| nephrosclerosis | (noun) kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension; sclerosis of the renal arterioles reduces blood flow that can lead to kidney failure and heart failure | Synonyms: nephroangiosclerosis |
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| nephrosis | (noun) a disease affecting the kidneys | Synonyms: kidney disease, nephropathy, renal disorder |
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| (noun) a syndrome characterized by edema and large amounts of protein in the urine and usually increased blood cholesterol; usually associated with glomerulonephritis or with a complication of various systemic diseases | Synonyms: nephrotic syndrome |
| neurofibromatosis | (noun) autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous neurofibromas and by spots on the skin and often by developmental abnormalities | Synonyms: von Recklinghausen's disease |
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| neurogenesis | (noun) the development of nerve tissues | - |
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| neurohypophysis | (noun) the posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature | Synonyms: pars nervosa, posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland |
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| neurosis | (noun) a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction | Synonyms: neuroticism, psychoneurosis |
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| noesis | (noun) the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning | Synonyms: cognition, knowledge |
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| nonresistance | (noun) group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence | - |
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| nonresistant | (adjective) offering no resistance, compliant | - |
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| (adjective) (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with | Synonyms: liable, nonimmune, unresistant |
| nucleosynthesis | (noun) (astronomy) the cosmic synthesis of atoms more complex than the hydrogen atom | - |
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| oasis | (noun) a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary | Synonyms: haven |
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| (noun) a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface) | - |
| ochronosis | (noun) an accumulation of dark pigment in cartilage and other connective tissue; usually a symptom of alkaptonuria or phenol poisoning | - |
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| odontiasis | (noun) the eruption through the gums of baby teeth | Synonyms: dentition, teething |
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| omphaloskepsis | (noun) literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption | Synonyms: navel-gazing |
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| onchocerciasis | (noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America | Synonyms: river blindness |
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| ontogenesis | (noun) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | Synonyms: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogeny |
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| onycholysis | (noun) separation of a nail from its normal attachment to the nail bed | - |
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| onychosis | (noun) any disease or disorder of the nails | - |
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| oogenesis | (noun) development of ova | - |
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| opisthorchiasis | (noun) infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish; common in eastern Asia | - |
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| ornithosis | (noun) an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds | Synonyms: parrot fever, psittacosis |
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| osmosis | (noun) (biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal | - |
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| osteoclasis | (noun) treatment of a skeletal deformity by intentionally fracturing a bone | - |
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| osteolysis | (noun) lysis of bone caused by disease or infection or inadequate blood supply | - |
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| osteopetrosis | (noun) an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated | Synonyms: Albers-Schonberg disease, marble bones disease |
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| osteoporosis | (noun) abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women | - |
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| osteosclerosis | (noun) abnormal hardening or eburnation of bone | - |
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| otosclerosis | (noun) hereditary disorder in which ossification of the labyrinth of the inner ear causes tinnitus and eventual deafness | - |
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| overemphasis | (noun) too much emphasis | - |
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| overemphasise | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasize, overstress |
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| palingenesis | (noun) emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species | Synonyms: recapitulation |
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| paracentesis | (noun) centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis | Synonyms: abdominocentesis |
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| paraleipsis | (noun) suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted | Synonyms: paralepsis, paralipsis, preterition |
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| paralepsis | (noun) suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted | Synonyms: paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition |
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| paralipsis | (noun) suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted | Synonyms: paraleipsis, paralepsis, preterition |
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| paralysis | (noun) loss of the ability to move a body part | Synonyms: palsy |
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| paraparesis | (noun) a slight paralysis or weakness of both legs | - |
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| paraphrasis | (noun) rewording for the purpose of clarification | Synonyms: paraphrase |
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| paraphysis | (noun) a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed | - |
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| parenesis | (noun) (rhetoric) exhortation; admonition. | - |
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| parenthesis | (noun) either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material | - |
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| (noun) a message that departs from the main subject | Synonyms: aside, digression, divagation, excursus |
| paresis | (noun) a slight or partial paralysis | - |
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| parthenogenesis | (noun) process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods | Synonyms: parthenogeny |
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| (noun) human conception without fertilization by a man | Synonyms: parthenogeny, virgin birth |
| pasteurellosis | (noun) an acute infectious disease characterized by pneumonia and blood infection | Synonyms: hemorrhagic septicemia |
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| pathogenesis | (noun) the origination and development of a disease | - |
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| pedesis | (noun) the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid | Synonyms: Brownian motion, Brownian movement |
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| pediculosis | (noun) infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching | Synonyms: lousiness |
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| peliosis | (noun) any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding | Synonyms: purpura |
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| periapsis | (noun) (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited | Synonyms: point of periapsis |
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| periphrasis | (noun) a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things | Synonyms: ambage, circumlocution |
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| peristalsis | (noun) the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along | Synonyms: vermiculation |
