| abasia | (noun) inability to walk | - |
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| acataphasia | (noun) a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner | - |
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| achondroplasia | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasty, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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| achromasia | (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness |
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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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| aesthesia | (noun) mental responsiveness and awareness | Synonyms: esthesia, sensibility |
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| agenesia | (noun) imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part | Synonyms: agenesis |
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| agerasia | (noun) youthful appearance in an old person | - |
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| agnosia | (noun) inability to recognize objects by use of the senses | - |
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| akinesia | (noun) motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis | Synonyms: akinesis |
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| alocasia | (noun) any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries | Synonyms: elephant's ear, elephant ear |
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| ambrosia | (noun) (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal | Synonyms: nectar |
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| (noun) fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut | - |
| (noun) any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma | Synonyms: bitterweed, ragweed |
| (noun) a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae | Synonyms: beebread |
| amnesia | (noun) partial or total loss of memory | Synonyms: blackout, memory loss |
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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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| anaphrodisia | (noun) decline or absence of 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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| 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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| angiotelectasia | (noun) dilation and enlargement of arterioles | - |
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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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| antinomasia | (noun) substitution of a title for a name | - |
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| aphasia | (noun) inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion | - |
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| aphrodisia | (noun) a desire for heterosexual intimacy | - |
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| aplasia | (noun) failure of some tissue or organ to develop | - |
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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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| astasia | (noun) inability to stand due to muscular incoordination | - |
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| atopognosia | (noun) absence or loss of topognosia; inability to locate correctly a point of touch | Synonyms: atopognosis |
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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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| banksia | (noun) any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds | - |
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| cassia | (noun) any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods | - |
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| (noun) Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon | Synonyms: cassia-bark tree, Cinnamomum cassia |
| cataphasia | (noun) a speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession | - |
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| cataplasia | (noun) (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form | - |
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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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| clusia | (noun) an aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers | - |
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| 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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| diapensia | (noun) any boreal low-growing evergreen plant of the genus Diapensia | - |
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| dichromatopsia | (noun) a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) | Synonyms: dichromacy, dichromasy, dichromatism, dichromia |
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| dyscrasia | (noun) an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body | - |
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| dyskinesia | (noun) abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements | - |
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| dyspepsia | (noun) a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea | Synonyms: indigestion, stomach upset, upset stomach |
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| dysphasia | (noun) an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage | - |
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| dysplasia | (noun) abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth | - |
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| eclampsia | (noun) a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy | - |
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| ectasia | (noun) dilatation or distension of a hollow organ | Synonyms: ectasis |
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| esthesia | (noun) mental responsiveness and awareness | Synonyms: aesthesia, sensibility |
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| euthanasia | (noun) the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) | Synonyms: mercy killing |
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| fantasia | (noun) a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes | - |
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| frambesia | (noun) an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions | Synonyms: framboesia, yaws |
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| framboesia | (noun) an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions | Synonyms: frambesia, yaws |
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| freesia | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers | - |
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| fuchsia | (noun) a vivid purplish-red color | - |
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| (noun) any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti | - |
| haemostasia | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasis, hemostasia, hemostasis |
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| hemianopsia | (noun) blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes | Synonyms: hemianopia |
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| hemostasia | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasia, haemostasis, hemostasis |
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| hortensia | (noun) deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue | Synonyms: Hydrangea macrophylla hortensis |
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| (noun) very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads | Synonyms: double gold, golden glow, Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia |
| hyperacusia | (noun) abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels | Synonyms: auditory hyperesthesia, hyperacusis |
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| hyperpiesia | (noun) persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found | Synonyms: essential hypertension, hyperpiesis |
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| hyperplasia | (noun) abnormal increase in number of cells | - |
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| hypesthesia | (noun) impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity | Synonyms: hypoesthesia |
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| hypoesthesia | (noun) impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity | Synonyms: hypesthesia |
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| hypoplasia | (noun) underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells | - |
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| idesia | (noun) deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries | Synonyms: Idesia polycarpa |
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| intelligentsia | (noun) an educated and intellectual elite | Synonyms: clerisy |
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| keratectasia | (noun) abnormal bulging of the cornea of the eye | - |
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| kinaesthesia | (noun) the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc | Synonyms: feeling of movement, kinesthesia |
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| (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
| kinanesthesia | (noun) inability to sense movement | - |
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| kinesthesia | (noun) the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc | Synonyms: feeling of movement, kinaesthesia |
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| (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
| lymphangiectasia | (noun) dilatation of a lymph vessel | Synonyms: lymphangiectasis |
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| macroglossia | (noun) a congenital disorder characterized by an abnormally large tongue; often seen in cases of Down's syndrome | - |
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| magnesia | (noun) a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium | Synonyms: magnesium oxide, periclase |
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| malvasia | (noun) grape used to make malmsey wine | - |
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| metamorphopsia | (noun) a defect of vision in which objects appear to be distorted; usually due to a defect in the retina | - |
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| mutisia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Mutisia | - |
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| neoplasia | (noun) the pathological process that results in the formation and growth of a tumor | - |
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| nephroptosia | (noun) prolapse of the kidney | Synonyms: nephroptosis |
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| paraesthesia | (noun) abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage | Synonyms: paresthesia |
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| paramnesia | (noun) (psychiatry) a disorder of memory in which dreams or fantasies are confused with reality | - |
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| paresthesia | (noun) abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage | Synonyms: paraesthesia |
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| parnassia | (noun) any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup | Synonyms: grass-of-Parnassus |
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| paronomasia | (noun) a humorous play on words | Synonyms: pun, punning, wordplay |
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| pericementoclasia | (noun) pus pocket formation around a tooth | - |
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| polydipsia | (noun) excessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction) | - |
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| preeclampsia | (noun) abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated | Synonyms: pre-eclampsia |
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| quassia | (noun) handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark | Synonyms: bitterwood, Quassia amara |
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| (noun) a bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge; extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and Picrasma | - |
| rickettsia | (noun) any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings | - |
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| silesia | (noun) a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings | - |
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| somaesthesia | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis |
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| (noun) the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations | Synonyms: somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia |
| somatesthesia | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis |
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| (noun) the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia |
| somesthesia | (noun) the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesis |
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| (noun) the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations | Synonyms: somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation |
| synaesthesia | (noun) a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated | Synonyms: synesthesia |
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| synesthesia | (noun) a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated | Synonyms: synaesthesia |
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| thermalgesia | (noun) pain caused by heat | - |
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| topognosia | (noun) recognition of the location of a stimulus on the skin | Synonyms: topognosis |
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