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527 words match “OMY”

GASTROHYSTEROTOMY n.
Cæsarean section. See under Cæsarean.
GASTROMYCES n.
The fungoid growths sometimes found in the stomach; such as Torula, etc.
GASTROMYTH n.
One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist. [Obs.]
GASTRONOMY n.
The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer.
GASTROSTOMY n.
The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food.
GASTROTOMY n.
A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach.
GEROCOMY n.
That part of medicine which treats of regimen for old people.
GLOOMY a. 2 definitions
minated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." Milton.
HELIOCHROMY n.
The art of producing photographs in color.
HERNIOTOMY n.
A cutting for the cure or relief of hernia; celotomy.
HERPETOTOMY n.
The anatomy or dissection of reptiles.
HETEROMYARIA n.
A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under Byssus.
HETERONOMY n. 2 definitions
n to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to autonomy.
HIPPOTOMY n.
Anatomy of the horse.
HISTONOMY n.
The science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc.
HISTOTOMY n.
The dissection of organic tissues.
HOMONOMY n.
The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes. Haeckel.
HYMENOMYCETES n.
One of the great divisions of fungi, containing those species in which the hymenium is completely exposed. M. J. Berkley.
HYPHOMYCETES n.
One of the great division of fungi, containing those species which have naked spores borne on free or only fasciculate threads. M. J. Berkley.
HYSTEROTOMY n.
The Cæsarean section. See under Cæsarean.
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