A period, hypothesized to follow a nuclear winter, in which surface temperatures rise to a dangerous degree because of the release of carbon dioxide and methane from decayed organic matter.

(pathology) Relating to, or characterised by, the infiltration of vessels (blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, or both).

plural of bismuthate

(biology) One of a set of cells, in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that produces the growth hormone somatotropin.