| acaroid | Relating to or characteristic of acarines; = acarine adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| acaudate | Tailless, acaudal; spec. = anuran adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| acetabuliferous | Bearing cup-shaped structures or acetabula; spec. bearing suckers; (of a… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| acrite | Designating primitive invertebrates belonging to the group Acrita (see Acrita n.);… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| adducted | Drawn towards the median plane or midline; drawn together. Contrasted with abducted adj. 2. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| advehent | Carrying towards, afferent; spec. designating the veins leading to the kidney in a renal portal system. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| air breather | An animal that breathes air. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| akeratophorous | Of a ruminant mammal: not bearing horns. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| amblyopic | Of or pertaining to amblyopia; of impaired vision. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| ambulacral | Of or pertaining to the ambulacra of Echinoderms; avenue-like. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| amphiarthrodial | Characterized by amphiarthrosis. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| amphiarthrosis | A form of jointing partaking of the characters both of diarthrosis and synarthrosis, the… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| ampullary | Of the form or character of an ampulla. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| anaemic | Bloodless; ill-supplied with blood, or having blood of poor quality. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| ancyroid | Anchor-shaped; applied to a process of the shoulder-bone, also called the coracoid, and… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| androgyny | Union of sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| anencephalous | Brainless; wanting, or bereft of, the brain. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| anenterous | Destitute of an intestine; belonging to the Anentera. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| anormality | = abnormality n. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| anorthopia | Obliquity of vision, squinting. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| anteflexion | A bending forward; spec. of the uterus. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| antennary | Of, relating to, or of the nature of antennæ. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| ante-orbital | Situated in front of the eyes. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| anthoid | Resembling a flower, flower-like. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| anthozoic | Of or pertaining to the Anthozoa. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| anthropotomist | One who studies human anatomy. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| antibrachial | Of or pertaining to the forearm. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| antiperistalsis | Antiperistaltic action. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| apathic | Without sensation. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| apicial | Incorrectly formed variant of apical adj. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| aplastic | Characterized by, or tending to, irregularity or absence of organic structure (technically called aplasia n.). | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| apolar | Having no ‘poles’ or fibrous processes; sometimes applied to those nerve cells which… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| aptotic | Uninflected. Applied to languages which have no grammatical inflections. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| aquiferous | Conveying or yielding water. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| arborescently | In arborescent manner; like a tree or its ramification. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| aryteno- | comb. form of arytenoid adj. n. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| asphyxiate | To affect with asphyxia, to suffocate. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| asphyxiated | Affected with asphyxia, suffocated. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| astigmatic | Pertaining to or characterized by astigmatism. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| atlanto- | comb. form of Atlas n. (in the physiological sense), as in atlanto-axial, etc. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| attritional | Characterized by attrition. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| auriculo- | as in auriculo-temporal, auriculo-ventricular, etc. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| bacilliform | Rod-shaped. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| bacterium | Any of several types of microscopic or ultramicroscopic single-celled organisms… | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| balanid | A member of the Balanidæ or Acorn-shells. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| barbule | One of the series of pointed, and sometimes serrated or hooked, processes, fringing the barbs… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| basial | = basal adj. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| basidiospore | A spore borne at the extremity of a basidium. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| bibasic | Having two bases. bibasic acid n. one which contains two atoms of displaceable hydrogen (e.g.… | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| bilaminate | Having or consisting of two thin plates. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| bilin | A gummy pale yellow mass, formerly considered to be the principal constituent of the bile. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| bilobular | Having, or divided into, two lobules or small lobes. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| biotical | = biotic adj. 2. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| bladelet | A small blade. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| blastema | Biol. The primary formative material of plants and animals; protoplasm. Now applied spec.… | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| blastemal | Of or pertaining to blastema. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| blastoderm | The germinal skin or membrane surrounding the yolk in the impregnated living ovum… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| blenno- | < Greek βλέννο-ς, βλέννα, mucus, in which sense it is extensively used in combination in Pathol.… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| bosset | A small protuberance or knob. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| bourrelet | A ridge-like excrescence. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| brachial | = brachial artery, vein, etc.: see brachial adj. 1. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| brachigerous | = brachiferous adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| brachio-cephalic | Pertaining to both arm and head: applied chiefly to the blood vessels common to the arms and head. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| brachycephalic | lit. Short-headed: used in Ethnol. to denote skulls of which the breadth is at least… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| branchio- | belonging to the gills and heart. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| bronchitic | Of or pertaining to bronchitis; affected with bronchitis. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| bulbiform | Bulb-shaped. