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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amoebiasis | (noun) infection by a disease-causing ameba | Synonyms: amebiasis, amebiosis, amoebiosis |
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amoebiosis | (noun) infection by a disease-causing ameba | Synonyms: amebiasis, amebiosis, amoebiasis |
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amusing | (adjective) arousing or provoking laughter | Synonyms: comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible |
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(adjective) providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining | Synonyms: amusive, diverting |
amusingly | (adverb) in an entertaining and amusing manner | Synonyms: divertingly |
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amusive | (adjective) providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining | Synonyms: amusing, diverting |
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amyloidosis | (noun) a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma | - |
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amylolysis | (noun) conversion of starch to sugar | - |
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anabiosis | (noun) suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns | - |
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anaclisis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure | - |
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anadiplosis | (noun) repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next | Synonyms: reduplication |
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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 |
analysis | (noun) an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole | - |
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(noun) a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud | Synonyms: depth psychology, psychoanalysis |
(noun) the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations | Synonyms: analytic thinking |
(noun) a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation | - |
(noun) a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed | - |
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father' | - |
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 |
anamorphosis | (noun) a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner | Synonyms: anamorphism |
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(noun) the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes | Synonyms: anamorphism |
anaphasic | (adjective) of or related to the stage of mitosis known as anaphase | - |
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anaphrodisia | (noun) decline or absence of sexual desire | - |
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anaphrodisiac | (adjective) tending to diminish sexual desire | - |
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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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anaplasmosis | (noun) a disease of cattle that is transmitted by cattle ticks; similar to Texas fever | - |
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anapsid | (noun) primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles | Synonyms: anapsid reptile |
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anastalsis | (noun) muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis | - |
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anastomosis | (noun) a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous | Synonyms: inosculation |
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anastylosis | (noun) the archeological reassembly of ruined monuments from fallen or decayed fragments (incorporating new materials when necessary) | - |
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anchylosis | (noun) abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint | Synonyms: ankylosis |
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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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androglossia | (noun) a woman's voice with male qualities | - |
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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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angiotelectasia | (noun) dilation and enlargement of arterioles | - |
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angiotensin | (noun) any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels | Synonyms: angiotonin, Hypertensin |
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anhidrosis | (noun) failure of the sweat glands | Synonyms: anhydrosis |
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anhydrosis | (noun) failure of the sweat glands | Synonyms: anhidrosis |
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animadversion | (noun) harsh criticism or disapproval | Synonyms: censure |
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animosity | (noun) a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility | Synonyms: animus, bad blood |
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ankyloglossia | (noun) a congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongue | Synonyms: tongue tie |
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ankylosis | (noun) abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint | Synonyms: anchylosis |
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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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anthracosis | (noun) lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust | Synonyms: black lung, black lung disease, coal miner's lung |
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anthropogenesis | (noun) the evolution or genesis of the human race | Synonyms: anthropogeny |
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antialiasing | (noun) (computer graphics) a technique that is used to smooth jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines so they appear smoother | - |
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antibiosis | (noun) an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another | - |
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antihypertensive | (noun) a drug that reduces high blood pressure | Synonyms: antihypertensive drug |
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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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antinomasia | (noun) substitution of a title for a name | - |
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antiphrasis | (noun) the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) | - |
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antipyresis | (noun) medication with antipyretics to treat a fever | - |
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antiredeposition | (noun) the process of preventing redeposition | - |
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antisepsis | (noun) the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms | Synonyms: asepsis |
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(noun) (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms | Synonyms: asepsis, sterileness, sterility |
antithesis | (noun) the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance | - |
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(noun) exact opposite | - |
antitussive | (noun) any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing | - |
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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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aphasia | (noun) inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion | - |
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aphasic | (adjective) related to or affected by aphasia | - |
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(adjective) unable to speak because of a brain lesion | - |
(noun) someone affected by aphasia or inability to use or understand language | - |
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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aphrodisia | (noun) a desire for heterosexual intimacy | - |
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aphrodisiac | (adjective) stimulating sexual desire | Synonyms: aphrodisiacal, sexy |
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(noun) a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire | - |
aphrodisiacal | (adjective) stimulating sexual desire | Synonyms: aphrodisiac, sexy |
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aplasia | (noun) failure of some tissue or organ to develop | - |
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apoapsis | (noun) (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited | Synonyms: point of apoapsis |
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aponeurosis | (noun) any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons | - |
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apophasis | (noun) mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned | - |
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apophysis | (noun) (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra | - |
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(noun) (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers | - |
apoptosis | (noun) a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival | Synonyms: caspase-mediated cell death, programmed cell death |
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aposiopesis | (noun) breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations) | - |
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aposiopetic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of aposiopesis | - |
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apotheosis | (noun) the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) | Synonyms: deification, exaltation |
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(noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
apotheosise | (verb) deify or glorify | Synonyms: apotheose, apotheosize |
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apotheosize | (verb) deify or glorify | Synonyms: apotheose, apotheosise |
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appeasing | (adjective) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | Synonyms: placating, placative, placatory |
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appetising | (adjective) appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma | Synonyms: appetizing |
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appetisingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetizingness |
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apposite | (adjective) being of striking appropriateness and pertinence | Synonyms: apt, pertinent |
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appositeness | (noun) appropriateness for the occasion | Synonyms: aptness |
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apposition | (noun) the act of positioning close together (or side by side) | Synonyms: collocation, juxtaposition |
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(noun) (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material | - |
(noun) a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows | - |
appositional | (adjective) relating to or being in apposition | Synonyms: appositive |
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appositive | (adjective) relating to or being in apposition | Synonyms: appositional |
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appositively | (adverb) in an appositive manner | Synonyms: in apposition |
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appraising | (adjective) exercising or involving careful evaluations | Synonyms: evaluative |
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apprehensible | (adjective) capable of being apprehended or understood | Synonyms: graspable, intelligible, perceivable, understandable |
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apprehension | (noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody |
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(noun) the cognitive condition of someone who understands | Synonyms: discernment, savvy, understanding |
(noun) painful expectation | Synonyms: misgiving |
(noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehensiveness, dread |
apprehensive | (adjective) in fear or dread of possible evil or harm | - |
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(adjective) quick to understand | Synonyms: discerning |
(adjective) mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc | Synonyms: worried |
apprehensively | (adverb) with anxiety or apprehension | Synonyms: anxiously, uneasily |
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apprehensiveness | (noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehension, dread |
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apsidal | (adjective) of or relating to an apse | - |
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apsis | (noun) a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar | Synonyms: apse |
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arccosine | (noun) the inverse function of the cosine; the angle that has a cosine equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc cosine, arccos, inverse cosine |
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arcsin | (noun) the inverse function of the sine; the angle that has a sine equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc sine, arcsine, inverse sine |
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arcsine | (noun) the inverse function of the sine; the angle that has a sine equal to a given number | Synonyms: arc sine, arcsin, inverse sine |
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argasid | (noun) tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head | Synonyms: soft tick |
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arsine | (noun) a poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare | - |
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artemisia | (noun) any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage | - |
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arteriectasia | (noun) an abnormal distension of an artery | Synonyms: arteriectasis |
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