English words starting with pse - page 2

A structure that resembles a costa or rib; especially (in a coral) a small projection from a septum into the interseptal space.

A disorder simulating croup; especially acute subglottic laryngitis.

Apparently cubic in morphology or crystal structure but not actually so; specifically designating a composite crystal in which the crystal structure simulates the symmetry of a single crystal of the cubic system but actually has lower symmetry.

= pseudocubic .

An isomer of cumene that is a colourless flammable liquid occurring in coal tar, and is irritating to the skin, eyes, and respiratory tract.

Technical term for phantom pregnancy.

(in certain lichens) a pore in the cortex of the thallus that resembles a cyphella but lacks its lining of specialized cells; usually in plural.

A fluid-filled cavity resembling a cyst but lacking a wall or lining.

(in certain fossil brachiopods) a single flat or convex plate which occurs instead of a deltidium and does not always completely cover the space between the beak and the hinge.

A condition resembling dementia but from which the patient recovers (or may recover); (in later use) specifically that seen in depressed elderly patients.

Designating the bacterium corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum, which resembles the causal agent of diphtheria, c. diphtheriae, and is found in the nasopharynx of humans, but is non-pathogenic. chiefly in "pseudodiphtheria bacillus". compare pseudodiphtheritic .

Of a temple or other building: having a single peristyle or surrounding row of columns, placed at the same distance from the walls as the outer of the two rows in the dipteros.

A false or erroneous opinion, notion, or belief, especially one contrary to orthodox thinking.

A drug obtained from plants of the genus ephedra (or prepared synthetically) and used as a nasal decongestant.

Sphalerite.

A blastula which has undergone invagination prior to gastrulation; specifically (in certain calcareous sponges) one in which the archaeocytes of one hemisphere have become completely enclosed by flagellated cells of the other (before half of these lose their flagella to produce the amphiblastula).

Falsely or spuriously generic; (botany and zoology) apparently but not really generic; having the character of a pseudogenus.

A spurious or invalid genus of plants or animals, such as one based on superficial similarities between unrelated species, or on forms (e.g. developmental stages) that have been mistakenly regarded as distinct. also: a name used for a group of hybrid forms, especially intergeneric hybrids.

A spurious or invalid genus of plants or animals, such as one based on superficial similarities between unrelated species, or on forms (e.g. developmental stages) that have been mistakenly regarded as distinct. also: a name used for a group of hybrid forms, especially intergeneric hybrids.

A fraction of serum globulin that is soluble in pure water and in saline solutions of low ionic strength.

A spurious writing; a literary work purporting to be by someone other than the true author, a forgery.

A false or erroneous writer; especially a person who counterfeits another's writing, a forger.

Writing or a system of writing that is contrary to conventional orthography or usage; false, incorrect, or bad spelling or writing; an instance of this.

In various ants: a worker of a distinct form having an enlarged and malformed thorax.

Designating an animal which is female in form or has female characteristics but does not function reproductively as a female; (entomology) of or relating to a pseudogyne.