gout

en-noun

gout (countable and uncountable, plural gouts)

→ Thai: เกาต์ (gáo)

From Middle English goute, from Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Compare Spanish gota (“drop, droplet”). Doublet of goutte, gutta, and gutter.
The sense shift derived from humorism and "the notion of the 'dropping' of a morbid material from the blood in and around the joints".

Once gout was confined largely to Western civilization (with some outliers, like the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan); now its ravages are global.

2020 November 13, Ligaya Mishan, “Once the Disease of Gluttonous Aristocrats, Gout Is Now Tormenting the Masses”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(uncountable, pathology) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.


gout

After a time, however, he became more sensible of the reviving influence proceeding from renewed energy; luxurious indolence had for ever lost to him its goût;[…]

1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XVIII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 232:

A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout: or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup […]

1870, The Cook and Housewife's Manual, 5th edition:


stasis

stasis (usually uncountable, plural stases)

From New Latin stasis, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis). See the doublet stead.

(pathology) A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls.


uremia

uremia (countable and uncountable, plural uremias)

From Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

(pathology) Blood poisoning resulting from the retention of waste products usually excreted as urine.

urèmia

blood poisoning due to retention of waste products


uremia

Borrowed from French urémie, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”) and αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).


boa

boae (genitive)
boa (nominative singular)
boae (nominative plural)
boae (genitive singular)
boārum (genitive plural)
boae (dative singular)
boīs (dative plural)
boam (accusative singular)
boās (accusative plural)
boā (ablative singular)
boīs (ablative plural)
boa (singular vocative)
boae (plural vocative)

First mentioned by Pliny, of unknown origin. Folk etymology connected it to Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs, “ox”).

unk

unknown


yaws

Uncertain. Attested since the 1670s, perhaps from an English creole (or other language) of the Caribbean.

yous (some non-rhotic accents, especially with the pour–poor merger)

Other threats came from organisms co-evolving with humans, including tapeworms and such spirochaetes as Treponema, the agent of syphilis, and the similar skin infection, yaws.

1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 16:

(pathology) A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble berries.

puko

a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue


wisp

en-noun

wisp (countable and uncountable, plural wisps)

From Middle English wispe, wyspe, wips, wipse, perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *wisp, *wips. Cognate with West Frisian wisp, Dutch wisp (“bundle of hay or straw”), Norwegian bokmål/Swedish/Bornholm Danish visp (“handful or bundle of grass, hay, etc.”). Akin also to Middle Dutch/Middle Low German wispel (“measure of grain”).

cog

A wisp of smoke rose from the candle for a few moments after he blew it out.

A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind.

in a small basket, on a wisp of hay

1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Third Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.

خُصْلَة

a small bundle, as of straw or other like substance

(uncountable) A disease affecting the feet of cattle.


bleb

Possibly onomatopoeic, similarly to blob and blubber.

2008, Lin Her-Shyuan Lin, Adam C, Reynolds, 180: Filtering Blebs and Associated Problems, Frederick Hampton Roy, Frederick W. Fraunfelder, Frederick T. Fraunfelder (editors), Roy and Fraunfelder's Current Ocular Therapy, 6th Edition, page 340,
Inflammation and scarring is a shared mechanism for chemical irritants, cryotherapy, laser thermotherapy, and autologous blood injection in the treatment of bleb dysesthesia, overfiltering blebs, and bleb leaks.

2009, Anthony Wells, Tina Wong, Jonathan G. Crowston, 79: Tenon's Cyst Formation, Wound Healing, and Bleb Evaluation: Part A: Tenon's Cyst Formation and Management, Tarek M. Shaawary, Mark B. Sherwood, Roger A. Hitchings, Jonathan G. Drowston (editors), Glaucoma, Volume 2: Surgical Management, page 236,
If the leak allows bulk flow of aqueous, the rest of the bleb can collapse, allowing apposition of the inflamed inner bleb walls, which are likely to adhere. If such adherence is over most or all of the bleb area, bleb failure is probably inevitable.

Use of intraoperative antimetabolites is a risk factor for the development of a bleb leak.
The mechanism of a bleb leak is thought to be as follows. Ischemic blebs are stretched and surrounded by heavily scarred tissue, which limits the ability of the aqueous to flow beyond the scarred tissue. The bleb expands locally, producing a tractional hole when the tissue overreaches its maximal stretch.

2012, Gabriel Chong, Francisco Fantes, Paul F. Palmberg, “28: Late Complications of Glaucoma Surgery”, in Douglas J. Rhee, editor, Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Ophthalmology, page 419:

(pathology) A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid.


sib

en-verb

sib (third-person singular simple present sibs, present participle sibbing, simple past and past participle sibbed)

sibs (present singular third-person)
sibbing (participle present)
sibbed (participle past)
sibbed (past)

From the abbreviation SIB, or self-injurious behavior, a behavior found in autism.

(intransitive, clinical psychology) To engage in repetitive behaviors such as eye-poking, skin-picking, hand-biting, or head-banging.


gall

en-noun

gall (countable and uncountable, plural galls)

From Middle English galle, from Old English gealla (“a fretted spot on the skin”), from Proto-West Germanic *gallō, from Proto-Germanic *gallô (“infirmity, swelling, lesion”).

inh

And remember perfectly well his revolving eyes and his awkwardness, / And remember putting plasters on the galls of his neck and ankles;

1892, Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], →OCLC:

(pathology, countable) A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.


gall

From Middle English galle, from Old French galle, from Latin galla (“oak-apple”).

Even so, Redi retained a belief that in certain other cases—the origin of parasites inside the human or animal body or of grubs inside of oak galls—there must be spontaneous generation. Bit by bit the evidence grew against such views. In 1670 Jan Swammerdam, painstaking student of the insect’s life cycle, suggested that the grubs in galls were enclosed in them for the sake of nourishment and must come from insects that had inserted their semen or their eggs into the plants.

1974, Philip P. Wiener, editor, Dictionary of the History of Ideas:

(phytopathology) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by various pathogens, especially the burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, such as that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).


gala

gall (abnormal swelling growth on a plant)


corona

en-noun

corona (plural coronas or coronae or (obsolete) coronæ)

coronas (plural)
coronae (plural)
coronæ (obsolete plural)

→ Japanese: コロナ (korona)

The noun is borrowed from Latin corōna (“crown; garland, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “type of crown; curved object (door handle, tip of a bow, stern of a ship, etc.)”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). The English word is a doublet of crown, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone.
The plural form coronae is borrowed from Latin corōnae.
The verb is derived from the noun.

laki

upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body

kruunu

Coronaviruses are medium-sized, enveloped, ribonucleic acid viruses which, in negatively stained preparations, appear round and bear a corona of irregular, petal-shaped surface projections.

1972 October, Lawrence S. Sturman, Kenneth K. Takemoto, “Enhanced Growth of a Murine Coronavirus in Transformed Mouse Cells”, in Infection and Immunity, volume 6, number 4, Washington, D.C.: American Society for Microbiology, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-03-22, page 501, column 1:

(biology) Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1).

(virology) A fringe of large, bulbous surface projections on coronaviruses, formed by viral spike peplomers, creating an appearance reminiscent of the solar corona.

korona

fringe of large, bulbous surface projects on coronaviruses

Jack had a moſt ſcandalous tongue, and perſuaded Peg that all mankind, beſides himſelf, were pox'd by that ſcarlet-faced whore, Signiora Bubonia. “As for his brother Lord Peter, the tokens were evident on him, blotches, ſcabs, and the corona.[…]”

[1750?], [John Arbuthnot], “[The History of John Bull.] Jack’s Charms, or the Method by which He Gained Peg’s Heart.”, in The History of John Bull. […], London: D[aniel] Midwinter and A. Tonson […], →OCLC, part II, page 60:

(pathology) A manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline, often bordering the scalp in the manner of a crown.


corona

en-noun

corona (countable and uncountable, plural coronas)

A clipping of coronavirus, ultimately from etymology 1.

corona

(informal) disease caused by a coronavirus

The recent surge of deaths due to corona reveals the shortcomings of our current healthcare system.

Similar to the way in which EBV nuclear antigens can be identified by immunofluorescence microscopy in NPC tumor cells with the EBNA test, corona antigens can be demonstrated in the cytoplasm of tumor cells of the same patient. A possible non-specific reaction could be excluded by use of animal corona antisera.

1981 January, W. Arnold with M. Klein, J. B. Wang, W. A. K. Schmidt, and H. J. Trampisch, “Coronavirus-associated Antibodies in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Infectious Mononucleosis”, in European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, volume 232, number 2, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-05-09, page 175:

Although this study was restricted to the human coronaviruses, these basic properties apply to all known animal and human coronas (results not shown).

2015 April 16, Ben Berkhout, Formijn van Hemert, “On the Biased Nucleotide Composition of the Human Coronavirus RNA Genome”, in Virus Research: An International Journal of Molecular and Cellular Virology, volume 202, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, archived from the original on 2021-03-16, page 46:

He collapsed at the approach to his village. The villagers would not help, not admit him anywhere in. They were spooked, he may have been carrying corona. He died, and his remains were not let in either. Doctors were called, a test was done. The cadaver tested negative.

2020 May 5, Sankarshan Thakur, “A mildewed life: State of play: The migrant is trapped between the home and the world”, in The Telegraph, Kolkata, West Bengal: ABP, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-05-10:

(informal, also attributively) A coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2.

She caught corona last week.

The MERS outbreak in the hospital created widespread fear and panic among healthcare providers and other employees. […] For example, participants’ traumatic experience is illustrated by the quote below: / “Neglect is pain … prejudice is there, it hurts, also … unbelievable human ignorance. There was one person who is in administration here, who was scared to call me because she might get Corona over the phone.”

2018 March–April, Adel F. Almutairi, Abdallah A. Adlan, Hanan H. Balkhy, Oraynab A. Abbas, Alexander M. Clark, “‘It feels like I’m the dirtiest person in the world.’: Exploring the Experiences of Healthcare Providers who Survived MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia”, in Journal of Infection and Public Health, volume 11, number 2, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 188, column 2:

His wife, Varda, told Geo News: “Tariq passed away in the blessed month of Ramadan in the line of duty. Even after he had developed symptoms of corona and isolated at home, he continued to do telephone clinics.”

