English words starting with pse - page 3

Meanings of Pseudoerysipelas:

noun

Any of various (usually non-infectious) conditions resembling erysipelas.

Meanings of Pseudofossil:

adjective

Resembling a fossil.

noun

A natural object or structure which resembles a fossil.

Meanings of Pseudogalena:

noun

Sphalerite.

Meanings of Pseudogastrula:

noun

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).

Meanings of Pseudogeneric:

adjective

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

Meanings of Pseudogenus:

noun

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.

Meanings of Pseudogenuses:

noun

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.

Meanings of Pseudogeusia:

noun

A disorder of the sense of taste in which tastes are perceived that are not produced by external stimuli.

Meanings of Pseudoglioma:

noun

Any intraocular condition that mimics retinoblastoma.

Meanings of Pseudoglobulin:

noun

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

Meanings of Pseudograph:

noun

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

Meanings of Pseudographer:

noun

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

Meanings of Pseudography:

noun

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.

Meanings of Pseudogyne:

noun

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

Meanings of Pseudogynous:

adjective

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.

Meanings of Pseudohalogen:

noun

Any of a group of compounds (in some cases hypothetical) which have small molecules built up from atoms of electronegative elements and which closely resemble the halogens in many respects.

Meanings of Pseudohermaphroditism:

noun

The condition in which an individual of one sex has external genitalia superficially resembling those of the other sex.

Usage examples:

Today in the medical literature human hermaphroditism is divided into three basic theoretical types…

Meanings of Pseudohexagonal:

adjective

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

Meanings of Pseudohypertrophic:

adjective

Characterized by or exhibiting pseudohypertrophy; specifically designating forms of muscular dystrophy in which there is pseudohypertrophy of muscles.

Meanings of Pseudohypertrophy:

noun

Enlargement of an organ or body part, especially a muscle, caused not by hypertrophy of its functional tissue but by an increase in adipose or fibrous tissue, accumulation of an abnormal substance, etc.

Meanings of Pseudoism:

noun

An inclination or tendency towards that which is false or artificial (now especially artistic or intellectual spuriousness).

Meanings of Pseudolabium:

noun

A mouthpart in various invertebrates; specifically: †(a) a gnathochilarium of a millipede (obsolete); (b) each of a pair of lobes or flaps formed on either side of the mouth by projections of the lining of the buccal cavity in nematodes of the order spirurida.

Meanings of Pseudolateral:

adjective

Apparently lateral; specifically designating a branch derived from an apical bud or cell that occupies a lateral position on a sympodial axis.

noun

A pseudolateral branch, especially in certain red algae.

Meanings of Pseudoleucocyte:

noun

A cell or clump of cells that resembles a leucocyte when blood is viewed through a microscope.

Meanings of Pseudoleukemia:

noun

Originally: any of various forms of lymphoid neoplasia or hyperplasia in which there is no increase in lymphocytes in the peripheral blood (now disused). in later use: any of various non-malignant conditions in which there is a leukocytosis resembling that of leukaemia.