| abasia | the inability to walk due to lack of muscular coordination. |
| abiosis | absence of life > ABIOSES. [Gk. a-, without, + bios, life]. |
| abort | to bring forth a fetus prematurely. |
| abortee | a woman who has an abortion. |
| abortive | born before due time > ABORTIVELY. |
| abortus | an aborted foetus > ABORTUSES. |
| abrachia | a congenital lack of arms. |
| abscess | a collection of pus in a cavity, usu causing an inflamed swelling; (verb)to form an abscess. |
| acapnia | deficiency of carbon dioxide. |
| acariasis | an irritating itching insect infestation > ACARIASES. |
| achalasia | failure of the muscles of the lower part of the oesophagus to relax, which prevents food from passing into the stomach. |
| ache | a persistent dull pain; (verb) to be the site of this. |
| achiness | the state of having aches. |
| acholia | a deficiency or want of bile. |
| achy | aching > ACHIER, ACHIEST. |
| acidemia | a condition of increased acidity of the blood. |
| acidosis | the presence of acids in the blood beyond normal levels > ACIDOSES. |
| acidotic | having acids in the blood beyond normal levels. |
| aciduria | excessive acid in the urine. |
| acne | a skin disease caused by inflammation of the sebaceous follicles, esp on the face, neck, and shoulders. |
| acned | afflicted with ACNE. |
| acrotism | a failure of the pulse. |
| adenitis | inflammation of glands. |
| adenoma | a usually non-lethal tumour of a gland > ADENOMAS or ADENOMATA. [Gk. aden, gland] |
| adenosis | abnormal growth of glandular tissue > ADENOSES. |
| adiposis | obesity > ADIPOSES. |
| adiposity | obesity. |
| adipsia | complete lack of thirst. |
| adynamia | helplessness; lack of strength. |
| adynamic | lacking strength; causing weakness. |
| aerophagy | spasmodic swallowing of air. |
| afebrile | not suffering from fever. |
| afterpain | pain that comes after a while. |
| agenesia | absence or imperfect development of a bodily part. |
| agenesis | absence or imperfect development of a bodily part > AGENESES. |
| agenetic | relating to imperfect development of bodily parts. |
| ageusia | lack of the sense of taste. |
| agita | a feeling of agitation. |
| agitans | as in paralysis agitans, Parkinson's disease. |
| aglossal aglossate | relating to AGLOSSIA, the congenital lack of a tongue. |
| aglossia | the congenital lack of a tongue. |
| agnail | a sore, corn or hangnail on the toe or foot. |
| agony | extreme pain. |
| agraphia | the inability to write. |
| agraphic | characterized by AGRAPHIA, the inability to write. |
| agria | a severe pustular eruption. |
| agrypnia | wakefulness; sleeplessness. |
| ague | a malarial fever. |
| agued | suffering from the AGUE, a malarial fever. |
| aguelike | having the nature of an AGUE. |
| aguish | having the qualities of an AGUE; feverish > AGUISHLY. |
| ail | to be indisposed. |
| ailment | a physical or mental disorder. |
| ake | an old spelling of ACHE. |
| akinesia | the loss of the power of voluntary movement. |
| akinesis | the loss of the power of voluntary movement > AKINESES. |
| akinetic | relating to AKINESIA, the loss of the power of voluntary movement. |
| alalia | loss of ability to speak. |
| alastrim | a mild form of smallpox. |
| albinal albinic | like an ALBINO. |
| albiness | a female albino. |
| albinism albinoism | the state or condition of being an albino. |
| albino | a person or animal with abormally white skin and hair and pink irises > ALBINOS. |
| albinotic | affected with ALBINISM. |
| albugo | a white spot on the cornea of the eye; a LEUCOMA > ALBUGOS. [L. albugo, whiteness]. |
| alcoholic | one suffering from alcoholism. |
| algesia | sensitivity to pain. |
| algesic algetic | relating to ALGESIA, sensitivity to pain. |
| algesis | the sensation of pain > ALGESES. |
| algid | cold or chill, especially applied to a cold fit in disease. |
| algidity algidness | chilliness, especially during fever. |
| algor | coldness; a shivering fit, esp. that experienced at the onset of a fever. |
| alkalosis | an illness in which the blood or tissues of the body become too alkaline > ALKALOSES. |
| alkalotic | affected by ALKALOSIS. |
| allergic | one who suffers from an allergy > ALLERGICS. |
| allergy | a state of hypersensitive reaction to certain things. |
| alogia | inability to speak, due to brain lesion. |
| alopecia | loss of hair, baldness. |
| alopecic | relating to ALOPECIA. |
| alphosis | a lack of skin pigmentation > ALPHOSISES. |
| amaurosis | partial or total blindness, without apparent change in the eye > AMAUROSES. |
| amaurotic | relating to AMAUROSIS. |
| amblyopia | impaired sight without any apparent damage to the eye. |
| amblyopic | of or pertaining to AMBLYOPIA. |
| amebiasis amoebiasis | infection of the colon by amoebae > AMEBIASES, AMOEBIASES. |
| amelia | congenital limblessness. |
| ametropia | abnormal optical refraction. |
| ametropic | relating to AMETROPIA. |
| amyotonia | deficiency of muscle tone. |
| anabiosis | a return to life after apparent death > ANABIOSES. |
| anabiotic | relating to ANABIOSIS. |
| anaemia anemia | lack of red blood cells. |
| anaemic anemic | deficient in red blood cells. |
| analgesia analgia | inability to feel pain. |
| anarthria | loss of the ability to speak coherently. |
| anarthric | relating to ANARTHRIA. |
| anasarca | dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue. |
| anchylose ankylose | to fuse or stiffen by ankylosis. |
| ancome | a sudden inflammation. |
| anemia | see ANAEMIA. |
| anemic | see ANAEMIC. |
| anergia anergy | the failure of the immune system; loss of energy. |
| anergic | lacking in energy. |
| aneurism aneurysm | dilatation of an artery; any abnormal enlargement. |
| angina | a disease of the heart; an inflammation of the throat. |
| anginal | relating to ANGINA. |
| anginose anginous | pertaining to angina or angina pectoris. |
| angioma | a tumour due to dilated blood vessels > ANGIOMAS or ANGIOMATA. |
| anguish | extreme pain; (verb) to suffer extreme pain. |
| aniridia | a congenital condition in which the eye is incompletely formed. |
| aniridic | related to ANIRIDIA. |
| anidrosis anhidrosis | absence of sweating > ANIDROSES, ANHIDROSES. |
| ankylose | see ANCHYLOSE. |
| ankylosis | the joining together of bones or hard parts; resulting stiffness. |
| ankylotic | relating to ANKYLOSIS, the joining together of bones or hard parts. |
| anoopsia anopia anopsia | an upward squint. |
| anosmatic | relating to ANOSMIA, lack or loss of sense of smell. |
| anosmia | lack or loss of sense of smell. |
| anosmic | relating to ANOSMIA, lack or loss of sense of smell. |
| anoxaemia anoxemia | a disorder of the blood. |
| anoxaemic anoxemic | relating to ANOXAEMIA. |
| anoxia | a deficient supply of oxygen to the tissues. |
| anoxic | relating to ANOXIA, a deficient supply of oxygen to the blood. |
| antevert | to displace a body organ forwards. |
| anuresis | inability to urinate > ANURESES. |
| anuretic | unable to urinate. |
| anuria | failure in secretion of urine. |
| anuric | relating to ANURIA, a failure to secrete urine. |
| aortitis | inflammation of the aorta > AORTITISES. |
| apepsia apepsy | failure or absence of digestive function. |
| aphagia | the inability to eat or swallow. |
| aphakia | absence of the lens of an eye, congenital or otherwise. |
| aphonia | loss or absence of the voice through a defect in the vocal organs. |
| aphtha | the disease thrush; a small whitish ulcer on the surface of a mucous membrane > APHTHAE. |
| aphthous | pertaining to, or caused by, APHTHAE; as, aphthous ulcers. |
| aplasia | incomplete development. |
| aplastic | relating to APLASIA. |
| apnea apnoea | a cessation of breathing, esp. in sleep. |
| apneal apneic | relating to APNEA, a cessation of breathing. |
| apneusis | protracted gasping inhalations followed by short inhalations > APNEUSES. |
| apneustic | relating to APNEUSIS. |
| apnoea | see APNEA. |
| apnoeal apnoeic | relating to APNOEA. |
| apoplex | apoplexy; (verb) to be apoplectic. |
| apoplexy | a sudden loss of sensation and movement due to a disturbance of blood supply to the brain; a stroke. |
| apositia | an aversion to food. [Gk. apo, away from, + sitos bread, food]. |
| apractic apraxic | relating to APRAXIA, impaired ability to execute complex muscular movements. |
| apraxia | impaired ability to execute complex muscular movements. |
| apyretic | without fever. |
| apyrexia | a period of intermission in a fever. |
| arcus | a bow-shaped or ring-shaped fatty deposit found in the cornea > ARCUSES. |
| argyria | skin pigmentation caused by long exposure to silver. |
| arhythmia arrhythmia arythmia | absence or irregularity of rhythm, esp. of the pulse. |
| arhythmic | with an irregular rhythm. |
| arteritis | inflammation of an artery or arteries > ARTERITISES or ARTERITIDES. |
| arthritic | relating to ARTHRITIS; (noun) one who suffers from ARTHRITIS. |
| arthritis | inflammation of the joints > ARTHRITISES or ARTHRITIDES. |
| arthrosis | a degenerative, non-inflammatory, disease of the joints > ARTHROSES. |
| arythmia | see ARHYTHMIA. |
| arythmic | relating to ARYTHMIA, absence or irregularity of rhythm e.g. of the heart. |
| ascites | dropsy of the abdomen. [Gk. askites, from askos, wineskin]. |
| ascitic ascitical | of, pertaining to, or affected by, ASCITES; dropsical. |
| asepsis | freedom from sepsis or blood-poisoning > ASEPSES. |
| asphyxia asphyxy | the condition of defective aeration of the blood caused by failure of the oxygen supply; suffocation. |
| asphyxial | of or relating to ASPHYXIA; as, asphyxial phenomena. |
| astasia | the inability, due to imperfect muscular co-ordination, to keep erect. |
| asthenia astheny | want or loss of strength; debility. |
| asthma | a respiratory disease. |
| asthmatic | suffering from ASTHMA > ASTHMATICALLY; (noun) one suffering from ASTHMA > ASTHMATICS. |
| astigmia astigmatism | a defect in the eye or a lens by which rays from a single source are not focused at a single point. |
| asynergia asynergy | lack of co-ordination, especially of muscles. |
| asystole | a weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart. |
| asystolic | related to an ASYSTOLE, a weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart. |
| atactic ataxic | Pertaining to ATAXY. |
| ataxia ataxy | the inability to co-ordinate muscles. |
| atheroma | fatty degeneration of the arteries > ATHEROMAS or ATHEROMATA. |
| athetoid athetosic athetotic | showing symptoms of ATHETOSIS, nervous twitching of digits and extremities. |
| athetosis | nervous twitching of digits and extremities > ATHETOSES. |
| atocia | female sterility. |
| atonia atony | muscular weakness, lack of muscle tone. |
| atonic | characterized by ATONY, or want of vital energy; as, an atonic disease. |
| atonicity | the quality of being ATONIC. |
| atopic | of or like ATOPY, an inherited tendency to general allergy. |
| atopy | an inherited tendency to general allergy. |
| atrophia | wasting away. |
| atrophic | relating to ATROPHY. |
| atrophy | atrophia, wasting away; (verb) to waste away. |
| atropism | a condition of the system produced by long use of belladonna. |
| autophony | apparent distortion of one's own voice due to infection or stoppage of ears. |