2020 May 8, Nazia Parveen, “Six-week-old baby believed to be England’s youngest coronavirus victim”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-03-09:

(informal, also attributively) A disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19.


corona

(informal, usually without definite article) coronavirus or coronavirus disease, particularly COVID-19

Veel bedrijven gingen failliet tijdens corona.

Many companies went bankrupt during the 2019-2021 COVID-19 pandemic.

(informal, usually without definite article) the 2019-2021 COVID-19 pandemic


corona

« Ici au Congo, il n’y a que la malaria et la simple fièvre. Le corona, c’est en Europe, en Chine. Nous avons des anticorps depuis nos ancêtres » affirme l’un d’entre eux, Hussein, à l’AFP.

2020 June 1, “« Le corona, c’est en Europe ou en Chine, pas ici » : à Kinshasa, la difficile sensibilisation au Covid-19”, in Le Monde, archived from the original on 2021-01-14:

« Regardez ici, il n’y a pas un mètre, on est les uns sur les autres ! Ici c’est du concentré de corona (…) Il est là le corona ! », déplore Abdul Qahar, Afghan âgé de 20 ans, en montrant les tentes à touche-touche, les détritus au sol et les toilettes à ciel ouvert.

2020 July 18, “« Il est là le corona ! »: au canal Saint-Denis, un millier de migrants sans mesures barrière”, in L'Express, archived from the original on 2021-01-14:

Que dit-elle ? "Alleen samen krijgen wij de overheiden^([sic]) [should be "overheid"] onder controle" (Ensemble, nous pouvons avoir le contrôle des autorités) un slogan détourné de celui lancé au printemps par le gouvernement et qui disait : "Ensemble, nous pouvons avoir le contrôle sur le corona".

2020 September 24, “Coronavirus: ces célébrités, dont "la fille la plus détestée des Pays-Bas", qui lancent une campagne anti-mesures COVID-19”, in RTBF, archived from the original on 2020-11-10:


fixation

fixation (countable and uncountable, plural fixations)

From Old French fixation. By surface analysis, fix + -ation.

fixació

a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing

(cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.


incubation

incubation (countable and uncountable, plural incubations)

From Latin incubātiō, from incubō (“to lie on”).

1829, A Practical Synopsis of Cutaneous Diseases
The course of small-pox, whether distinct or confluent, may be divided into five stages, which are known under the names of incubation, invasion, eruption, suppuration, and desiccation. This division, founded on the most prominent symptoms that the disease presents, although it is an arbitrary one, still affords a facility in the study. The period of incubation comprises the interval of time that elapses from the infection to the beginning of the attack; its duration is from six to twenty days. It is not designated by any visible symptom, as the individual apparently continues in good health.

(pathology) The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.

itäminen

development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation


ailment

He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school. He hadn't the faintest idea what to with a cold in the head, he just took quinine and continued to blow his nose.

1922, Michael Arlen, “2/9/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:

Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.

kaa naghaa

something which ails one; a disease; sickness


diabetes

From Latin diabētēs (“siphon”), from Ancient Greek διαβήτης (diabḗtēs), from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”).

der

In the UK, one in 10 people over 40 live with type 2 diabetes, while one in four have high blood pressure, a condition described as a “silent killer” because it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke but rarely causes symptoms beforehand.

2020 September 7, Ian Sample, The Guardian:

(pathology) Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.

atsʼíístah áshįįh łikan nanitʼąʼ silį́į́ʼ


diabetes

head

diabetes c (singular definite diabetesen, not used in plural form)

diabetesen (definite singular)
diabetes (indefinite nominative singular)
diabetesen (definite nominative singular)
diabetes' (genitive indefinite singular)
diabetesens (definite genitive singular)


diabetes

→ Indonesian: diabetes

From Latin diabetes mellitus, from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”), via the agent noun διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”). This refers to the excessive amounts of urine produced by sufferers.


diabetes

la-noun

diabētēs m (genitive diabētae); first declension

diabētēs (canonical masculine)
diabētae (genitive)
diabētēs (nominative singular)
diabētae (nominative plural)
diabētae (genitive singular)
diabētārum (genitive plural)
diabētae (dative singular)
diabētīs (dative plural)
diabētēn (accusative singular)
diabētās (accusative plural)
diabētē (ablative singular)
diabētīs (ablative plural)
diabētē (singular vocative)
diabētae (plural vocative)

→ English: diabetes

Borrowing from Ancient Greek δῐᾰβήτης (diabḗtēs, “siphon; diabetes”), from δῐᾰβαίνω (diabaínō, “to step across, pass over”) + -της (-tēs, “-er, -or”, agent noun suffix).


pica

en-noun

pica (countable and uncountable, plural picas)

Borrowed from Latin pīca (“jay; magpie”). Doublet of pie (“magpie”).
* (pathology): From the idea that magpies will eat almost anything.

bor+

The three most common nonfood picas were eating of strings and rags; feces, vomit, and urine; and paper, cigarettes, and soil.

1986, George S Baroff, Mental retardation: nature, cause, and management:

(pathology, usually uncountable) A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.


pica

(pathology) pica (disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances)


pica

pica (accusative indefinite nominative)
pica (accusative definite nominative)
pica (indefinite)
pica (definite)


pica

es-noun

pica f (countable and uncountable, plural picas)

(pathology, usually uncountable) pica (a disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances)


inflammation

en-noun

inflammation (countable and uncountable, plural inflammations)

From Middle French inflammation, from Latin īnflammātiō.

(pathology) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.


inflammation

inflammation (indefinite nominative singular)
inflammations (genitive indefinite singular)
inflammationen (definite nominative singular)
inflammationens (definite genitive singular)
inflammationer (indefinite nominative plural)
inflammationers (genitive indefinite plural)
inflammationerna (definite nominative plural)
inflammationernas (definite genitive plural)


infest

en-verb

infest (third-person singular simple present infests, present participle infesting, simple past and past participle infested)

infests (present singular third-person)
infesting (participle present)
infested (participle past)
infested (past)

From Middle English infesten, from Old French infester (“to infest”), from Latin īnfestō (“assail, molest”, verb), from īnfestus (“hostile”).

(pathology, of a parasite) To invade a host plant or animal.


jabber

/ˈd͡ʒæbə(ɹ)/

(informal) One who administers a hypodermic injection, especially of a COVID-19 vaccine.


plaque

en-noun

plaque (countable and uncountable, plural plaques)

Unadapted borrowing from French plaque (“plate, sheet (of metal); slab (of marble); bacteria on teeth”), from French plaquer, Middle French plaquer (“to plate”), from Middle Dutch placken (“to patch, beat metal into a thin plate”), from placke (“disk, patch, stain”), from Old Dutch *plagga (“patch”), from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“patch”).
The word is cognate with Middle Low German placke, plagge (“small stain, scraps, rags, thin grass”), German Placken (“spot, patch”), Saterland Frisian plak, plakke (“a blow, slap”), Swedish plagg (“clothing, garment”). Compare plack.

plakki

(countable, pathology) A broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule (“inflamed, irritated patch”) on the skin.

läiskä

broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule on the skin

As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn't entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.

2013 July–August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke: These Devices can Spring into Shape Automatically to Open Arteries Blocked with Plaque”, in American Scientist, New Haven, Conn.: Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-05-29:

(countable, uncountable, pathology) An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.

(countable, uncountable, pathology) An accumulation in artery walls made up of macrophage cells and debris containing lipids, (cholesterol and fatty acids), calcium, and connective tissue; an atheroma.

(uncountable, dentistry) An accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth, which may develop into dental calculus (tartar).

пла̀ка

(countable, medicine) A deposit of beta-amyloid protein occurring in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease.

amyloid plaque

apleural plaque

asenile plaque


rosette

Etymology tree
Proto-Iranian *wardahder.?
Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.?
Latin rosalbor.
Old French rose
Latin -ittus
Old French -ete
Old French rosete
Middle French rosettebor.
Middle French rosette
French rosetteinflu.
English rosette
Borrowed from Middle French rosette (in sense 15) and (modern) French rosette.


splay

en-verb

splay (third-person singular simple present splays, present participle splaying, simple past and past participle splayed)

splays (present singular third-person)
splaying (participle present)
splayed (participle past)
splayed (past)

PIE word
 *dwís
The verb is derived from Middle English splaien, splayen (“to display; to spread out, unfurl (a flag, etc.); (cooking) to cut open (a fish) lengthwise and lay it open; (figurative) to appear; to spread”), an aphetic form of Middle English displaien, displayen (“to display”): see display.
The adjective and adverb are derived from the verb, or from splayfoot (noun) or splayfooted (adjective). The noun is derived from the verb.

(pathology) To dislocate (a body part such as a shoulder bone).


sunflower

From sun + flower. Compare English sunbloom.


stadium

id-noun

stadium (plural stadium-stadium, first-person possessive stadiumku, second-person possessive stadiummu, third-person possessive stadiumnya)

stadium-stadium (plural)
stadiumku (first-person possessive)
stadiummu (possessive second-person)
stadiumnya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch stadium (“stadium, life stage; stage, phase”), from Latin stadium (“a measure of length, a race course”), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion, “a measure of length, a running track”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. Doublet of stadion.

der

kanker payudara stadium IV


amnesia

en-noun

amnesia (countable and uncountable, plural amnesias or amnesiæ)

From modified Latin amnesia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”), a noun derivation from μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, “to remind, to remember”) prefixed with the alpha privative.

der

(pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.


amnesia

id-noun

amnésia (first-person possessive amnesiaku, second-person possessive amnesiamu, third-person possessive amnesianya)

amnésia (canonical)
amnesiaku (first-person possessive)
amnesiamu (possessive second-person)
amnesianya (possessive third-person)

From Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”), a noun derivation from μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, “to remind, to remember”).


sty

en-verb

sty (third-person singular simple present sties, present participle stying, simple past and past participle stied)

sties (present singular third-person)
stying (participle present)
stied (participle past)
stied (past)

From Middle English stien, stiȝen, stighen, from Old English stīgan (“to go; ascend, mount”), from Proto-West Germanic *stīgan, from Proto-Germanic *stīganą, from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ-.
Cognate with Dutch stijgen, German steigen, Danish stige, Norwegian Bokmål stige, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish stiga, Old Norse stíga.

inh

The beast impatient of his smarting wound, / And of so fierce and forcible despight, / Thought with his wings to stye aboue the ground [...].

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

From this lower tract he dared to stie up to the clowdes.

