| 单词 | allopatry |
| 释义 | allo- /a-lō- or a-lə-/combining form
ORIGIN: Gr allos other allˈocarpy noun (Gr karpos fruit; botany) Fruiting after cross-fertilization allocheiria or allochiria /-kīˈri-ə or -kiˈ/ noun (Gr cheir hand; botany) Attribution of a sensation to the wrong part of the body, eg to the other hand when one is painful allochthonous /al-okˈthən-əs/ adjective (Gr chthon ground) of a rock, having moved or been moved from another environment, away from its native location (also exotic) allodynia /-din'i-ə/ noun (Gr odynē pain) the experience of severe pain as a result of a stimulus that would not normally cause it allogˈamous adjective allogˈamy noun (Gr gamos marriage; botany) Cross-fertilization allˈograft noun (immunology) A graft from one individual to another of the same species allˈograph noun
allometˈric adjective allomˈetry noun (Gr metron measure) (the study of) the growth of a part of the body relative to that of other parts or of the whole body, in one organism or comparatively in a number of different organisms allˈomorph /-mörf/ noun (Gr morphē form; linguistics) One of two or more forms of the same morpheme allomorphˈic adjective allˈoparent noun (zoology) An animal that exhibits parental behaviour towards a young animal other than its natural offspring allopatˈric adjective (Gr patra fatherland; botany) Of two species or populations not growing in the same area and therefore unable to breed because of distance or geographical barrier, opp to sympatric allopˈatry noun allˈophone /-fōn/ noun (Gr phōnē sound; linguistics) One of two or more forms of the same phoneme allophonic /-fonˈ/ adjective allˈoplasm noun (obsolete) Protoplasm differentiated to perform a special function alloplasˈtic adjective (Gr plastikos; see plastic) affected by or affecting external factors allopurinol /-pūrˈin-ol/ noun (purine and -ol2) a drug, C5H4N4O, used in the treatment of gout, reducing the formation of uric acid allˈosaur /-sör/ noun (Gr sauros lizard) a member of the genus Allosaurˈus, large, lizard-hipped, carnivorous dinosaurs allosteric /-sterˈ or -stērˈ/ adjective (biology; see steric) Relating to proteins, particularly enzymes, which change their three-dimensional shape on binding with a smaller molecule which is not a substrate, often leading to altered activity allosˈtery noun allˈotheism noun (Gr theos god) the worship of other gods or other people's gods allotrope /alˈə-trōp/ noun (Gr tropos turn, habit) an allotropic form allotropˈic adjective (of a chemical element) existing in more than one form allotˈropism noun allotˈropous adjective
allotˈropy noun The property (esp in chemical elements such as carbon) of existing in more than one form |
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