| azotaemia azotemia | a less common name for URAEMIA, the retention of waste materials normally excreted. |
| azotaemic azotemic | relating to AZOTAEMIA. |
| azoturia | an excess of urea in the urine. |
| backache | a pain in the back. |
| balanitis | inflammation of the glans penis in mammals > BALANITISES. |
| bald | without hair > BALDER, BALDEST; BALDLY; (verb) to become bald. |
| baldness | loss of hair. |
| baldhead baldy | a bald person. |
| barotitis | inflammation and pain in the ear caused by pressure changes, esp during air travel > BAROTITISES. |
| bedfast bedrid bedridden | confined to bed. |
| bedsore | a type of sore caused by lying in bed. |
| bellyache | a pain in the stomach; (verb) to moan, complain. |
| beriberi | an acute disease occurring in India. |
| bigeminy | the state of having a double pulse. |
| bilestone | a gallstone. |
| bilharzia | a disease caused by infection with blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma. [From Theodor Bilharz, Ger. physician]. |
| birthmark | a mark, e.g. a pigmented area or spot, on one's body at birth. |
| blackhead | a spot, a pimple. |
| blain | a boil or blister. |
| blastoma | a type of tumour > BLASTOMAS or BLASTOMATA. |
| bleb | a large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister. |
| blebbing | the formation of a BLEB. |
| blister | a swelling of the skin; (verb) to cause blisters. |
| blistery | characterized by blisters > BLISTERIER, BLISTERIEST. |
| blype | a piece of skin that peels off after a sunburn. |
| boba buba | a contagious skin disease resembling syphilis, aka YAWS. |
| boil | an inflamed swelling, esp one caused by infection of a hair follicle. |
| borna | as in borna disease, a type of viral disease. No —S. |
| botulism | food poisoning due to the bacillus Clostridium botulinum, found esp. in improperly sterilized tinned meats and other preserved foods. |
| breakbone | as in breakbone fever, aka DENGUE. |
| brominism bromism | poisoning by an overdose of BROMINE. |
| brux | to grind the teeth. |
| bruxism | habitual grinding of the teeth. |
| buba | see BOBA. |
| bubo | an inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis > BUBOES. |
| buboed | having BUBOES, plague boils. |
| bubonic | pertaining to a BUBO. |
| bubukle | (Shakesp.) Fluellen's word for a red pimple [BUBO + CARBUNCLE]. |
| bucktooth | any tooth that juts out > BUCKTEETH. |
| bullosa | a genetic skin disorder. No —S. |
| bunion | an inflamed swelling on the foot, esp. of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe. |
| bursitis | inflammation of a BURSA, one of the synovial sacs > BURSITISES. |
| cachaemia | a degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. |
| cachaemic | relating to CACHAEMIA. |
| cachectic cachexic | relating to CACHEXY, severe wasting of the body. |
| cachexia cachexy | a condition of weakness and wasting due to severe chronic illness. |
| caecitis cecitis | inflammation of the CAECUM. |
| caffeism | an unhealthy condition caused by taking excessive amounts of caffeine. |
| calculary calculose calculous | of or pertaining to CALCULI, stone-like concretions that form in certain vessels of the body. |
| calenture | (Fr.) sunstroke, or other fever or delirium due to heat. |
| caligo | dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself > CALIGOES or CALIGOS. [L. caligo, fog]. |
| callosity | a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark, esp. as a result of continued pressure or friction. |
| callous | unfeeling > CALLOUSLY; (noun) a hardening or thickening of the skin; (verb) to form a callous. |
| callus | a hardening or thickening of the skin; (verb) to form a callus. |
| calvities | baldness. |
| cancer | a malignant growth. |
| cancerate | to grow into a cancer; to become cancerous. |
| cancered | afflicted with CANCER. |
| cancerous | afflicted with a cancer > CANCEROUSLY. |
| candida | a parasitic, yeast-like fungus, that causes the infection CANDIDIASIS. |
| canker | an ulcerous sore > CANKERY; (verb) to affect with ulcerous sores. |
| canthal | relating to the CANTHUS, the fold of the eye. |
| canthitis | inflammation of the CANTHUS > CANTHITISES. |
| canthus | the angle between the eyelids at the corner of the eye > CANTHI. |
| carate | a tropical skin disease. |
| carcinoid | a benign or malignant tumour arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract. |
| carcinoma | cancer > CARCINOMAS or CARCINOMATA. [Gk. karkinoma, from karkinos, crab]. |
| cardialgy | heartburn > CARDIALGIES. Also CARDIALGIA. |
| carditic | relating to CARDITIS, inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. |
| carditis | inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart > CARDITISES. |
| caried | affected by CARIES, tooth decay. |
| caries | decay (of a bone or tooth) > CARIES. |
| carnosity | a fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth. |
| carsick | nauseated due to the motion of a car. |
| caseation | a degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass. |
| catalepsy | a rigid or trance-like fit. |
| cataplexy | a condition feigning death, used by some animals to discourage predators. |
| cataract | partial or complete opacity of the lens of the eye. |
| catarrh | inflammation of a mucous membrane. |
| catarrhal | pertaining to catarrh > CATARRHALLY. |
| causalgia | a constant burning pain resulting from injury to a peripheral nerve. |
| causalgic | relating to CAUSALGIA. |
| cecitis | see CAECITIS. |
| cecity | blindness. |
| celiac coeliac | a person suffering from coeliac disease, a condition of the intestines in which a sensitivity to gluten prevents the proper absorption of nutrients. |
| ceratitis keratitis | inflammation of the cornea > CERATITISES. |
| chalazion | a swollen, inflamed sebaceous gland in the eyelid > CHALAZIA or CHALAZIONS. |
| chancre | a venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis. |
| chancroid | a type of venereal sore. |
| chancrous | of the nature of a CHANCRE. |
| chappy | chapped > CHAPPIER, CHAPPIEST. |
| cheilitis | an inflammation, dryness and cracking of the lips > CHEILITISES. |
| cheloidal | relating to a CHELOID, a hard growth of scar tissue. |
| chilblain | a painful red swelling, esp on hands and feet, caused by constriction of small blood vessels in cold weather. |
| chilblained | affected by chilblains. |
| chincough | whooping cough. |
| chiragra | gout in the hand. Cf. PODAGRA. |
| chiragric | relating to CHIRAGRA. |
| chloasma | a cutaneous affection characterized by yellow or yellowish brown pigmented spots > CHLOASMATA or CHLOASMAS. |
| chloracne | a type of disfiguring skin disease, caused by contact with chlorinated hydrocarbon. |
| chlorosis | a wasting disease (green sickness) typically affecting young women, characterized by anaemia, extreme lassitude and a greenish tinge of the skin > CHLOROSES. |
| chlorotic | pertaining to, or affected by, CHLOROSIS. |
| cholaemia cholemia | an accumulation of bile pigments in the blood. |
| cholaemic | relating to CHOLAEMIA, an accumulation of bile pigments in the blood. N.B. no CHOLEMIC*. |
| cholelith | a gallstone. |
| cholera | an acute and frequently fatal infection of the small intestine. |
| choleraic | relating to, or resulting from, or resembling, cholera. |
| choleroid | like CHOLERA. |
| chondroma | a benign cartilaginous growth > CHONDROMAS or CHONDROMATA. |
| chordee | a painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea. |
| chorea | st. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs. |
| choreal choreatic | of or like CHOREA. |
| chronic | a chronic invalid > CHRONICS. |
| chronical | chronic, long-lasting > CHRONICALLY. |
| chyluria | a morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or fatty matter, giving it a milky appearance. |
| ciguatera | poisoning caused by the ingestion of various normally edible tropical fish in whose flesh a toxin has accumulated. |
| cirrhosed | affected by CIRRHOSIS. |
| cirrhosis | a disease of the liver caused by alcoholism > CIRRHOSES. |
| cirrhotic | pertaining to, caused by, or affected with, CIRRHOSIS; (noun) a sufferer from cirrhosis. |
| cirsoid | having the appearance of a varicose vein. |
| cistic cystic | relating to a CYST. |
| clavus | a horny thickening of the skin > CLAVI. |
| clonic | spasmodic; occasional; irregular. |
| clonicity | the state of being CLONIC, spasmodic. |
| clubfoot | a deformed foot > CLUBFEET. |
| clubfooted | having a CLUBFOOT. |
| clubhand | a short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand. |
| cockeye | a squinting eye. |
| cockeyed | having a COCKEYE, a squinting eye > COCKEYEDLY. |
| coeliac | see CELIAC. |
| coinfect | to infect at the same time as another infection. |
| colic | severe spasmodic pain in the abdomen without diarrhoea. |
| colicky | pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; as, a colicky disorder > COLICKIER, COLICKIEST. |
| colitic | of or like COLITIS, an inflammation of the large intestine. |
| colitis colonitis | an inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane. |
| coloboma | a fissure of the eye or eyelid > COLOBOMATA or COLOBOMAS. [NL from Gk. kolobos, cut short]. |
| colonitis | see COLITIS. |
| colpitis | a vaginal inflammation > COLPITISES. |
| coma | a deeply unconscious state characterized by absence of response to external and internal stimuli > COMAE or COMAS. |
| comatic | having blurred vision as a result of a coma. |
| comatose | relating to, or resembling, coma > COMATOSELY. |
| comedo | a small worm-like yellowish black-tipped pasty mass which can in some persons be made, by pressure, to exude from hair follicles > COMEDOS or COMEDONES. [L. comedo > glutton or maggot]. |
| comorbid | occurring at the same time as other illnesses. |
| conchitis | inflammation of the CONCHA > CONCHITISES. |
| condyloma | a wart-like growth in private parts > CONDYLOMAS or CONDYLOMATA. |
| coniosis | an infection caused by dust inhalation > CONIOSES. |
| consumpt | consumption, an earlier name for pulmonary tuberculosis. |
| contagion | transmission of a disease by direct contact with an infected person or object. |
| contagium | contagion; contagious matter > CONTAGIA. |
| contuse | to bruise. |
| contusion | a bruise. |
| contusive | tending to bruise. |
| copremia | blood poisoning resulting from chronic constipation. |
| copremic | relating to COPREMIA, a form of blood poisoning caused by chronic constipation. |
| corneitis | inflammation of the cornea > CORNEITISES. |
| coronary | a coronary thrombus. |
| coryza | nasal catarrh, a cold in the head. |
| coryzal | relating to CORYZA, a cold in the head. |
| costalgia | pain around the chest due to damage to a rib or nerve running below a rib. |
| costive | affected with constipation, causing constipation > COSTIVELY. |
| coxalgia coxalgy | pain in the hip. |
| coxalgic | of or like COXALGIA, pain in the hip. |
| coxitis | inflammation of the hip > COXITIDES. |
| cramp | an involuntary and painful contraction of a voluntary muscle or group of muscles. |
| crampy | affected with cramp > CRAMPIER, CRAMPIEST. |
| cretinism | a congenital deficiency of thryoxine (thyroid hormone) which, if untreated, can lead to mental retardation and incomplete physical development. |
