| adventitia | (noun) an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue | Synonyms: tunic, tunica |
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| agalactia | (noun) a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered | Synonyms: agalactosis |
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| amastia | (noun) absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect) | - |
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| amentia | (noun) extreme mental retardation | Synonyms: idiocy |
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| astrantia | (noun) any plant of the genus Astrantia | Synonyms: masterwort |
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| avaritia | (noun) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: avarice, covetousness, greed, rapacity |
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| bletia | (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudobulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers | - |
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| costia | (noun) a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis | Synonyms: Costia necatrix |
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| dementia | (noun) mental deterioration of organic or functional origin | Synonyms: dementedness |
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| differentia | (noun) distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus) | - |
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| endodontia | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the dental pulp | Synonyms: endodontics |
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| exodontia | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth | Synonyms: exodontics |
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| gynecomastia | (noun) excessive development of the breasts in males; usually the result of hormonal imbalance or treatment with certain drugs (including some antihypertensives) | - |
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| hamartia | (noun) the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall | Synonyms: tragic flaw |
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| inertia | (noun) a disposition to remain inactive or inert | Synonyms: inactiveness, inactivity |
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| (noun) (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force | - |
| lomatia | (noun) any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus Lomatia having attractive fragrant flowers | - |
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| manglietia | (noun) a genus of flowering tree of the family Magnoliaceae found from Malay to southern China | Synonyms: genus Manglietia |
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| megalohepatia | (noun) abnormal enlargement of the liver | Synonyms: hepatomegaly |
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| militia | (noun) civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army | Synonyms: reserves |
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| (noun) the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service | - |
| millettia | (noun) any of several tropical trees or shrubs yielding showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood | - |
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| minutia | (noun) (biometrics, forensics) Any of the major features of a fingerprint that allow prints to be compared. | - |
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| (noun) a small or minor detail | - |
| oligodontia | (noun) congenital condition in which some of the teeth are missing | - |
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| orthodontia | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth | Synonyms: dental orthopaedics, dental orthopedics, orthodontics, orthodonture |
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| periodontia | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth | Synonyms: periodontics |
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| peripetia | (noun) a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) | Synonyms: peripeteia, peripety |
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| pistia | (noun) pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes | Synonyms: Pistia stratiotes, Pistia stratoites, water cabbage, water lettuce |
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| poinsettia | (noun) tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers | Synonyms: Christmas flower, Christmas star, Euphorbia pulcherrima, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf |
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| prosthodontia | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with the replacement of teeth and related mouth or jaw structures by artificial devices | Synonyms: prosthodontics |
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| sabbatia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes | - |
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| shortia | (noun) any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers | - |
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| yautia | (noun) tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes | Synonyms: malanga, spoonflower, tannia, Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium |
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| zooerastia | (noun) sexual activity between a person and an animal | Synonyms: bestiality, sodomy, zooerasty |
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