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Psilophytales
Psilophytales (psilophytes) Primitive pteridophytes, which were the earliest vascular plants, from the Silurian an… heterodont , heterodont
1. (invertebrate) Applied to a hinge dentition occurring in the Bivalvia, where teeth of differing sizes occur in the hinge plate. The tee… Alum , alum (ăl´əm), any one of a series of isomorphous double salts that are hydrated sulfates of a univalent cation (e.g., potassium, sodium, ammonium, ce… Hepatomegaly , hepatomegaly Enlargement of the liver as a result of congestion (e.g. in heart failure), inflammation or fatty infiltration (as in kwashiorkor).
hepa… Formation , for·ma·tion / fôrˈmāshən/ • n. 1. the action of forming or process of being formed: the formation of the Great Rift Valley. 2. a structure or arrange… -ism , -ISM
-ISM. A noun-forming SUFFIX, three of whose uses relate to language: (1) Forming words for concepts, activities, and conditions: agrammatism, bi…
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