abasia | (noun) inability to walk | - |
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acataphasia | (noun) a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner | - |
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achondroplasia | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasty, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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achromasia | (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness |
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agerasia | (noun) youthful appearance in an old person | - |
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alocasia | (noun) any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries | Synonyms: elephant's ear, elephant ear |
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anaplasia | (noun) loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor | - |
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angiotelectasia | (noun) dilation and enlargement of arterioles | - |
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antinomasia | (noun) substitution of a title for a name | - |
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aphasia | (noun) inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion | - |
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aplasia | (noun) failure of some tissue or organ to develop | - |
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arteriectasia | (noun) an abnormal distension of an artery | Synonyms: arteriectasis |
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astasia | (noun) inability to stand due to muscular incoordination | - |
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cataphasia | (noun) a speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession | - |
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cataplasia | (noun) (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form | - |
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dyscrasia | (noun) an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body | - |
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dysphasia | (noun) an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage | - |
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dysplasia | (noun) abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth | - |
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ectasia | (noun) dilatation or distension of a hollow organ | Synonyms: ectasis |
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euthanasia | (noun) the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) | Synonyms: mercy killing |
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fantasia | (noun) a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes | - |
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haemostasia | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasis, hemostasia, hemostasis |
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hemostasia | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasia, haemostasis, hemostasis |
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hyperplasia | (noun) abnormal increase in number of cells | - |
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hypoplasia | (noun) underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells | - |
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keratectasia | (noun) abnormal bulging of the cornea of the eye | - |
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lymphangiectasia | (noun) dilatation of a lymph vessel | Synonyms: lymphangiectasis |
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malvasia | (noun) grape used to make malmsey wine | - |
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neoplasia | (noun) the pathological process that results in the formation and growth of a tumor | - |
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paronomasia | (noun) a humorous play on words | Synonyms: pun, punning, wordplay |
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pericementoclasia | (noun) pus pocket formation around a tooth | - |
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