| crewels cruels cruells | scrofula, the King's Evil. |
| crotalism | poisoning by CROTALARIA, any plant of the SUNN hemp genus Crotalaria. |
| croupous | CROUPY. |
| croupy | hoarse, having CROUP > CROUPIER, CROUPIEST; CROUPILY. |
| cruells | see CREWELS. |
| cruels | see CREWELS. |
| cruor | a mass of coagulated blood; a blood-clot > CRUORS or CRUORES. |
| cyanosed | with a bluish discoloration of the skin, as resulting from cyanide poisoning. No CYANOSE*. |
| cyanosis | a heart condition or disease causing blueness of surface of body > CYANOSES. |
| cyanotic | relating to CYANOSIS. |
| cyclosis | streaming motion of protoplasm in certain cells > CYCLOSES. |
| cynanche | any inflammatory disease of the throat, etc. |
| cyst | a sac or bag-like structure, whether normal or containing diseased matter > CYSTS. |
| cystic | see CISTIC. |
| cystiform | like a cyst. |
| cystitis | inflammation of the urinary tract > CYSTITIDES or CYSTITISES. |
| cystocele | a hernia of the bladder. |
| cytopenia | a deficiency of one or more types of blood cell. |
| daltonic | colour-blind. |
| daltonism | color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish between red and green. |
| dandriff dandruff | flakes of scruff on the scalp. |
| dandruffy | full of DANDRUFF. |
| dartre | a herpes-like skin disease. |
| dartrous | relating to DARTRE. |
| deaf | lacking the sense of hearing > DEAFER, DEAFEST; DEAFLY. |
| deafish | somewhat deaf. |
| deafness | the state of being deaf. |
| defluxion | a discharge or flowing of humors or fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh. |
| delirious | mentally confused, esp through fever or other illness > DELIRIOUSLY. |
| delirium | the state of being delirious > DELIRIA or DELIRIUMS. |
| dementia | chronic mental and emotional deterioration caused by organic brain disease. |
| demential | relating to DEMENTIA. |
| dengue | a tropical fever. [Swahili dinga]. |
| dermoid | a cyst or similar cell structure to that of the skin. |
| diabetes | any of several diseases. [Gk. diabetes, a siphon, from dia, through + bainein, to go]. |
| diabetic | one suffering from DIABETES. |
| diapyesis | release or discharge of pus > DIAPYESES. |
| diapyetic | (something) producing suppuration > DIAPYETIC. |
| diarrhea diarrhoea | a persistent purging or looseness of the bowels. |
| diarrheal diarrheic diarrhoeal | of or like diarrhoea. |
| diarrhoea | see DIARRHEA. |
| diathesis | a constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or condition > DIATHESES. |
| diathetic | pertaining to, or dependent on, a DIATHESIS; as, diathetic disease. |
| dichromic | able to see two colours and two only, as in red-green colour-blind persons who see only blue and yellow. |
| diplegia | paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of body. |
| diplegic | relating to DIPLEGIA, paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of body. |
| diplopia | double vision. |
| diplopic | relating to DIPLOPIA, double vision. |
| dipso | short for DIPSOMANIAC, one suffering from DIPSOMANIA, alcoholism. |
| disease | an illness; (verb, Spenser) to make uneasy > DISEASES, DISEASING, DISEASED. |
| distrix | the splitting of the ends of hairs > DISTRIXES. |
| dropsical | of, pertaining to, or of the nature of DROPSY > DROPSICALLY. |
| dropsied | diseased with DROPSY. |
| dropsy | a condition characterised by an accumulation of watery fluid in any part of the body. |
| drymouth | excessive dryness of the mouth due to insufficient secretions, aka XEROSTOMIA. |
| dyschroa dyschroia | discoloration of the skin from disease. |
| dyscrasia | a disordered condition of the body attributed originally to unsuitable mixing of the body fluids or humours. |
| dyscrasic dyscratic | relating to DYSCRASIA. |
| dysentery | inflammation of the mucous membranes of the large intestine. |
| dyslalia | defective speech characteristic of those affected by APHASIA. |
| dyslectic | (someone) suffering from DYSLEXIA, reading impairment. |
| dyslexia | a reading impairment. |
| dyslexic | (someone) suffering from DYSLEXIA, a reading impairment. |
| dysmelia | the condition in which one or more limbs are misshapen or incomplete. |
| dysmelic | suffering from DYSMELIA. |
| dyspepsia dyspepsy | severe indigestion, especially chronic. |
| dyspeptic | (someone) suffering from dyspepsia. |
| dysphagia | pathological difficulty in swallowing. |
| dysphagic | suffering from DYSPHAGIA, difficulty in swallowing. |
| dysphasia | impairment of speech co-ordination, due to brain disease or injury. |
| dysphasic | (someone) suffering from DYSPHASIA. |
| dysphonia | physical abnormality causing speech impediment. |
| dysphonic | relating to DYSPHONIA sounds. |
| dysphoria | depression, pathological discontent. |
| dysphoric | relating to DYSPHORIA. |
| dysplasia | abnormal tissue development. |
| dyspnea dyspnoea | difficult breathing. |
| dyspneal dyspneic | of or like DYSPNEA, laboured breathing. |
| dyspnoea | see DYSPNEA. |
| dyspnoeal dyspnoeic dyspnoic | relating to DYSPNOEA, difficulty of breathing. |
| dyspraxia | an impaired ability to perform deliberate actions. |
| dyspraxic | related to DYSPRAXIA. |
| dystaxia | a form of muscular tremor. |
| dysthesia | a morbid habit of body, resulting in general discomfort and impatience. |
| dysthetic | suffering from DYSTHESIA. |
| dystocia | difficult childbirth. |
| dystocial | relating to DYSTOCIA. |
| dystonia | a muscle tone disorder. |
| dystonic | relating to DYSTONIA. |
| dystrophia dystrophy | impaired or imperfect nutrition; any of several disorders in which there is wasting of muscle tissue. |
| dysuria dysury | difficult or painful discharge of urine. |
| dysuric | pertaining to, or afflicted with, DYSURY. |
| dysury | see DYSURIA. |
| earache | a pain in the ear. |
| eclampsia eclampsy | a fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions. |
| eclamptic | relating to ECLAMPSIA. |
| ectasia | distention of a duct, vessel or hollow viscus. |
| ecthyma | a cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base > ECTHYMAS or ECTHYMATA. |
| ectopia ectopy | the displacement of internal organs in the body. |
| ectopic | in an abnormal position > ECTOPICALLY. |
| ectropic | relating to ECTROPION, an unnatural eversion of the eyelids. |
| ectropion ectropium | an unnatural eversion of the eyelids. |
| eczema | a skin disease. |
| edema | local or general swelling produced by the accumulation of fluid in the body tissues or cavities > EDEMAS or EDEMATA. |
| edematose edematous | pertaining to, or of the nature of, edema. |
| embolic | pertaining to an EMBOLISM, the presence of one or more obstructing blood-clots in a blood vessel. |
| embolise embolize | to cause EMBOLISM. |
| embolism | the presence of one or more obstructing blood-clots in a blood vessel. |
| embolus | a clot obstructing a blood vessel > EMBOLI or EMBOLUSES. |
| emphlysis | a vesicular eruption > EMPHLYSES. |
| emphysema | a swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue > EMPHYSEMAS. |
| emptysis | the spitting up of blood > EMPTYSES. |
| empyema | a collection of pus in any cavity, especially the pleura > EMPYEMAS or EMPYEMATA. |
| empyemic | relating to EMPYEMA. |
| empyesis | an eruption of pustules > EMPYESES. |
| enanthema | an ulcer on a mucous membrane. |
| encanthis | a small tumour of the inner corner of the eye > ENCANTHISES. |
| endemic | (a disease) confined to one particular area > ENDEMICS |
| endemial endemical | confined to one particular area. |
| endemism | the state of being ENDEMIC, confined to one particular area. |
| enfever | to excite fever in. |
| enrheum | to contract a rheum. |
| entasia | a tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as TETANUS, TRISMUS, etc. |
| entastic | relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms. |
| enteric | relating to the intestines; (noun) enteric fever > ENTERICS. |
| enteritis | inflammation of the intestines > ENTERITIDES or ENTERITISES. |
| enthetic | introduced into the body from outside. |
| entropion entropium | the inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids. |
| enuresis | uncontrollable urination > ENURESES or ENURESISES. |
| enuretic | relating to ENURESIS; (noun) one suffering from ENURESIS. |
| ephelis | a freckle or mole > EPHELIDES. |
| epicrisis | a secondary crisis occurring in the course of a disease > EPICRISES. |
| epidemic | a rapid spread of a disease. |
| epilepsy | a disorder of the nervous system. |
| epileptic | (someone) suffering from epilepsy > EPILEPTICS. |
| epinosic | unhealthy; unwholesome. |
| epistaxis | bleeding from the nose > EPISTAXES or EPISTAXISES. |
| epitonic | subjected to excessive strain; overstrained. |
| epulis | a hard tumor developed from the gums > EPULIDES or EPULISES. [Gk. epi, upon + oulon, gum]. |
| ergotise ergotize | to affect with ERGOTISM. |
| ergotism | poisoning caused by eating bread made of rye diseased with ergot. |
| erythema | redness of the skin > ERYTHEMAS. [Gk. eruthema]. |
| erythemal | relating to ERYTHEMA. |
| erythemic | showing ERYTHEMA. |
| erythrism | a condition of excessive redness. |
| eschar | a slough or portion of dead or disorganized tissue, especially an artificial slough produced by caustics. |
| esotropia | a condition in which the eye turns inwards. |
| esotropic | relating to ESOTROPIA. |
| exanthem | a skin eruption, especially accompanied by fever. |
| exanthema | a skin eruption, especially accompanied by fever > EXANTHEMAS or EXANTHEMATA. |
| exies | (Scots) a fit, e.g. of hysterics or the ague. [= access]. |
| exotropia | a condition in which the eyes turn outwards. |
| exotropic | relating to EXOTROPIA. |
| exstrophy | congenital eversion of a hollow organ, esp the bladder. |
| eyestrain | tiredness or irritation of the eyes. |
| fasciitis fascitis | inflammation of the FASCIA of a muscle. |
| favism | an acute type of anaemia in which haemolysis is precipitated by contact with broad beans. |
| favose favous | like a honeycomb; relating to FAVUS. |
| favus | a fungal skin disease, chiefly of the scalp > FAVUSES. |
| febricity | feverishness. |
| febricula febricule | a slight short fever. |
| febrific | causing or having fever. |
| febrile | feverish. |
| febrility | feverishness. |
| fever | an abnormal elevation of the body temperature; (verb) to affect with fever. |
| feverish | having a fever. |
| feverous | affected with fever or ague; feverish > FEVEROUSLY. |
| fibroid | a fibrous tumour. |
| fibroma | a tumour consisting mainly of fibrous tissue > FIBROMAS or FIBROMATA. |
| fibrosis | inflammation of the nerve fibres > FIBROSES. |
| fibrotic | relating to FIBROSIS. |
| fistula | an abnormal duct to the body surface or to another cavity > FISTULAE or FISTULAS. |
| fistulate fistulose fistulous | having the form or nature of a fistula. |
| flatulent | suffering from FLATULENCE, stomach gas > FLATULENTLY. |
| flatus | gas in the stomach > FLATUSES. |
| flu | influenza > FLUS. |
| fluey | suffering from flu > FLUIER, FLUIEST. |
| fluish | somewhat like FLU. |
| fluorosis | an abnormal condition due to excess fluoride, involving mottling of the teeth > FLUOROSES. |
| fluorotic | relating to FLUOROSIS |
