonconsumptive suppression of prey by a predator.


biochore

From bio- +Ancient Greek χώρα (khṓra, “country”).


megaraptor

(paleontology) A member of the genus Megaraptor of large theropod dinosaurs that lived in the Turonian to Coniacian ages of the Late Cretaceous.


phosphatidylthreonine

(biochemistry) The phospholipid phosphatidyl threonine that regulates calcium homeostasis


saprobity

saprobity (countable and uncountable, plural saprobities)

(ecology) A measure of the amount of decaying organic material in an environment such as a river.


mesocline

The xeroclines receive stronger light for longer periods than do the mesoclines, while the mean temperatures of air and of soil are higher by 5-10 degrees Fahr., […]

1931, John Frederick Vicars Phillips, Forest-succession and Ecology in the Knysna Region, page 132:


bleeding-heart monkey

bleeding-heart monkey (plural bleeding-heart monkeys)

From bleeding-heart + monkey, so named for the bright red patches of skin on the breast.

(zoology) Synonym of gelada (Theropithecus gelada, Theropithecus pavian)


amphitriploid

(genetics) Having a triploid set of chromosomes from each of its parents


Indomalayan realm

(ecology, biogeography) One of the eight biogeographic realms, extending across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.


biotransferase

(biochemistry) Any naturally-occurring transferase


nonconsorting

In contrast, subjects responded much more weakly when they heard a nonconsorting male's grunts and the female's copulation call played from different speakers.

2008, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind, page 105:


hepatoflavin

(biochemistry, rare) A derivative of vitamin B which prevents skin lesions and weight loss.


hepatitis delta virus

hepatitis delta virus (plural hepatitis delta viruses)

hepatitis delta viruses (plural)
HDV (alternative)
hepatitis D virus (alternative)

(virology) One of the five known hepatitis viruses, the cause of hepatitis D.


Taeniopteryx nebulosa

(entomology) A stonefly of the springtime, mainly found on slow-flowing lowland streams.


PEMT

PEMT (countable and uncountable, plural PEMTs)

(biochemistry) Initialism of phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase.


mitoregulin

(biochemistry) A microprotein that supports mitochondrial supercomplexes


myoregulin

(biochemistry) A micropeptide that regulates muscle performance


elaeagnus

(botany) Any plant of the genus Elaeagnus.


UPD

(genetics) Initialism of uniparental disomy.


euopisthobranch

Clipping of translingual Euopisthobranchia

clipping

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

(malacology) Any gastropod in the clade Euopisthobranchia


myokinome

(biochemistry) All the myokines present in an organism


de-extinct

en-verb

de-extinct (third-person singular simple present de-extincts, present participle de-extincting, simple past and past participle de-extincted)

de-extincts (present singular third-person)
de-extincting (participle present)
de-extincted (participle past)
de-extincted (past)

In 2012, Australian researchers briefly de-extincted an amphibian they dubbed ‘the Lazarus frog’ (Rheobatrachus silus), an unusual creature with one hell of a party trick (to find out what it was, you’ll have to read Chapter 5).

2016, Helen Pilcher, Bring Back the King: the new science of de-extinction, Bloomsbury Sigma, →ISBN, page 16:

From a technical perspective, de-extincting a Neanderthal would be the easiest task of all, for human reproduction is extremely well understood, and the Neanderthal genome is known.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 308:

Revive & Restore, a branch of the Long Now Foundation, is currently attempting to de-extinct the passenger pigeon in a project called The Great Comeback.

2020, “Life Finds A Way”, in Jonathan Elmore, editor, Fiction and the Sixth Mass Extinction, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN:

A species of wolf that died out some 12,500 years ago lives again as the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal,” according to Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences.

2025 April 7, Katie Hunt, “Scientists say they have resurrected the dire wolf”, in CNN:

(biology, neologism, transitive) To return an extinct species back into the world.


crow-line

(ornithology) The straight and direct path of a crow's flight.


xiphiiform

The sword and the spear are formed of the greatly produced premaxillary bones and constitute the most marked character of the xiphiiform fishes.

