anaphrodisia | (noun) decline or absence of sexual desire | - |
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antiphrasis | (noun) the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) | - |
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aphrodisia | (noun) a desire for heterosexual intimacy | - |
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aphrodisiac | (noun) a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire | - |
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cataphract | (noun) armor that protects the wearer's whole body | Synonyms: body armor, body armour, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour |
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catchphrase | (noun) a phrase that has become a catchword | Synonyms: catch phrase |
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diaphragm | (noun) a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens | Synonyms: stop |
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(noun) electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves | - |
(noun) a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix | Synonyms: contraceptive diaphragm, pessary |
(noun) (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration | Synonyms: midriff |
epinephrin | (noun) a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action | Synonyms: Adrenalin, adrenaline, epinephrine |
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epinephrine | (noun) a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action | Synonyms: Adrenalin, adrenaline, epinephrin |
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glomerulonephritis | (noun) nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of blood and protein in the urine and by edema | - |
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hebephrenia | (noun) a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior; usually becomes evident during puberty; the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions | Synonyms: disorganized schizophrenia, disorganized type schizophrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia |
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hermaphrodism | (noun) congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics | Synonyms: hermaphroditism |
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hermaphrodite | (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: androgyne, epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, intersex |
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hermaphroditism | (noun) showing characteristics of both sexes | Synonyms: androgyny, bisexuality |
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(noun) congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics | Synonyms: hermaphrodism |
hydronephrosis | (noun) accumulation of urine in the kidney because of an obstruction in the ureter | - |
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nephralgia | (noun) pain in the kidney (usually felt in the loins) | - |
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nephrectomy | (noun) surgical removal of a kidney | - |
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nephrite | (noun) an amphibole mineral consisting of calcium magnesium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade that is less valuable than from jadeite; once believed to cure kidney disorders | - |
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nephritis | (noun) an inflammation of the kidney | Synonyms: Bright's disease |
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nephroangiosclerosis | (noun) kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension; sclerosis of the renal arterioles reduces blood flow that can lead to kidney failure and heart failure | Synonyms: nephrosclerosis |
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nephroblastoma | (noun) malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass | Synonyms: adenomyosarcoma, embryoma of the kidney, Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour |
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nephrocalcinosis | (noun) renal lithiasis in which calcium deposits form in the renal parenchyma and result in reduced kidney function and blood in the urine | - |
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nephrolith | (noun) a calculus formed in the kidney | Synonyms: kidney stone, renal calculus, urinary calculus |
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nephrolithiasis | (noun) the presence of kidney stones (calculi) in the kidney | Synonyms: renal lithiasis |
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nephrology | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the kidney - its development and anatomy and physiology and disorders | - |
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nephron | (noun) any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney | Synonyms: uriniferous tubule |
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nephropathy | (noun) a disease affecting the kidneys | Synonyms: kidney disease, nephrosis, renal disorder |
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nephroptosia | (noun) prolapse of the kidney | Synonyms: nephroptosis |
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nephroptosis | (noun) prolapse of the kidney | Synonyms: nephroptosia |
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nephrosclerosis | (noun) kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension; sclerosis of the renal arterioles reduces blood flow that can lead to kidney failure and heart failure | Synonyms: nephroangiosclerosis |
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nephrosis | (noun) a disease affecting the kidneys | Synonyms: kidney disease, nephropathy, renal disorder |
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(noun) a syndrome characterized by edema and large amounts of protein in the urine and usually increased blood cholesterol; usually associated with glomerulonephritis or with a complication of various systemic diseases | Synonyms: nephrotic syndrome |
nephrotomy | (noun) incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone) | - |
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nephrotoxin | (noun) any toxin that affects the kidneys | - |
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norepinephrine | (noun) a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses | Synonyms: noradrenaline |
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ophryon | (noun) the craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits | - |
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orphrey | (noun) a richly embroidered edging on an ecclesiastical vestment | - |
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paraphrase | (noun) rewording for the purpose of clarification | Synonyms: paraphrasis |
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paraphrasis | (noun) rewording for the purpose of clarification | Synonyms: paraphrase |
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paraphrenia | (noun) a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner | Synonyms: paranoic type schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia, paraphrenic schizophrenia |
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periphrasis | (noun) a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things | Synonyms: ambage, circumlocution |
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phenylephrine | (noun) a powerful vasoconstrictor used to dilate the pupils and relieve nasal congestion | - |
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phragmacone | (noun) the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite | Synonyms: phragmocone |
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phragmocone | (noun) the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite | Synonyms: phragmacone |
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phrase | (noun) dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence | - |
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(noun) an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence | - |
(noun) a short musical passage | Synonyms: musical phrase |
(noun) an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up | Synonyms: idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase |
phraseology | (noun) the manner in which something is expressed in words | Synonyms: choice of words, diction, phrasing, verbiage, wording |
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phrasing | (noun) the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line | - |
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(noun) the manner in which something is expressed in words | Synonyms: choice of words, diction, phraseology, verbiage, wording |
phratry | (noun) people descended from a common ancestor | Synonyms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept |
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phrenitis | (noun) inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use) | Synonyms: cephalitis, encephalitis |
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phrenologist | (noun) someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull | Synonyms: craniologist |
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phrenology | (noun) a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties | - |
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phrontistery | (noun) an establishment for study and learning (sometimes including modern universities) | - |
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pseudohermaphrodite | (noun) someone having external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex; not a true hermaphrodite because there is no ambiguity in the sex of the external genitalia and hence no question about gender at birth | - |
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pseudohermaphroditism | (noun) congenital condition in which a person has external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex | - |
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pyelonephritis | (noun) inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection | - |
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rephrasing | (noun) changing a particular word or phrase | Synonyms: recasting, rewording |
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schizophrenia | (noun) any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact | Synonyms: dementia praecox, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis |
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schizophrenic | (noun) someone who is afflicted with schizophrenia | - |
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