| frambesia framboesia | a tropical skin disease, aka YAWS. |
| freckle | a small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, or hands; (verb) to cover with freckles. |
| freckly | full of or marked with FRECKLES > FRECKLIER, FRECKLIEST. |
| frostbite | inflammation, sometimes leading to gangrene, in a part of the body, caused by exposure to cold; (verb) to affect with frostbite > FROSTBITES, FROSTBITING, FROSTBIT, FROSTBITTEN. |
| furfair | = FURFUR, dandruff, scurf. |
| furfur | dandruff or scurf > FURFURS or FURFURES. [L. furfur, bran]. |
| furuncle | a boil. |
| gall | an abrasively-induced skin sore; (verb) to make sore by rubbing. |
| gallstone | a concretion, or CALCULUS, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. |
| gangrene | localized death of body tissue, accompanied by putrefaction and usu. caused by obstructed circulation; (verb) to be affected with gangrene. |
| gastritic | of or like GASTRITIS. |
| gastritis | inflammation of the stomach > GASTRITIDES or GASTRITISES. |
| giantism gigantism | hugeness, excessive growth. |
| glaucoma | a disease of the eye, marked by increased pressure within the eyeball and growing dimness of vision > GLAUCOMAS. |
| gleet | mucus discharge from the urethra; (verb) to discharge gleet. |
| gleety | slimy; purulent > GLEETIER, GLEETIEST. |
| glioma | a tumour of the NEUROGLIA in the brain > GLIOMAS or GLIOMATA. |
| gliosis | excessive growth of fibrous tissues in the NEUROGLIA > GLIOSES. |
| globesity | obesity seen as a world-wide social problem. |
| glossitic | relating to GLOSSITIS, inflammation of the tongue. |
| glossitis | inflammation of the tongue > GLOSSITISES. |
| glycaemia glycemia | excessive sugar in the blood. |
| glycaemic glycemic | of or like GLYCAEMIA, excessive sugar in the blood. |
| goiter goitre | an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland. |
| goitered | affected with GOITER. |
| goitred | affected with GOITRE. |
| goitrous | pertaining to the GOITER; affected with the goiter. |
| gonorrhea | a venereal disease. |
| gout | a disease in which defective metabolism of uric acid characteristically causes arthritis, esp. in the smaller bones of the feet. |
| goutiness | the state of being GOUTY. |
| gouty | affected by GOUT > GOUTIER, GOUTIEST; GOUTILY. |
| granuloma | a localized collection of granulation tissue > GRANULOMAS or GRANULOMATA. |
| gravis | as in myasthenia gravis, a muscle-wasting disease. |
| grayout | a temporary blurring of vision. |
| greensick | suffering from CHLOROSIS. |
| gripe | stomach spasm. |
| gripey gripy | like or having GRIPE > GRIPIER, GRIPIEST. |
| grippe | an old name for INFLUENZA. |
| gumboil | a small suppurating inflamed spot on the gum. |
| gumma | a syphilitic tumour > GUMMATA or GUMMAS. |
| gummatous | of the nature of or resembling a GUMMA; characterized by GUMMAS. |
| haematoma | a swelling composed of blood effused into tissues > HAEMATOMAS or HAEMATOMATA. Also HEMATOMA. |
| halitosis | bad breath > HALITOSES. |
| halitotic | relating to HALITOSIS, bad breath. |
| hammertoe | a deformity of the toes. |
| hangnail | a piece of torn skin at the root of a fingernail or toenail. |
| hangover | the physical effects following a drinking binge. |
| haplopia | normal vision. |
| harelip | a deformity of the upper lip |
| harelipped | having a HARELIP |
| headache | a pain inside the head. |
| headachey headachy | afflicted with a HEADACHE. |
| heartburn | a burning, acrid feeling in the throat or breast, severe indigestion, cardialgia. |
| heatspot | a spot or blotch on the skin caused by heat. |
| hectic | habitual, especially in wasting diseases; feverish > HECTICLY or HECTICALLY; (noun) a hectic fever > HECTICS. |
| helcoid | ulcerous. [Gk. helkos, ulcer]. |
| heliosis | exposure to the sun; sunburn > HELIOSES. |
| hematoma | a circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin > HEMATOMAS or HEMATOMATA. |
| hematuria | the presence of blood in urine. |
| hematuric | relating to HEMATURIA. |
| hemialgia | pain in one side of the body alone. |
| hemiopia hemiopsia | a defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees only half of an object looked at. |
| hemiopic | suffering from HEMIOPIA, blind in half the field of vision. |
| hepatitis | inflammation of the liver > HEPATITIDES or HEPATITISES. |
| hepatoma | a tumour of the liver > HEPATOMAS or HEPATOMATA. |
| hernia | a rupture > HERNIAE or HERNIAS. |
| hernial | of or like a HERNIA. |
| herniate | to protrude through an abnormal body opening. |
| herpes | a skin disease. [L. 'creeping']. |
| herpetic | relating to HERPES, a skin disease; (noun) a remedy for this > HERPETICS. |
| hidrosis | perspiration, especially excessive > HIDROSES. |
| hippus | a clonic spasm of the iris > HIPPUSES. |
| hipshot | having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other. |
| histioid histoid | resembling the normal tissues; as, histoid tumors. |
| hordeolum | a small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley; a sty > HORDEOLA. |
| humoral | of diseases, caused by or attributed to a disordered state of body fluids or (formerly) the bodily humours > HUMORALLY. |
| hydraemia hydremia | an excessively watery condition of the blood. |
| hydrocele | an abnormal collection of fluid in any saclike space, esp. around the testicles. |
| hydroma | a swelling in the soft tissue that occurs over a joint, usually caused by repeating injury > HYDROMA or HYDROMATA. |
| hydropic hydroptic | dropsical; thirsty. |
| hydrops | hydropsy > HYDROPSES. [Gk. hydrops, dropsy]. |
| hydropsy | DROPSY. |
| hydroptic | see HYDROPIC. |
| hygroma | a swelling in the soft tissue that occurs over a joint, usually caused by repeating injury > HYGROMAS or HYGROMATA. |
| hypalgia | diminished susceptibility to pain. |
| hyperemia hyperaemia | an excess or congestion of blood in an organ or part of the body. |
| hyperemic | relating to HYPEREMIA, an abnormally large blood supply. |
| hyperope | a far-sighted person. |
| hyperopia | long-sightedness, aka HYPERMETROPIA. |
| hyperopic | suffering from HYPEROPIA, long-sightedness. |
| hyperpnea hyperpnoea | abnormally fast breathing. |
| hyphemia | a deficiency of blood. |
| hypnosis | an artificially induced state of relaxation and concentration in which deeper parts of the mind become more accessible > HYPNOSES. |
| hypopnea hypopnoea | abnormally shallow breathing. |
| hypopneic | related to HYPOPNEA, abnormally shallow breathing. |
| hypopyon | an accumulation of pus in the eye. |
| hypotonia | a hypnotic condition. |
| hypotonic | of muscles, lacking normal tone. |
| hypoxemia hypoxaemia | deficiency of oxygenation of the blood. |
| hypoxemic | suffering from HYPOXEMIA. |
| hypoxia | a deficiency of oxygen in the body tissues. |
| hypoxic | relating to HYPOXIA, a deficiency of oxygen in the body tissues. |
| hysteria | uncontrollable excitement or fear. |
| hysteric | one who is subject to fits of hysteria > HYSTERICS. |
| icterus | the jaundice > ICTERUSES. [Gk. ikteros]. |
| idiopathy | a disease of unknown origin or one having no apparent cause. |
| ileitis | inflammation of the ILEUM, the anterior or superior bone of the pelvis > ILEITISES or ILEITIDES. |
| ileus | a complete obstruction of the intestine > ILEUSES. |
| ill | unwell > ILLER, ILLEST; ILLY; (noun) harm, misfortune > ILLS. |
| illness | sickness. |
| impetigo | a skin disease > IMPETIGOS or IMPETIGINES. |
| impostume imposthume | an abscess. |
| inanition | a condition of exhaustion resulting from lack of nourishment. |
| infarct | a portion of dead and scarred tissue in an organ resulting from congestion or blockage of a blood vessel serving it. |
| infarcted | affected by INFARCTION, necrosis. |
| infect | to contaminate with disease-producing germs. |
| infectant | causing infection. |
| infecter infector | one who infects. |
| infection | the act of infecting. |
| infectious infective | causing INFECTION. |
| influenza | a highly contagious viral infection. |
| intuse | a bruise. |
| invalid | not valid > INVALIDLY; (noun) one who suffers from chronic ill health; (verb) to treat as an invalid. |
| iodism | a morbid state produced by the use of iodine and its compounds. |
| iritic | relating to IRITIS. |
| iritis | an inflammation of the iris of the eye > IRITISES. |
| ischaemia ischemia | an inadequate flow of blood to part of the body. |
| ischaemic ischemic | relating to ISCHAEMIA, an inadequate supply of blood to part of the body. |
| ischuria | retention of urine. |
| iseikonia | the seeing of the same image in both eyes. |
| iseikonic | relating to ISEIKONIA. |
| ixodiasis | a disease caused by or transmitted by ticks > IXODIASES. |
| jactation | restless tossing in bed, characteristic of severe fevers and certain mental disorders. |
| jaundice | a disease that causes yellowing of the eyes; (verb) to prejudice unfavorably. |
| jimjams | orig. a violent delirium caused by excessive drinking; now simply means the JITTERS. No JIMJAM*. |
| karoshi | death caused by overwork > KAROSHIS. |
| keratitis | inflammation of the cornea > KERATITISES or KERATITIDES. |
| keratoma | a skin disease > KERATOMAS or KERATOMATA. |
| keratosis | excessive growth of horny tissue of skin > KERATOSES. |
| keratotic | relating to KERATOSIS, excessive growth of horny tissue of skin. |
| ketonemia ketonaemia | an excess of ketone bodies in the blood. |
| ketonuria | an excess of KETONES in the urine. |
| ketosis | the presence of excess of ketone in body > KETOSES. |
| ketotic | relating to KETOSIS. |
| kibe | a chapped place on skin; an ulcerated chilblain. |
| kuru | laughing sickness, a disease of New Guinea > KURUS. |
| kyllosis | club foot > KYLLOSES. |
| kyphosis | inward curvature of the spine > KYPHOSES. |
| kyphotic | hump-backed. |
| lathyrism | a neurological disease producing paralysis of the legs, apparently caused by eating cultivated vetch. |
| lazar | a leper or person with similar pestilential disease. |
| leaperous leaporous leaprous | leprous. |
| leiomyoma | a fibrous tumour, a FIBROID > LEIOMYOMAS or LEIOMYOMATA. |
| lentigo | a freckle or freckle-like condition > LENTIGINES not LENTIGOS*. [L. lentigo, -inis a freckle, from lens, a lentil]. |
| leper | one affected with leprosy. |
| leprosity | the state of being LEPROUS. |
| leprosy | a chronic disease characterized by skin lesions and deformities. |
| leprotic | relating to LEPROSY. |
| leprous | suffering from LEPROSY > LEPROUSLY. |
| lesion | an abnormal change in the structure of an organ or tissue; (verb) to cause lesions in > LESIONS, LESIONING, LESIONED. |
| leucaemia leucemia leuchaemia leukaemia leukemia | a type of cancer |
| leucaemic leucemic leukemic | of or like LEUCEMIA, a type of cancer. |
| leucistic | lacking pigmentation in the skin but differing from an albino in having blue eyes. |
| leucoma leukoma | a white opacity in the cornea of the eye, aka ALBUGO > LEUCOMAS, LEUKOMAS (not LEUCOMATA* or LEUKOMATA). [Gk. leukoma, from leukos white]. |
| leukemoid | resembling LEUKEMIA but not causing the same changes in blood-forming organs. |
| leukoma | see LEUCOMA. |
| leukosis | leukaemia > LEUKOSES. |
| leukotic | relating to LEUKOSIS, leukaemia. |