1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Muiopotmos, or The Fate of the Butterflie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:

Led along, as some Creatures are, by the Noses, and voluntarily hood-winked; or like seeled Doves, sty up, you know not whither, nor how far.

1621, Richard Montague, Diatribae upon the first part of the late History of Tithes:

That she might sty to the seat of Beatifick Mirth.

1652, Edward Benlowes, Theophila, or Love's Sacrifice:


sty

From Middle English styanye, mistaken as "sty on eye" yet composed of Old English stīġend (“sty”, literally “riser”), agent noun from stīgan (“to rise”) + Middle English yë (“eye”).

der

(pathology) An inflammation of the eyelid.


sanguine

English: sanguine

From Old French sanguin (and feminine sanguine), from Latin sanguineus.

Blood as one of the four cardinal humours believed to influence health and mood.


desmoid

en-adj

desmoid (comparative more desmoid, superlative most desmoid)

more desmoid (comparative)
most desmoid (superlative)

From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “chain, bundle”) + -oid.

der

(pathology) Fibrous; having closely interwoven fibres in bundles.


conjunctivitis

en-noun

conjunctivitis (countable and uncountable, plural conjunctivitides or conjunctivitises or conjunctivites)

conjunctivitides (plural)
conjunctivitises (plural)
conjunctivites (plural)

(pathology) An inflammation of the conjunctiva, often due to infection.


black lung

Thousands of miners have given their lives and their health. They've got black lung, they can't work. The Pittston company is trying to cut off their health benefits by various means. That's what the strike is about.

1989 December 3, Pam Mitchell, Ronnie Gilbert, “Carrying On The Honorable Tradition Of 'Protest Music'”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 21, page 9:

(pathology) A chronic disease of the lungs caused by the long-term inhalation of coal dust.


moderate

en-adj

moderate (comparative more moderate, superlative most moderate)

more moderate (comparative)
most moderate (superlative)

From Middle English moderat, from Latin moderātus, perfect active participle of moderor (“regulate, restrain, moderate”), from moder-, modes-, a stem appearing also in modestus (“moderate, discreet, modest”), from modus (“measure”); see mode and modest. Doublet of moderato. Displaced native Old English ġemetlīċ (“moderate”) and metegian (“to moderate”).

(pathology) more than mild, less than severe


viral

viral DNA

(virology) Of or relating to a biological virus.

viral infection


viral

(computing, virology) of or relating to virus; caused by a virus.


pathogenic

pathogenic (comparative more pathogenic, superlative most pathogenic)

more pathogenic (comparative)
most pathogenic (superlative)

While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic.

(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.


ranula

Late Middle English, coined by French physician and surgeon Guy de Chauliac: borrowed from Latin rānula (“a little frog, a tadpole; a little swelling on the tongue of cattle”).

der

(pathology) A tumor or swelling located in the floor of the mouth under the tongue; specifically a bluish, domed mucocele which is associated with an obstruction of the sublingual salivary gland.


ranula

la-noun

rānula f (genitive rānulae); first declension

rānula (canonical feminine)
rānulae (genitive)
rānula (nominative singular)
rānulae (nominative plural)
rānulae (genitive singular)
rānulārum (genitive plural)
rānulae (dative singular)
rānulīs (dative plural)
rānulam (accusative singular)
rānulās (accusative plural)
rānulā (ablative singular)
rānulīs (ablative plural)
rānula (singular vocative)
rānulae (plural vocative)

→ English: ranula

From rāna (“a frog”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).

af

(transferred sense, post-classical, pathology) A little swelling on the tongue of cattle.


priapism

en-noun

priapism (countable and uncountable, plural priapisms)

From Latin priapismus, from Priapus (“the god of procreation, the penis”) + -ism, from Ancient Greek πριαπισμός (priapismós).

(pathology) A potentially painful or harmful medical condition in which the erect penis (erection) does not return to its flaccid state (despite the absence of both physical and psychological stimulation), often as a result of a spinal injury.


spongiosis

(pathology) Intercellular edema of the epidermis.


acanthosis

From acanth- + -osis (“diseased condition”).

The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles

Oxford University Press
w:Oxford University Press

(pathology) A benign abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum, or prickle cell, layer of the epidermis.


parakeratosis

(pathology) Retention of nuclei in the stratum corneum layer of skin.

角化不全

retention of nuclei in the stratum corneum layer of skin


hyperkeratosis

(pathology) Excess keratin formation on the skin surface, as can be seen in a number of dermatologic conditions.

角化過度

excess keratin formation on the skin surface


Addison's disease

Named from Thomas Addison (1793-1860), M. D., of London, who first described it.

Nearly thirty years before the date of Addison's discovery, his eminent colleague, Dr. Bright, had observed and recorded, in his celebrated 'Reports of Medical Cases,' a case of Addison's disease.

1875, Edward Headlam Greenhow, Addison's Disease, Lindsay and Blackston, page 6:

(pathology) A disorder in which the adrenal glands fail to produce a sufficient quantity of steroids, causing hypocortisolemia and a resultant brownish discoloration of the skin.


appendicitis

appendicitis (countable and uncountable, plural appendicitises or appendicitides or appendicites)

appendicitises (plural)
appendicitides (plural)
appendicites (plural)

(pathology) inflammation of the vermiform appendix


bulimia nervosa

From Latin bulimia, from Ancient Greek βουλῑμία (boulīmía, “ravenous hunger”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + λῑμός (līmós, “hunger, famine”) and Latin nervosa.

der

An eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting; bulimia.


bulimia nervosa

bulimia (eating disorder characterised by a binge-and-purge cycle)


anorexia nervosa

From the scientific term anorexia nervosa (1957), from the symptom anorexia (“loss of appetite”), from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὄρεξις (órexis, “appetite, desire”), and Latin nervōsa (“nervous”).

An eating disorder characterized by self-starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight.


anorexia nervosa

anorexia nervosa (nominative singular)
anorexia nervosa (accusative nominative singular)
anorexia nervosan (accusative genitive singular)
anorexia nervosan (genitive singular)
anorexia nervosaa (partitive singular)
anorexia nervosassa (inessive singular)
anorexia nervosasta (elative singular)
anorexia nervosaan (illative singular)
anorexia nervosalla (adessive singular)
anorexia nervosalta (ablative singular)
anorexia nervosalle (allative singular)
anorexia nervosana (essive singular)
anorexia nervosaksi (singular translative)
anorexia nervosatta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
anorexia nervosani (nominative singular)
anorexia nervosani (accusative nominative singular)
anorexia nervosani (accusative genitive singular)
anorexia nervosani (genitive singular)
anorexia nervosaani (partitive singular)
anorexia nervosassani (inessive singular)
anorexia nervosastani (elative singular)
anorexia nervosaani (illative singular)
anorexia nervosallani (adessive singular)
anorexia nervosaltani (ablative singular)
anorexia nervosalleni (allative singular)
anorexia nervosanani (essive singular)
anorexia nervosakseni (singular translative)
anorexia nervosattani (abessive singular)
anorexia nervosasi (nominative singular)
anorexia nervosasi (accusative nominative singular)
anorexia nervosasi (accusative genitive singular)
anorexia nervosasi (genitive singular)
anorexia nervosaasi (partitive singular)
anorexia nervosassasi (inessive singular)
anorexia nervosastasi (elative singular)
anorexia nervosaasi (illative singular)
anorexia nervosallasi (adessive singular)
anorexia nervosaltasi (ablative singular)
anorexia nervosallesi (allative singular)
anorexia nervosanasi (essive singular)
anorexia nervosaksesi (singular translative)
anorexia nervosattasi (abessive singular)
anorexia nervosamme (nominative singular)
anorexia nervosamme (accusative nominative singular)
anorexia nervosamme (accusative genitive singular)
anorexia nervosamme (genitive singular)
anorexia nervosaamme (partitive singular)
anorexia nervosassamme (inessive singular)
anorexia nervosastamme (elative singular)
anorexia nervosaamme (illative singular)
anorexia nervosallamme (adessive singular)
anorexia nervosaltamme (ablative singular)
anorexia nervosallemme (allative singular)
anorexia nervosanamme (essive singular)
anorexia nervosaksemme (singular translative)
anorexia nervosattamme (abessive singular)
anorexia nervosanne (nominative singular)
anorexia nervosanne (accusative nominative singular)
anorexia nervosanne (accusative genitive singular)
anorexia nervosanne (genitive singular)
anorexia nervosaanne (partitive singular)
anorexia nervosassanne (inessive singular)
anorexia nervosastanne (elative singular)
anorexia nervosaanne (illative singular)
anorexia nervosallanne (adessive singular)
anorexia nervosaltanne (ablative singular)
anorexia nervosallenne (allative singular)
anorexia nervosananne (essive singular)
anorexia nervosaksenne (singular translative)
anorexia nervosattanne (abessive singular)
anorexia nervosansa (nominative singular)
anorexia nervosansa (accusative nominative singular)
anorexia nervosansa (accusative genitive singular)
anorexia nervosansa (genitive singular)
anorexia nervosaansa (partitive singular)
anorexia nervosassaan (inessive singular)
anorexia nervosassansa (inessive singular)
anorexia nervosastaan (elative singular)
anorexia nervosastansa (elative singular)
anorexia nervosaansa (illative singular)
anorexia nervosallaan (adessive singular)
anorexia nervosallansa (adessive singular)
anorexia nervosaltaan (ablative singular)
anorexia nervosaltansa (ablative singular)
anorexia nervosalleen (allative singular)
anorexia nervosallensa (allative singular)
anorexia nervosanaan (essive singular)
anorexia nervosanansa (essive singular)
anorexia nervosakseen (singular translative)
anorexia nervosaksensa (singular translative)
anorexia nervosattaan (abessive singular)
anorexia nervosattansa (abessive singular)

(pathology) anorexia nervosa (serious eating disorder)


arrhythmia

en-noun

arrhythmia (countable and uncountable, plural arrhythmias)

Borrowed from New Latin arrhythmia, from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía).

An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse


encephalitis

encephalitis (countable and uncountable, plural encephalitides)

sleeping sickness

human African trypanosomiasis, African lethargy, Congo trypanosomiasis


fungi

Borrowed from Latin fungī, from fungus + -ī (suffix forming the nominative or vocative plurals of most second-declension nouns ending in -us).

(pathology) Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.


anterograde amnesia

anterograde amnesia (plural anterograde amnesias)

Coordinate term: retrograde amnesia

(pathology) The inability to remember new information from the period beginning the amnesic episode.


retrograde amnesia

retrograde amnesia (countable and uncountable, plural retrograde amnesias)

Coordinate term: anterograde amnesia

(pathology) The loss of memories from the period leading up to the amnesic episode.


theism

theism (countable and uncountable, plural theisms)

Coined, theo- + -ism. ultimately from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”). Attested in English from 1678, theist being attested 16 years earlier in 1662. Cognate French théisme, as in Diderot Principes de la philosophie morale (1745), which was probably borrowed from English. Doublet of deism.

The term stands in contradistinction to theism which, in its widest sense, means belief in a personal god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses.

1999, Jeaneane D. Fowler, Humanism: Beliefs & Practices, page 66

(strictly) Belief in the existence of a personal creator god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses present and active in the governance and organization of the world and the universe. The God may be known by or through revelation.

teismi

belief in the existence of a personal, present and active creator God


theism

Borrowing from New Latin thea (“tea”, noun) + English -ism.

Coordinate term: caffeinism

"Theism" belongs to that genus of disease in which morphinism, caffeinism, and vanillaism belong.

1888, John C. Cutter, “Narcotics, stimulants, and depressants”, in Comprehensive anatomy, physiology, and hygiene : adapted for schools, academies, colleges, and families : with instruction on the effects of stimulants and narcotics, and brief directions for illustrative dissections of mammals, for elementary work with the microscope, for physiological demonstrations on the human body, and for the management of emergent cases, 3rd edition, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, →OCLC, page 350:

A single cup of tea may cause excitement and insomnia, while a stronger dose rarely fails to produce acute "theism," characterized by excitement, hyperaesthesia, palpitation, sweats, and frequent micturition; it may occasionally simulate delirium tremens, […]

1906 September 15, “Our breakfast beverages”, in The British Medical Journal, volume 2, London: British Medical Association, →ISSN, page 653:

A morbid condition resulting from excessive consumption of tea.


agnosia

agnosia (nominative singular)
agnosiat (nominative plural)
agnosia (accusative nominative singular)
agnosiat (accusative nominative plural)
agnosian (accusative genitive singular)
agnosiat (accusative genitive plural)
agnosian (genitive singular)
agnosioiden (genitive plural)
agnosioitten (genitive plural)
agnosiain (genitive plural rare)
agnosiaa (partitive singular)
agnosioita (partitive plural)
agnosiassa (inessive singular)
agnosioissa (inessive plural)
agnosiasta (elative singular)
agnosioista (elative plural)
agnosiaan (illative singular)
agnosioihin (illative plural)
agnosialla (adessive singular)
agnosioilla (adessive plural)
agnosialta (ablative singular)
agnosioilta (ablative plural)
agnosialle (allative singular)
agnosioille (allative plural)
agnosiana (essive singular)
agnosioina (essive plural)
agnosiaksi (singular translative)
agnosioiksi (plural translative)
agnosiatta (abessive singular)
agnosioitta (abessive plural)
agnosioin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
agnosiani (nominative singular)
agnosiani (nominative plural)
agnosiani (accusative nominative singular)
agnosiani (accusative nominative plural)
agnosiani (accusative genitive singular)
agnosiani (accusative genitive plural)
agnosiani (genitive singular)
agnosioideni (genitive plural)
agnosioitteni (genitive plural)
agnosiaini (genitive plural rare)
agnosiaani (partitive singular)
agnosioitani (partitive plural)
agnosiassani (inessive singular)
agnosioissani (inessive plural)
agnosiastani (elative singular)
agnosioistani (elative plural)
agnosiaani (illative singular)
agnosioihini (illative plural)
agnosiallani (adessive singular)
agnosioillani (adessive plural)
agnosialtani (ablative singular)
agnosioiltani (ablative plural)
agnosialleni (allative singular)
agnosioilleni (allative plural)
agnosianani (essive singular)
agnosioinani (essive plural)
agnosiakseni (singular translative)
agnosioikseni (plural translative)
agnosiattani (abessive singular)
agnosioittani (abessive plural)
agnosioineni (comitative plural)
agnosiasi (nominative singular)
agnosiasi (nominative plural)
agnosiasi (accusative nominative singular)
agnosiasi (accusative nominative plural)
agnosiasi (accusative genitive singular)
agnosiasi (accusative genitive plural)
agnosiasi (genitive singular)
agnosioidesi (genitive plural)
agnosioittesi (genitive plural)
agnosiaisi (genitive plural rare)
agnosiaasi (partitive singular)
agnosioitasi (partitive plural)
agnosiassasi (inessive singular)
agnosioissasi (inessive plural)
agnosiastasi (elative singular)
agnosioistasi (elative plural)
agnosiaasi (illative singular)
agnosioihisi (illative plural)
agnosiallasi (adessive singular)
agnosioillasi (adessive plural)
agnosialtasi (ablative singular)
agnosioiltasi (ablative plural)
agnosiallesi (allative singular)
agnosioillesi (allative plural)
agnosianasi (essive singular)
agnosioinasi (essive plural)
agnosiaksesi (singular translative)
agnosioiksesi (plural translative)
agnosiattasi (abessive singular)
agnosioittasi (abessive plural)
agnosioinesi (comitative plural)
agnosiamme (nominative singular)
agnosiamme (nominative plural)
agnosiamme (accusative nominative singular)
agnosiamme (accusative nominative plural)
agnosiamme (accusative genitive singular)
agnosiamme (accusative genitive plural)
agnosiamme (genitive singular)
agnosioidemme (genitive plural)
agnosioittemme (genitive plural)
agnosiaimme (genitive plural rare)
agnosiaamme (partitive singular)
agnosioitamme (partitive plural)
agnosiassamme (inessive singular)
agnosioissamme (inessive plural)
agnosiastamme (elative singular)
agnosioistamme (elative plural)
agnosiaamme (illative singular)
agnosioihimme (illative plural)
agnosiallamme (adessive singular)
agnosioillamme (adessive plural)
agnosialtamme (ablative singular)
agnosioiltamme (ablative plural)
agnosiallemme (allative singular)
agnosioillemme (allative plural)
agnosianamme (essive singular)
agnosioinamme (essive plural)
agnosiaksemme (singular translative)
agnosioiksemme (plural translative)
agnosiattamme (abessive singular)
agnosioittamme (abessive plural)
agnosioinemme (comitative plural)
agnosianne (nominative singular)
agnosianne (nominative plural)
agnosianne (accusative nominative singular)
agnosianne (accusative nominative plural)
agnosianne (accusative genitive singular)
agnosianne (accusative genitive plural)
agnosianne (genitive singular)
agnosioidenne (genitive plural)
agnosioittenne (genitive plural)
agnosiainne (genitive plural rare)
agnosiaanne (partitive singular)
agnosioitanne (partitive plural)
agnosiassanne (inessive singular)
agnosioissanne (inessive plural)
agnosiastanne (elative singular)
agnosioistanne (elative plural)
agnosiaanne (illative singular)
agnosioihinne (illative plural)
agnosiallanne (adessive singular)
agnosioillanne (adessive plural)
agnosialtanne (ablative singular)
agnosioiltanne (ablative plural)
agnosiallenne (allative singular)
agnosioillenne (allative plural)
agnosiananne (essive singular)
agnosioinanne (essive plural)
agnosiaksenne (singular translative)
agnosioiksenne (plural translative)
agnosiattanne (abessive singular)
agnosioittanne (abessive plural)
agnosioinenne (comitative plural)
agnosiansa (nominative singular)
agnosiansa (nominative plural)
agnosiansa (accusative nominative singular)
agnosiansa (accusative nominative plural)
agnosiansa (accusative genitive singular)
agnosiansa (accusative genitive plural)
agnosiansa (genitive singular)
agnosioidensa (genitive plural)
agnosioittensa (genitive plural)
agnosiainsa (genitive plural rare)
agnosiaansa (partitive singular)
agnosioitaan (partitive plural)
agnosioitansa (partitive plural)
agnosiassaan (inessive singular)
agnosiassansa (inessive singular)
agnosioissaan (inessive plural)
agnosioissansa (inessive plural)
agnosiastaan (elative singular)
agnosiastansa (elative singular)
agnosioistaan (elative plural)
agnosioistansa (elative plural)
agnosiaansa (illative singular)
agnosioihinsa (illative plural)
agnosiallaan (adessive singular)
agnosiallansa (adessive singular)
agnosioillaan (adessive plural)
agnosioillansa (adessive plural)
agnosialtaan (ablative singular)
agnosialtansa (ablative singular)
agnosioiltaan (ablative plural)
agnosioiltansa (ablative plural)
agnosialleen (allative singular)
agnosiallensa (allative singular)
agnosioilleen (allative plural)
agnosioillensa (allative plural)
agnosianaan (essive singular)
agnosianansa (essive singular)
agnosioinaan (essive plural)
agnosioinansa (essive plural)
agnosiakseen (singular translative)
agnosiaksensa (singular translative)
agnosioikseen (plural translative)
agnosioiksensa (plural translative)
agnosiattaan (abessive singular)
agnosiattansa (abessive singular)
agnosioittaan (abessive plural)
agnosioittansa (abessive plural)
agnosioineen (comitative plural)
agnosioinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈɑ̝ɡno̞ˌs̠iɑ̝]

Internationalism (see English agnosia), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία (agnōsía).


agnosia

From Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία (agnōsía, “ignorance”).

der

(medicine, neurology, pathology) agnosia


prosopagnosia

en-noun

prosopagnosia (countable and uncountable, plural prosopagnosias)

/ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊʒə/

/ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊzɪə/

/ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊsɪə/

/ˌpɹɑsoʊpæɡˈnoʊʒə/

Borrowed from German Prosopagnosie (see there for more). By surface analysis, prosop- + agnosia.

A normal person can name someone from facial features alone, even if the features have changed substantially over the years. People with prosopagnosia are not able to make this association, but have few other neurological symptoms other than a loss of some part of the visual field.

