<B>pseudaxis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) a sympodium. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudepigrapha">
<B>pseudepigrapha</B> or <B>Pseudepigrapha, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> spurious writings, especially certain writings professing to be Biblical in character, but not considered canonical, inspired, or worthy of a place in religious use. </DL>
<B>pseudepigraphy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> false ascription of authorship. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudo">
<B>pseudo, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-dos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>false; sham; pretended. <BR> <I>Ex. a pseudo religion, pseudo anger.</I> (SYN) spurious, counterfeit. <DD><B> 2. </B>having only the appearance of. <BR> <I>Ex. Luxuries ... when long gratified, become a sort of pseudo necessaries (Scott).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> (Informal.) a false or insincere person; fake; pretender; hypocrite. <BR> <I>Ex. The best parts of all of them put together wouldn't make one third-rate poet. They're all ... pseudos. Imitators of imitators (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pseudo">
<B>pseudo-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) <DD><B> 1. </B>false; pseudo. <BR> <I>Ex. Pseudomorph = a false form. Pseudonym = a false name (used by an author). Pseudoscience = pretended science.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(in chemical terms) resembling; related to; isomeric with, as in <BR> <I>Ex. pseudonuclein.</I> <DD> Also, <B>pseud-</B> before vowels. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudoaquatic">
<B>pseudoaquatic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not really aquatic, but growing in wet places. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudoarchaic">
<B>pseudoarchaic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not genuinely archaic. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudobrookite">
<B>pseudobrookite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an iron oxide of titanium that resembles brookite, found in some igneous rocks, such as andesite. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudocarp">
<B>pseudocarp, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fruit that includes other parts in addition to the mature ovary and its contents, such as the apple, pineapple, or pear. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudocarpous">
<B>pseudocarpous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a pseudocarp. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudocholinesterase">
<B>pseudocholinesterase, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an enzyme present in the liver and blood plasma that is chemically similar to the enzyme cholinesterase in nerve tissue. <BR> <I>Ex. Pseudocholinesterase catalyzes hydrolysis of aspirin, succinylcholine, and other drugs (Science News).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pseudoclassic">
<B>pseudoclassic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> pretending to be classic; falsely supposed to be classic. <DD><I>noun </I> a pseudoclassic work of art or literature. </DL>
<B>pseudoclassicism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a false, spurious, or sham classicism. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudocoel">
<B>pseudocoel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a body cavity in some primitive animals, similar to the coelom except that it is unlined. <BR> <I>Ex. In roundworms ... a cavity termed the pseudocoel, existing between the digestive tract and muscles, contains a body fluid which is set in circulation by the wriggling movements characteristic of such animals (Harbaugh and Goodrich).</I> </DL>
<B>pseudocoelomate, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> having a pseudocoel, as the roundworm does. <DD><I>noun </I> an animal having a pseudocoel. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudocyesis">
<B>pseudocyesis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> illness in which the patient thinks herself pregnant and displays some of the appropriate symptoms; false pregnancy. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudodox">
<B>pseudodox, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an erroneous or false opinion. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudoevent">
<B>pseudo-event, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a staged or contrived event; something arranged so that it may be publicized or reported in the news media. <BR> <I>Ex. The great enemy of healthy cultural and political life is ... the "pseudo-event" (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pseudoglobulin">
<B>pseudoglobulin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any globulin that is soluble in pure water. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudohemophilia">
<B>pseudohemophilia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an abnormal condition of the blood platelets in which there is extensive bleeding from a cut or wound but faster clotting of the blood than in hemophilia; von Willebrand's disease. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudohermaphrodite">
<B>pseudohermaphrodite, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person affected by pseudohermaphroditism. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>=pseudohermaphroditic.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pseudohermaphroditic">
<B>pseudohermaphroditic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> affected by pseudohermaphroditism. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudohermaphroditism">
<B>pseudohermaphroditism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an appearance of hermaphroditism, as that due to a malformation of the external genitals. <BR> <I>Ex. pseudohermaphroditism, in which a boy or girl has the external sex characteristics of the opposite sex (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pseudohexagonal">
<B>pseudohexagonal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> falsely hexagonal; appearing to be hexagonal, though not really so. <BR> <I>Ex. The chromic acid in the ... stain distorts the spheroidal pollen grains to a pseudohexagonal shape (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pseudohypertrophic">
<B>pseudohypertrophic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>producing or affected with pseudohypertrophy. <DD><B> 2. </B>characterized by pseudohypertrophy. <BR> <I>Ex. such hereditary afflictions as pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pseudohypertrophy">
<B>pseudohypertrophy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-phies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an enlargement of an organ by growth of fat or connective tissue as in hypertrophy, but with atrophy of the organ itself. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudointellectual">
<B>pseudointellectual, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> pretending to be intellectual; falsely intellectual. <BR> <I>Ex. pseudointellectual snobbism.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a pseudointellectual person. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudoliberal">
<B>pseudoliberal, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> not genuinely liberal; feigning liberalism; falsely liberal. <BR> <I>Ex. "The fashion in pseudoliberal circles dictates severe criticism of the FBI" (Newsweek).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a pseudoliberal person. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudological">
<B>pseudological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or relating to pseudology. adv. <B>pseudologically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pseudologist">
<B>pseudologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a creator of falsehoods; systematic liar. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudology">
<B>pseudology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of lying, especially as an art or a subject of study. </DL>
<B>pseudomonas, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ades.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of motile, aerobic, Gram-negative bacteria, some of which are pathogenic. <BR> <I>Ex. Urinary tract infections caused by pseudomonas include everything from the serious kidney disease to cystitis (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pseudomorph">
<B>pseudomorph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a false or deceptive form. <DD><B> 2. </B>a mineral which has the form of another mineral. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudomorphic">
<B>pseudomorphic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with a pseudomorph. <DD><B> 2. </B>like a pseudomorph. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudomorphism">
<B>pseudomorphism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the state of being a pseudomorph. <DD><B> 2. </B>the process by which this is brought about. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudomorphous">
<B>pseudomorphous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a false form, or a form proper to something else; characterized by pseudomorphism. </DL>
<B>pseudonym, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a name used by an author instead of his real name. Mark Twain is a pseudonym for Samuel Langhorne Clemens. <BR> <I>Ex. Moravia was then forbidden to write under his own name, and he adopted the pseudonym of Pseudo (Atlantic).</I> (SYN) pen name, nom de plume. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudonymity">
<B>pseudonymity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the use of a pseudonym or false name; pseudonymous character. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudonymous">
<B>pseudonymous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>bearing a false name. <BR> <I>Ex. a pseudonymous author.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>writing or written under an assumed or fictitious name. adv. <B>pseudonymously.</B> noun <B>pseudonymousness.</B> </DL>
<B>pseudopodial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with pseudopodia. <DD><B> 2. </B>forming or formed by pseudopodia. <BR> <I>Ex. a pseudopodial process, pseudopodial movement.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pseudopodium">
<B>pseudopodium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dia.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a temporary protrusion of the protoplasm of a protozoan, serving as a means of locomotion and a way of surrounding and thereby absorbing food. <BR> <I>Ex. As the finger-like pseudopodium (the "false foot") of the amoeba advances, one sees the cytoplasm (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the posterior extremity of a rotifer, serving chiefly as a swimming organ. </DL>
<A NAME="pseudopregnancy">
<B>pseudopregnancy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a condition similar to pregnancy, found among dogs, rabbits, and other animals, after a sterile mating. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=pseudocyesis.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pseudopregnant">
<B>pseudopregnant, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> affected with or characterized by pseudopregnancy. <BR> <I>Ex. Ova were transferred to the oviducts of three pseudopregnant females (that is, mice physiologically prepared for motherhood by mating with sterile males) (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
