Phrase Hound found 27 phrases and 39 compound words that contain selective. The most common are listed below. Open selective in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 27
- selective schoolA school that admits students on the basis of their academic achievements.
- selective serotonin reuptake inhibitorAny of a class of drugs, such as fluoxetine or sertraline, that inhibit the uptake of serotonin in the central nervous system and are often used to treat certain mental illnesses, such as depression.
- selective advantageThe characteristic of an organism that enables it to survive and reproduce better than other organisms in a population in a given environment; the basis for evolution by natural selection.
- selective breedingThe practice of breeding the best specimens of a given organism to encourage certain features.
- selective mutismA severe form of social anxiety disorder characterized by a total inability to speak or communicate orally in certain social settings.
- non-selectiveAlternative spelling of nonselective: Not selective
- selective fireThe ability to choose whether a weapon fires automatically or semi-automatically.
- selective memoryThe ability to retrieve certain facts and events but not others.
- selective schoolsplural of selective school: A school that admits students on the basis of their academic achievements.
- selective yellowA standardized color for automotive lamps, intended to improve vision by removing blue wavelengths from the projected light.
- selective distortionThe tendency to interpret information in a way that supports what one already believes.
- selective eating disorderFormer name of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.
- selective androgen receptor modulatorA class of drugs that selectively activate the androgen receptor in specific tissues.
- selective androgen receptor modulatorsplural of selective androgen receptor modulator: A class of drugs that selectively activate the androgen receptor in specific tissues.
- selective serotonin reuptake inhibitorsplural of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor: Any of a class of drugs, such as fluoxetine or sertraline, that inhibit the uptake of serotonin in the central nervous system and are often used to treat certain mental illnesses, such as …
- ion-selective electrodeAlternative form of ion selective electrode.
- selective advantagesplural of selective advantage: The characteristic of an organism that enables it to survive and reproduce better than other organisms in a population in a given environment; the basis for evolution by natural selection.
- selective collectionThe collection of recyclable waste separately from that which is not recyclable.
- selective collectionsplural of selective collection: The collection of recyclable waste separately from that which is not recyclable.
- selective compressionA process in modelbuilding, in which bulky and/or repetitious elements of the prototype being modeled are omitted, in order to capture the important details in a smaller-than-scale model.
- ion-selective membranea membrane (e.g. of a chalcogenide glass) across which an electrical potential differs according to the concentration of a specific ion; used in ion-selective electrodes and in electrodialysis
- potassium selective electrodeAn ion selective electrode used to measure the concentration of potassium ions, especially in biological fluids.
- ion selective electrodesplural of ion selective electrode
- selective eating disordersplural of selective eating disorder: Former name of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.
- selective distortionsplural of selective distortion: The tendency to interpret information in a way that supports what one already believes.
Compound words 39
- selegilineThe levorotatory form of the monoamine oxidase inhibitor deprenyl that is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₃H₁₇N·HCl as an adjuvant to therapy using the combination of ʟ-dopa and carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's …
- SELCALA system for alerting a specific aircraft that a radio station on the ground wishes to communicate with them, via transmitting an aircraft-specific sequence of audio tones over the aircraft's company radio frequency to an automatic decoder …
- postselectiveFollowing selection
- preselectiveRelating to preselection
- superselectiveRelating to superselection.
- uroselectiveThat selectively affects the prostate gland and the flow of urine
- anxioselectiverelieving anxiety without side effects.
- atroposelectiveRelating to, or exhibiting atroposelectivity
- autoselectiveRelating to autoselection
- cardioselectiveDescribing a drug that has a greater effect on cardiovascular tissue than on others