xenon
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~ a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts
xenophanes
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~ Greek philosopher (560-478 BC)
xenophobia
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~ a fear of foreigners or strangers
xenophon
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~ Greek general and historian; student of Socrates (430-355 BC)
Xenopodidae
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~ in some classifications the family of the genus Xenopus which is otherwise included in the family Pipidae
Xenopus laevis
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~ a tongueless frog native to Africa; established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals
xenopus
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~ an African clawed frog; in some classifications made the type genus of a separate family Xenopodidae
Xenorhyncus
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~ East Indian and Australian storks
Xenosauridae
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~ monotypic family of Mexican lizards
Xenosaurus
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~ type and sole genus of Xenosauridae: slender-bodied Mexican lizards having the upper surface covered with tiny granules and tubercles
xenotime
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~ a brown-to-yellow mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium in crystalline form
xenotransplant
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~ a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species
xenotransplantation
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~ a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species
xeranthemum
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~ any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers
Xeranthemum annuum
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~ mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere
Xerobates
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~ possible new genus for desert and Texas tortoises based on recent research
xeroderma pigmentosum
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~ a rare genetic condition characterized by an eruption of exposed skin occurring in childhood and photosensitivity with severe sunburn; inherited as a recessive autosomal trait in which DNA repair processes are defective so they are more likely to chromosome breaks and cancers when exposed to ultraviolet light
xeroderma
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~ a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin
xerodermia
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~ a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin