Meaning of psychotomimetic in English:
psychotomimetic
ADJECTIVE
Relating to or denoting drugs which are capable of producing an effect on the mind similar to a psychotic state.
NOUN
A psychotomimetic drug.
Pronunciation /sʌɪˌkɒtə(ʊ)mɪˈmɛtɪk/
psychotomimetic
ADJECTIVE
Relating to or denoting drugs which are capable of producing an effect on the mind similar to a psychotic state.
NOUN
A psychotomimetic drug.
Pronunciation /sʌɪˌkɒtə(ʊ)mɪˈmɛtɪk/
‘In animal models 5 - HT2 antagonists (ketanserin and spiperone) were shown to block the psychotomimetic effects of both LSD and DOM.’
‘LSD was a synthetic drug, based on a naturally produced substance, which is called psychotomimetic drugs, made out of this rust.’
‘There is no clinically tested antidote available to antagonize the psychotomimetic symptomatology induced by PCP.’
‘Therefore, individuals displaying dramatic psychotomimetic effects resulting from phencyclidine ingestion should be treated as a psychiatric emergency.’
‘High potency as an antagonist of 5-HT in isolated smooth muscle preparations was not correlated with high potency as a psychotomimetic.’
‘The hypothesis that psychotomimetics induce a rapid dopamine receptor regulation that could participate in the expression of the brain dopaminergic overactivation and in the early signs of psychotic-like behaviour, was checked by radioligand binding on rat brain cryosections.’
Psychotomimetic (sʌɪˌkɒtə(ʊ)mɪˈmɛtɪk)
‘LSD was a synthetic drug, based on a naturally produced substance, which is called psychotomimetic drugs, made out of this rust.’
‘There is no clinically tested antidote available to antagonize the psychotomimetic symptomatology induced by PCP.’
‘Therefore, individuals displaying dramatic psychotomimetic effects resulting from phencyclidine ingestion should be treated as a psychiatric emergency.’
‘High potency as an antagonist of 5-HT in isolated smooth muscle preparations was not correlated with high potency as a psychotomimetic.’
‘The hypothesis that psychotomimetics induce a rapid dopamine receptor regulation that could participate in the expression of the brain dopaminergic overactivation and in the early signs of psychotic-like behaviour, was checked by radioligand binding on rat brain cryosections.’
Psychotomimetic (sʌɪˌkɒtə(ʊ)mɪˈmɛtɪk)
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Definition of Alberti, Leon Battista in English:
Alberti, Leon Battista
PROPER NOUN
(1404–72), Italian architect, humanist, painter, and art critic. He wrote On Painting (1435), which was the first account of the theory of perspective in the Renaissance.
Pronunciation
Alberti, Leon Battista
/älˈbertē/ /ɑlˈbərdi/
Alberti, Leon Battista
PROPER NOUN
(1404–72), Italian architect, humanist, painter, and art critic. He wrote On Painting (1435), which was the first account of the theory of perspective in the Renaissance.
Pronunciation
Alberti, Leon Battista
/älˈbertē/ /ɑlˈbərdi/
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 20, 2022
Meaning of microaerophilous in English:
microaerophilous
ADJECTIVE
rare Microbiology
Requiring or having less oxygen than that of the atmosphere.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Benjamin Jackson (1846–1927). From French microaérophile + -ous; compare -philous.
Pronunciation /ˌmʌɪkrəʊɛ ˈrɒfɪləs/
microaerophilous
ADJECTIVE
rare Microbiology
Requiring or having less oxygen than that of the atmosphere.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Benjamin Jackson (1846–1927). From French microaérophile + -ous; compare -philous.
Pronunciation /ˌmʌɪkrəʊɛ ˈrɒfɪləs/
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Microaerophilous (ˌmʌɪkrəʊɛ ˈrɒfɪləs)
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 20, 2022
Definition of katzenjammer in English:
katzenjammer
NOUN
1US informal, dated Confusion; uproar.
1.1A hangover; a severe headache resulting from a hangover.
Origin
Mid 19th century from German Katzen (combining form of Katze ‘cat’) + Jammer ‘distress’; popularized by the cartoon Katzenjammer Kids, drawn by Rudolf Dirks in 1897 for the New York Journal, featuring two incorrigible children.
Pronunciation
katzenjammer
/ˈkatsənˌjamər/ /ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər/
katzenjammer
NOUN
1US informal, dated Confusion; uproar.
1.1A hangover; a severe headache resulting from a hangover.
Origin
Mid 19th century from German Katzen (combining form of Katze ‘cat’) + Jammer ‘distress’; popularized by the cartoon Katzenjammer Kids, drawn by Rudolf Dirks in 1897 for the New York Journal, featuring two incorrigible children.
Pronunciation
katzenjammer
/ˈkatsənˌjamər/ /ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər/
All of this criminal katzenjammer - and much, much more - was authorized at the highest levels, as top procurement brass and Pentagon officials confirmed.’
‘And yet, in 1979, the man who loaned his prestigious name to this enormous katzenjammer denounced the parapsychologists for being weird.’
