| 单词 | xenophobia |
| 释义 | xeno- /zen-ō-, zin-ō- or zē-no-/, or before a vowel xen- /zen-, zin- or zēn-/combining form
ORIGIN: Gr xenos (noun) guest, host, stranger, (adj) strange, foreign Xenarˈthra noun (Gr arthron a joint) a group of American edentates, including anteaters, sloths and armadillos, the dorsolumbar vertebrae of which are jointed in an unusual manner xenarˈthral adjective Having additional facets on the dorsolumbar vertebrae xēˈnia noun (botany) The direct influence of pollen upon endosperm (explained by double fertilization) or upon the mother-plant of the embryo xenial /zēˈni-əl/ adjective Of or concerning hospitality or relations with guests xenium /zēˈni-əm/ noun (pl xēˈnia)
xenobiotic /-bī-otˈik/ adjective (biology, etc) Denoting or relating to a substance foreign to or not rightly found in a body, biological system, etc nounA xenobiotic substance xenˈocryst /-krist/ noun (geology) A crystal or mineral grain which has been taken in by magma during its upward flow xenodochium /zen-ō-do-kīˈəm/ noun (Gr docheion a receptacle) a building for the reception of strangers, eg a guest-house in a monastery xenogamy /zen-ogˈə-mi/ noun (Gr gamos marriage; botany) Cross-fertilization xenogeneic /zen-ō-jen-ēˈik/ adjective (Gr genesis birth) relating to grafted tissue derived from a species different from the recipient xenogenˈesis noun The (imagined) generation of something altogether and permanently unlike the parent xenogenetˈic adjective xenogenous /zi-nojˈi-nəs/ adjective Due to an outside cause xenoglossˈia noun (Gr glōssa tongue) in psychical research, a person's knowledge of a language which he or she has never learned xenˈograft noun (biology) A graft from a member of a different species xenˈolith noun A fragment of rock of extraneous origin which has been incorporated in magma xenomania /-māˈni-ə/ noun (Gr maniā madness) an inordinate attachment to foreign things xenomenia /-mēˈni-ə/ noun (Gr mēniaia menses) vicarious menstruation, in which, in the absence of normal menstruation, bleeding occurs at regular monthly intervals from other parts of the body (eg the nose) xenomorphic /-mörˈfik/ adjective (Gr morphē form; geology) A textural term applied to rock minerals which do not show their own characteristic shapes xenˈophile noun A person who likes foreigners or foreign things xenˈophobe /-fōb/ noun (Gr phobos fear) a person who fears or hates foreigners or foreign things xenophobia /-fōˈbi-ə/ or (rare) xenˈophoby noun Fear or hatred of foreigners and foreign things xenopho'bic adjective xenophya /zen-ofˈi-ə/ plural noun (Gr xenophyēs strange in shape or nature; biology) Elements of a shell or skeleton not secreted by the organism itself xenoplasˈtic adjective In experimental zoology, of a chimera in which transplant and host come from different species or genera Xenˈopus noun A genus of African aquatic frogs (see platanna) xenotime /zenˈō-tīm/ noun (Gr xenos strange, in error for kenos empty, vain, and timē honour, in reference to the fact that the mineral was at first thought to contain a new metal) yttrium phosphate, often containing small quantities of cerium, erbium and thorium, and an important source of these rare elements xēˈnotransplant transitive verb, intransitive verb and noun xenotransplantāˈtion noun The transplanting of an organ from an individual of one species into an individual of another species xenūˈrine adjective Xenurus /zē-nūˈrəs/ noun (Gr ourā tail) a genus of armadillos in which the tail is almost without plates |
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