1940, Eugene Willis Gudger, The Alleged Pugnacity of the Swordfish and the Spearfishes as Shown by Their Attacks on Vessels, page 219:

Scientific investigation on xiphiiform fishes from Formosa

1955, Joel Asaph Allen, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, page 356:


Monro-Kellie hypothesis

Named after Scottish physicians Alexander Monro Secundus (1733–1817) and George Kellie (1770–1829), who developed the hypothesis.

(biology) A hypothesis according to which the volumes of brain, cerebrospinal fluid and intracerebral blood add up to a constant sum, so that any change in one is reflected in the others.


polymaltose

(biochemistry) Any polymeric carbohydrate composed of many maltose units


glucosamidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyses glucosamide


stylelike

en-adj

stylelike (comparative more stylelike, superlative most stylelike)

more stylelike (comparative)
most stylelike (superlative)

(botany) Resembling or characteristic of a style.


zygotoid

(biology) The product of the union of gametoids, analogous to a zygote.


quincubital

(ornithology) Having a fifth cubital remex.


aquincubital

(ornithology) Lacking a fifth cubital remex.


alpha-tocopherol

(biochemistry) The predominant form of vitamin E.


dendroolithid

(paleontology) A member of the family Dendroolithidae.


falcatid

(paleontology) A member of the Falcatidae family.


paraortygid

(paleontology) A bird from the extinct Paraortygidae family.


marRAB

Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli#Translingual

(bacteriology) multiple antibiotic resistance operon of Escherichia coli.


fbiC

(biochemistry, bacteriology) A gene found in Mycobacterium bovis that codes an enzyme involved in the production of coenzyme F₄₂₀-5.


pyroglutamase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis of pyroglutamic acid.


hpaB

Abbreviation of hydroxyphenylacetate + B

(biochemistry, bacteriology) A gene encoding the 4-hydroxyphenylacetate 3-monooxygenase enzyme in Escherichia coli.


cathartiform

(paleontology) A bird in the order Cathartiformes, which contains the New World vultures in the family Cathartidae and their extinct relatives in the family Teratornithidae (though many taxonomists classify them in the order Accipitriformes instead).


octopodoid

(zoology) A member of the cephalopod superfamily Octopodoidea.


scaphitid

(paleontology) An ammonite from the Scaphitidae taxonomic family.


strophomenoid

(paleontology) A brachiopod in the superfamily Strophomenoidea.


myrmeleontoid

(entomology) A lacewing in the superfamily Myrmeleontoidea.


euomphaloceratine

(paleontology) An ammonite in the acanthoceratid subfamily Euomphaloceratinae.


paleomalacology

(paleontology) paleontology of mollusks (fossil shells).


buchanosteoid

(paleontology) A fossil fish of the superfamily Buchanosteoidea.


callorhynchid

(paleontology, ichthyology) A fish in the family Callorhynchidae, now considered a synonym of the Callorhinchidae.


cloudinid

(paleontology) Any extinct animal in the family Cloudinidae.


mauritianin

(biochemistry) A natural product: kaempferol 3-O-(2,6-di-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-beta-D-galactopyranoside


aistopod

(paleontology) A snake-like amphibian from the order Aistopoda.


argiotoxin

(biochemistry) One of several polyamine toxins isolated from the orbweaver spider.


argiopine

(biochemistry) An argiotoxin with IUPAC name (2S)-N-[5-[3-[3-(2S)-2-[[amino-5-(diaminomethylideneamino)pentanoyl]amino]propylamino]propylamino]pentyl]-2-2-(2,4-[[dihydroxyphenyl)acetyl]amino]butanediamide


land slug

land slugs (plural)
land-slug (alternative)


water snail

water snails (plural)
water-snail (alternative)

From water + snail. Compare land snail, sea snail, etc.

(zoology) An aquatic (usually freshwater) snail.

especially, a pond snail (Lymnaeidae spp.)


corydaldine

(biochemistry) A bicyclic isoquinoline ketone alkaloid with IUPAC name 6,7-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-isoquinolin-1-one


mustakone

Derived from the Hindi word मोथा (mustaka) for Cyperus rotundus. Named by V.H. Kapadia, B.A. Nagasampagi, V.G. Naik, Sukh Dev in 1965.

