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  • English Word Isonitroso- Definition A combining from (also used adjectively), signifying: Pertaining to, or designating, the characteristic, nitrogenous radical, NOH, called the isonitroso group.
  • English Word Isonomic Definition The same, or equal, in law or right; one in kind or origin; analogous; similar.
  • English Word Isonomy Definition Equal law or right; equal distribution of rights and privileges; similarity.
  • English Word Isopathy Definition The system which undertakes to cure a disease by means of the virus of the same disease.
  • English Word Isopathy Definition The theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal.
  • English Word Isopathy Definition The doctrine that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of disease.
  • English Word Isopepsin Definition Pepsin modified by exposure to a temperature of from 40¡ to 60¡ C.
  • English Word Isoperimetrical Definition Having equal perimeters of circumferences; as, isoperimetrical figures or bodies.
  • English Word Isoperimetry Definition The science of figures having equal perimeters or boundaries.
  • English Word Isopiestic Definition Having equal pressure.
  • English Word Isopleura Definition A subclass of Gastropoda, in which the body is symmetrical, the right and left sides being equal.
  • English Word Isopod Definition Having the legs similar in structure; belonging to the Isopoda.
  • English Word Isopod Definition One of the Isopoda.
  • English Word Isopoda Definition An order of sessile-eyed Crustacea, usually having seven pairs of legs, which are all similar in structure.
  • English Word Isopodiform Definition Having the shape of an isopod; -- said of the larvae of certain insects.
  • English Word Isopodous Definition Same as Isopod.
  • English Word Isopogonous Definition Having the two webs equal in breath; -- said of feathers.
  • English Word Isoprene Definition An oily, volatile hydrocarbon, obtained by the distillation of caoutchouc or guttaipercha.
  • English Word Isopycnic Definition Having equal density, as different regions of a medium; passing through points at which the density is equal; as, an isopycnic line or surface.
  • English Word Isopycnic Definition A line or surface passing through those points in a medium, at which the density is the same.
  • English Word Isorcin Definition A crystalline hydrocarbon derivative, metameric with orcin, but produced artificially; -- called also cresorcin.
  • English Word Isorropic Definition Of equal value.
  • English Word Isosceles Definition Having two legs or sides that are equal; -- said of a triangle.
  • English Word Isospondyli Definition An extensive order of fishes, including the salmons, herrings, and many allied forms.
  • English Word Isospondylous Definition Of or pertaining to the Isospondyli; having the anterior vertebrae separate and normal.
  • English Word Isosporic Definition Producing but one kind of spore, as the ferns and Equiseta. Cf. Heterosporic.
  • English Word Isostemonous Definition Having exactly as many stamens as petals.
  • English Word Isostemony Definition The quality or state of being isostemonous.
  • English Word Isosulphocyanate Definition A salt of isosulphocyanic acid.
  • English Word Isosulphocyanic Definition Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, HNCS, isomeric with sulphocyanic acid.