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| persist | (verb) be persistent, refuse to stop | Synonyms: hang in, hang on, hold on, persevere |
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| (verb) be in a certain place and not leave | Synonyms: remain, stay, stay put, stick, stick around |
| (verb) continue to exist | Synonyms: die hard, endure, prevail, run |
| persistence | (noun) the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior | Synonyms: perseverance, perseveration |
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| (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, perseverance, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity |
| (noun) the property of a continuous and connected period of time | Synonyms: continuity |
| persistency | (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity |
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| persistent | (adjective) retained; not shed | Synonyms: lasting |
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| (adjective) never-ceasing | Synonyms: relentless, unrelenting |
| (adjective) stubbornly unyielding | Synonyms: dogged, dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding |
| (adjective) continually recurring to the mind | Synonyms: haunting |
| persistently | (adverb) with persistence | - |
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| (adverb) in a persistent manner | - |
| persisting | (adjective) relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit | Synonyms: dogging |
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| pertussis | (noun) a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane | Synonyms: whooping cough |
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| phagocytosis | (noun) process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection | - |
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| phalacrosis | (noun) the condition of having no hair on the top of the head | Synonyms: baldness |
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| pheresis | (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: apheresis |
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| phimosis | (noun) an abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans | - |
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| phlebothrombosis | (noun) thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein; associated with sluggish blood flow (as in prolonged bedrest or pregnancy or surgery) or with rapid coagulation of the blood | Synonyms: venous thrombosis |
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| photosynthesis | (noun) synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants) | - |
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| phthisis | (noun) involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body | Synonyms: consumption, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague |
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| phycomycosis | (noun) any fungal infection caused by fungi of the Phycomycetes group | - |
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| phylogenesis | (noun) (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms | Synonyms: evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny |
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| pinocytosis | (noun) process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid | - |
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| pipsissewa | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila | Synonyms: prince's pine |
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| pityriasis | (noun) any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry flakes of skin | - |
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| plasmapheresis | (noun) plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor | - |
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| plateletpheresis | (noun) platelets are separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor | - |
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| pneumoconiosis | (noun) chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles | Synonyms: pneumonoconiosis |
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| pneumocytosis | (noun) pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims) | Synonyms: interstitial plasma cell pneumonia, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, pneumocystis pneumonia |
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| pneumonoconiosis | (noun) chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles | Synonyms: pneumoconiosis |
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| poliosis | (noun) loss of color from the hair | - |
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| pollinosis | (noun) a seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen | Synonyms: hay fever |
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| polyhidrosis | (noun) excessive and profuse perspiration | Synonyms: hyperhidrosis, hyperidrosis |
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| prognosis | (noun) a prediction of the course of a disease | Synonyms: medical prognosis, prospect |
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| (noun) a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop | Synonyms: forecast |
| prolepsis | (noun) anticipating and answering objections in advance | - |
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| prosthesis | (noun) corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body | Synonyms: prosthetic device |
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| proteolysis | (noun) the hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds | - |
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| pseudocyesis | (noun) physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant | Synonyms: false pregnancy |
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| psilosis | (noun) falling out of hair | - |
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| (noun) a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation | Synonyms: sprue, tropical sprue |
| psittacosis | (noun) infectious disease of birds | Synonyms: parrot disease |
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| (noun) an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds | Synonyms: ornithosis, parrot fever |
| psoriasis | (noun) a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences | - |
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| psychoanalysis | (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: analysis, depth psychology |
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| psychogenesis | (noun) a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind | - |
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| (noun) the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors | - |
| psychokinesis | (noun) the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force | Synonyms: telekinesis |
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| psychoneurosis | (noun) a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction | Synonyms: neurosis, neuroticism |
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| psychosis | (noun) any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted | - |
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| ptosis | (noun) drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness | - |
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| pycnodysostosis | (noun) a form of dwarfism accompanied by fragile bones and bad teeth | - |
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| pycnosis | (noun) a degenerative state of the cell nucleus | Synonyms: pyknosis |
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| pyknosis | (noun) a degenerative state of the cell nucleus | Synonyms: pycnosis |
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| pyrolysis | (noun) transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat | - |
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| pyrosis | (noun) a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder | Synonyms: heartburn |
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| rachischisis | (noun) a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis | Synonyms: schistorrhachis, spina bifida |
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| radiolysis | (noun) molecular disintegration resulting from radiation | - |
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| religiousism | (noun) exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal | Synonyms: pietism, religionism, religiosity |
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