abaxial | (adjective) facing away from the axis of an organ or organism | Synonyms: dorsal |
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abaxially | (adverb) in an abaxial manner | - |
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acathexia | (noun) an inability to retain bodily secretions | - |
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adaxial | (adjective) nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism | Synonyms: ventral |
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adaxially | (adverb) in an adaxial manner | - |
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affixial | (adjective) of or pertaining to a linguistic affix | Synonyms: affixal |
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alexia | (noun) inability to perceive written words | Synonyms: visual aphasia, word blindness |
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amyxia | (noun) a condition in which no mucus in produced | - |
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anorexia | (noun) a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite | - |
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anoxia | (noun) severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues | - |
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apraxia | (noun) inability to make purposeful movements | - |
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areflexia | (noun) absence of a reflex; a sign of possible nerve damage | - |
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asphyxia | (noun) a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas | - |
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asphyxiate | (verb) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen | Synonyms: stifle, suffocate |
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(verb) deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing | Synonyms: smother, suffocate |
(verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | Synonyms: choke, stifle, suffocate |
asphyxiated | (adjective) in a state of asphyxia | - |
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asphyxiating | (adjective) tending to deprive of oxygen | - |
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asphyxiation | (noun) killing by depriving of oxygen | Synonyms: suffocation |
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(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) | Synonyms: suffocation |
asphyxiator | (noun) a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires | Synonyms: extinguisher, fire extinguisher |
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ataraxia | (noun) peace of mind | - |
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ataxia | (noun) inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait | Synonyms: ataxy, dyssynergia, motor ataxia |
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axial | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation | - |
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(adjective) relating to or attached to the axis | Synonyms: axile |
(adjective) situated on or along or in the direction of an axis | - |
axially | (adverb) with respect to an axis | - |
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biaxial | (adjective) having two axes | Synonyms: biaxal, biaxate |
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bulimarexia | (noun) a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting | Synonyms: binge-purge syndrome, binge-vomit syndrome, bulimia nervosa |
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cachexia | (noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | Synonyms: cachexy, wasting |
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coaxial | (adjective) having a common axis | Synonyms: coaxal |
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dyslexia | (noun) impaired ability to learn to read | - |
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hyperpyrexia | (noun) extremely high fever (especially in children) | - |
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hypoxia | (noun) oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency | - |
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pyrexia | (noun) a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection | Synonyms: febricity, febrility, fever, feverishness |
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pyrrhuloxia | (noun) crested grey-and-red bird of southwest United States and Mexico | Synonyms: Pyrrhuloxia sinuata |
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