#science lexicon

• Anthropophilic — The feminine form of 'antropofil'; describes a species of insects, fungi, or parasitic microorganisms that exhibit an exclusive or preferential attraction to the human body or human-made habitats. As a noun, it denotes a dermatophyte fungus or insect vector that utilizes humans as its primary biological host.
• Azoic — In organic chemistry, containing the azo functional group or relating to synthetic dyes based on this group; in geology and paleontology, completely devoid of traces of animal or plant life, a term used historically to describe geological formations prior to the appearance of the first living organisms.
• Nitrous acid — A systematic name rarely used to designate nitrous acid (HNO2) in correlation with its salts; also, a term applied in old records to the hydrated forms or unstable aqueous solutions of lower-valence nitrogen oxides.