See Also: homeotic(medicine)
homeotic mutation(medicine)
homeotic mutant(medicine)
homeotic genes(medicine)
Homeotic gene(medicine)
homeotic selector gene(medicine)
Offensive(medicine)
offensive(dictionary)
offensive 1, adjective(dictionary)
offensive 2, noun(dictionary)

offensive 1, adjective (oh) and homeotic (medicine)


offensive 1, adjective (oh)



very rude or insulting and likely to upset people
-opposite inoffensive inoffensive
::I found her remarks deeply offensive .
offensive to
::crude jokes that are offensive to women
::offensive behaviour
formal very unpleasant
::an offensive smell
[only before noun] for attacking
-see also defensive 1 (1)
::Jan was convicted of possessing an offensive weapon .
::The troops took up offensive positions.
AmE relating to getting points and winning a game, rather than stopping the Other team from getting points
-opposite defensive defensive
::the Jets' offensive strategy
-- offensively adv
::Rick's remarks were offensively racist.
-- offensiveness n [U]

homeotic (medicine)


homeotic


Pertaining to or characterised by homeosis.