1984, Robert Axelrod, The Evolution of Cooperation, page 102:

(neurology, pathology, psychology) A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.


prosopagnosia

prosopagnosia (nominative singular)
prosopagnosiat (nominative plural)
prosopagnosia (accusative nominative singular)
prosopagnosiat (accusative nominative plural)
prosopagnosian (accusative genitive singular)
prosopagnosiat (accusative genitive plural)
prosopagnosian (genitive singular)
prosopagnosioiden (genitive plural)
prosopagnosioitten (genitive plural)
prosopagnosiain (genitive plural rare)
prosopagnosiaa (partitive singular)
prosopagnosioita (partitive plural)
prosopagnosiassa (inessive singular)
prosopagnosioissa (inessive plural)
prosopagnosiasta (elative singular)
prosopagnosioista (elative plural)
prosopagnosiaan (illative singular)
prosopagnosioihin (illative plural)
prosopagnosialla (adessive singular)
prosopagnosioilla (adessive plural)
prosopagnosialta (ablative singular)
prosopagnosioilta (ablative plural)
prosopagnosialle (allative singular)
prosopagnosioille (allative plural)
prosopagnosiana (essive singular)
prosopagnosioina (essive plural)
prosopagnosiaksi (singular translative)
prosopagnosioiksi (plural translative)
prosopagnosiatta (abessive singular)
prosopagnosioitta (abessive plural)
prosopagnosioin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
prosopagnosiani (nominative singular)
prosopagnosiani (nominative plural)
prosopagnosiani (accusative nominative singular)
prosopagnosiani (accusative nominative plural)
prosopagnosiani (accusative genitive singular)
prosopagnosiani (accusative genitive plural)
prosopagnosiani (genitive singular)
prosopagnosioideni (genitive plural)
prosopagnosioitteni (genitive plural)
prosopagnosiaini (genitive plural rare)
prosopagnosiaani (partitive singular)
prosopagnosioitani (partitive plural)
prosopagnosiassani (inessive singular)
prosopagnosioissani (inessive plural)
prosopagnosiastani (elative singular)
prosopagnosioistani (elative plural)
prosopagnosiaani (illative singular)
prosopagnosioihini (illative plural)
prosopagnosiallani (adessive singular)
prosopagnosioillani (adessive plural)
prosopagnosialtani (ablative singular)
prosopagnosioiltani (ablative plural)
prosopagnosialleni (allative singular)
prosopagnosioilleni (allative plural)
prosopagnosianani (essive singular)
prosopagnosioinani (essive plural)
prosopagnosiakseni (singular translative)
prosopagnosioikseni (plural translative)
prosopagnosiattani (abessive singular)
prosopagnosioittani (abessive plural)
prosopagnosioineni (comitative plural)
prosopagnosiasi (nominative singular)
prosopagnosiasi (nominative plural)
prosopagnosiasi (accusative nominative singular)
prosopagnosiasi (accusative nominative plural)
prosopagnosiasi (accusative genitive singular)
prosopagnosiasi (accusative genitive plural)
prosopagnosiasi (genitive singular)
prosopagnosioidesi (genitive plural)
prosopagnosioittesi (genitive plural)
prosopagnosiaisi (genitive plural rare)
prosopagnosiaasi (partitive singular)
prosopagnosioitasi (partitive plural)
prosopagnosiassasi (inessive singular)
prosopagnosioissasi (inessive plural)
prosopagnosiastasi (elative singular)
prosopagnosioistasi (elative plural)
prosopagnosiaasi (illative singular)
prosopagnosioihisi (illative plural)
prosopagnosiallasi (adessive singular)
prosopagnosioillasi (adessive plural)
prosopagnosialtasi (ablative singular)
prosopagnosioiltasi (ablative plural)
prosopagnosiallesi (allative singular)
prosopagnosioillesi (allative plural)
prosopagnosianasi (essive singular)
prosopagnosioinasi (essive plural)
prosopagnosiaksesi (singular translative)
prosopagnosioiksesi (plural translative)
prosopagnosiattasi (abessive singular)
prosopagnosioittasi (abessive plural)
prosopagnosioinesi (comitative plural)
prosopagnosiamme (nominative singular)
prosopagnosiamme (nominative plural)
prosopagnosiamme (accusative nominative singular)
prosopagnosiamme (accusative nominative plural)
prosopagnosiamme (accusative genitive singular)
prosopagnosiamme (accusative genitive plural)
prosopagnosiamme (genitive singular)
prosopagnosioidemme (genitive plural)
prosopagnosioittemme (genitive plural)
prosopagnosiaimme (genitive plural rare)
prosopagnosiaamme (partitive singular)
prosopagnosioitamme (partitive plural)
prosopagnosiassamme (inessive singular)
prosopagnosioissamme (inessive plural)
prosopagnosiastamme (elative singular)
prosopagnosioistamme (elative plural)
prosopagnosiaamme (illative singular)
prosopagnosioihimme (illative plural)
prosopagnosiallamme (adessive singular)
prosopagnosioillamme (adessive plural)
prosopagnosialtamme (ablative singular)
prosopagnosioiltamme (ablative plural)
prosopagnosiallemme (allative singular)
prosopagnosioillemme (allative plural)
prosopagnosianamme (essive singular)
prosopagnosioinamme (essive plural)
prosopagnosiaksemme (singular translative)
prosopagnosioiksemme (plural translative)
prosopagnosiattamme (abessive singular)
prosopagnosioittamme (abessive plural)
prosopagnosioinemme (comitative plural)
prosopagnosianne (nominative singular)
prosopagnosianne (nominative plural)
prosopagnosianne (accusative nominative singular)
prosopagnosianne (accusative nominative plural)
prosopagnosianne (accusative genitive singular)
prosopagnosianne (accusative genitive plural)
prosopagnosianne (genitive singular)
prosopagnosioidenne (genitive plural)
prosopagnosioittenne (genitive plural)
prosopagnosiainne (genitive plural rare)
prosopagnosiaanne (partitive singular)
prosopagnosioitanne (partitive plural)
prosopagnosiassanne (inessive singular)
prosopagnosioissanne (inessive plural)
prosopagnosiastanne (elative singular)
prosopagnosioistanne (elative plural)
prosopagnosiaanne (illative singular)
prosopagnosioihinne (illative plural)
prosopagnosiallanne (adessive singular)
prosopagnosioillanne (adessive plural)
prosopagnosialtanne (ablative singular)
prosopagnosioiltanne (ablative plural)
prosopagnosiallenne (allative singular)
prosopagnosioillenne (allative plural)
prosopagnosiananne (essive singular)
prosopagnosioinanne (essive plural)
prosopagnosiaksenne (singular translative)
prosopagnosioiksenne (plural translative)
prosopagnosiattanne (abessive singular)
prosopagnosioittanne (abessive plural)
prosopagnosioinenne (comitative plural)
prosopagnosiansa (nominative singular)
prosopagnosiansa (nominative plural)
prosopagnosiansa (accusative nominative singular)
prosopagnosiansa (accusative nominative plural)
prosopagnosiansa (accusative genitive singular)
prosopagnosiansa (accusative genitive plural)
prosopagnosiansa (genitive singular)
prosopagnosioidensa (genitive plural)
prosopagnosioittensa (genitive plural)
prosopagnosiainsa (genitive plural rare)
prosopagnosiaansa (partitive singular)
prosopagnosioitaan (partitive plural)
prosopagnosioitansa (partitive plural)
prosopagnosiassaan (inessive singular)
prosopagnosiassansa (inessive singular)
prosopagnosioissaan (inessive plural)
prosopagnosioissansa (inessive plural)
prosopagnosiastaan (elative singular)
prosopagnosiastansa (elative singular)
prosopagnosioistaan (elative plural)
prosopagnosioistansa (elative plural)
prosopagnosiaansa (illative singular)
prosopagnosioihinsa (illative plural)
prosopagnosiallaan (adessive singular)
prosopagnosiallansa (adessive singular)
prosopagnosioillaan (adessive plural)
prosopagnosioillansa (adessive plural)
prosopagnosialtaan (ablative singular)
prosopagnosialtansa (ablative singular)
prosopagnosioiltaan (ablative plural)
prosopagnosioiltansa (ablative plural)
prosopagnosialleen (allative singular)
prosopagnosiallensa (allative singular)
prosopagnosioilleen (allative plural)
prosopagnosioillensa (allative plural)
prosopagnosianaan (essive singular)
prosopagnosianansa (essive singular)
prosopagnosioinaan (essive plural)
prosopagnosioinansa (essive plural)
prosopagnosiakseen (singular translative)
prosopagnosiaksensa (singular translative)
prosopagnosioikseen (plural translative)
prosopagnosioiksensa (plural translative)
prosopagnosiattaan (abessive singular)
prosopagnosiattansa (abessive singular)
prosopagnosioittaan (abessive plural)
prosopagnosioittansa (abessive plural)
prosopagnosioineen (comitative plural)
prosopagnosioinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈpro̞s̠o̞ˌpɑ̝ɡno̞ˌs̠iɑ̝]

Internationalism (see German Prosopagnosie).

(pathology, psychology) face blindness, prosopagnosia (disorder in face recognition)


Korsakoff's syndrome

Named after Russian neuropsychiatrist Sergei Korsakoff (1854–1900) who discovered the syndrome during the late 19th century.

named-after

(pathology) A form of amnesia that is seen in chronic alcoholics coupled with nutritional deficits.


rabies

→ Cebuano: rabis

→ Danish: rabies

→ Malay: rabies

→ Indonesian: rabies

→ Norwegian: rabies

→ Swedish: rabies

→ Tagalog: rabis

Learned borrowing from Latin rabiēs (“rage, madness, fury”). Doublet of rage.

lbor

(pathology) An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.


rabies

id-noun

rabies (first-person possessive rabiesku, second-person possessive rabiesmu, third-person possessive rabiesnya)

rabiesku (first-person possessive)
rabiesmu (possessive second-person)
rabiesnya (possessive third-person)

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch rabiës, from Latin rabies (“madness”).

(pathology, neurology) rabies: an infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.


parasite

/ˈpæɹəˌsaɪt/

/ˈpæɹəˌsaɪt/

/ˈpɛɹəˌsaɪt/

From Middle French parasite, from Latin parasitus, from Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos, “person who eats at the table of another”), from noun use of adjective meaning "feeding beside", from παρά (pará, “beside”) + σῖτος (sîtos, “food”).

parasiet

(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism

Lice, fleas, ticks, and mites are widely spread parasites.

...and the mistletoe crept round many of the oaks—that pleasant parasite, whose associations belong rather to the hearth and lighted hall than to its native branches.

1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 154:

It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.

2013 March 20, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 2017-01-04, page 83:

(biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.

