| acephaly | (noun) absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) | Synonyms: acephalia, acephalism |
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| acrocephaly | (noun) a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape | Synonyms: oxycephaly |
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| acromegaly | (noun) enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor) | Synonyms: acromegalia |
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| adenomegaly | (noun) gland enlargement | - |
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| alyssum | (noun) any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers | Synonyms: madwort |
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| analysand | (noun) a person undergoing psychoanalysis | - |
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| analyser | (noun) an instrument that performs analyses | Synonyms: analyzer |
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| analysis | (noun) an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole | - |
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| (noun) a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud | Synonyms: depth psychology, psychoanalysis |
| (noun) the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations | Synonyms: analytic thinking |
| (noun) a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation | - |
| (noun) a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed | - |
| (noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father' | - |
| analyst | (noun) someone who is skilled at analyzing data | - |
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| (noun) a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis | Synonyms: psychoanalyst |
| (noun) an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions | - |
| analyticity | (noun) the property of being analytic | - |
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| analyzer | (noun) an instrument that performs analyses | Synonyms: analyser |
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| anencephaly | (noun) a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres | Synonyms: anencephalia |
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| anomaly | (noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun) | - |
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| (noun) a person who is unusual | Synonyms: unusual person |
| (noun) deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | Synonyms: anomalousness |
| anticatalyst | (noun) (chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst | - |
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| apocalypse | (noun) a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil | - |
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| autocatalysis | (noun) catalysis in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction | - |
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| bialy | (noun) flat crusty-bottomed onion roll | Synonyms: bialystoker |
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| bialystoker | (noun) flat crusty-bottomed onion roll | Synonyms: bialy |
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| biocatalyst | (noun) a biochemical catalyst such as an enzyme | - |
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| brachycephaly | (noun) the quality of being brachycephalic | Synonyms: brachycephalism |
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| breathalyser | (noun) a device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath | Synonyms: breathalyzer |
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| breathalyzer | (noun) a device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath | Synonyms: breathalyser |
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| calycle | (noun) a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) | Synonyms: caliculus, calyculus |
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| (noun) a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | Synonyms: calyculus, epicalyx, false calyx |
| calyculus | (noun) a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) | Synonyms: caliculus, calycle |
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| (noun) a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | Synonyms: calycle, epicalyx, false calyx |
| calypso | (noun) rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf | Synonyms: Calypso bulbosa, fairy-slipper |
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| calypter | (noun) scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly | Synonyms: alula |
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| calyptra | (noun) the hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy | - |
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| calyx | (noun) (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green | - |
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| cardiomegaly | (noun) an abnormal enlargement of the heart | Synonyms: enlarged heart, megacardia, megalocardia |
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| catalysis | (noun) acceleration of a chemical reaction induced by the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction | Synonyms: contact action |
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| catalyst | (noun) something that causes an important event to happen | - |
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| (noun) (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected | Synonyms: accelerator |
| chalybite | (noun) iron ore in the form of ferrous carbonate | Synonyms: siderite |
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| clinocephaly | (noun) a congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex) | Synonyms: clinocephalism |
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| cryptanalysis | (noun) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology |
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| cryptanalyst | (noun) decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptographer, cryptologist |
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| cryptanalytics | (noun) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalysis, cryptography, cryptology |
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| cystoparalysis | (noun) paralysis of the urinary bladder | Synonyms: cystoplegia |
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| dactylomegaly | (noun) abnormally large fingers or toes | - |
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| dialysis | (noun) separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes | - |
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| dialyzer | (noun) a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes | Synonyms: dialysis machine |
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| dolichocephaly | (noun) the quality of being dolichocephalic | Synonyms: dolichocephalism |
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| epicalyx | (noun) a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | Synonyms: calycle, calyculus, false calyx |
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| eucalypt | (noun) a tree of the genus Eucalyptus | Synonyms: eucalyptus, eucalyptus tree |
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| eucalyptus | (noun) a tree of the genus Eucalyptus | Synonyms: eucalypt, eucalyptus tree |
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| (noun) wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber | - |
| haemodialysis | (noun) dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure | Synonyms: hemodialysis |
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| halyard | (noun) a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag | Synonyms: halliard |
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| hemodialysis | (noun) dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure | Synonyms: haemodialysis |
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| hemodialyzer | (noun) a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body | Synonyms: artificial kidney |
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| hepatomegaly | (noun) abnormal enlargement of the liver | Synonyms: megalohepatia |
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| hydrocephaly | (noun) an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological | Synonyms: hydrocephalus |
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| hypnoanalysis | (noun) the use of hypnosis in conjunction with psychoanalysis | - |
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| macrencephaly | (noun) an abnormally large braincase | - |
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| macrocephaly | (noun) an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical | Synonyms: megacephaly, megalocephaly |
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| mealybug | (noun) scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees | Synonyms: mealy bug |
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| megacephaly | (noun) an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical | Synonyms: macrocephaly, megalocephaly |
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| megalocephaly | (noun) an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical | Synonyms: macrocephaly, megacephaly |
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| microcephaly | (noun) an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | Synonyms: microcephalus, nanocephaly |
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| nanocephaly | (noun) an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | Synonyms: microcephalus, microcephaly |
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| oxycephaly | (noun) a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape | Synonyms: acrocephaly |
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| paralysis | (noun) loss of the ability to move a body part | Synonyms: palsy |
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| paralytic | (noun) a person suffering from paralysis | - |
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| plagiocephaly | (noun) congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique | - |
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| psychoanalysis | (noun) a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud | Synonyms: analysis, depth psychology |
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| psychoanalyst | (noun) a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis | Synonyms: analyst |
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| scaphocephaly | (noun) congenital malformation of the skull which is long and narrow; frequently accompanied by mental retardation | - |
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| splenomegaly | (noun) an abnormal enlargement of the spleen | - |
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| thyromegaly | (noun) abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet | Synonyms: goiter, goitre, struma |
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| uranalysis | (noun) (medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis) | Synonyms: urinalysis |
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| urinalysis | (noun) (medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis) | Synonyms: uranalysis |
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