‘The war and the next war have nothing to do with liberation or terrorism or any of that katzenjammer.’‘By now, my katzenjammer had eased to the point where my head only throbbed if I made sudden movements.’
Katzenjammer (ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər)
‘And yet, in 1979, the man who loaned his prestigious name to this enormous katzenjammer denounced the parapsychologists for being weird.’
‘The war and the next war have nothing to do with liberation or terrorism or any of that katzenjammer.’‘By now, my katzenjammer had eased to the point where my head only throbbed if I made sudden movements.’
Katzenjammer (ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər)
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 20, 2022
Suck-It-Up
used for saying that someone has to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation even if they do not want to
You can either suck it up and be a man, or every time you get an ache and pain you can go out of the game.
used for saying that someone has to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation even if they do not want to
You can either suck it up and be a man, or every time you get an ache and pain you can go out of the game.
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 20, 2022
Meaning of parathyroidectomized in English:
parathyroidectomized
ADJECTIVE
Surgery
That has undergone parathyroidectomy.
Origin
Early 20th century. From parathyroidectomy + -ized.
Pronunciation /ˌparəˌθʌɪrɔɪˈdɛktəmʌɪzd/
parathyroidectomized
ADJECTIVE
Surgery
That has undergone parathyroidectomy.
Origin
Early 20th century. From parathyroidectomy + -ized.
Pronunciation /ˌparəˌθʌɪrɔɪˈdɛktəmʌɪzd/
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Parathyroidectomized (ˌparəˌθʌɪrɔɪˈdɛktəmʌɪzd)
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 20, 2022
Definition of incomprehensibility in English:
incomprehensibility
NOUN
See incomprehensible
Definition of incomprehensible in English:
incomprehensible
ADJECTIVE
Not able to be understood; not intelligible.
Origin
Late Middle English (earlier than comprehensible): from Latin incomprehensibilis, from in- ‘not’ + comprehensibilis
Pronunciation
incomprehensible
/ˌinˌkämprəˈhensəb(ə)l/ /ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l/
Pronunciation
incomprehensibility
/ˌinˌkämprəˌhensəˈbilədē/ /ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˌhɛnsəˈbɪlədi/
incomprehensibility
NOUN
See incomprehensible
Definition of incomprehensible in English:
incomprehensible
ADJECTIVE
Not able to be understood; not intelligible.
Origin
Late Middle English (earlier than comprehensible): from Latin incomprehensibilis, from in- ‘not’ + comprehensibilis
Pronunciation
incomprehensible
/ˌinˌkämprəˈhensəb(ə)l/ /ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l/
Pronunciation
incomprehensibility
/ˌinˌkämprəˌhensəˈbilədē/ /ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˌhɛnsəˈbɪlədi/
Incomprehensibilitiy (ˌinˌkämprəˌhensəˈbilədē/ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˌhɛnsəˈbɪlədi)
‘It can't: it is crammed with lovers packed in tight, the details smashed flat, extraneous facts shorn away to save space, mangled and compressed to the point of incomprehensibility and all beyond counting or collating.’
‘This article gives some idea of the incomprehensibility of such an event in Japan, where the discovery of a live bullet in someone's luggage at the airport is national news.’
‘Marriage is the theme, in all its incomprehensibility, its difficulty and its infinite gentle understandings.’
‘The result turned out to be so hard to understand that the novel acquired an aura of profundity by virtue of its sheer incomprehensibility.’
Incomprehensible (ˌinˌkämprəˈhensəb(ə)l/ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l)
‘This story from the St Albans Observer is completely incomprehensible.’
‘Confusing films may be in vogue, but confusing does NOT equal incomprehensible.’
‘Spoken entirely in Latin and Aramaic, it is contrived, opaque and incomprehensible.’
‘What seems perfectly reasonable for one person is completely incomprehensible for another.’
Incomprehensibilitiy (ˌinˌkämprəˌhensəˈbilədē/ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˌhɛnsəˈbɪlədi) & Incomprehensible (ˌinˌkämprəˈhensəb(ə)l/ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l)
‘It can't: it is crammed with lovers packed in tight, the details smashed flat, extraneous facts shorn away to save space, mangled and compressed to the point of incomprehensibility and all beyond counting or collating.’
‘This article gives some idea of the incomprehensibility of such an event in Japan, where the discovery of a live bullet in someone's luggage at the airport is national news.’
‘Marriage is the theme, in all its incomprehensibility, its difficulty and its infinite gentle understandings.’
‘The result turned out to be so hard to understand that the novel acquired an aura of profundity by virtue of its sheer incomprehensibility.’
Incomprehensible (ˌinˌkämprəˈhensəb(ə)l/ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l)
‘This story from the St Albans Observer is completely incomprehensible.’
‘Confusing films may be in vogue, but confusing does NOT equal incomprehensible.’
‘Spoken entirely in Latin and Aramaic, it is contrived, opaque and incomprehensible.’
‘What seems perfectly reasonable for one person is completely incomprehensible for another.’
Incomprehensibilitiy (ˌinˌkämprəˌhensəˈbilədē/ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˌhɛnsəˈbɪlədi) & Incomprehensible (ˌinˌkämprəˈhensəb(ə)l/ˌɪnˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l)
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