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  • hyperexcretion — excessive excretion
  • hyperextension — the extension of a part of the body beyond normal limits.
  • hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
  • hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
  • hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
  • hyperosteogeny — excessive bone development.
  • hyperoxygenate — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
  • hypersecretion — an excessive secretion.
  • hypersomnolent — sleepy; drowsy.
  • hypertrophying — abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.
  • hypnotherapist — A practitioner of hypnotherapy.
  • ichthyocentaur — a sea creature with a human head and torso, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
  • ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
  • kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
  • kinetic theory — the theory that the minute particles of all matter are in constant motion and that the temperature of a substance is dependent on the velocity of this motion, increased motion being accompanied by increased temperature: according to the kinetic theory of gases, the elasticity, diffusion, pressure, and other physical properties of a gas are due to the rapid motion in straight lines of its molecules, to their impacts against each other and the walls of the container, to weak cohesive forces between molecules, etc.
  • knotty rhatany — See under rhatany (def 1).
  • labyrinthodont — any member of several orders of small to large lizardlike terrestrial and freshwater amphibians, some ancestral to land vertebrates, forming the extinct subclass Labyrinthodonta that flourished from the Devonian through the Triassic periods, characterized by a solid, flattened skull and conical teeth.
  • living history — any of various activities involving the re-enactment of historical events or the recreation of living conditions of the past
  • maternity home — a house in which a pregnant woman can live until her baby is born, esp one for women who became pregnant out of wedlock and whose baby is going to be put up for adoption
  • mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
  • methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
  • mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
  • mother country — the country of one's birth or ancestry.
  • naphthyl group — Also called alpha-naphthyl group, alpha-naphthyl radical. the univalent group C 1 0 H 7 –, having a replaceable hydrogen atom in the first, or alpha, position; 1-naphthyl group.
  • narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
  • nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
  • neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
  • neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
  • nonpsychiatric — not psychiatric
  • north ayrshire — a council area of W central Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde: comprises the N part of the historical county of Ayrshire, including the Isle of Arran; formerly part of Strathclyde Region (1975–96): chiefly agricultural, with fishing and tourism. Administrative centre: Irvine. Pop: 136 030 (2003 est). Area: 884 sq km (341 sq miles)
  • north royalton — a town in N Ohio.
  • north tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 190 800 (2003 est). Area: 84 sq km (32 sq miles)
  • north-easterly — A north-easterly point, area, or direction is to the north-east or towards the north-east.
  • north-westerly — A north-westerly point, area, or direction is to the north-west or towards the north-west.
  • northern porgy — a common sparid fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic
  • not merely sth — You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement.
  • overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
  • paleontography — the formal description of fossils
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
  • phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
  • phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
  • porphyrization — reduction to a powder, formerly done on a slab of porphyry.
  • porphyrogenite — a prince born after his father has succeeded to the throne
  • protoporphyrin — a type of porphyrin that, when combined with an iron atom, forms haem, the oxygen-bearing prosthetic group of the red blood pigment haemoglobin
  • pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
  • pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
  • pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).
  • pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
  • pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
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