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| bulbo- | | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| bursiform | Purse-shaped. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| byssiferous | Furnished (as a shell-fish) with a byssus (sense 3). | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| cacoplastic | Of morbid deposits: Imperfectly organized, of imperfect structure. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| cadaveric | Of or pertaining to dead bodies; characteristic of a corpse. (More technical than cadaverous.) | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| caducibranchiate | Of Amphibians: Losing their gills before reaching maturity (like the frog). Also as n. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| calcaneal | Of or belonging to the heel-bone. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| calcification | Conversion into lime; replacement of other matter by lime; the hardening of a… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| calcigerous | Holding or containing lime. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| caliciform | In the form of a cup; cup-shaped. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| calorification | The production of heat, esp. in living animal bodies. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| canalicule | = canaliculus n. 2. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| cancellous | Having an open porous structure as of network, made up of fine interlacing fibres and plates, as in cancellous tissue. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| caproic | caproic acid: a peculiar acid found along with the capric and butyric acids in… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| capronic | An early variant of caproic adj. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| carapace | The upper body-shell of tortoises, and of crustaceans. Extended to the hard case… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| carapax | = carapace n. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| carnassial | ‘Relating to flesh eating’ (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon); used of certain teeth… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| carotidean | = carotidal adj. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| carpo- | ‘relating to the carpus and metacarpus’. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| carpo- | fruit-eating. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| cartilaginoid | Of the form or nature of cartilage. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| caseiform | Having the form of cheese. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| caudiform | Tail-shaped, resembling a tail. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| cellulate | trans. To supply with cells; to make cellular; to divide into cells. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| cemental | Relating to the cement of the teeth. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| cerato- | epithet of one of the main portions of permanent branchial cartilage in fishes and… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| cerebro- | relating to the brain and thorax. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| cerebrot | ‘Brain-fat’: ‘a substance containing sulphur and phosphorus, which Couerbe obtained by… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| cervico- | Assumed combining form of Latin cervix, -īcis neck, as in cervico-dorsal adj.; cerˌvico-ˈbrachial… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| cestoid | Ribbon-like: a term applied to certain intestinal worms, as the tape-worm. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| cetacean | An animal belonging to the Cetacea (to which word this supplies a singular). | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| chaetopod | Belonging to the order Chætopoda of Annelids, marine worms, with bristle-bearing feet. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| chalaziferous | Bearing the chalaza or chalazæ: chalaziferous membrane, ‘the layer of albumen round the yolk… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| chitin | The organic substance which forms the elytra and integuments of insects and the carapaces of crustacea. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| chlamydophore | A genus of edentate mammals consisting of a single South American species, a… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| choanoid | Funnel-shaped; applied to one of the muscles of the eye in many vertebrata. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| chondritis | Inflammation of cartilage. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| chondro- | relating to the sternum and to the cartilages of the ribs. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| chondroid | Resembling cartilage. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| chylific | Chyle-producing. chylific stomach n. in insects, the digestive cavity formed by the dilation of the alimentary canal. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| ciliiform | Having the form of cilia; applied esp. to the fine evenly-set teeth of certain fish. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| ciliobrachiate | Having the arms or tentacles furnished with vibratile cilia. The Latin… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| ciliograde | Moving by means of vibratile cilia. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| circumnavigatory | Pertaining to circumnavigation. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| circumoral | Situated around the mouth. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| cirrhosis | A name given by Laennec to a disease of the liver, occurring most frequently… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| cleido-mastoid | Pertaining to the clavicle and mastoid process; applied to the posterior part of the sterno-cleido-mastoid muscle. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| Clypeaster | A genus of echinoid Echinoderms, allied to the common sea-urchin, but having mouth and vent both below. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| co-adapted | Adapted to each other, mutually adapted. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| coadunate | Joined together; congenitally united. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| coccin | A peculiar nitrogenous principle obtained from the cochineal and other insects. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| coccygeal | Pertaining to the coccyx. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| coccygean | = coccygeal adj. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| coccygeo- | (muscle). | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| cochleariform | Spoon-shaped. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| cœlelminth | belonging to the Cœlelmintha. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| cœlio- | before a vowel cœli-, combining form of Greek κοιλία belly. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| collagenous | Of the nature of, or containing collagen. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| colloid | Pathol. colloid substance, colloid tissue, colloid matter, colloid corpuscles, colloid spheres… | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| colubriform | Having the form of a coluber; applied to certain venomous snakes, such as the Elapidæ and Hydrophidæ (sea snakes). | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| columelliform | Shaped like a columella or little pillar. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| commissural | Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a commissure; chiefly in reference to the commissures of nervous tissue. