See Also: pulpy(medicine)
pulpy(dictionary)
pulpy kidney disease(medicine)

morphotropy (iou) and pulpy (iou)


morphotropy (iou)



morphotropy noun. E20.
[from MORPHO- + -TROPY.]
Crystallography. The changes in crystal structure brought about by replacing one kind of atom or radical in a crystal by others; the branch of science that deals with these.
morphotropic adjective of, pertaining to, or exhibiting morphotropy L19.

pulpy (iou)



pulpy adjective. L16.
[from PULP noun + -Y1.]
Of the Nature of pulp, consisting of pulp, resembling pulp; soft, fleshy, succulent; fig. flabby. L16.
pulpy kidney (disease) Veterinary Medicine a clostridial enterotoxaemia of sheep often marked by rapid post-mortem degeneration of the kidneys.
Pertaining to or characteristic of pulp magazines or pulp literature, sensational. M20.