| acapnia | (noun) a state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal; can result from deep or rapid breathing | Synonyms: hypocapnia |
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| acromyotonia | (noun) myotonia of the extremities only; causes spastic deformity of the hand or foot | - |
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| actinia | (noun) any sea anemone or related animal | Synonyms: actinian, actiniarian |
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| agrimonia | (noun) a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers | Synonyms: agrimony |
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| agromania | (noun) an intense desire to be alone or out in the open | - |
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| agrypnia | (noun) a vigil before certain feasts (as e.g. Easter) | - |
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| algolagnia | (noun) sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain | Synonyms: algophilia |
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| amenia | (noun) absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow | Synonyms: amenorrhea, amenorrhoea |
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| ammonia | (noun) a pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3) | - |
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| (noun) a water solution of ammonia | Synonyms: ammonia water, ammonium hydroxide |
| amyotonia | (noun) lack of normal muscular tension or tonus | Synonyms: atonia, atonicity, atony |
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| anhedonia | (noun) an inability to experience pleasure | - |
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| aniseikonia | (noun) visual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes | - |
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| aphonia | (noun) a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice | Synonyms: voicelessness |
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| asthenia | (noun) an abnormal loss of strength | Synonyms: astheny |
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| atonia | (noun) lack of normal muscular tension or tonus | Synonyms: amyotonia, atonicity, atony |
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| balletomania | (noun) extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets | - |
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| bartonia | (noun) annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers | Synonyms: Mentzelia lindleyi |
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| begonia | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes | - |
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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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| bibliomania | (noun) preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books | - |
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| bocconia | (noun) small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers | Synonyms: Bocconia frutescens, tree celandine |
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| (noun) herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers | Synonyms: Macleaya cordata, plume poppy |
| bronchopneumonia | (noun) pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles | Synonyms: bronchial pneumonia |
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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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| catatonia | (noun) a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement | Synonyms: catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia |
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| (noun) extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia | - |
| clintonia | (noun) any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries | Synonyms: Clinton's lily |
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| cytopenia | (noun) a deficiency of some cellular element of the blood | - |
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| daphnia | (noun) minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae | Synonyms: water flea |
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| decalcomania | (noun) the art of transferring designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface | - |
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| (noun) either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface | Synonyms: decal |
| 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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| dipsomania | (noun) an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: alcoholism, potomania |
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| dysphonia | (noun) speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation | - |
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| egomania | (noun) an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs | - |
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| engelmannia | (noun) common erect hairy perennial of plains and prairies of southern and central United States having flowers that resemble sunflowers | - |
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| eosinopenia | (noun) a decrease in the number of eosinophils in the blood | - |
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| erwinia | (noun) rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants | - |
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| eudaemonia | (noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaimonia, upbeat, welfare, well-being, wellbeing |
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| eudaimonia | (noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaemonia, upbeat, welfare, well-being, wellbeing |
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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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| gazania | (noun) any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers | - |
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| glossodynia | (noun) pain in the tongue | Synonyms: glossalgia |
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| gloxinia | (noun) any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped 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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| hemicrania | (noun) a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men | Synonyms: megrim, migraine, sick headache |
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| hernia | (noun) rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes | Synonyms: herniation |
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| hryvnia | (noun) the basic unit of money in Ukraine | - |
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| hypercapnia | (noun) the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood | Synonyms: hypercarbia |
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| hypersomnia | (noun) an inability to stay awake | - |
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| hypertonia | (noun) (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic | Synonyms: hypertonicity, hypertonus |
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| hypocapnia | (noun) a state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal; can result from deep or rapid breathing | Synonyms: acapnia |
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| hypotonia | (noun) (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic | Synonyms: hypotonicity, hypotonus |
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| insignia | (noun) a badge worn to show official position | - |
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| insomnia | (noun) an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness | - |
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| kleptomania | (noun) an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive | - |
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| koinonia | (noun) Christian fellowship or communion with God or with fellow Christians; said in particular of the early Christian community | - |
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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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| logomania | (noun) pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking | Synonyms: logorrhea |
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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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| mania | (noun) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | Synonyms: cacoethes, passion |
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| (noun) a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently | Synonyms: manic disorder |
| martynia | (noun) sprawling annual or perennial herb of Central America and West Indies having creamy-white to red-purple bell-shaped flowers followed by unusual horned fruit | Synonyms: Martynia annua |
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| megalomania | (noun) a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur | - |
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| monomania | (noun) a mania restricted to one thing or idea | Synonyms: possession |
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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 | - |
| myodynia | (noun) pain in a muscle or group of muscles | Synonyms: myalgia |
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| myotonia | (noun) abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction | - |
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| necromania | (noun) an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies | Synonyms: necrophilia, necrophilism |
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| 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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| nymphomania | (noun) abnormally intense sexual desire in women | - |
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| onomatomania | (noun) obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness | - |
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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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| pavonia | (noun) any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having white or yellow or purple flowers | - |
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| petunia | (noun) any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers | - |
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| phaneromania | (noun) an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting) | - |
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| pleurodynia | (noun) pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs | Synonyms: costalgia, pleuralgia |
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| pleuropneumonia | (noun) pleurisy and pneumonia | - |
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| pneumonia | (noun) respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants | - |
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| pogonia | (noun) any hardy bog orchid of the genus Pogonia: terrestrial orchids having slender rootstocks and erect stems bearing one or a few leaves and a solitary terminal flower | - |
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| potomania | (noun) an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: alcoholism, dipsomania |
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| pyromania | (noun) an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things | - |
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| rhizoctinia | (noun) any fungus now or formerly belonging to the form genus Rhizoctinia | - |
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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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| sclerotinia | (noun) any fungus of the genus Sclerotinia; some causing brown rot diseases in plants | - |
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| sesbania | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea-like flowers | - |
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| sideropenia | (noun) a deficiency of iron; results from inadequate iron in the diet or from hemorrhage | - |
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| squandermania | (noun) prodigious squandering (usually by a government) | - |
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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 |
| tannia | (noun) tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes | Synonyms: malanga, spoonflower, Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, yautia |
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| 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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| titania | (noun) a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability | Synonyms: titanic oxide, titanium dioxide, titanium oxide |
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| tithonia | (noun) any plant of the genus Tithonia; tall coarse herbs or shrubs of Mexico to Panama having large flower heads resembling sunflowers with yellow disc florets and golden-yellow to orange-scarlet rays | Synonyms: Mexican sunflower |
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