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| compressor | Anat. A muscle which compresses a part. (Frequent in the Latin names of individual muscles.) | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| conchifer | A bivalve mollusc of the class Conchifera. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| condylomatous | Of the nature of a condyloma. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| convective | Having the property or power of conveying. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| convellent | Wrenching, pulling up. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| copepod | A member of this order: pl. copepods; collectively, as name of the order, (in Latin form) copepoda /kəʊˈpɛpədə/. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| copulatory | Zool. Pertaining to or serving for copulation. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| corbule | Anglicized form of prec. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| co-relation | Joint or mutual relation; correlation n. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| corneule | One of the minute facets of the compound eyes of insects; = corneole n. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| correspondingly | In a corresponding manner; so as to correspond or answer to something else. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| costiform | Having the form of a rib or costa; rib-like. (See costa n.) | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| cotylo- | Combining form of Greek κοτύλη, κότυλος: see cotyle n.; as in cotylo-pubic adj., cotylo-sacral… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| counter-fracture | A fracture produced in an opposite or different part. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| crescentic | Having the form of a crescent or new moon; crescent-shaped. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| cretification | Deposition of salts of lime in a tissue of the animal body; calcareous degeneration. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| cretify | trans. To impregnate with salts of lime. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| cretinous | Of or pertaining to a cretin; of the nature of cretinism. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| croupal | Relating to, or of the nature of croup; = croupous adj. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| cuneo- | combining form of Latin cuneus a wedge, used in Anat., as cuneo-ˈcuboid adj. relating… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| cursorial | Adapted, or having limbs adapted, for running; spec. applied to certain birds (Cursores… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| cushiony | Resembling a cushion in shape, softness, etc. fig. Easy, comfortable, ‘soft’. Cf. cushy adj. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Cydippe | A typical genus of Ctenophora, of which one beautiful species, C. pilosa, is common in the British Seas. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| cylindroid | Resembling a cylinder; somewhat cylindrical in form. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| cyprinoid | A fish belonging to the Cyprinoidea. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| dacryolith | A calculus or concretion occurring in the lacrymal passages. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| dasyure | An animal of the genus Dasyurus or subfamily Dasyurinæ, comprising the… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| decapod | A member of the Decapoda; a ten-footed crustacean; also, a ten-armed cephalopod; in pl. = Decapoda n. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| decolorize | trans. To deprive of colour. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| decussating | Crossing, intersecting. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| dendrodont | A fish of the extinct fossil genus Dendrodus, characterized by teeth of dendritic… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| dentigerous | Bearing teeth. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| dentinal | Pertaining to or of the nature of dentine. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| derm | The layer of tissue (chiefly connective tissue) lying beneath the epidermis, and… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| dermo- | of skin and muscle. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| derotremate | Of or pertaining to the Derotremata, a group of urodele batrachians, having… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| developmentally | In relation or reference to development. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| dibranchiate | Belonging to the Dibranchiata, an order of cephalopods having two branchiæ or gills. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| dicœlious | Having two cavities. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| dimyary | Double-muscled: said of those bivalve molluscs which have two adductor muscles for closing the shell. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| diurnation | The habit of some animals, of sleeping or remaining quiescent during the day, as contrasted with their activity at night. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| diverticular | Pertaining to or of the nature of a diverticulum. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| dolichocephalic | Long-headed: applied to skulls of which the breadth is less than four-fifths (or… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| dorsi- | (a) adj. having gills on the back; belonging to the order Dorsibranchiata of Annelids… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| dorsigerous | Carrying the young upon the back, as a species of opossum. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Douglas | Used in the possessive or with of -adjunct to designate various anatomical structures… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| ductless | Having no duct. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| ear-cockle | ‘A disease of wheat and other graminaceous plants caused by the presence of vibriones in the seed’ (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| eburneoid | Showing a resemblance to ivory. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| ecaudate | Zool. That has no tail, or a very short one. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| ecderon | A term introduced by Prof. Huxley to denote the outer part of the skin and… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| edriophthalmian | An individual of that order. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Eledone | A cephalopod of the tribe Octopoda. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| embryoferous | That bears or contains an embryo. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| embryologist | One who is concerned with or versed in the science of embryology n. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| emulsify | trans. To convert into an emulsion. Also absol. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| enchondromatous | Of or pertaining to enchondroma n. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| enderon | A term introduced by Prof. Huxley to denote the inner derm or true skin, or any homologous structure. Opposed to ecderon n. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| endocardial | Relating to the endocardium. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| endocarditis | Inflammation of the lining membrane of the heart. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| endosmodic | = endosmic adj. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| endosmometer | An instrument for exhibiting and measuring the phenomena of endosmosis. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| endosmosis | The passage of a fluid ‘inwards’ through a porous septum, to mix with another fluid on the inside of it. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| endosmotic | Of or pertaining to endosmosis. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| engenderment | The action of engendering; procreation. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| enterodelous | Having an intestine plainly visible; applied to those Polygastria that have a… | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| enteroid | Resembling a bowel. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| ento- | pertaining to the entosternum or median piece of the sternum or breastbone, very largely developed in birds. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| entomoid | Having the form or appearance of an insect; insect-like. Also quasi- n. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| ephippial | Of or pertaining to the ephippium. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| epicondyle | The external condyle of the humerus. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| epicoracoid | The epicoracoid bone. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| epiderm | = epidermis n. in its various senses. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| epidermoid | Of the nature of epidermis. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| epidermose | (See quot. 1847 – 9) | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| epimeral | Of or pertaining to the epimeron. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| epiphyte | Pathol. A vegetable parasite on the surface of an animal body. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| episternal | Situate upon the sternum or breast-bone. Also, pertaining to the episternum; of the nature… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| epizoon | A parasitic animal that lives on the exterior of the body of another animal. Opposed to entozoon n. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| ethal | The same as cetyl or cetylic alcohol (see cet- comb._form). | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| euplastic | That is easily formed into an organic tissue: see quot. 1884. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| eventration | In women: A pendulous condition of the lower abdomen. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| excernent | = excretory adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| exoccipital | That is outside the occipital bone. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| exosmosis | The passage of a fluid ‘outwards’ through a porous septum, to mix with external fluid. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| exostotic | Of or pertaining to exostosis; of the nature of an exostosis. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| exstrophy | A turning inside out of a part; esp. a congenital malformation in which the bladder appears to be turned inside out. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| exudative | Of, pertaining to, or characterized by exudation. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| exuviable | Capable of being exuviated or sloughed off. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| exuviation | The action or process of exuviating; shedding (of antlers, skin, etc.). | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| falculate | Resembling a little sickle in form, small and curved. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| fibrillar | Of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or characteristic of a fibrilla or fibrillæ. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| fibrillate | intr. Of the blood: To turn into fibrillæ; to form fibrils or fibres. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| fibrillated | Arranged in fibrils; having a fibrillar structure. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| fibrillation | The process of becoming fibrillated; the state or condition of being fibrillated… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| fibrilliform | Having the form of a fibril or fibrils. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| fibrino- | consisting of fibrin and albumen. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| fibro- | consisting of fibrous and adipose tissue. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| fibroma | A fibrous tumour. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| fissi- | less correctly fisso-, used as combining form of Latin fissus, pa. pple. of findĕre… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| fissiparous | Of or pertaining to the process of reproduction by fission. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| fluidism | The theory which refers all diseases to the state of the fluids in the body. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| foraminiferous | lit. Furnished with foramina; said of the Foraminifera or their shells. Also (less correctly) = foraminiferal adj. b. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| furuncular | Of, pertaining to, or characterized by furuncles or boils. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| galeopithecus | A flying lemur. See flying adj. 1b. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| ganglionated | = gangliated adj. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| ganoin | (See quot. 1872.) Also attrib. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| gelatinify | trans. To render gelatinous. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| gelatino- | | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| genito- | modern combining form of Latin genitālis genital, used in various physiological terms… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| genuform | Having the form of a knee, knee-shaped. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| gleno- | mod. comb. form of glene n. in anatomical terms, as gleno-humeral, belonging to the… | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| gliriform | Resembling the Glires or Rodentia in form or character. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| glossanthrax | A disease of the tongue and mouth in horses and cattle (cf. quot.). | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| glottic | Of or pertaining to the glottis. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| glottidean | Of or pertaining to the glottis. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| haemal | Of or belonging to the blood or blood-vascular system; belonging to or situated on or… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| haematoma | ‘A bloody tumour or fungus; a swelling containing blood’ (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| hamular | Of the form of a small hook; hooked; applied spec. in Anat. to processes of certain bones. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Harderian | the lubricating gland of the nictitating membrane or ‘third eyelid’, in the inner angle of the eye of birds and some mammals. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| haustellate | Provided with a haustellum or mouth fitted for sucking; of or pertaining to the Haustellata or suctorial insects. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Haversian | Applied to certain structures in bone discovered by Havers, as in | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| heteromorphous | Of abnormal or irregular form. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| hibernant | Hibernating. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| hippocampal | Belonging to the hippocampus in the brain: see hippocampus n. 3. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| hippotomy | ‘The anatomy or dissection of the horse’ (Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. 1854). | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| hircic | Of or pertaining to a goat. hircic acid, a liquid fatty substance believed by its discoverer… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| hircin | A peculiar substance existing in the fat of the goat (and, in a less degree, in that of… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| hooklet | A small or minute hook; esp. in Natural Hist. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| hyaloid | Connected with the hyaloid membrane, as hyaloid artery, hyaloid canal, hyaloid vein (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| hydronephrosis | A distended condition of the ureter, the pelvis, and the renal calices caused by an… | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| hyoidean | Of or belonging to the hyoid (bone). | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| hyosternal | The second pair of plates in the plastron of a turtle, also called the hyoplastron. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| hyperaemia | An excessive accumulation of blood in a particular part, arising either from increased… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| hyperostosis | An overgrowth or increase of bony tissue; hypertrophy of bone; an outgrowth of bone from a bone; exostosis. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| hypertrophied | Affected with hypertrophy; enlarged by excessive growth. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| hypertrophous | Characterized by or affected with hypertrophy. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| immergence | The action of immerging, plunging, or sinking into anything. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| impulsatile | Not characterized by pulsation. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| infusorian | Of or pertaining to the Infusoria. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| ingestive | Having the function of taking in aliment. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| inoculability | The quality of being inoculable or communicable by inoculation. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| inoperculate | Conchol. Of or belonging to the Inoperculata, a division of Pulmonifera… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| inoperculated | = inoperculate adj. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| integumental | Of or belonging to the integument. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| intercell | = intercellular adj. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| intercolumnal | = next (sense 2). | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| intercondyloid | = intercondylar adj. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| interdigital | Situated between, or connecting, digits (fingers or toes). | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| interdigitate | intr. To interlock like the fingers of the two hands when clasped; to project or… | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| interfascicular | Situated between fascicles or ‘bundles’ of tissue. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| interganglionic | Situated between or connecting ganglia, as the nerves of the sympathetic system. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| interparietal | Situated between the right and left parietal bones of the skull. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| interpubic | Situated between the right and left pubic bones. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| interseptal | Situated between septa or partitions. (Chiefly Anat. and Zool.) | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| interspinous | spec. in Ichthyol. Situated between the spines of the vertebræ of a teleostean fish, so as to support the dorsal fin. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| intervascular | Situated or occurring between the vessels of an animal or plant, esp. between blood vessels. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| interventricular | Situated between the ventricles (of the heart, or of the brain). | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| intestiniform | Having the shape of an intestine. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| intestinule | A small or minute intestine. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| intracranial | Situated or occurring within the cranium or skull. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| intralobular | Situated or occurring within the lobes of an organ or structure. intralobular bile-vessels, the biliary capillaries. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| intravenous | Existing or taking place within a vein or the veins. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| intromittent | That intromits or introduces; having the function of intromission. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| introsuscept | trans. = intussuscept v. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| invaginated | Introverted. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Jacobson | Used in the possessive or with of -adjunct to designate structures investigated by… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| keratin | An organic substance found in horn. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| labyrinthodont | = labyrinthodon n. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| lacerability | The condition of being lacerable. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| lacertine | = lacertian adj. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| lamellirostral | Belonging to the Lamellirostres, the fourth family of Cuvier's sixth order (Palmipedes)… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| laniariform | Shaped like laniary teeth. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| lateralized | Rendered lateral in position; placed at the side. lateralized operation = lateral operation. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| lepidine | Composed of scales. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| locular | Having loculi. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| lumbricoid | Resembling the lumbricus or round-worm, Ascaris lumbricoides. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| macropterous | Having long or large wings; (Entomol.) having full-sized wings. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| macrospore | Bot. and Mycol. The larger of the two types of spore produced by a heterosporous plant… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| madreporigenous | Producing coral having the structure of a madrepore. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| malposition | The condition of being wrongly placed or positioned; misplacement; (Med.) abnormal… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| mammalogical | Of or relating to mammalogy. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| mammilloid | Resembling a mamilla. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| mandibulated | = mandibulate adj. 1a. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| mandibulous | = mandibular adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Meckel's ganglion | A parasympathetic ganglion in the upper part of the pterygopalatine fossa.… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| meliceric | = melicerous adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| membrano- | Forming adjectives with the sense ‘consisting of or relating to a membrane and… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Menopoma | A genus (now usually included in the genus Cryptobranchus) of tailed amphibians of… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| mesially | In a mesial position or direction. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| mesocaecum | The mesentery of the caecum (only occasionally present in the adult human). | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| mesocephale | The middle part of the brain, between the medulla oblongata and the cerebrum, including… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| mesometrium | A fold of peritoneum connecting the lateral wall of the uterus or (in birds) the oviduct with the pelvic wall. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| mesometry | A mesometrium (mesometrium n.), esp. of a bird. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| metathoracic | Of or belonging to the metathorax of an insect. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| microcephalia | = microcephaly n. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| microscopist | A person who uses a microscope or who is skilled in its use. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| monadary | The outer covering or envelope of an assemblage of monads (flagellates). Cf. monadiary n. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| monadine | Of, relating to, or designating flagellates of the former order Monadina (or the former family Monadinidae). | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| Mongoliform | Having a form or appearance characteristic of the Mongoloid peoples. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| monocellular | Consisting of a single cell; = unicellular adj. Also fig. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| monomyarian | Of a bivalve mollusc: having only one (posterior) adductor muscle; relating to or… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| monomyary | = monomyarian adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| monophyodont | (Of a tooth) occurring in only a single dentition; (of a dentition) occurring in an animal… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| motiferous | = motor adj. 1. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| muco-albumen | A substance in bile coagulated by alcohol or acetic acid (believed to be albumin in biliary mucus). | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Müller | Embryol. duct of Müller n. also Müller's duct the paramesonephric duct; cf. Müllerian duct n. at Müllerian adj. 2a. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| multungulate | A hoofed animal with more than two toes on each foot. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| musculo-spiral | Designating a branch of the brachial plexus that winds around the humerus to supply… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| mycodermatous | = mycodermic adj. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| myrmecobian | An animal of the genus Myrmecobius; a numbat or banded anteater. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| nacrous | = nacreous adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| navel-like | Resembling a navel in shape or central position; having or forming a central depression or hollow. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| nemato- | of or relating to a group Nematoneura of the Radiata, comprising animals with radial… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| nematoid | = nematode adj. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| nervism | Physiol. The activity of nerves. Obs. rare. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| neurapophysis | Either of the two dorsal processes of a vertebra, each consisting of a pedicle and… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| neurilemmatic | = neurilemmal adj. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| neuro- | = neuromuscular adj. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| nidamental | Zool. Serving as, or relating to, a receptacle for the ova of a marine invertebrate… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| non-sexual | Not involving or relating to sex or sexual reproduction. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| nudibranchiate | Having naked gills or branchiae; spec. belonging or relating to the gastropod order Nudibranchia. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| octopodous | Originally: of, relating to, or designating the order Octopoda of cephalopod… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| oleophosphoric | a phosphorus-containing fatty acid found in the brain and supposed to consist of a combination of oleic and phosphoric acids. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| oozoa | Unicellular animals collectively; protozoa. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| opercule | An operculum. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Ophiura | A genus of brittlestars of the family Ophiuridae; (also ophiura) a brittlestar of… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| ophthalmological | Of or relating to ophthalmology. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| organizability | The state or condition of being organizable. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| organogenetic | Of, relating to, or involved in organogenesis. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| orthognathic | Physical Anthropol. = orthognathous adj. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| os | More fully external os: the opening of the cervix into the vagina; the os uteri or… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| ossiform | Of the form of bone; resembling bone or a bone. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| osteochondrophyte | A tumour composed of bone and cartilage. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| ostracean | Of or designating the former family Ostracea (now called Ostreidae) of… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| otoconium | A small calcareous particle in the inner ear of a vertebrate or the otocyst of an… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| otolith | Any of the calcareous particles found in the inner ear of vertebrates or the… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| ovalbumin | Originally: protein obtained from egg white. Later: spec. a glycoprotein that is… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| overstimulation | Excessive stimulation. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| oviducal | = oviductal adj. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| ovigerous | Bearing or carrying eggs; relating to or adapted for the bearing or carrying of eggs. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| ovist | An advocate of the theory of ovism. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| palp | Zool. An appendage in various invertebrate animals, usually paired and located near the… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| palpate | trans. To examine by the sense of touch, esp. for medical purposes; (spec. in Zool., of… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| paramastoid | A bony process of the skull located near the mastoid process; also called paroccipital process. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| paratrophy | Disordered nutrition; malnutrition. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| parenchymal | Of, relating to, consisting of, or affecting parenchyma; = parenchymatous adj. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| parovarium | The epoophoron; the epoophoron and paroophoron together, representing the vestigial remnants… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| pectinibranchiate | Having a pectinibranch gill structure; belonging to the former subclass… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| pedicellaria | Each of numerous tiny pincer-like organs, usually consisting of three jaws supported on… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| pedunculation | The formation of a peduncle, esp. by a tumour; the condition of being pedunculate. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| pelvi- | having a pelvis. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| pergamentaceous | Of the nature or texture of parchment. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| perichondrial | Surrounding or enveloping a cartilage; of or relating to the perichondrium. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| perilymph | The fluid contained within the bony labyrinth of the inner ear, surrounding… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| phasal | Of, relating to, or occurring in phases; phasic. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| phocenate | A salt or ester of phocenic (isovaleric) acid. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| phocenic | a fatty acid obtained from the oil of porpoises and dolphins, subsequently identified with isovaleric acid. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| phocenine | A liquid fat, the triglyceride of phocenic (isovaleric) acid, obtained from porpoise and dolphin oil. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| pholque | A long-legged spider of the genus Pholcus. Cf. pholcid n. adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| phymatin | An organic substance extracted from tuberculosis tubercles. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| pigmentous | = pigmentary adj. 2. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| pilimiction | The presence of hair in the urine. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| pilo- | (of a cyst) containing fat and hair. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| plagiostome | Having the mouth placed transversely beneath the snout; spec. of or relating to… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| pleuronect | Any of numerous fishes constituting the teleostean order Pleuronectiformes, having… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| plexicose | Resembling a plexus; composed of plexuses. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| Podophthalmia | A former group of malacostracan crustaceans having the eyes at the ends of movable… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| podophthalmian | A crustacean having the eye on the end of a movable stalk; spec. a malacostracan crustacean of the former group Podophthalmia. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| pollinivorous | Of an insect or other animal: that feeds on pollen. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| polypine | Of the nature of a polyp; of or relating to a polyp or polyps. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| polyspore | = polysporangium n. Obs. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| postorbital | Situated behind or on the hinder part of the orbit of the eye; spec. designating a process… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| predacity | The state or condition of being predacious; = predaciousness n. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| prepubertal | Occurring prior to the attainment of puberty; that has not yet attained puberty. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| proboscic | Having a proboscis; relating to, resembling, or of the nature of a proboscis.… | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| proboscoid | Shaped like or suggestive of a proboscis or nose; having a proboscis. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| proligerous | Germinal; progenitive; prolific. Now rare. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| protomorphic | Biol. Of or relating to undifferentiated tissue. Obs. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| protrusible | Capable of being protruded or thrust out. Cf. protrusile adj. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| proventricular | Of or relating to a proventriculus. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudotumour | A mass or other lesion that gives rise to signs or symptoms suggestive of a neoplasm… | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| pterygostomian | = pterygostomial adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| pubertal | Of or relating to puberty; existing or occurring during puberty; undergoing puberty. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| Purkinje | the nucleus of an ovum; cf. Purkinjean adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Purkinjean | Designating anatomical structures described by Purkinje (see Purkinje n.). | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| pyroacid | An acid obtained from another acid by the action of heat, as by destructive distillation. Cf. pyro- comb._form 3. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| reptiliform | Of an animal: having the form of a reptile. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| revehent | Carrying back or away; efferent. Cf. advehent adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| rigor mortis | The stiffening of a dead body that typically begins (in humans) within a few hours after… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Rolando | With of and in the genitive, esp. in fissure of Rolando. Designating the central… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Rytina | The extinct Steller's sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas (formerly known as Rytina stelleri). | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| sacculated | Composed of or divided into saccules. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| saccule | A small sac, cyst, or bag; esp. the smaller of the two vesicles or sacs in the membranous vestibule of the internal ear. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| saponifiable | Capable of being saponified or converted into soap. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Scansores | The name given by Illiger (1811) to his first Order of birds, comprising the Climbers (see climber n. 3). | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| sclerogenous | = sclerogenic adj. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| scolopendroid | Resembling a scolopendra. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| scutibranchiate | Pertaining to the Scutibranchiata, a group of gasteropods comprising the sea-ears and limpets. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| segment | trans. To subject to the process of segmentation or division and multiplication of cells; to produce (new cells) by this process. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| semiflex | trans. To bend into a position halfway between that of extension and that of complete flexure. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| sepium | Cuttle-bone. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| septal | Pertaining to, consisting of, or forming a septum or septa. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| seralbumen | The albumen of the blood. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| serolin | A fatty substance found in blood serum. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| shreddy | Consisting of or resembling shreds; hanging in shreds, ragged. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| siphoniferous | Having a siphon; siphonate. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| sireniform | Of human monsters: Having the lower extremities abnormally united in a single limb. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| solidungulate | = soliped n. adj. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| spermatin | An albuminic constituent of the spermatic fluid. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| spermatist | One who held the view that the sperm alone was the source of animal life. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| spermatophore | Biol. In certain of the lower forms of animal life, a structure containing a compact mass of spermatozoa. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| spermatozoon | One of the numerous minute and active filaments present in the seminal fluid, by which the fecundation of the ovum is effected. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| sphyraena | A pike-like fish belonging to the genus Sphyræna or the family represented by this; one of the common species is the barracuda. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| sphyraenoid | Related to or resembling the genus Sphyræna. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| spiculi- | bearing spicules. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| Spirula | A genus of cephalopods having a flat spiral shell in the hinder part of the body; an animal of this genus, or one of the shells. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| splenico- | comb. form of Latin splēnicus splenic adj., used occas. as in splenico-phrenic (see quot. 1835 – 6). | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| stemmatiform | Having the form of stemmata. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| stipitiform | Having the form of a stipes; stalk-shaped; stipiform. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| structureless | Lacking organic structure. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| subcheliform | Of a limb or other appendage of a crustacean: partially chelate. Cf. subchelate adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| subcrureal | Located under the vastus intermedius (crureus) muscle; spec. designating the suprapatellar bursa. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| submedian | Near the midline or median plane of a body, organ, or limb; almost median. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| submentum | In certain insects: the basal part of the labium. Cf. mentum n. 2. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| supra-auditory | Situated above the ear. Now rare. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| symphysial | Of or pertaining to, situated at, or forming a symphysis. symphysial angle n. see quot. 1890. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| syngenesis | Formation of the germ in sexual reproduction by fusion of the male and female elements… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| synovitis | Inflammation of a synovial membrane. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| taenioid | Of a ribbon-like shape; related to the tapeworms. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| tarso-metatarsal | (a) Of or pertaining to the tarsus and the metatarsus, as ‘the tarso-metatarsal ligaments’. (b)… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| tentacule | = tentacle n. Also in Comb. as tentacule-like adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| terebral | Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of a terebra. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| terricolous | Zool. Of an animal: living on the ground or (esp.) in the earth or soil; spec.… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| tetrabranchiate | Belonging to the Tetrabranchiata, an order of cephalopods (mostly extinct) having four branchiæ or gills. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| textural | Of or belonging to texture. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| tonsillitic | Affected with tonsillitis. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| trematode | Belonging to the class or order Trematoda or Trematoidea of parasitic worms, found in the… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| trigone | The triangular area at the base of the urinary bladder, between the openings of the ureters and urethra. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| trituberculate | Having three tubercles, as a tooth; relating to or characterized by such teeth. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| tuberculation | Natural Hist. Formation of tubercles; concr. a growth or set of tubercles. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| typhlosole | A ridge or fold extending along the inner wall of the intestine and partly dividing the… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| unadherent | (un- prefix 7 5b.) | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| unanchylosed | (un- prefix 8.) | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| unconvoluted | (un- prefix 8.) | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| unfictitious | (un- prefix 7.) | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| urethral | Anat. Of or pertaining to the urethra; constituting the urethra. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| urethro- | | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| urobenzoate | = hippurate n. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| urohyal | Forming or relating to a median posterior process or part of the hyoid arch in fishes or birds. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| urticarious | Appearing in, characteristic of, urticaria. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| utriculus | = utricle n. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| varicosity | A varicose swelling or distension. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| vasiform | Having the form of a duct or similar conveying vessel; tubular. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| vaso- | | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| velated | Furnished with a velum or sail-like membrane. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| ventrad | Toward the ventral surface of the body. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| ventro- | of or belonging to the ventral and lateral sides of the body. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| vermine | = vermineous adj. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| vertebriform | Having the form of a vertebra. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| vesico- | | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| vestibular | Anat. (Cf. vestibule n. 2); spec. of or pertaining to the vestibule of the ear or its function as an organ of equilibrium. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| virilescence | The condition of becoming virile, spec. of assuming physical characteristics of the male. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| virilescent | Assuming characteristics of the male. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| vitro- | combining form on Greek models of Latin vitrum glass, used in a few terms, as vitro-ˈdentine n.… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| vorticiform | Having the form of a vortex. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| Weberian | Weberian corpuscle or organ, a tubular vesicle in the prostatic portion of… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| well-developed | | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| xiphisternal | A xiphisternal part or appendage. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| zonular | Pertaining to or forming a zonule or little zone; zonal, zonary; spec. belonging to or affecting the zonule of Zinn. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
