| abdominocentesis | (noun) centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis | Synonyms: paracentesis |
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| abdominovesical | (adjective) of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder | - |
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| abiogenesis | (noun) a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter | Synonyms: autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation |
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| acroanaesthesia | (noun) loss of sensation in the extremities | Synonyms: acroanesthesia |
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| acroanesthesia | (noun) loss of sensation in the extremities | Synonyms: acroanaesthesia |
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| adesite | (noun) dark greyish extrusive rock | - |
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| adhesion | (noun) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion | Synonyms: adherence, attachment |
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| (noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | Synonyms: adherence, adhesiveness, bond |
| (noun) a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures | - |
| (noun) abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen | - |
| adhesive | (adjective) tending to adhere | - |
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| (noun) a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together | Synonyms: adhesive agent, adhesive material |
| adhesiveness | (noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | Synonyms: adherence, adhesion, bond |
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| aesthesia | (noun) mental responsiveness and awareness | Synonyms: esthesia, sensibility |
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| aesthesis | (noun) an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation | Synonyms: esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression |
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| agamogenesis | (noun) reproduction without the fusion of gametes | Synonyms: asexual reproduction |
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| agenesia | (noun) imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part | Synonyms: agenesis |
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| agenesis | (noun) imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part | Synonyms: agenesia |
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| akinesia | (noun) motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis | Synonyms: akinesis |
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| akinesis | (noun) motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis | Synonyms: akinesia |
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| allegoresis | (noun) the interpretation of written, oral, or artistic expression as allegory. | - |
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| amelogenesis | (noun) the developmental process of forming tooth enamel | - |
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| amnesia | (noun) partial or total loss of memory | Synonyms: blackout, memory loss |
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| amnesiac | (adjective) suffering from a partial loss of memory | Synonyms: amnesic |
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| (noun) a person suffering from amnesia | Synonyms: amnesic |
| amnesic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by amnesia | Synonyms: amnestic |
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| (adjective) suffering from a partial loss of memory | Synonyms: amnesiac |
| (noun) a person suffering from amnesia | Synonyms: amnesiac |
| amniocentesis | (noun) (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities | Synonyms: amnio |
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| anaesthesia | (noun) loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness | Synonyms: anesthesia |
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| analgesia | (noun) absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness | - |
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| analgesic | (adjective) capable of relieving pain | Synonyms: analgetic, anodyne |
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| (noun) a medicine used to relieve pain | Synonyms: anodyne, pain pill, painkiller |
| anamnesis | (noun) the ability to recall past occurrences | Synonyms: recollection, remembrance |
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| (noun) the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient | Synonyms: medical history, medical record |
| andesite | (noun) a dark grey volcanic rock | - |
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| androgenesis | (noun) male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization | Synonyms: androgeny |
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| anesthesia | (noun) loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness | Synonyms: anaesthesia |
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| anesthesiologist | (noun) a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated | Synonyms: anaesthetist, anesthetist |
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| anesthesiology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies and applies anesthetics | - |
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| angiogenesis | (noun) the formation of new blood vessels | - |
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| anthesis | (noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescence |
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| anthropogenesis | (noun) the evolution or genesis of the human race | Synonyms: anthropogeny |
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| antimetathesis | (noun) A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause preceding; inversion of the members of an antithesis: as, "A poem is a speaking picture; a picture a mute poem". | - |
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| antipyresis | (noun) medication with antipyretics to treat a fever | - |
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| antithesis | (noun) the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance | - |
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| (noun) exact opposite | - |
| anuresis | (noun) inability to urinate | Synonyms: anuria |
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| aphaeresis | (noun) (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' | Synonyms: apheresis |
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| apheresis | (noun) a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion | Synonyms: pheresis |
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| (noun) (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' | Synonyms: aphaeresis |
| aphesis | (noun) the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire' | - |
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| aposiopesis | (noun) breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations) | - |
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| artesian | (adjective) (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure | - |
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| arthrocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from a joint by centesis | - |
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| arthrodesis | (noun) the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion | - |
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| ascesis | (noun) rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint | Synonyms: asceticism |
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| atherogenesis | (noun) the formation of atheromas on the walls of the arteries as in atherosclerosis | - |
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| atresia | (noun) an abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent | - |
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| autogenesis | (noun) a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter | Synonyms: abiogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation |
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| auxesis | (noun) growth from increase in cell size without cell division | - |
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| bastnaesite | (noun) a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements | Synonyms: bastnasite |
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| battlesight | (noun) an arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges | Synonyms: battle sight |
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| besides | (adverb) making an additional point; anyway | Synonyms: in any case |
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| (adverb) in addition | Synonyms: also, as well, likewise, too |
| besiege | (verb) harass, as with questions or requests | - |
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| (verb) surround so as to force to give up | Synonyms: beleaguer, circumvent, hem in, surround |
| (verb) cause to feel distressed or worried | - |
| besieged | (adjective) surrounded by hostile forces | - |
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| besieger | (noun) an enemy who lays siege to your position | - |