(biochemistry) A tricyclic sesquiterpenoid with IUPAC name 1,5-dimethyl-8-propan-2-yltricyclo[4.4.0.0^(2,7)]dec-4-en-3-one


acciptrid

(zoology) Any bird from the Accipitridae family


esteratic

esteratic (comparative more esteratic, superlative most esteratic)

more esteratic (comparative)
most esteratic (superlative)

The acetyl group of acetylcholine can bind to the esteratic site of cholinesterase.

(biochemistry) Of or pertaining to esters.


Henry's pocket

If you examine a dog's ear very gently, you will find a little fold of skin ... known as Henry's pocket

1971, Olive Royston, Living Creatures of an English Home, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN, page 64:

[M]ites can be seen ... in Henry's pocket of the ear (especially in cats)

1991, D. I. Grant, Skin Diseases in the Dog and Cat, 2nd edition, Oxford: Blackwell, →ISBN, page 44:

The small folds of skin found inside cats' ears are called 'Henry's pockets'

2021 March 26, “Feline Friday Adoptable 'Cool Cats'”, in Greenville Daily Advocate, Greenville, OH, page 2:

(anatomy, zoology) The cutaneous marginal pouch in the ear of an animal, especially a cat or dog.


gregatin

(biochemistry) A kind of fungal metabolite containing a 2-methylfuran-3-one with three other side chains, including a hexene or hexadiene at ring position 2 and an acyl at position 4.


βETE

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of β-exotoxin I exporter.


nyctitheriid

(paleontology) Any member of the family †Nyctitheriidae of extinct mammals.


myoglossatan

myoglossatan (comparative more myoglossatan, superlative most myoglossatan)

more myoglossatan (comparative)
most myoglossatan (superlative)

suf

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

Based on molecular data, Kristensen et al. (2015) contradicted the myoglossatan monophyly, in favour of the clade Acanthopteroctetidae + ...

2022 June 27, Weiting Zhang, Chungkun Shih, Michael S. Engel, Dong Ren, Cretaceous lophocoronids with short proboscis and retractable female genitalia provide the earliest evidence for their feeding and oviposition habits:

Other putative myoglossatan au- tapomorphies include the somewhat enlarged median mesonotal wing process, as well as the upwards bend of acrotergite I and ...

1998, Teilband/Part 35 Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the clade Myoglossata, including butterflies and moths.


philinoid

(malacology) Any member of the superfamily Philinoidea of sea slugs.


anisogamety

(biology) A difference in the size or structure of conjugating gametes.


daily torpor

(biology, zoology) A type of heterothermy which lasts less than 24 hours and is accompanied by continued foraging.


tachymetabolism

(biology, zoology) A fast metabolism at rest.


root system

(botany) The structure comprising the roots of a plant.


osmophily

Pelhate (1968) considered osmophily as being an aspect of xerophily; the ability of a fungus to support high osmotic pressures induced by higher concentrations of NaCl, sucrose or polyethylene glycol would allow a rapid and faithful evaluation of its xerophily.

1974, R.A. Samson, J. Mouchacca, “Some interesting species of Emericella and Aspergillus from Egyptian desert soil.”, in Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, volume 40, number 1, →DOI, page 130:

(microbiology) The quality of growing well under high osmotic pressure.


scleromorphy

(botany) Quality of being scleromorphic.


astrapotherian

(paleontology) Any member of the order †Astrapotheria of extinct mammals.


physonome

(entomology) A blister-shaped area of damage on a leaf caused by a leaf miner.


aarF

(genetics) A gene that is required to make coenzyme Q.


coenzyme Q

(biochemistry) A coenzyme used in bacteria and animals containing 5,6-dimethoxy-3-methylcyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione with an isoprene side chain.


actophorin

(biochemistry) A protein that cuts actin filaments into monomers, found in Acanthamoeba.


coenzyme Q10

(biochemistry) The coenzyme Q found in humans with 10 isoprene units on the side chain.


GGT

(biochemistry) Initialism of gamma-glutamyltransferase.


luxoid

Named by Green in 1955 (probably inspired by luxate meaning dislocated + -oid)

(genetics) A gene which when mutated in mice produces skeletal abnormalities.