He lacks, however, even the basic Dr. Kildare lingo about medical issues. For instance, he regularly misidentifies poppers as amyl nitrate, instead of amyl nitrite — two forms of heart medicine with different affects ^([sic]). Salmonella, a bacteria, is not usually classified as a parasite. And he mistakenly writes, "lenti means slow" in the lentiviruses. ("Lenti" means lens-shaped, biologists classify by structure, not by behavior.)

1987 December 27, Charley Shively, “AIDS In The Mind Of The Left And The Mainstream”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 24, page 9:

Select a disease class
Virus: Fastest evolution, Most affected by environment, Bonus to infectivity
Bacteria: Medium evolution, Normally affected by environment, Bonus to drug resistance
Parasite: Slowest evolution, Least affected by environment, Low visibility

2008 July 14, Dark Realm Studios, Pandemic II, Web:

Any germs or parasites on the surface of the meat that you could conceivably wash off are gonna die as soon as you cook it, so don't bother washing it.

2020 November 20, Adam Ragusea, 1:13 from the start, in Why People Wash Meat (or Don't):

(informal, specifically) An internal parasite that is an animal or protist.

[…] parasiting and aerial refueling as range-extension measures. Second, parasiting would be exorbitantly expensive, because each parasite bomber would need its own carrier. Two bombers could be serviced by a single tanker, however,[…]

2019 January 24, Michael E. Brown, Flying Blind: The Politics of the U.S. Strategic Bomber Program, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 170:

(aviation) A component of a composite aircraft which is carried aloft and air-launched by a larger carrier aircraft or mother ship to support the primary mission of the carrier; a parasite aircraft.


scrofulous

en-adj

scrofulous (comparative more scrofulous, superlative most scrofulous)

more scrofulous (comparative)
most scrofulous (superlative)

Borrowed from New Latin scrōfulōsus. Surface analysis: scrofula + -ous.

On the ſurface of the water there floats a liquid bitumen, although it be every day ſcummed off, as it doth on the lake Aſphaltites in Judæa: The Inhabitants uſe it as pitch: it is alſo found to be an excellent vulnerary, and good in curing old cacoethic and ſcrophulous ulcers.

1757, John Rutty, A Methodical Synopsis of Mineral Waters, Comprehending the Most Celebrated Medicinal Waters, both Cold and Hot, of Great-Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy, and several other Parts of the World, London: Printed for William Johnston, at the Golden Ball in St. Paul's Church-Yard, →OCLC, page 494:

The proſtate gland is ſometimes ſcrofulous. I have ſeen, in cutting into it, preciſely the ſame white curdly matter, which takes place in a ſcrofulous abſorbent gland. In ſqueezing it alſo, I have forced from out from its ducts a ſcrofulous pus.

1794 August, Matthew Baillie, “Art. VII. The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body. By Matthew Baillie, M.D. F.R.S. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and Physician of St. George’s Hospital. 8vo. pp. 314. 6s. Boards. Johnson. 1793. [book review]”, in The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal, Enlarged, volume XIV, London: Printed for R[alph] Griffiths; and sold by T[homas] Becket, in Pall Mall, →OCLC, page 407:

(pathology, dated) Of, related to, or suffering from scrofula (form of tuberculosis tending to cause enlarged lymph nodes and skin inflammation).

risatautinen

of, related to, or suffering from scrofula


hypothermia

en-noun

hypothermia (countable and uncountable, plural hypothermias)

→ Japanese: ハイポサーミア

→ Turkish: hipotermiya

/ˌhaɪpəʊˈθɜː(ɹ)mi.ə/

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) + θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”) + feminine suffix -ία.

affix

Hypothermia is the systemic cold injury.

(pathology) Abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35 degrees Celsius for humans.


RSI

en-noun

RSI (countable and uncountable, plural RSIs)

repetitive strain injury
repetitive strain injury#English

(pathology) Initialism of repetitive strain injury.


failure

failure (countable and uncountable, plural failures)

From Anglo-Norman failer, from Old French faillir (“to fail”).

heart failure

congestive heart failure

liver failure

kidney failure

State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.

(pathology) A condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life.

فَشَل

(pathology) condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life


indolence

indolence (usually uncountable, plural indolences)

Borrowed from Middle French indolence, or from its etymon Latin indolentia (“freedom from pain; insensibility”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + dolēns (“hurting, suffering; grieving, lamenting”) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Dolēns is the present participle of doleō (“to hurt, suffer; to be sorry, deplore, grieve for, lament”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to divide, split”).


dissect

en-verb

dissect (third-person singular simple present dissects, present participle dissecting, simple past and past participle dissected)

dissects (present singular third-person)
dissecting (participle present)
dissected (participle past)
dissected (past)

Borrowed from Latin dissectus past participle of dissecare (“to cut asunder, cut up”), from dis- (“asunder”) + secare (“to cut”); see section.

(transitive, pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.


hypoglycemia

en-noun

hypoglycemia (countable and uncountable, plural hypoglycemias)

From hypo- + glycemia or hypo- + glyc- + -emia.

(pathology) A too low level of blood glucose.

glycemia

polysemic; may be hypernym or coordinate term, depending on sense used


アルツハイマー病

ja-noun

^アルツハイマー-びょう

アルツハイマー病 (canonical)
Arutsuhaimā-byō (romanization)

[a̠ɾɯ̟t͡sɨha̠ima̠ː bʲo̞ː]

アルツハイマー (Arutsuhaimā, from German Alzheimer) + 病 (byō, “illness”)

compound

from German <i class="Latn mention" lang="de">Alzheimer</i>

(pathology, neurology) Alzheimer's disease


metamorphosis

en-noun

metamorphosis (countable and uncountable, plural metamorphoses)

/ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs/

/ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊsɪs/

/ˌmɛtəˈmɔɹfəsɪs/

First attested in 1533, from Latin metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μετά (metá, “change”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”). Analyzable as meta- + -morph + -osis

der

μεταμόρφωσις

(pathology) A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.


spleen

spleen (nominative singular)
spleeny (nominative plural)
spleenu (genitive singular)
spleenów (genitive plural)
spleenowi (dative singular)
spleenom (dative plural)
spleen (accusative singular)
spleeny (accusative plural)
spleenem (instrumental singular)
spleenami (instrumental plural)
spleenie (locative singular)
spleenach (locative plural)
spleenie (singular vocative)
spleeny (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English spleen.

(clinical psychology, medicine) Alternative spelling of splin


tonic

en-adj

tonic (comparative more tonic, superlative most tonic)

more tonic (comparative)
most tonic (superlative)

From Ancient Greek τονικός (tonikós), from τόνος (tónos). 17th century writers believed health to be derived from firmly stretched muscles, thus tonic; the extension of tonic medicine appeared in the late 18th century. By surface analysis, ton(e) + -ic.

Out in front and across the street, Doc noted half a dozen or so young men, not loitering or doing substances but poised and tonic, as if waiting for some standing order to take effect.

2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage, published 2010, page 316:

(physics, pathology) Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.


lockjaw

en-noun

lockjaw (usually uncountable, plural lockjaws)

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(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.


efflorescence

efflorescence (countable and uncountable, plural efflorescences)

/ˌɛfləˈɹɛsəns/

Borrowed from French efflorescence, from Latin efflōrēscō, which was from ex- (“out”) + flōrēscō (“to blossom”).

(pathology) A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.


STD

STD (countable and uncountable, plural STDs)

Some studies estimate that as many as one out of every two people might contract an STD at some point in their lives.

1999, Dr. Ruth's Pregnancy Guide for Couples: Love, Sex, and Medical Facts, →ISBN:

sexually transmitted disease
sexually transmitted disease#English

(pathology) Initialism of sexually transmitted disease.

MTS

sexually transmitted disease — see also sexually transmitted disease

SÜK

though attested, one normally speaks and writes out a full term


CV

(virology) circovirus: A virus of the genus Circovirus

(virology) coronavirus: A virus of the genus Coronavirus


CV

CV (countable and uncountable, plural CVs)

Abbreviation
* (anime, Japanimation): From Japanese CV (CV), from English character+voice
* (aircraft carrier): Initialism of cruiser (“croiseur”) + French voler (“to fly”).

initialism of

(pathology) Initialism of cytolytic vaginosis.


våg

Same as Etymology 1. Specialized use of våg m.


psoriasis

en-noun

psoriasis (countable and uncountable, plural psoriases)

From Late Latin psōriasis (“mange, scurvy, psoriasis”), from Koine Greek ψωρίασις (psōríasis), from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra, “itch”) + -σις (-sis, “-sis: forming nouns of action & medical disorders”). Cognate with psora.

bor

He suffers from a skin complaint, psoriasis, which has rendered his hands scaly, hard and red.

2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 11:

(pathology) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.


psoriasis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψωρίασις (psōríasis), from ψώρα (psṓra, “itch”) + -σις (-sis, “action, process”).


IBM

en-noun

IBM (countable and uncountable, plural IBMs)

/ˈˌʌɪbiːˈɛm/

inclusion body myositis
w:inclusion body myositis

(pathology) Initialism of inclusion body myositis.


squamous

English: squamous

From Latin squāmōsus; equivalent to squame + -ous.

(Late Middle English) scaly (especially due to disease)


plague

plague (countable and uncountable, plural plagues)

From Middle English plage, borrowed from Old French plage, from Latin plāga (“blow, wound”), from plangō (“to strike”). Cognate with Middle Dutch plāghe (> Dutch plaag), plāghen (> Dutch plagen); Middle Low German plāge; Middle High German plāge, pflāge (> German Plage); plāgen (> German plagen); Swedish plåga; French plaie, Occitan plaga. Doublet of plaga. Displaced native Old English wōl.

It was about the beginning of September, 1664, that I, among the rest of my neighbours, heard in ordinary discourse that the plague was returned again in Holland[…] It mattered not from whence it came; but all agreed it was come into Holland again.

1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year:

Yersinia pestis
Yersinia pestis#Translingual

(often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.

(pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.

طَاعُون

an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence

Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go.

A plague a both the Houſes, I am sped: / Is he gone and hath nothing?

c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 64:

A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.

(ornithology) A group of common grackles.


plague

en-verb

plague (third-person singular simple present plagues, present participle plaguing, simple past and past participle plagued)

plagues (present singular third-person)
plaguing (participle present)
plagued (participle past)
plagued (past)

Natural catastrophes plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland.

(transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.


blackleg

en-noun

blackleg (countable and uncountable, plural blacklegs)

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(uncountable, agriculture, veterinary medicine) A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax.


jet lag

Per evitare il jet lag bevete molti liquidi (non alcolici) e mangiate cibi leggeri.

2007, Di Thomas Kohnstamm, Venezuela, →ISBN:

In order to avoid jet lag, drink lots of (non-alcoholic) liquid and eat lightly.


tumorigenesis

(oncology) Production of a new tumor or tumors.

(oncology) The process involved in the production of a new tumor or tumors.


sore

English: sore

Scots: sair

From Old English sār, from Proto-Germanic *sairą (noun), *sairaz (adjective).

A medical or pathological affliction or condition; a malady.


dichromatic

en-adj

dichromatic (comparative more dichromatic, superlative most dichromatic)

more dichromatic (comparative)
most dichromatic (superlative)

From di- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + -ic.

(pathology) having a form of colorblindness in which only two of the three primary colors can be distinguished


issue

English: issue

Borrowed from Old French issue (“exit”), from issu, past participle of issir, eissir. Compare issen.
Forms with /ʃ/ mostly do not reflect palatalisation of /s/ (as in modern English); instead, they exist because Old French /s(s)/ was perceived as being phonetically closer to Middle English /ʃ/ than to /s/.

Exit, departure; the act of leaving or going out:

(especially pathology) An outwards flow or discharge.


idiopathic

/ˌɪdioʊˈpæθɪk/

From idio- + -pathic. First appears c. 1669, in the publications of William Simpson.

So when I was diagnosed with a fairly difficult-to-treat disease called idiopathic angioedema and chronic urticaria (a fancy way of saying we don’t know why you swell and hey, enjoy the 24/7 hives) six months ago, I wasn't quite sure how to cope.

2014 January 20, Simona Supekar, “How the Internet Helped Me Cope With My Rare Disease”, in The Atlantic:

(pathology) Of, relating to, or designating a disease or condition having no known cause.

idiopàtic

diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis


measly

measly (comparative measlier, superlative measliest)

measlier (comparative)
measliest (superlative)

From measle (“singular of measles”) + -y; the word measle is either from Middle Dutch masel (“a blister filled with blood; a pustule, a skin blemish”), or Middle Low German masel (“a red skin blemish”), from Proto-Germanic *masuraz (“a knot or scar in wood; a knarl”), from *mas-, *mēs- (“a spot; a sore; a scar”), from Proto-Indo-European *mos- (“a skin sore”).

suffix

singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">measles</i>

der

Then take five or six apples, pick out the cores and fill up the holes thus made with flour of brimstone; stop up the holes and cast in the apples to the measly hog.

1847, William Youatt, The Pig: A Treatise on the Breeds, Management, Feeding, and Medical Treatment, of Swine; with Directions for Salting Pork, and Curing Bacon and Hams, page 113:

Particularly of pigs or pork: infected with larval tapeworms or trichinae (parasitic roundworms).

A measly boy, he looked like a tramp, probably one of the street boys from the village, just walked up here and made himself at home, and when I told him to leave, he wouldn't.

For one whole day's work all I was given was twenty measly pounds.

The visiting tourists eagerly forked over a measly two dollars per group to their guides as payment for their services. This amount was measly sum to the givers, but a princely sum to the takers.

2004, Richard Rizun, Ora, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:

So it wasn't a hotel, as I said in my novel, just a measly motel. But to me it was like the First measly motel, and I remember laughing about the things I was saying straight from my unconscious to both his and God's ear.

2010, Marylee Daniel Mitcham, Blacktime Song by Rosalie Wolfe, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 127:

(figuratively, informal) Small (especially contemptibly small) in amount.


obesity

en-noun

obesity (countable and uncountable, plural obesities)

From French obésité, from Latin obēsitās, from obēsus (“fat”). By surface analysis, obese + -ity.

While the majority of individuals with severe obesity are able to maintain eucapnia, a significant minority will develop obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), characterized by alveolar hypoventilation (PaCO 2 > 45 mmHg) unexplained by other disorders.

2015 July 4, Vilma E. Ortiz, Jean Kwo, “Obesity: physiologic changes and implications for preoperative management”, in BMC Anesthesiology, volume 15, →DOI:


mumps

Circa 1600, from mump (“grimace”, noun), compare mump (verb), most likely referring to the painful difficulty in swallowing.

(pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.

流行性耳下腺炎

りゅうこうせいじかせんえん


piles

Many women get piles when pregnant.

Who with thy leaves shall wipe (at need)
The place where swelling Piles do breed ...

1648, Robert Herrick, “Another”, in Hesperides:


CVS

CVS (countable and uncountable, plural CVSs)

chorionic villus sampling
chorionic villus sampling#English

(obstetrics, pathology) Initialism of chorionic villus sampling.


diarrhea

diarrhea (countable and uncountable, plural diarrheas)

/ˌdaɪ.əˈɹiː.ə/

From Middle English diaria, from Middle French diarrie (French diarrhée), from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, “through-flowing”), from διά (diá, “through”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”). By surface analysis, dia- + -rrhea. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots.
Displaced native Old English ūtsiht (literally “straining out”).

ncog

My Pampers bill is higher than your paycheck, my hands are raw from washing them every six minutes, and I do eight loads of laundry a day because everything we own is covered in diarrhea, and you want me to "plug him up" and wait another three weeks?

2008, Danna Korn and Connie Sarros, Gluten-Free Cooking for Dummies, Chapter 1

I looked and saw that she and her hammock were covered in diarrhea.

2009, Daniel Everett, Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes, page 47:

Why was she covered in diarrhea?

2014, L. A. Knight, Dog Training the American Male, page 221:

The watery or very soft excrement that comes from such bowel movements.


haemorrhoids

/ˈhɛməɹɔɪdz/

"I hope the worst is behind me". - France's midfielder Florent Malouds reveals he had an operation for haemorrhoids shortly after arriving in Germany for the World Cup" Argus 17 June 2006 p.14

A pathological condition caused by painful masses of dilated veins in swollen anal tissue.


catalepsy

From cata- + -lepsy; ultimately from Ancient Greek κατάληψις (katálēpsis, “act of seizing”), from καταλαμβάνω (katalambánō, “I seize”), from κατά (katá, “against”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).

compound

"But they could not have been asleep!" cried Lord John. "Dash it all, Challenger, you don't mean to believe that those folk were asleep with their staring eyes and stiff limbs and that awful death grin on their faces!" "It can only have been the condition that is called catalepsy," said Challenger.

1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

I was furious with Edgar Allan Poe for writing so accurately about this. His tales of catalepsy and live burial poisoned my childhood, and still killed me.

1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 190:

(pathology) A severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity, fixation of posture, and loss of contact with environmental conditions.


acalculia

From a- (negative prefix) + Latin calculare (“to calculate”) + -ia (“pathological condition”).

affix

(pathology) The condition of lacking basic mathematical skills caused by a brain injury, or more specifically an injury to the parietal lobe.


acalculia

(pathology) acalculia (condition of lacking basic mathematical skills)


fireship

His attempt in 208 to cross the Yangtse was frustrated in the famous battle of Ch'ih-pi, in which his immense fleet was destroyed by his enemies' fireships, and most of his army slain.

1984, Witold Rodzinksi, The Walled Kingdom: A History of China from 2000 BC to the Present, London: Fontana Paperbacks, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 69:

(nautical) A sailing ship that has been set alight and left to drift into an opposing fleet. Famously used by Englishman Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.


Black Death

Following the Black Death in the mid-fourteenth century, and the weakening of Mongol rule, the closing of overland routes between Europe and Asia once again created a bottleneck that flowed through the Middle East, trade flows that were largely controlled by Venice and Egypt.

2013, Al Gore, “Earth Inc.”, in The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 18:

(pathology, historical) A pandemic outbreak of bubonic plague throughout Europe and most of Asia in the 14th century that killed nearly half the population of Europe and Asia.


vegetation

en-noun

vegetation (countable and uncountable, plural vegetations)

/ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/

Borrowed from Middle French végétation, from Medieval Latin vegetātiōnem.

(pathology, countable) An abnormal verrucous or fibrinous growth


blood pressure

blood pressure (countable and uncountable, plural blood pressures)

/ˈblʌd ˌpɹɛʃə(ɹ)/

the great majority of people who have serious conditions from high blood pressure suffer debilitating illness

The nurse spent all day taking blood pressures at the hospital.

She threw her head back and inflated the lungs. “UPJOHN!” she boomed, rather like someone calling the cattle home across the sands of Dee, and I issued a kindly word of warning. “Watch that blood pressure, old ancestor.” “Never you mind my blood pressure. You let it alone, and it'll leave you alone. UPJOHN!”

1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “XVII, XVIII, AND XIX”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

The pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins; it varies during the heartbeat cycle, and according to a person's age, health and physical condition.


palsy

palsy (countable and uncountable, plural palsies)

From Middle English palesie, from Anglo-Norman paralisie, parleisie et al., from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”), from παρα- (para-, “beside”) + λύω (lúō, “loosen”). Doublet of paralysis.

der

The palsie plagues my pulses
when I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullen
your culuers take, or matchles make
your Chanticleare or sullen

c. 1620,, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665)

"Young lady, there is no hope; one side of the Duchesse is struck with palsy; she retains her senses, and will, most probably, to the last; but she cannot live through the night."

1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 73:

"Ah! now we come to business! Barber, who's dead?"
 "Alderman Croten, sir."
"Tut-tut. Croten gone?"
"Yes, sir; palsy took him at a ripe age. And Abel's gone, the Town Crier;"

1891, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, chapter 1, in The Blue Pavilions:

Again we were stricken of our palsy, slowed down, re-accelerated, and there, at last, were the few huts of a hamlet, with the lorry, lying at an angle in the road's camber, outside a tea-shop.

(pathology) Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.

شَلَل

complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part


lymphoma

en-noun

lymphoma (countable and uncountable, plural lymphomata or lymphomas)

From lymph, from Latin lympha (“water”) + -oma (“disease, morbidity”).

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In the one sub-class, we have the Leukaemic Lymphoma, the Typhous Lymphoma, the Hyperplastic Lymphoma (ex. the simple hypertrophied tonsil), Lympho-sarcoma, Scrofulous Glands; and in the other sub-class, Tubercle of man, and Perlsucht or Parresyge, or Morbus Gallicus, the pearl distemper of ruminating animals.

