acathexia | (noun) an inability to retain bodily secretions | - |
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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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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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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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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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