| lienteric | of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, a LIENTERY. |
| lientery | the discharge of partially digested food. |
| limosis | abnormally ravenous appetite > LIMOSES. [Gk. limos, hunger]. |
| lionism | a lion-like appearance symptomatic of leprosy. |
| lipaemia lipemia | an abnormal level of fat in the blood. |
| lipoma | a tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue > LIPOMAS or LIPOMATA. [Gk. lipos, fat]. |
| lippitude | soreness of the eyes. |
| lipuria | the presence of fat in the urine. |
| lithemia | an excess of uric acid in the blood. |
| lithemic | relating to LITHEMIA. |
| lithiasis | the formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part of the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages > LITHIASES. |
| livedo | a reddish discoloured patch on the skin > LIVEDOS. |
| liverish | having a liver disorder > LIVERISHLY. |
| livor | lividity. |
| lockjaw | a condition caused by TETANUS. |
| lordoma | a convex curvature of the spine > LORDOMAS. |
| lordosis | convex curvature of the spine > LORDOSES. |
| lordotic | having a convex curvature of the spine. |
| lues | disease, especially of a contagious kind. |
| luetic | (someone) infected with syphilis > LUETICS, LUETICALLY. |
| lumbago | inflammation of the lumbar muscles and tendons > LUMBAGOS. |
| lupoid | suffering from LUPUS. |
| lupous | pertaining to LUPUS. |
| lupus | a cutaneous disease occurring under two distinct forms > LUPUSES. [L. lupus, a wolf]. |
| lurgi lurgy | a fictitious disease > LURGIES. |
| luxate | to displace or dislocate. |
| luxation | the dislocation of an anatomical part. |
| lymphoma | a tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland > LYMPHOMAS or LYMPHOMATA. |
| lyssa | rabies or hydrophobia. |
| macrocyst | an unusually large CYST. |
| macrocyte | an abnormally large red blood corpuscle. |
| macropsia | the condition of seeing everything in the field of view as larger than it really is. |
| madarosis | loss of eyelashes or eyebrows. |
| maidism | another name for PELLAGRA (attributed to a maize diet). |
| malacia | abnormal softening of a tissue or part. |
| malady | an illness. |
| malaise | uneasiness; an indefinable feeling of illness or discomfort. |
| malaria | a tropical disease. |
| malarial malarian | relating to MALARIA. |
| malarious | of or pertaining, to or infected by, MALARIA. |
| mammitis | inflammation of the breast > MAMMITIDES. |
| marasmic marasmoid | suffering from MARASMUS. |
| marasmus | wasting away of the body; emaciation due to malnutrition > MARASMUSES. |
| mastitic | relating to MASTITIS |
| mastitis | inflammation of the breast or a milk gland > MASTITISES or MASTITIDES. |
| mattery | purulent. |
| measle | to catch or infect with MEASLES > MEASLES, MEASLING, MEASLED. |
| measles | an infectious fever accompanied by eruptions of small red spots on the skin. |
| meazel | a leper, spoken in contempt of a mean person. |
| megrim | an old name for MIGRAINE; depression or unhappiness. [Gk. hemicrania, half the cranium]. |
| melanic | one who is affected by MELANISM, darkening of the skin. |
| melanism | darkening of the skin. |
| melanist | one who is affected by MELANISM, darkening of the skin. |
| melano | an abnormally dark person or animal > MELANOS. |
| melanoid | (someone) suffering from MELANOSIS. |
| melanoma | a kind of tumour > MELANOMAS or MELANOMATA. |
| melanosis | the morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumors > MELANOSES. |
| melanotic | melanistic. |
| melanuria | the presence of a dark pigment in the urine. |
| melanuric | relating to MELANURIA, the presence of a dark pigment in the urine. |
| melena | excrement or vomit stained by blood. |
| mellitic | containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes. |
| meningitis | inflammation of the MENINX. |
| meropia | partial blindness. |
| meropic | relating to MEROPIA. |
| merycism | a rare condition in which food is returned to the mouth after a short period in the stomach. |
| mesel | a leper; leprosy. |
| meseled | affected with MESEL, leprous. |
| meteorism | abdominal cramps and swelling due to flatulence. |
| meteorist | one suffering from METEORISM. |
| metralgia | pain in the uterus > METRALGIAS. |
| metritis | inflammation of the womb > METRITISES. |
| microcyte | an unusually small red blood cell. |
| micropsia | a condition of the eyes in which objects appear smaller than normal. |
| migraine | a severe throbbing pain affecting only one half of the head or face. |
| miliaria | prickly heat, a fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples. |
| miliarial | of or like MILIARIA. |
| milium | a hard mass caused by the blockage of a sebaceous gland > MILIA. [L. milium, millet]. |
| miosis myosis | excessive contraction of the pupil of the eye > MIOSES, MYOSES. |
| molimen | a great effort, especially any physical effort made by the body in carrying out a natural function. [L. molimen, from moliri, to toil, from moles, mass]. |
| molluscum | a viral skin infection > MOLLUSCA. |
| mongolian | an offensive term meaning affected by Down's syndrome. |
| mongolism | a medical condition, now known as Downs' Syndrome. |
| monosis monosy | the separation of parts usually fused. |
| moonblind | dim-sighted; purblind. |
| morbid | of the nature of or indicative of disease > MORBIDER, MORBIDEST; MORBIDLY. |
| morbidity | the condition or state of being diseased, or being caused by disease. |
| morbific | causing disease. |
| morbilli | measles. [L. morbillus, spot, pustule]. |
| morbus | disease, in phrases, e.g. morbus Gallicus, 'French disease'; syphilis > MORBUSES. |
| morphew | a skin eruption. [Ital. morfea]. |
| mutism | the condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without speech. |
| myalgia | pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism or neuralgia. |
| myalgic | relating to MYALGIA. |
| myasis myiases | a disease due to flies' larvae in the body > MYASES, MYIASES. |
| mycetoma | a chronic fungus infection leading to nodules that discharge oily pus > MYCETOMATA or MYCETOMAS. |
| mycosis | a disease due to the growth of a fungus > MYCOSES. |
| mycotic | relating to MYCOSIS, a fungal disease. |
| mydriasis | morbid dilatation of the pupil of the eye > MYDRIASES. |
| myelitis | inflammation of the spinal marrow or its membranes > MYELITISES or MYELITIDES. |
| myeloma | a tumour of the bone marrow > MYELOMAS or MYELOMATA. [Gk. myelos, marrow]. |
| myiasis | see MYASIS. |
| myoclonus | muscle spasm > MYOCLONUSES. |
| myoma | a tumor consisting of muscular tissue > MYOMAS or MYOMATA. |
| myomatous | of or like a MYOMA, a tumor consisting of muscular tissue. |
| myopathy | a disorder of muscle tissue > MYOPATHIES. |
| myope | a person having myopy. |
| myopia myopy | short-sightedness. |
| myopic | short-sighted > MYOPICALLY; (noun) a short-sighted person > MYOPICS. |
| myops | a short-sighted person > MYOPSES. |
| myopy | see MYOPIA. |
| myosis | see MIOSIS. |
| myositis | inflammation of the muscles > MYOSITISES. |
| myotonia | muscular spasm or rigidity. |
| myotonic | relating to MYOTONIA, temporary muscle rigidity. |
| myxedema myxoedema | a skin disease, marked by swelling and dryness, due to insufficient thyroid secretion. |
| myxedemic | relating to MYXEDEMA. |
| myxoma | a tumor made up of a gelatinous tissue resembling that found in the umbilical cord > MYXOMAS or MYXOMATA. [Gk. myxo, slime]. |
| naeve | a NAEVUS, a birthmark. |
| naevus nevus | a birthmark > NAEVI, NEVI. |
| nanism | the condition of being dwarfed or being a dwarf. |
| narcoma | a coma caused by the intake of narcotic drugs > NARCOMAS or NARCOMATA. |
| narcosis | drowsiness or unconsciousness produced by a narcotic > NARCOSES. |
| nausea | a stomach disturbance. |
| nauseate | to affect with NAUSEA. |
| nauseous | causing NAUSEA > NAUSEOUSLY. |
| necrose | to affect with necrosis; to undergo NECROSIS. |
| necrosis | death of part of the living body, e.g. as a symptom of gangrene > NECROSES. |
| necrotic | undergoing death of part of the body. |
| necrotise necrotize | to become NECROTIC. |
| nephralgia nephralgy | pain in the kidneys. |
| nephrism | ill health caused by kidney disease. |
| nephritis | an inflammation of the kidneys > NEPHRITIDES or NEPHRITISES. |
| nephrosis | degenerative lesions of the renal tubules > NEPHROSES. |
| nephrotic | of or like NEPHROSIS, a disease of the kidneys; (noun) a disease of the kidneys. |
| neuralgia | intense burning or stabbing pain, typically along the line of a nerve, esp. in the face. |
| neuralgic | of or pertaining to, or having the character of, NEURALGIA. |
| neuritic | relating to NEURITIS, inflammation of the nerves; (noun) someone suffering from NEURITIS. |
| neuritis | inflammation of the nerves > NEURITISES or NEURITIDES. |
| neuroma | a tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one consisting of new-formed nerve fibers > NEUROMAS or NEUROMATA. |
| nevoid | of or like a NEVUS, a birthmark. |
| nevus | see NAEVUS. |
| nocturia | excessive urination during the night. |
| noma | an ulceration of the cheek. |
| nona | a virus disease. |
| nonunion | failure of a broken bone to heal. |
| nonviral | not viral e.g. of an infection. |
| nosebleed | bleeding from the nose. |
| nubecula | a cloudy formation in urine > NUBECULAE. |
| nyctalops | one afflicted with NYCTALOPIA, the condition of seeing poorly at night or in partial darkness, while the day sight is normal; erroneously, the opposite condition > NYCTALOPES. [Gk. nyktalops night-blind]. |
| nystagmic | relating to NYSTAGMUS, involuntary lateral movement of the eyeballs. |
| nystagmus | an involuntary lateral movement of the eyeballs > NYSTAGMUSES. |
| octan | a fever recurring every eight days. |
| odontalgy | toothache. |
| odontoma | a tumour arising in connection with the teeth > ODONTOMATA or ODONTOMAS. |
| oedema | a pathological accumulation of fluid in tissue spaces > OEDEMAS or OEDEMATA. |
| oligaemia oligemia | abnormal deficiency of blood. |
| oligaemic oligemic | relating to OLIGAEMIA, abnormal deficiency of blood. |
| oliguria | scantiness of urine in proportion to liquid intake. |
| oliguric | related to OLIGURIA. |
| oncogen oncogene | an agent producing cancerous tumours. |
| onychia | inflammation of the root or side of the nail, a whitlow. |
| onychitis | inflammation of the root or side of the nail > ONYCHITISES. |
| orchitic | relating to ORCHITIS, inflammation of the testicles. |
| orchitis | inflammation of the testicles > ORCHITISES. |
| orthorexiaia | an eating disorder characterized by excessive focus on eating healthy foods. |
| osteitic | relating to OSTEITIS, inflammation of bone. |
| osteitis | inflammation of the bone > OSTEITISES or OSTEITIDES. |
| osteoma | a tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone > OSTEOMAS or OSTEOMATA. [Gk. osteon, bone]. |
| otalgia otalgy | pain in the ear. |
| otalgic | of OTALGY, earache. |
| otitic | relating to OTITIS, inflammation of the ear. |
| otitis | inflammation of the ear > OTITIDES or OTITISES. |
| otocyst | an auditory or equilibristic vesicle. |
| otorrhoea | a discharge from the ear. |
| ototoxic | adversely affecting hearing or balance. |
| ourology urology urinology | the study of urine or the urinary tract. |
