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111An Tos|tal — «uhn TOS tuhl», an annual Irish festival of welcome to visitors and tourists …
112ca|tos|to|mid — «kuh TOS tuh mihd», noun, adjective. –n. any one of a family of freshwater cyprinoid fishes comprising the true suckers. –adj. having to do with the catostomids; belonging to this family. ╂[< New Latin Catostomidae the family name < Greek… …
113ca|tos|to|moid — «kuh TOS tuh moyd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. resembling a catostomid. 2. belonging to the family of the suckers. –n. = catostomid. (Cf. ↑catostomid) …
114cus|tos — «KUHS tos», noun, plural cus|to|des. Latin. a custodian; guardian …
115cys|tos|co|py — «sihs TOS kuh pee», noun. an examination of the urinary bladder with a cystoscope …
116ec|tos|to|sis — «EHK tos TOH sihs», noun. the growth of the bone around cartilage. It grows inward from without. ╂[< ecto + Greek ostéon bone + English osis] …
117ke|tos|ter|oid — «kih TOS tuh royd», noun. any one of a group of steroid hormones which originate in the adrenal glands and testes. Their presence in urine is used to determine the functioning conditions of these organs. ╂[< keto(ne) + steroid] …
118meth|yl|tes|tos|ter|one — «MEHTH uhl tehs TOS tuh rohn», noun. a synthetic male sex hormone used especially in the treatment of glandular deficiency, breast cancer, and disorders of the uterus. Formula: C20H30O2 …
119no|tos|tra|can — «noh TOS truh kuhn», noun. any of a group of branchiopods with sessile eyes and a low, oval carapace. ╂[< New Latin Notostraca (< Greek nôton the back + óstrakon shell) + English an] …
120phy|tos|ter|ol — «fy TOS tuh rohl, rol», noun. any one of several plant alcohols, such as ergosterol, that have the properties of sterols …
