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Optometry

(Noun) - eye examination for diseases & contact lenses

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Synoptic

(Adj) - presenting/taking the same view/vision; Summary; Synoptic Gospels

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Optical

(Adj) - relating to vision; optimizing light to aid vision

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Optophone

(Noun) - A device used to convert written text into sound

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Biopsy

(Noun) - the removal of living tissue from the body for diagnostic examination

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Biometric

(Adj) - statistical analysis of biological observations and phenomena

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Biogenic

(Adj) - produced by living organisms

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Chronothermal

(Adj) - related to both time and temperature

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Geothermal

(Adj) - heat of Earth's interior

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Thermometer

(Noun) - instrument to depict temperature

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Hypothermia

(Noun) - subnormal temperature (cold)

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Thermal

(Adj) - temperature; low energy due to thermal agitation

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Thermography

(Noun) - writing/printing through use of heat

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Thermogenic

(Adj) - producing heat

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Dehydrate

(Verb) - Remove water; lack of water

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Hydrant

(Noun) - pipe drawing water from a main pipe, used for putting out fires

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Hydrothermal

(Adj) - hot water; minerals that form as hot solutions which rise from cooling magma

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Hydrogenic

(Adj) - caused by the action of water (geology)

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Hydrophone

(Noun) - receiver for listening to sound transmitted through water

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Hydrogeology

(Noun) - study of subsurface water movement through rocks

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Hydropathy

(Noun) - treatment of injury or disease with water

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Hydrograph

(Noun) - diagram of the levels or amount of water flow in a river

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Hydronymy

(Noun) - naming bodies of water

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