| ovaritis | inflammation of the ovaries > OVARITISES or OVARITIDES. |
| oversick | too sick. |
| ozaena | a fetid discharge from the nostrils. [L. from Gk. ozein, to smell]. |
| palinopia | a visual disorder in which the patient perceives a prolonged afterimage. |
| palsy | loss of control or of feeling, more or less complete, in the muscles of the body, esp when this results in involuntary trembling; paralysis; (verb) to affect with palsy. |
| palsylike | like the PALSY. |
| paludism | marsh fever; malaria. |
| pandemia | a widespread epidemic. |
| pandemic | an outbreak of disease affecting majority of people in a region. |
| pannus | a layer of vascular fibrous tissue extending over the surface of a specialized structure, esp. the cornea > PANNUSES. |
| papilloma | a tumour formed by hypertrophy of a papilla or papillae, such as a wart, etc. > PAPILLOMAS or PAPILLOMATA. |
| papillose papillous | covered with papules or papillae. |
| papula papule | a pimple > PAPULAE, PAPULES. |
| papular papulose papulous | pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of papules or pimples. |
| paracusis | disordered hearing > PARACUSES. |
| paralogia | the impairment of reasoning power characterized by difficulty in expressing logical ideas in speech. |
| paralyse paralyze | to afflict with paralysis. |
| paralysis | the state of being unable to move > PARALYSES. |
| paralytic | (someone) suffering from PARALYSIS. |
| paresis | a partial form of paralysis affecting muscle movements but not diminishing sensation > PARESES. [Gk. from parienai, to relax]. |
| paretic | one affected with PARESIS. |
| parotitic | of or like PAROTITIS, inflammation of the parotid glands. |
| parotitis | inflammation of the parotid glands > PAROTITISES. |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease); a sudden violent emotion or action. |
| parulis | a small suppurating inflamed spot on the gum, aka GUMBOIL > PARULISES or PARULIDES |
| pathogen pathogene | an agent that causes disease. |
| pathogeny | the production and development of disease. |
| peaky | off-colour, unwell > PEAKIER, PEAKIEST. |
| pellagra | a nervous and digestive disease due to deficiency of nicotinic acid in diet. |
| pellagrin | one who is afficted with PELLAGRA, a nervous and digestive disease due to deficiency of nicotinic acid in diet. |
| pemphigus pemphix | a somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different part of the body > PEMPHIGUSES, PEMPHIXES. |
| pernio | a chilblain > PERNIONES. |
| pertussal | relating to PERTUSSIS, whooping cough. |
| pertussis | whooping cough > PERTUSSISES or PERTUSSES. |
| pestilent | deadly, producing pestilence > PESTILENTLY. |
| petechia | a small red or purple spot on the skin > PETECHIAE. |
| petechial | characterized by, or pertaining to, PETECHIAE. |
| phagedena phagedaena | hospital gangrene, a rapidly spreading destructive ulcer. |
| phimosis | a condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be drawn back so as to uncover the glans penis > PHIMOSES. |
| phimotic | relating to PHIMOSIS. |
| phlebitic | relating to PHLEBITIS, inflammation of a vein. |
| phlebitis | inflammation of a vein > PHLEBITIDES or PHLEBITISES. |
| phlegm | thick mucus secreted in abnormal quantity especially in the nose and throat. |
| phlegmon | purulent inflammation > PHLEGMONS. |
| phlegmy | full of PHLEGM > PHLEGMIER, PHLEGMIEST. |
| phlyctena phlyctaena | a small blister or vesicle > PHLYCTENAE, PHLYCTAENAE. |
| phocomely | a type of congenital deformity, with seal-like limbs. N.B. should have a plural PHOCOMELIES*, but this has been wrongly omitted from CSW. |
| phosphene | a visual sensation produced by mechanical stimulation of the retina, as by pressure on the eyeball. |
| phossy | as in phossy jaw, a gangrenous condition of the lower jaw caused by exposure to phosphorus. |
| photopia | vision in illumination similar to daylight, believed to involve chiefly the cones of the retina. |
| photopic | relating to PHOTOPIA. |
| photopsia photopsy | appearance of light flashes due to retinal irritation. |
| phrenesis | delirium; frenzy > PHRENESES. |
| phrenitis | inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; aka CEPHALITIS > PHRENITISES or PHRENITIDES. |
| phthisic | = PHTHISIS; also, vaguely, any lung or throat disease > PHTHISICS. |
| phthisis | a progressive wasting disease; spec. pulmonary tuberculosis > PHTHISES. |
| pian | a tropical disease. |
| pianic | pertaining to the tropical disease PIAN. |
| pigmentosa | as in retinite pigmentosa, a genetic eye condition. |
| pimple | an inflamed swelling of the skin. |
| pimpled | having pimples. |
| pimply | having pimples > PIMPLIER, PIMPLIEST. |
| pinkeye | an inflammation of the eye. |
| pinswell | a small boil. |
| pinta | a skin disease widespread in tropical America, caused by a spirochaete and characterized by rough blotchy skin. |
| plague | to harass or torment. |
| planuria planury | the discharge of urine through an abnormal passage. |
| pleurisy | inflammation of the pleurae. |
| pleuronia | the combined disorder of pleurisy and pneumonia. |
| pleuritic | (someone) suffering from PLEURISY. |
| pleuritis | pleurisy > PLEURITISES. |
| plica | a fold; also, a disease of the hair, in which it becomes twisted and matted together > PLICAE. |
| plical | relating to a PLICA, folded. |
| plook plouk | a small spot, a pimple. |
| plookie plooky | pimply > PLOOKIER, PLOOKIEST. |
| plouk | a small spot, a pimple. |
| ploukie plouky | pimply > PLOUKIER, PLOUKIEST. |
| plumbism | lead poisoning. |
| pneumonia | a disease of the lungs. |
| pock | a pustule raised on the surface of the body in variolous and vaccine diseases; (verb) to mark with pocks. |
| pocky | full of POCKS > POCKIER, POCKIEST. |
| pockmark | to mark with pocks. |
| pockpit | the mark, pit or scar left by a pock. |
| podagra | gout of the foot. |
| podagral podagric podagrous | gouty. |
| polio | an infectious virus disease. |
| poltfoot | a clubfoot > POLTFEET. |
| polymasty polymastia polymastism | the presence of supernumerary breasts or nipples. |
| polypnea | panting, very rapid breathing. |
| polypneic | relating to POLYPNEA breathing. |
| polyp | a pedunculated tumour growing from mucous membrane. |
| polypoid | like a (medical) POLYP. |
| polyposis | the presence or development of polyps > POLYPOSES. |
| polypous | of the nature of a POLYPUS; affected with POLYPUS. |
| polypus | a nasal polyp > POLYPI or POLYPUSES. |
| polyuria | excessive urination. |
| polyuric | relating to POLYURIA. |
| porphyria | any of various disorders of metabolism resulting in the excretion of an excessive quantity of porphyrins in the urine, some types characterized by skin photosensitivity. |
| porphyric | relating to PORPHYRIA. |
| porrigo | a kind of scalp disease > PORRIGOS. [L. porrigo, dandruff]. |
| postviral | as in postviral syndrome, a debilitating condition occurring as a sequel to viral illness. |
| pox | any of several virus diseases causing a rash of pustules; (verb) to infect with pox. |
| poxy | afflicted by pox > POXIER, POXIEST. |
| precancer | a condition that may develop into cancer. |
| presbyope | one who has presbyopia; a farsighted person. |
| presbyopy presbyopia | long-sightedness in old age. |
| presbytic | relating to an PRESBYOPIA. |
| presbyopic | (someone) afflicted by PRESBYOPIA. |
| pressor | something that causes an increase in blood pressure. |
| procident | relating to PROCIDENCE, prolapse. |
| proctitis | inflammation of the rectum, aka RECTITIS > PROCTITISES or PROCTITIDES. |
| prodromal | of or pertaining to PRODROMES; as, the prodromal stage of a disease. |
| prodrome | an initial symptom of a disease > PRODROMES or PRODROMATA. |
| prodromic | relating to a PRODROME, an initial symptom of a disease. |
| progeria | a syndrome of children characterized by physical symptoms suggestive of premature senility. |
| prolapse | of an organ etc. to slip forward or downward out of place. |
| prolapsus | a prolapse > PROLAPSUSES. |
| proptosis | the forward displacement of an organ, particularly the eyeball > PROPTOSES. |
| protanope | a sufferer from PROTANOPIA, colour-blindness with respect to red. |
| prurigo | a chronic skin condition characterized by itching and the presence of small pale pimples > PRURIGOS. |
| pruritic | of or like PRURITUS, itching of the skin. |
| pruritus | itching of the skin > PRURITUSES. |
| psilosis | loss of hair > PSILOSES. [Gk. psilosis, from psilos, bare]. |
| psilotic | relating to PSILOSIS, loss of hair. |
| psora | a cutaneous disease; especially, the itch. |
| psoriasis | the state of being affected with PSORA, a cutaneous disease > PSORIASES. |
| psoriatic | (someone) suffering from PSORIASIS. |
| psoric | of or pertaining to PSORA, a cutaneous disease. |
| ptosis | a drooping of the upper eyelid > PTOSES. |
| ptotic | relating to PTOSIS. |
| ptyalise ptyalize | to induce PTYALISM, an excessive flow of saliva, in. |
| ptyalism | an excessive flow of saliva. |
| purblind | nearly blind; dim-witted > PURBLINDLY. |
| purpura | an eruption of small purple spots, caused by extravasation of blood > PURPURAS. |
| purpuric | of or pertaining to PURPURA, a skin disease. |
| purulence purulency | the state of being purulent. |
| pus | thick yellowish bodily fluid > PUSES. |
| puslike | like PUS. |
| pussy | full of PUS > PUSSIER, PUSSIEST. |
| pustulant | (an agent) producing PUSTULES. |
| pustular | of or pertaining to PUSTULES. |
| pustulate | to form into PUSTULES. |
| pustule | a pimple containing PUS; a lump or wart. |
| pustuled | covered with PUSTULES. |
| pustulous | of or pertaining to PUSTULES. |
| pyaemia pyemia | a form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into the blood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or local inflammation. |
| pyaemic pyemic | of or pertaining to PYAEMIA. |
| pyelitic | relating to PYELITIS. |
| pyelitis | inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney, usu. as a result of bacterial infection > PYELITISES. |
| pyemia | see PYAEMIA. |
| pyemic | see PYAEMIC. |
| pyic | pertaining to or discharging PUS. |
| pyoderma | any skin disease resulting in PUSTULES and/or PUS. |
| pyodermic | of or like PYODERMA. |
| pyogenic | pus-forming. |
| pyoid | purulent. |
| pyorrhea pyorrhoea | suppuration in the sockets of the teeth. |
| pyorrheal pyorrheic | relating to PYORRHEA. |
| pyosis | the formation of pus or the process through which pus is formed > PYOSES. |
| pyretic | of or relating to fever > febrile. |
| pyrexia | fever. |
| pyrexial | showing symptoms of PYREXIA, feverish. |
| pyrexic | of or like PYREXIA, fever. |
| pyrogen | a substance inducing fever. |
| pyrogenic pyrogenous | produced by, or producing, heat or fever. |
| pyrosis | cardialgia, heartburn > PYROSES or PYROSISES. |
| pyuria | the presence of pus in the urine. |
| quartan | a fever recurring every third day. |
| quat | a pimple; an insignificant person. |
| quazzy | unwell > QUAZZIER, QUAZZIEST. |
| quinsied | suffering from QUINSY. |
| quinsy | severe inflammation of tonsils and throat. |
| quintan | a fever occurring every fifth day. |
| rabic | pertaining to RABIES. |
| rabid | afflicted with rabies > RABIDER, RABIDEST; RABIDLY. |
| rabidity rabidness | the state of being RABID. |
| rabies | an infectious viral disease. [L. rabere, to be mad]. |
| rabietic | suffering from RABIES. |
| rachitic | pertaining to or having RACHITIS, inflammation of spine. |
| rachitis rhachitis | inflammation of the spine; rickets > RACHITIDES or RACHITISES; RHACHITISES. |
| ranula | a cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland. |
| ranular | relating to a RANULA. |
| raphania | a form of ergotism, attributed by Linnaeus to wild radish. [Gk. rhaphanis, radish]. |
| rash | an outbreak of red spots or patches on the skin; (adj.) over-hasty > RASHER, RASHEST; RASHLY. |
| rashlike | like a rash. |
| raw | uncooked > RAWER, RAWEST; RAWLY; (noun) a sore or irritated spot > RAWS. |
| rectitic | relating to RECTITIS. |
| rectitis | inflammation of the rectum, aka PROCTITIS > RECTITISES. |
| rectocele | the herniation of the rectum into the vagina. |
| redout | reddening of visual field caused by blood forced to head in conditions of low gravity. |
| reinfect | to infect again. |
| retinitis | inflammation of the retina > RETINITISES or RETINITIDES. |
| rhachitis | see RACHITIS. |
| rhagades | cracks or fissures in the skin. [Gk. rhagas, a tear]. N.B. no RHAGADE*. |
| rheum | watery discharge from eyes and nose. |
| rheumatic | one who suffers from rheumatism. |
| (dial.) rheumatism. | |
| rheumed | troubled by RHEUM. |
| rheumic | pertaining to, or characterized by, RHEUM. |
| rheumy | affected with RHEUM > RHEUMIER, RHEUMIEST. |
| rhexis | rupture of a blood-vessel > RHEXES or RHEXISES. |
| rhinitic | relating to RHINITIS, inflammation of the nose. |
| rhinitis | inflammation of the nose; esp. inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nostrils > RHINITISES or RHINITIDES. |
| rhinolith | a concretion formed within the cavities of the nose. |
| rhonchal rhonchial | of or relating to snoring. |
| rickets | a disease resulting from vitamin D deficiency. No RICKET*. |
| rigor | a sense of chilliness with contraction of the skin. |
| ringworm | a contagious itching skin-disease occurring in small circular patches. |
| rosacea | a condition in which a person has a large red nose. |
| roseola | a rash of rose-colored patches; rose rash. |
| roseolar | like ROSEOLA, a rash of rose-colored patches. |
| rubella | German measles. |
| rubeola | the measles. [L. rubeus, red]. |
| rume | rheum. |
| runround | a felon or whitlow. |
| rupia | a skin ulcer covered with dead tissue. [Gk. rhypos, filth]. |
| rupture | to burst. |
| saburra | granular matter deposited in the body. [L. saburra, sand]. |
| saburral | relating to SABURRA, granular matter deposited in the body. |
| saccadic | jerky; twitching. |
| sacralgia | inflammation of the SACRUM. |
| sanies | a watery foul discharge from wounds or sores. |
| sanious | pertaining to SANIES, a watery foul discharge from wounds or sores. |
| sapego | a dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm > SAPEGOES. |
| sapraemia sapremia | a kind of blood-poisoning. |
| sapraemic sapremic | relating to SAPRAEMIA, a kind of blood-poisoning. |
| sarcoid | a granuloma of sarcoidosis; a fleshy tumour. [Gr. sarcoous, flesh]. |
| sarcoma | a tumour of connective tissue; any fleshy excrescence > SARCOMAS or SARCOMATA. |
| saturnic | suffering from lead-poisoning. |
| saturnism | lead poisoning. |
| scabies | a contagious skin infection caused by an itch mite. |
| scabietic | relating to SCABIES, a contagious skin infection caused by an itch mite. |
| scaldhead | a disease scalp; a scalp disease. |
| scall | scabbiness, esp. of the scalp. |
| scalled | afflicted with SCALL, a scalp disease. |
| sciatica | inflammation of the sciatic nerve. |
| scirrhoid scirrhous | resembling a SCIRRHUS, a hard swelling. |
| scirrhus | a hard swelling; a hard fibrous carcinoma > SCIRRHI or SCIRRHUSES. |
| sclerema | induration of the cellular tissue > SCLEREMAS. [Gk. skleros, hard]. |
| scleritis | inflammation of the SCLEROTIC > SCLERITISES. Also SCLEROTITIS. |
| scleroid | hard; hardened. |
| scleroma | an abnormally hard patch of bodily tissue > SCLEROMAS or SCLEROMATA. [Gk. skleros, hard]. |
| sclerosal | affected with SCLEROSIS. |
| sclerose | to harden; to affect with SCLEROSIS. |
| sclerosis | hardening; morbid hardening, e.g. of arteries by deposition of fatty plaques > SCLEROSES. |
| sclerous | hard; indurated; sclerotic. |
| scolioma | abnormal curvature of the spine > SCOLIOMAS (not SCOLIOMATA*). [Gk. skoliosis, from skolios, crooked]. |
| scoliosis | a lateral curvature of the spine > SCOLIOSES. |
| scoliotic | affected by SCOLIOSIS, a lateral curvature of the spine. |
| scorbutic | pertaining to or afflicted with scurvy. |
| scotoma scotomia scotomy | dizziness with dimness of sight. |
| scotopia | vision in dim light. |
| scotopic | relating to SCOTOPIA, vision in dim light or darkness. |
| scrofula | tuberculosis of the lymph nodes, esp. in the neck, giving rise to abscesses > SCROFULAS. [L. scrofulae, from scrofa, a sow (supposed to be prone to it)]. |
| scrumpox | IMPETIGO spread by players' faces rubbing together in the scrum. |
| scurvy | scabby, mean > SCURVIER, SCURVIEST; SCURVILY; (noun) a disease caused by lack of Vitamin C. |
| scybalous | of or like a SCYBALUM, a lump or mass of hard faeces in the intestine. |
| scybalum | a lump or mass of hard faeces in the intestine > SCYBALA. |
| seasick | nauseated due to motion at sea > SEASICKER, SEASICKEST. |
| seborrhea | a morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin. |
| seik | (Scots) sick > SEIKER, SEIKEST. |
| selenosis | selenium poisoning > SELENOSES. |
| semicoma | a condition approaching coma. |
| semideaf | partially deaf. |
| seminoma | a malignant tumour of the testicle > SEMINOMAS. |
| senopia | improvement of near vision occurring during the aging process because of swelling in the crystalline lens due to incipient cataract. |
| sepsis | the state of being septic > SEPSES. |
| septic | producing sepsis > SEPTICALLY; (noun) an agent producing SEPSIS > SEPTICS. |
| septicity | the state of being septic. |
| sequela | a pathological condition resulting from a previous disease or injury > SEQUELAE. [L. sequela, sequel]. |
| seropus | a mixture of serum and pus > SEROPUSES. |
| serosity | the state of being SEROUS, of or relating to serum. |
| serous | of or relating to serum; watery. |
| serpigo | a dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, ringworm > SERPIGOES, SERPIGINES or SERPIGOS. |
| sextan | a fever recurring after six days (i.e. every fifth day. |
| sialolith | a calculus in a salivary gland. |
| sicken | to make sick. |
| sickish | somewhat sick or diseased > SICKISHLY. |
| sicklemia | a severe hereditary anaemia. |
| sicklemic | relating to SICKLEMIA, a severe hereditary anaemia. |
| sickly | of poor health > SICKLIER, SICKLIEST; SICKLILY; (verb) to make sickly-looking > SICKLIES, SICKLYING, SICKLIED. |
| sickness | the state of being sick. |
| siderosis | a sort of pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of particles of iron > SIDEROSES. |
| siderotic | relating to SIDEROSIS. |
| silicosis | a lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust > SILICOSES. |
| silicotic | someone suffering from SILICOSIS, a lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust. |
| singultus | hiccuping > SINGULTUSES. |
| sinuitis sinusitis | inflammation of the sinuses. |
| siriasis | sunstroke, esp. in children > SIRIASES. |
| smallpox | a virus disease. |
| sordes | dark incrustations on the lips of fever patients. No SORDE*. |
| sore | sensitive to pain > SORER, SOREST; SORELY; (verb) to make sore. |
| soroche | mountain sickness. [Quechua surucht, antimony, found in the Andes and thought to cause the sickness]. |
| spanaemia | a deficiency of red corpuscles in the blood. |
| spanaemic | of or pertaining to SPANAEMIA. |
| spasm | a sustained involuntary muscular contraction; (verb) to go into spasm. |
| spasmatic | in spasms. |
| spasmic | in spasms. |
| spastic | of the nature of a spasm > SPASTICALLY; (noun) one affected with spastic paralysis. |
| spazz | to lapse into a delirious state. |
| sphacelus | necrosis, mortification > SPHACELUSES. [Gr. sphakelos. convulsive movement, painful spasm, gangrene]. |
| splayfoot | a foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot > SPLAYFEET. |
| splenitis | inflammation of the spleen > SPLENITISES. |
| sprain | to weaken by a sudden and violent twisting or wrenching. |
| sprue | infantile THRUSH. |
| sputum | thick mucus coughed up from the respiratory tract esp. in certain diseases of the lungs, chest, or throat > SPUTA. |
| squinancy | QUINSY, suppurating tonsillitis. |
| steatoma | a cyst containing matter like suet > STEATOMAS (not STEATOMATA*). [Gk. stear, steatos suet, tallow]. |
| steatosis | adiposity > STEATOSES. |
| stegnosis | constipation > STEGNOSES. |
| stegnotic | tending to render costive, or to diminish excretions or discharges generally. |
| stenosed | constricted as a result of disease. |
| stenosis | narrowing of an orifice > STENOSES. |
| stenotic | relating to a STENOSIS, the narrowing of an orifice. |
| stound stownd | to ache, throb. |
| strabism strabismus | a condition in which the eyes can't focus together because of muscle imbalance; a squint. |
| strangury | severe pain in the urethra with intense desire to pass urine or painful passage of a few drops of urine. |
| strep | STREPTOCOCCUS, as in a STREP throat. |
| struma | scrofula or a scrofulous tumour > STRUMAE or STRUMAS. |
| strumatic | scrofulous; strumous. |
| strumitis | inflammation of the thyroid gland > STRUMITISES. |
| strumose strumous | scrofulous; having STRUMAE. |
| stye | a sore place on the eye. |
| subluxate | to partially dislocate. |
| subsultus | a convulsive or twitching movement > SUBSULTUSES. |
| sudamen | a whitish vesicle due to the retention of sweat in the sweat ducts or under the skin > SUDAMINA. |
| sudaminal | relating to SUDAMINA. |
| sunburn | to burn or discolor from exposure to the sun. |
| sunstroke | a medical condition of general collapse caused by prolonged exposure to intense sunlight. |
| sunstruck | affected with SUNSTROKE. |
| suppeago | a dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm > SUPPEAGOES. |
| suppurate | to discharge pus. |
| surdity | deafness. |
| squitters | diarrhoea. |
| sycosis | an inflammation of the hair follicles > SYCOSES. [Gk. sykosis, a fig-shaped ulcer, from sykon a fig]. |
| symptosis | emaciation > SYMPTOSES. |
| symptotic | relating to SYMPTOSIS. |
| synechia | an abnormal adhesion, esp. of the iris to the cornea > SYNECHIAS. |
| synovitic | relating to SYNOVITIS, inflammation of a synovial membrane. |
| synovitis | inflammation of a synovial membrane > SYNOVITISES. |
| syph | syphilis > SYPHS. |
| syphilis | a venereal disease > SYPHILISES. |
| syphilise syphilize | to inoculate or infect with syphilis. |
| syphiloid | like SYPHILIS. |
| syphiloma | a syphilitic tumour > SYPHILOMAS or SYPHILOMATA. |
| tabefy | to cause to waste gradually, to emaciate. |
| tabes | a wasting away > TABES. |
| tabescent | wasting; shrivelling. |
| tabetic | of or pertaining to TABES; (someone) affected with tabes > TABETICS. |
| tabid | affected by TABES. |
| tachypnea tachypnoea | abnormally rapid breathing. |
| taeniasis | infestation with tapeworms > TAENIASES. |
| taliped | one suffering from TALIPES, club-foot. [L. talus, ankle + pes, foot]. |
| talipes | club foot. [L. talis, ankle + pes, foot]. N.B. no TALIPE*. |
| talpa | a mole or similar mark on the body > TALPAE or TALPAS. |
| tarantism | a dancing mania or malady of late medieval Europe, attributed popularly to the bite of a tarantula. |
| tarantist | one suffering from TARANTISM. |
| tarsalgia | pain in the instep. |
| tenesmic | pertaining to TENESMUS, a painful but ineffectual effort to urinate or defecate. |
| tenesmus | a distressing but ineffectual urge to evacuate the rectum or bladder > TENESMUSES. |
| teniasis | pinworm infestation > TENIASES. |
| teratism | a monster, malformed person or animal. |
| teratogen | an agent that raises the incidence of congenital malformation. |
| teratoma | a tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterogenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle > TERATOMAS or TERATOMATA. [Gk. teras, -atos monster]. |
| tertian | a fever occurring every third day. |
| tetanal | relating to TETANUS. |
| tetanic | related to tetanus > TETANICALLY; (noun) an agent causing tetanus. |
| tetanical | relating to TETANUS. |
| tetanise tetanize | to produce TETANUS or TETANIC spasms in. |
| tetanoid | resembling tetanus. |
| tetanus | an acute infectious disease characterized by tonic rigidity and violent spasms of some or all of the voluntary muscles, caused by infection with the bacterium Clostridium tetani; aka LOCKJAW > TETANUSES. |
| tetany | a morbid condition resembling TETANUS, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms. |
| tetter | a vesicular disease of the skin, aka HERPES; (verb) to affect with a tetter. |
| tetterous | having the character of, or pertaining to, TETTER, a skin eruption. |
| thelitis | inflammation of the nipple > THELITISES. |
| thrombose | to cause THROMBOSIS in. |
| thrombus | a blood clot > THROMBI. |
| thrush | a disease, esp of children, causing fungous blisters in the mouth and throat. |
| thylose thylosis | an ingrowth from a neighbouring cell through a pit into a vessel > THYLOSES. |
| tic | an involuntary twitching of muscles; (verb) to twitch > TICS, TICCING, TICCED. |
| tinea | a name applied to various skin diseases, especially ringworm. |
| tineal | relating to TINEA. |
| tinnitus | a sensation of noise (as a ringing or roaring) that is purely subjective > TINNITUSES. |
| tisick | a cough. |
| toothache | a pain in a tooth. |
| topalgia | pain restricted to a particular spot. |
| tophus | a gouty deposit > TOPHI. |
| tormina | acute, colicky pains. No —S. |
| torminal | relating to TORMINA. |
| torminous | affected with TORMINA. |
| torulosis | an infection by a member of the Torula genus affecting the nervous system > TORULOSES. |
| toxaemia toxemia | blood poisoning due to toxins in blood. |
| toxaemic toxemic | relating to TOXAEMIA, blood poisoning due to toxins in blood. |
| toxicosis | a pathological condition caused by a poison or toxin > TOXICOSES. |
| toxocara | a kind of parasitic worm found in the intestines of dogs and cats. |
| toxocaral | related to TOXOCARA. |
| trachitis | an error for TRACHEITIS, inflammation of the TRACHEA > TRACHITISES. |
| trachoma | an eye-disease, a chronic form of conjunctivitis > TRACHOMAS. |
| trauma | a wound, an injury > TRAUMAS or TRAUMATA. |
| traumatic | relating to, resulting from, or causing wounds > TRAUMATICALLY. |
| trichina | a type of nematode worm parasitic in rat, pig, and man, the adult in the small intestine, the larva encysted in muscle > TRICHINAE or TRICHINAS. |
| trichinal | relating to a TRICHINA, a small, slender nematoid worm. |
| trichosis | arrangement, distribution or disorder of hair > TRICHOSES. |
| trichrome | pertaining to or in three colors; having normal color vision. |
| trismic | relating to TRISMUS, lockjaw. |
| trismus | a tetanic spasm of the muscles of the jaw, aka LOCKJAW > TRISMUSES. |
| trophesy | a state of diseased nutrition due to disorder of the TROPHIC action of the nerves |
| tryp | = TRYPANOSOME, a parasite causing sleeping sickness. |
| tumor tumour | an abnormal swelling or enlargement, now esp a new growth of cells in the body without inflammation. |
| tumoral | relating to a TUMOR. |
| tumorlike | like a TUMOR. |
| tumorous | having the nature of a TUMOR. |
| tumour | see TUMOR. |
| turista | intestinal sickness affecting a tourist in a foreign country. |
| tussal tussive | relating to a cough. |
| tussis | a cough > TUSSISES or TUSSES. |
| twinge | a slight pain; (verb) to give a twinge of pain > TWINGES, TWINGING or TWINGEING, TWINGED. |
| tylosis | an ingrowth from a neighbouring cell through a pit into a vessel > TYLOSES. |
| tympany | any swelling, esp. of the abdomen. |
| typhlitic | relating to TYPHLITIS, inflammation of the caecum. |
| typhlitis | inflammation of the caecum > TYPHLITISES. |
| typhoid | an infectious disease. |
| typhoidal | relating to typhoid. |
| typhose typhous | of or pertaining to TYPHUS. |
| typhus | any of a group of acute infectious fevers caused by RICKETTSIAE > TYPHUSES. |
| ulcer | a type of lesion; (verb) to affect with an ulcer. |
| ulcerate | to ulcer. |
| ulcerous | being or affected with an ulcer > ULCEROUSLY. |
| ulitis | inflammation of the gums > ULITISES. |
| ulosis | the formation of a scar > ULOSES. [Gk. oulosis, from oule, a scar]. |
| unhealth | unsoundness, disease. |
| unpainful | not painful. |
| unpalsied | not palsied. |
| unpanged | without pangs. |
| unwell | not well. |
| uraemia uremia urinemia | the retention of waste materials normally excreted. |
| uraemic uremic urinemic | relating to URAEMIA, retention of waste materials normally excreted. |
| uresis | urination > URESES. [Gk. ouresis]. |
| urethral | of or pertaining to the URETHRA. |
| urinative | provoking the flow of urine. |
| urinemia | the retention of waste materials normally excreted > URINEMIAS. Also URAEMIA, UREMIA. |
| urinemic | relating to URINEMIA, retention of waste materials normally excreted. |
| urolith | a small stone or calculus in the urinary tract. |
| urolithic | of or like a UROLITH, a calculus in the urinary tract. |
| urosis | disease of the urinary organs > UROSES. |
| urticaria | nettle rash, hives. |
| uteritis | inflammation of the UTERUS > UTERITISES. |
| uveitis | inflammation of the iris, ciliary body and choroid > UVEITISES. |
| uvulitis | inflammation of the UVULA > UVULITISES. |
| vaccina vaccinia | cowpox. |
| vaccinial | of or like VACCINIA, cowpox. |
| vaginitis | inflammation of the vagina > VAGINITISES. |
| vaginosis | a bacterial vaginal infection > VAGINOSES. |
| vagotonia | pathological overactivity of the vagus nerve. |
| vagotonic | relating to VAGOTONIA. |
| valgoid valgous | like VALGUS, club-foot. |
| valgus | any deformity of a limb joint which causes a distal bone or bones to be displaced obliquely outwards (orig. inwards), as in knock-knee and some forms of club-foot > VALGUSES. Cf. VARUS. |
| varicella | chickenpox. |
| varicoid | having the appearance of a varicose vein. |
| varicose | swollen, especially in irregular lumps and twists. |
| varicosis | any condition characterized by distention of the veins > VARICOSES. |
| variola | smallpox. |
| variolar | of or like VARIOLA, smallpox. |
| variole | a small depression resembling a pockmark. |
| varioloid | a disease resembling VARIOLA, smallpox. |
| variolous | of or pertaining to the smallpox; having pits, or sunken impressions, like those of VARIOLA, the smallpox. |
| varus | any deformity of a limb joint which causes a distal bone or bones to be displaced obliquely inwards, as in bow-legs and some forms of club-foot > VARUSES. Cf. VALGUS. |
| vasospasm | a sharp and often persistent spasm of a blood vessel resulting in reduced caliber and flow. |
| verruca | a plantar wart > VERRUCAE or VERRUCAS. |
| verrucose verrucous | covered with warty elevations. |
| verruga | a fever with warty tumours, endemic in Peru. |
| vertigo | giddiness, dizziness, a sensation of whirling motion > VERTIGOS, VERTIGOES or VERTIGINES. |
| vibex | a streak due to extravasation of blood > VIBICES. |
| vibriosis | infection with VIBRIONIC bacteria > VIBRIOSES. |
| viraemia viremia | the presence of viral particles in the blood. |
| viraemic viremic | relating to VIRAEMIA, the presence of viral particles in the blood. |
| viral | relating to or caused by a VIRUS > VIRALLY. |
| viremia | see VIRAEMIA. |
| viremic | see VIRAEMIC. |
| virilism | masculinity in women, especially with secondary male characteristics. |
| virino | a hypothetical particle said to be the cause of BSE > VIRINOS. |
| virosis | a disease caused by a virus > VIROSES. |
| vitiligo | a rare skin disease consisting in the development of smooth, milk-white spots upon various parts of the body > VITILIGOS. [L. vitiligo, a skin eruption]. |
| volvulus | the spasmodic contraction of the intestines which causes colic > VOLVULI or VOLVULUSES. |
| vomica | an abscess cavity in the lungs > VOMICAE or VOMICAS. |
| vomito | a form of yellow fever > VOMITOS. |
| vulvitis | inflammation of the VULVA > VULVITISES. |
| walleye | an eye in which the iris is pale or whitish. |
| walleyed | suffering from WALLEYE. |
| wart | a small hard excrescence on the skin caused by a virus. |
| warted | covered with WARTS. |
| wartless | having no WARTS. |
| wartlike | like a wart. |
| warty | covered in warts > WARTIER, WARTIEST. |
| watcheye | an eye in which the iris is pale or whitish, aka WALLEYE. |
| waterpox | varicella, chickenpox. |
| weid | any sudden illness, cold or relapse with febrile symptoms. |
| wen | a sebaceous cyst. |
| wennish | having the nature of a WEN; resembling a WEN. |
| wenny | having the nature of a wen; resembling a wen > WENNIER, WENNIEST. |
| whally | wall-eyed, showing the whites of the eye. |
| whitlow | an abscess around a fingernail. |
| xanthoma | a skin disease marked by the development or irregular yellowish patches upon the skin, especially upon the eyelids > XANTHOMAS or XANTHOMATA. |
| xenomenia | menstruation from abnormal orifices. |
| xerasia | abnormal dryness of hair. |
| xeroderma | morbid dryness of skin, ichythosis > XERODERMAS or XERODERMAE. |
| xerosis | abnormal dryness of body parts > XEROSES. |
| xerostoma | dryness of mouth > XEROSTOMAS or XEROSTOMATA. |
| xerotes | abnormal dryness of body parts. |
| xerotic | of bodily tissues, abnormally dry. |
| yawey yawy | pertaining to YAWS. No comp! |
| yaws | a contagious skin disease resembling syphilis. |
| zit | a pimple. |
| zoonosis | a disease of animals, such as rabies, which can be transmitted to humans > ZOONOSES. |
| zoonotic | of or like ZOONOSIS, a disease of animals such as rabies that can be transmitted to humans. |
| zyme | a ferment; a disease germ. |
| zymosis | fermentation; a process resembling fermentation in development of infectious disease > ZYMOSES. [Gk. zymosis, fermentation]. |
| zymotic | of the nature of, relating to or causing an infectious disease > ZYMOTICALLY; (noun) an infectious disease. |
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