nonfunctioning
61otiose — I adjective abortive, apathetic, arid, barren, bootless, dallying, dilatory, disengaged, dispensable, disused, dormant, dried up, effete, exhausted, expendable, faineant, fallow, feckless, fruitless, futile, idle, impotent, impracticable,… …
62replacement therapy — re·place·ment therapy ri plā smənt n therapy involving the supplying of something (as nutrients or blood) lacking from or lost to the system see ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY, HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY * * * 1. treatment to replace deficiencies… …
63grommet — n. a flanged metal or plastic tube that is inserted in the eardrum in cases of glue ear. It allows air to enter the middle ear, bypassing the patient s own nonfunctioning Eustachian tube. * * * grom·met (gromґət) 1. a tube inserted through… …
64nonsecreting adenoma — nonsecretory adenoma nonfunctioning a …
65null-cell adenoma — a pituitary adenoma whose cells give negative results on tests for staining and hormone secretion; although classically they were considered to be composed of sparsely granulated or degranulated (nonfunctioning) cells, some contain functioning… …
66balancing side — the segment of a denture or dental arch on the side opposite to that toward which the mandible is moved. The term pertains to occlusion and bears no relation to masticatory activity. Called also nonfunctioning s …
67renal replacement therapy — therapy such as hemodialysis or transplantation that takes the place of nonfunctioning kidneys. See also continuous renal replacement t …
68light hole — (Jamaican.) 1. A hole in the roof of a cave through which light enters; sometimes a nonfunctioning swallow hole [20]. 2. Fossil or abandoned swallow hole [10] …
69alive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. living (See life); quickwitted, alert, brisk, spry; susceptible. See intelligence, activity, sensibility. Ant., dead, lifeless. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having life] Syn. living, live, animate,… …
70broken — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See break, breakdown. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Fractured] Syn. shattered, ruptured, burst, splintered, shivered, smashed, in pieces, collapsed, destroyed, gashed, pulverized, crumbled, mutilated,… …