1867, Reginald Southey, The Nature and Affinities of Tubercle: Being the Gulstonian Lectures for the Year 1867:

Common immunohistochemical markers of this lymphoma include CD2, CD56, CD3, and T-cell receptors. 7 Typically, the histology of these lymphomas are characterized by monomorphic inflammatory cellular infiltrates, which may be diffuse or show angiocentricity and angiodestruction as well as tissue destruction. 7 Lymphoid markers from the nasal mucosal biopsy from this patient were negative for CD56 and EBER.

2015, Brook McConnell, M. Sherif Said, Vijay R. Ramakrishnan, “Nasal septal perforation associated with pyoderma gangrenosum”, in Allergy & Rhinology, volume 6, →DOI:

(oncology, pathology) A malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue.


narcolepsy

en-noun

narcolepsy (countable and uncountable, plural narcolepsies)

From French narcolepsie. By surface analysis, narco- + -lepsy, from Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō, “put to sleep”) + λῆψις (lêpsis, “seizure”).

compound

Excitement-induced narcolepsy caused him to sleep through the most important events of his life.

(pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.


acromegaly

/ˌækɹoʊˈmɛɡəli/

From French acromégalie, from New Latin acromegalia, from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “tip, extremity”) and μέγας (mégas, “large”). By surface analysis, acro- + -megaly.

der

Tania is a fever, too—les voies urinaires, Café de la Liberté, Place des Vosges, bright neckties on the Boulevard Montpamasse, dark bathrooms, Porto Sec, Abdullah cigarettes, the adagio sonata Pathétique, aural amplificators, anecdotal seances, burnt sienna breasts, heavy garters, what time is it, golden pheasants stuffed with chestnuts, taffeta fingers, vaporish twilights turning to ilex, acromegaly, cancer and delirium, warm veils, poker chips, carpets of blood and soft thighs.

1934, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, Grove Press, published 1961, page 5:

(pathology) A chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland.


sarcoma

From Latin sarcoma , from Ancient Greek σάρκωμα (sárkōma), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + -ωμα (-ōma, “process”) or from Ancient Greek σαρκόω (sarkóō), itself from σάρξ (sárx); by surface analysis, sarc- + -oma.

suffix

Only about 1 per cent of cancers are found in connective tissue; these are known as sarcomas.

2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 393:

(oncology) A type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.


sarcoma

Borrowed from Latin sarcoma , from Ancient Greek σάρκωμα (sárkōma), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + -ωμα (-ōma, “process”) or from Ancient Greek σαρκόω (sarkóō), itself from σάρξ (sárx).


sarcoma

Borrowed from Late Latin sarcōma, from Ancient Greek σάρκωμα (sárkōma), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + -ωμα (-ōma, “process”) or from Ancient Greek σαρκόω (sarkóō), itself from σάρξ (sárx).


halitosis

en-noun

halitosis (countable and uncountable, plural halitoses)

Coined by doctor Joseph William Howe in 1874 and described as being derived from the Latin hālitus (literally “whiff, breath”) and the Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, literally “disease”). It can be also understood as combination of the Latin hālitus and the English suffix -osis.

der

Bad breath or halitosis is an indication of a disturbed digestive system. It is indicative of a bowel toxemia in either the small or large intestine with an overgrowth of bacteria or yeast.

2004, Dicken Weatherby, Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective, Weatherby & Associates, LLC, →ISBN, page 115:

For example, the word halitosis was almost completely unknown among the general public until the early 20th century when a business owner named Gerard Lambert started using it to sell a new product called Listerine. By giving a mundane fact of life (bad breath) a scientific sounding label, Lambert elevated the authority and desirability of his product many times over.

[2018 June 13, Michael Schein, “Author Simon Sinek Is Full Of Hot Air (And Other Reasons You Should Follow His Lead)”, in Forbes:

(pathology) The condition of having stale or foul-smelling breath.

بَخَر

condition of having foul-smelling breath


necrosis

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-necrosis.wav

the interruption of blood supply
ischemia

(pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply. (Usually gangrene will follow unless the dead tissue is resected).


necrosis

From Late Latin necrōsis, from Ancient Greek νέκρωσις (nékrōsis).


asthma

en-noun

asthma (usually uncountable, plural asthmas or asthmata)

From Middle English asma, asme, from Medieval Latin asthma, asma, from Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma, “laborious breathing, asthma”). The spelling was changed to add -th- in the 16th century to match the Greek etymological roots.

der

...but rheumatism is a vulgar complaint, and would sink even a ducal coronet—the very lowest people have it. I question if there is a workhouse in Great Britain exempt from it. Neither is there one free from asthma, and yet all the world knows a royal duke suffers from it as much as a coalheaver might do;...

1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 74:

"He kind of spat," said Piggy. "My auntie wouldn't let me blow on account of my asthma. He said you blew from down here." Piggy laid a hand on his jutting abdomen.

1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies:

Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.

2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3:

(pathology) A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.


presbyopia

en-noun

presbyopia (usually uncountable, plural presbyopias)

From New Latin presbyōpia, from Ancient Greek πρέσβυς (présbus, “old man”), and New Latin -ōpia (“vision problem”), from Ancient Greek ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”). By surface analysis, presby- + -opia.

der

(pathology) Inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects.

قُصُوُّ البَصَرِ الشَيْخُوخِيّ

inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects


chlamydia

en-noun

chlamydia (countable and uncountable, plural chlamydias or chlamydiae)

From New Latin chlamydia, from Ancient Greek χλαμύδιον (khlamúdion, “small cloak”), from χλαμύς (khlamús, “cloak”).

der

That makes sense, because we’re all looking for flowery language from our physicians. “Like the sunlight shines upon the hidden grassy meadow, so does chlamydia cast a warm glow upon your private parts.”

2014, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Dr. Oz and Nutritional Supplements”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 8, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:

sexually transmitted disease
sexually transmitted disease

(uncountable) Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis.


osteoporosis

en-noun

osteoporosis (countable and uncountable, plural osteoporoses)

/ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/

From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek πώρωσις (pṓrōsis, “petrification, callousness”), from Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros, “tuff, a porous type of rock”). By surface analysis, osteo- + pore + -osis.

surf

(pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.


lethargy

en-noun

lethargy (countable and uncountable, plural lethargies)

From Middle English litargie, from Medieval Latin litargia, from Late Latin lēthārgia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ (lēthārgíā, “drowsiness”), from λήθᾱργος (lḗthārgos, “forgetful, lethargic”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, adjectival suffix).

af

This Apoplexie is (as I take it) a kind of Lethargie, a sleeping of the blood, a horson Tingling.

c. 1599, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 2:

So in order to avoid unpleasant side effects like lethargy and sexual dysfunction, most recent trials also gave men testosterone supplements.

2003 October 20, Amanda Ripley, “At Last, the Pill for Men”, in Time:

(pathology) A condition characterized by extreme fatigue or drowsiness, deep unresponsiveness, or prolonged sleep patterns.


absceso

eo-head

absceso (accusative singular absceson, plural abscesoj, accusative plural abscesojn)

absceson (accusative singular)
abscesoj (plural)
abscesojn (accusative plural)

From French abcès; English abscess. Compare Ido abceso and Interlingua abscesso.


melanoma

en-noun

melanoma (plural melanomas or melanomata)

(oncology, pathology) A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.

black cancer

see A Comprehensive Medical Dictionary citation from 1880

Melanome

see The Washington Post citation from 1904


melanoma

(oncology) melanoma (type of skin tumour)


edema

From New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “I swell”).

der

dependent edema

lower extremity edema

In the patients with myocardial edemas [247, 471] it was shown that, despite a considerable loss of fluid via the kidneys after the intravenous administration of a short-acting and very effective diuretic (furosemide), there was no increase in the blood and plasma viscosities.

1991, Albrecht M. Ehrly, Therapeutic Hemorheology, page 115:

In particular, changes in color and temperature, edemas, and ulcerations are noted. Palpation is applied as needed. In this chapter, only two skin and body surface changes will be discussed: peripheral edemas and ulcerations.

2002, Peter Lanzer, “26: Peripheral Vascular Disease”, in Peter Lanzer, Eric J. Topol, editors, Pan Vascular Medicine: Integrated Clinical Management, page 389:

Local lymph edemas can often be found on the inside of a looped graft.

2015, Hans Scholz, Arteriovenous Access Surgery: Ensuring Adequate Vascular Access for Hemodialysis, page 185:

(American spelling, pathology) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.


edema

id-noun

édéma (plural edema-edema, first-person possessive edemaku, second-person possessive edemamu, third-person possessive edemanya)

édéma (canonical)
edema-edema (plural)
edemaku (first-person possessive)
edemamu (possessive second-person)
edemanya (possessive third-person)

Learned borrowing from New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), οἰδέω (oidéō, “I swell”).

(pathology) edema, oedema: An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.


edema

From New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”).


edema

Borrowed from New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “to swell”).


leprosy

en-noun

leprosy (usually uncountable, plural leprosies)

From Norman leprosie, from Middle French leprosie (“leprosy & similar skin diseases”), probably from leprous (“leprous”) + -ie (“-y”) but possibly from Medieval Latin leprōsia (leprōsus + -ia) although this only historically attested in reference to leprosariums.
The shift of sense from psoriasis to Hansen's disease occurred in large part from the use of λέπρα (lépra) to translate Hebrew צרעת (“tzaraath”) in the Septuagint and its subsequent use in the New Testament and Late Latin.

der

Then is it surely a leprosy

The great London doctors knew nothing about leprosy and cared less.

1925, Frank Harris, My Life and Loves, volume III, page 183:

The new drug—diaminodiphenylsulphone... offers the first certain cure... and leprosy can be cured in six months

1954, Elspeth J. Huxley, Four Guineas, page 267:

Leprosy seems to have spread from India to the Middle East by early antiquity and from there to Europe during the time of the Roman Empire.

Mycobacterium leprae
Mycobacterium leprae#Translingual

(pathology, medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.


dysentery

en-noun

dysentery (countable and uncountable, plural dysenteries)

From Middle English dissenterie, from Old French dissenterie, from Latin dysenteria, from Ancient Greek δυσεντερία (dusentería), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + ἔντερα (éntera, “bowels”).

We ate, we drank, and we were merry / and we got typhoid and dysentery.

1959, “In Old Mexico”, Tom Lehrer (music):

(pathology) A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high-volume diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces.