Athermancy
noun
an inability to transmit radiant heat or infrared radiation Also called adiathermancy
Historical Examples
athermancy, ath-er′man-si, n. the property of stopping radiant heat.
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various
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- Athermanous
adjective capable of stopping radiant heat or infrared radiation Historical Examples It has been shown that rock-salt is extremely opaque or athermanous to the radiations from a piece of heated rock-salt. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Various
- Athero
a combining form representing atheroma, or atheromatous, in compound words: atherosclerosis. athero- pref. Soft gruel-like deposit; atheroma: atherogenesis.
- Atheroembolism
atheroembolism atheroembolism ath·er·o·em·bo·lism (āth’ə-rō-ěm’bə-lĭz’əm) n. See cholesterol embolism.
- Atherogenesis
atherogenesis atherogenesis ath·er·o·gen·e·sis (āth’ə-rō-jěn’ĭ-sĭs) n. Formation of atheromatous deposits, especially on the innermost layer of arterial walls.
- Atherogenic
capable of producing atheromatous plaques in arteries. adjective causing atheroma atherogenic ath·er·o·gen·ic (āth’ə-rō-jěn’ĭk) adj. Initiating, increasing, or accelerating atherogenesis.