amenia | (noun) absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow | Synonyms: amenorrhea, amenorrhoea |
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asthenia | (noun) an abnormal loss of strength | Synonyms: astheny |
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bergenia | (noun) any plant of the genus Bergenia; valued as an evergreen ground cover and for the spring blossoms | - |
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caladenia | (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia | - |
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catamenia | (noun) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | Synonyms: flow, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period |
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cytopenia | (noun) a deficiency of some cellular element of the blood | - |
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dillenia | (noun) any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Dillenia grown for their foliage and nodding flowers resembling magnolias which are followed by fruit that is used in curries and jellies and preserves | - |
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eosinopenia | (noun) a decrease in the number of eosinophils in the blood | - |
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gardenia | (noun) any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers | - |
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granulocytopenia | (noun) an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes | Synonyms: agranulocytosis, agranulosis |
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haematocytopenia | (noun) an abnormally low number of red blood cells in the blood | Synonyms: hematocytopenia |
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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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hematocytopenia | (noun) an abnormally low number of red blood cells in the blood | Synonyms: haematocytopenia |
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leucopenia | (noun) an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count | Synonyms: leukopenia |
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leukopenia | (noun) an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count | Synonyms: leucopenia |
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lymphocytopenia | (noun) an abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood | Synonyms: lymphopenia |
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lymphopenia | (noun) an abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood | Synonyms: lymphocytopenia |
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myasthenia | (noun) a chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck); caused by a deficiency of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions | Synonyms: myasthenia gravis |
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(noun) any muscular weakness | - |
neurasthenia | (noun) nervous breakdown (not in technical use) | - |
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neutropenia | (noun) leukopenia in which the decrease is primarily in number of neutrophils (the chief phagocytic leukocyte) | - |
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pancytopenia | (noun) an abnormal deficiency in all blood cells (red blood cells and white blood cells and platelets); usually associated with bone marrow tumor or with aplastic anemia | - |
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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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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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sideropenia | (noun) a deficiency of iron; results from inadequate iron in the diet or from hemorrhage | - |
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taenia | (noun) tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host | - |
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(noun) a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband | Synonyms: fillet, tenia |
tenia | (noun) a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband | Synonyms: fillet, taenia |
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thrombasthenia | (noun) a rare autosomal recessive disease in which the platelets do not produce clots in the normal way and hemorrhage results | - |
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thrombocytopenia | (noun) a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood | Synonyms: thrombopenia |
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thrombopenia | (noun) a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood | Synonyms: thrombocytopenia |
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