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- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- hyperosmolar — Of, pertaining to, or as a result of hyperosmolarity.
- hyperrealism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hypersarcoma — a growth of proud or fungous flesh
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hyperthermal — Also, thermic. of, relating to, or caused by heat or temperature: thermal capacity.
- hyperthermia — Pathology. abnormally high fever.
- hyperthermic — Having a very high body temperature.
- hypervolemia — (medicine) An abnormal increase in the volume of blood circulating through the body.
- hypocalcemia — an abnormally small amount of calcium in the blood.
- hypocalcemic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hypocalcemia.
- hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- hypoglycemic — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- hypokalaemia — Alternative form of hypokalemia.
- hypokeimenon — Alternative spelling of hupokeimenon.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- hypovolaemia — Alternative form of hypovolemia.
- imperishably — In an imperishable manner.
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
- lymph system — Anatomy, Zoology. the system by which lymph is returned from the cells to the blood and by which white blood cells are produced in response to inflammation or presence of antigens; in mammals, the system includes the lymph glands, vessels and sinuses through which lymph is carried, and lymphoid tissues, as bone marrow and the thymus.
- lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
- macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- massotherapy — treatment by massage.
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metapsychics — the study of psychic phenomena beyond the limits of ordinary or orthodox psychology
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
- monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
- monophysites — Plural form of monophysite.
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- myrmecophile — An invertebrate or plant that has a symbiotic relationship with ants, such as being tended and protected by ants or living inside an ants' nest.
- myrmecophily — symbiosis with ants
- myrmecophyte — A plant that lives in association with a colony of ants. The degree of association varies and is assumed to be symbiotic in some cases.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- mythopoetize — to produce myths or mythological poetry.
- mythopoiesis — (mythology) the creation of myth.
- nephelometry — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
- nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- oophorectomy — the operation of removing one or both ovaries; ovariectomy.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- photopolymer — a polymer or plastic that undergoes a change in physical or chemical properties when exposed to light.
- phytoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.