amnesic | (noun) a person suffering from amnesia | Synonyms: amnesiac |
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analgesic | (noun) a medicine used to relieve pain | Synonyms: anodyne, pain pill, painkiller |
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desiccant | (noun) a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) | Synonyms: drier, drying agent, siccative |
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desiccation | (noun) the process of extracting moisture | Synonyms: dehydration, drying up, evaporation |
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(noun) dryness resulting from the removal of water | Synonyms: dehydration |
geodesic | (noun) (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere) | Synonyms: geodesic line |
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homesickness | (noun) a longing to return home | - |
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lovesickness | (noun) a pining for a loved one | - |
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papulovesicle | (noun) a papule that changes into a blister | Synonyms: vesicopapule |
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vasovesiculitis | (noun) inflammation of the vas deferens and seminal vesicles; usually occurring with prostatitis | - |
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vesica | (noun) a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) | Synonyms: bladder |
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vesicant | (noun) a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) | Synonyms: vesicatory |
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vesication | (noun) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin | Synonyms: blistering, vesiculation |
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vesicatory | (noun) a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) | Synonyms: vesicant |
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vesicle | (noun) a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) | Synonyms: cyst |
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vesicopapule | (noun) a papule that changes into a blister | Synonyms: papulovesicle |
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vesiculation | (noun) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin | Synonyms: blistering, vesication |
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vesiculitis | (noun) inflammation of a seminal vesicle (usually in conjunction with prostatitis) | - |
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vesiculovirus | (noun) an animal virus that causes vesicular stomatitis | - |
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