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| (noun) an energetic petitioner | - |
| besieging | (noun) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack | Synonyms: beleaguering, military blockade, siege |
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| biogenesis | (noun) the production of living organisms from other living organisms | Synonyms: biogeny |
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| (noun) production of a chemical compound by a living organism | Synonyms: biosynthesis |
| biosynthesis | (noun) production of a chemical compound by a living organism | Synonyms: biogenesis |
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| blastogenesis | (noun) theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm | - |
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| (noun) asexual reproduction by budding | - |
| cacogenesis | (noun) inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile | - |
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| caenogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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| caesium | (noun) a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal | Synonyms: atomic number 55, cesium, Cs |
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| cainogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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| catachresis | (noun) strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths') | - |
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| cataphoresis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: dielectrolysis, electrophoresis, ionophoresis |
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| catechesis | (noun) oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation) | - |
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| celiocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from the abdomen by centesis | - |
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| cenogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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| centesimal | (adjective) relating to or divided into hundredths | - |
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| (adjective) the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order | Synonyms: 100th, hundredth |
| centesimo | (noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile | - |
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| centesis | (noun) (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid | - |
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| ceresin | (noun) a white wax extracted from ozokerite | - |
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| cesium | (noun) a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal | Synonyms: atomic number 55, caesium, Cs |
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| cheesing | (noun) To play a game or sport in a manner that is effective but requires little skill | - |
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| chemosynthesis | (noun) synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi | - |
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| chromaesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromesthesia |
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| chromesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromaesthesia |
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| cohesion | (noun) (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid | - |
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| (noun) (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals) | - |
| (noun) (linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning. | - |
| (noun) the state of cohering or sticking together | Synonyms: coherence, coherency, cohesiveness |
| cohesive | (adjective) causing cohesion | - |
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| (adjective) cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated | - |
| cohesiveness | (noun) the property of being cohesive and sticky | Synonyms: glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness |
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| (noun) the state of cohering or sticking together | Synonyms: coherence, coherency, cohesion |
| cryaesthesia | (noun) hypersensitivity to cold | Synonyms: cryesthesia |
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| cryesthesia | (noun) hypersensitivity to cold | Synonyms: cryaesthesia |
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| cryoanaesthesia | (noun) insensibility resulting from cold | Synonyms: cryoanesthesia |
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| cryoanesthesia | (noun) insensibility resulting from cold | Synonyms: cryoanaesthesia |
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| cytogenesis | (noun) the origin and development and variation of cells | Synonyms: cytogeny |
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| cytokinesis | (noun) organic process consisting of the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following karyokinesis bringing about the separation into two daughter cells | - |
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| desiccant | (noun) a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) | Synonyms: drier, drying agent, siccative |
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| desiccate | (adjective) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless | Synonyms: arid, desiccated |
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| (verb) lose water or moisture | Synonyms: dehydrate, dry up, exsiccate |
| (verb) preserve by removing all water and liquids from | Synonyms: dehydrate |
| (verb) remove water from | Synonyms: dehydrate |
| desiccated | (adjective) thoroughly dried out | Synonyms: dried-out |
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| (adjective) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless | Synonyms: arid, desiccate |
| (adjective) preserved by removing natural moisture | Synonyms: dehydrated, dried |
| desiccation | (noun) the process of extracting moisture | Synonyms: dehydration, drying up, evaporation |
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| (noun) dryness resulting from the removal of water | Synonyms: dehydration |
| desideratum | (noun) something desired as a necessity | - |
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| design | (noun) the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan) | Synonyms: designing |
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| (noun) a decorative or artistic work | Synonyms: figure, pattern |
| (noun) a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something | - |
| (noun) the creation of something in the mind | Synonyms: conception, excogitation, innovation, invention |
| (noun) an arrangement scheme | Synonyms: plan |
| (noun) something intended as a guide for making something else | Synonyms: blueprint, pattern |
| (noun) an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions | Synonyms: aim, intent, intention, purpose |
| (verb) plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect | - |
| (verb) intend or have as a purpose | - |
| (verb) create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner | - |
| (verb) make or work out a plan for; devise | Synonyms: contrive, plan, project |
| (verb) create designs | - |
| (verb) conceive or fashion in the mind; invent | - |
| designate | (adjective) appointed but not yet installed in office | - |
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| (verb) design or destine | Synonyms: destine, intend, specify |
| (verb) assign a name or title to | Synonyms: denominate |
| (verb) decree or designate beforehand | Synonyms: destine, doom, fate |
| (verb) indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively | Synonyms: indicate, point, show |
| (verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: assign, delegate, depute |
| designation | (noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: appointment, assignment, naming |
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| (noun) the act of designating or identifying something | Synonyms: identification |
| (noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others | Synonyms: appellation, appellative, denomination |
| designative | (adjective) serving to designate | - |
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| designatum | (noun) something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression | - |
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| designed | (adjective) done or made or performed with purpose and intent | Synonyms: intentional, unintentional |
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| designedly | (adverb) with intention; in an intentional manner | Synonyms: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, intentionally, on purpose, purposely |
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| designer | (noun) someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) | Synonyms: architect |
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| (noun) someone who designs clothing | Synonyms: clothes designer, couturier, fashion designer |
| (noun) a person who specializes in interior design | Synonyms: interior designer |
| (noun) a person who devises plots or intrigues | Synonyms: intriguer |
| (noun) someone who specializes in graphic design | Synonyms: graphic designer |