cholesteatoma

cholesteatoma (plural cholesteatomas or cholesteatomata)

cholesteatomas (plural)
cholesteatomata (plural)

(pathology) A destructive and expanding keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process.

colesteatoma

a destructive and expanding growth in the middle ear


noble rot

‘You said they occasionally deliberately infect the grapes with the noble rot,’ I said.

2019, Ben Aaronovitch, The October Man, Gollancz, page 20:

Botrytis cinerea
Botrytis cinerea#Translingual

A benevolent form of the fungus Botrytis cinerea which, in the right conditions, leads to a concentrated sweet wine.


immunosenescence

(immunology, pathology) The gradual deterioration of the immune system caused by the ageing process.


keratoacanthoma

en-noun

keratoacanthoma (plural keratoacanthomas or keratoacanthomata)

keratoacanthomas (plural)
keratoacanthomata (plural)

(pathology) A common low-grade malignancy of the skin.


gastrocele

(pathology) A hernia in part of the stomach


poikilocytosis

(pathology) Presence in the blood of red blood cells with abnormal shape or an entirely different shape


kwashiorkor

kwashiorkor (countable and uncountable, plural kwashiorkors)

/ˌkwɑʃ.i.ɔɹˈkɔɹ/

From Ga kwašiɔkɔ, kwàṣìɔkɔ́ (“the sickness the older child gets when the next baby is born”).

(pathology) A form of malnutrition, found in children, caused by dietary insufficiency of protein in combination with a high-carbohydrate diet.


familial Mediterranean fever

familial Mediterranean fever (usually uncountable, plural familial Mediterranean fevers)

(pathology) a hereditary inflammatory disorder, characterized by recurrent fever, that affects groups of people originating from around the Mediterranean Sea, including Armenians, Sephardi Jews, Greeks, and Arabs


Marfan syndrome

Marfan syndrome (usually uncountable, plural Marfan syndromes)

Named after French pediatrician Antoine Marfan, who first described the condition in 1896.

named-after

A genetic disorder of the connective tissue that causes defects in the heart valves and aorta.


leafroll

en-noun

leafroll (usually uncountable, plural leafrolls)

A viral condition of certain plants, such as potato plants and grapevines, in which new leaves curl and become discoloured.


cystinosis

(pathology) A disorder caused by abnormal metabolism of cystine.


metabasis

From Late Latin metabasis, from Ancient Greek μετάβασις (metábasis, “a change, a transition”), from μεταβαίνω (metabaínō, “I cross”), from μετά (metá) and βαίνω (baínō, “I move”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.

der

(pathology) Any change in the course of a disease; metabola.


monoplegia

(pathology) Complete paralysis of a single limb (or muscle)


acetonuria

(pathology) A form of ketonuria characterized by the presence of acetone in the urine


neuroma

(pathology) A tumour composed of nerve cells.


angiosarcoma

en-noun

angiosarcoma (plural angiosarcomas or angiosarcomata)

angiosarcomas (plural)
angiosarcomata (plural)

(oncology) Any malignant tumour of vascular tissue


nonpyrogenic

(pathology, chemistry, geology) Not pyrogenic.


obesogen

An 'obesogenic' environment / An environment containing stimuli that encourage obesity can be dubbed an 'obesogenic' environment. Obesity is communicated from parents to children through many potential Obesogens'^([sic]) - from the choices available at breakfast, the transport to school, the contents of the lunchbox, the weekend activities, the rules on eating sweets or the presence of TV sets in the bedroom.

2004 January 1, Tim Lobstein, “Child obesity: public health meets the global economy”, in Consumer Policy Review:

(pathology) A chemical or other factor that disturbs the body's normal processes, causing it to tend toward obesity.

lihottava kemikaali

A chemical or other factor that causes obesity


agnathous

/ˈæɡ.nə.θəs/

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”) + -ous, equivalent to a- + -gnathous.

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Dr Underhill exhibited an agnathous and hydrocephalic fœtus. This was an instance of the rare abnormality due to defect of the lower jaw.

1886, “Exhibition of Specimens: Meeting V”, Transactions of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society, volume 11, page 79:

Upon this view an agnathous fœtus may be regarded as sometimes due to a posterior dichotomy, which has ultimately become a complete separation, and in which the two fœtuses have developed equally during a considerable part of intra-uterine life.

1893, “Proceedings of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland: November 1892”, Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, volume 27, page xvii:

In all the neonates examined from the partially agnathous strain, there was no obvious agenesia of the lower mandible.

1964, M. W. Fox, “Anatomy of the Canine Skull in Low-grade Otocephaly”, Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Science, volume 28, pages 105–106:

(pathology) Afflicted by or characteristic of agnathia.


agnathia

Derived from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”) + -ia.

der+

When there is agnathia, instead of the inferior maxillary bone we find nothing but a kind of tubercle formed of skin, cellular tissue, fat, and some few muscular fibres.

1831, William West, translation of Gabriel Andral, A Treatise on Pathological Anatomy, Hodges and Smith, volume 2, page 283

The lower jaw may be absent (agnathia).

1907, Francis Delafield and T. Mitchell Prudden, A Text-Book of Pathology, eighth edition, William Wood, page 304

As such, it is often accompanied by agnathia, a congenital absence of the mandible[…].

2006, Mark I. Evans et al., Prenatal Diagnosis, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 240:

(pathology) A birth defect in which the mandible is missing.


agnathic

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”) + -ic.

[…]an imperforate pharynx which existed in an agnathic lamb.

1902, Bertram C. A. Windle, “Twelfth Report on Recent Teratological Literature”, in Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, volume 36, page 303:

In the mouth: various irregularities, such as wide separation of the teeth; abnormal development of the canines; the prognathic or agnathic jaw; high arching of the palate; cleft palate—all are found more frequently among persons otherwise degenerate than in normal individuals.

1913, John H. Musser, A Practical Treatise on Medical Diagnosis for Students and Physicians, 6th edition, Lea & Febiger, page 87:

Most pregnancies with agnathic fetuses are associated with polyhydramnios, which probably result from fetal inability to swallow because of persistence of the oropharyngeal membrane.

2006, Karen Gripp, Luis Fernando Escobar, “Facial Bones”, in Human Malformations and Related Anomalies, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 287:


SPS

stiff person syndrome
stiff person syndrome#English

(pathology) Abbreviation of stiff person syndrome.

sticky platelet syndrome
sticky platelet syndrome#English

(pathology) Abbreviation of sticky platelet syndrome.


paucisymptomatic

en-adj

paucisymptomatic (comparative more paucisymptomatic, superlative most paucisymptomatic)

more paucisymptomatic (comparative)
most paucisymptomatic (superlative)


heliotrope cyanosis

(pathology) A bluish colouration of the skin that is a symptom of Spanish influenza


inguinodynia

(pathology) A pain in the groin, typically appearing after a hernia operation.


cholerine

(pathology) Minor diarrhea that happens during outbreaks of cholera.


hyperuricemic

(pathology) Affected by, or pertaining to, hyperuricemia


caseose

caseose (comparative more caseose, superlative most caseose)

more caseose (comparative)
most caseose (superlative)


leprose

leprose (comparative more leprose, superlative most leprose)

more leprose (comparative)
most leprose (superlative)

From New Latin leprōsus in botany especially as used by Linnaeus in his 1753 Species Plantarum and Late Latin leprōsus in medicine, from lepra (“psoriasis, leprosy”) + -ōsus, from Koine Greek λέπρᾱ (léprā, “psoriasis & similar skin diseases”), from Ancient Greek λεπρός (leprós, “scaly”), from either λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) or λέπος (lépos, “husk, scale”) + -ρος (-ros, “forming adjective”).

der

(medicine) Synonym of leprous, afflicted with leprosy.


sclerose

en-verb

sclerose (third-person singular simple present scleroses, present participle sclerosing, simple past and past participle sclerosed)

scleroses (present singular third-person)
sclerosing (participle present)
sclerosed (participle past)
sclerosed (past)

Back-formation of sclerosed (adj), which was back-formed from sclerosis. Compare also diagnose (verb).

(intransitive, pathology) To undergo sclerosis.


asplenia

(biology, medicine) Absence of normal function of the spleen, from any cause:

(biology, medicine) Physiological absence of splenic function; either substantial or total splenic dysfunction; splenic nonfunction.


ERV

en-noun

ERV (countable and uncountable, plural ERVs)

Sequences derived from ERVs [...] appear to be heavily involved in gene regulatory networks.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 147:

endogenous retrovirus
endogenous retrovirus#English

(countable, virology, biology, genetics) Initialism of endogenous retrovirus.


oculodentodigital

(pathology) Affecting the eyes, teeth, and fingers.


fastigium

[W]e find that the duration and succession of the febrile phenomena constitute five principal groups. […] 2. Fevers which are essentially continuous in their course (continued fevers), which exhibit but slight daily differences of temperature during their fastigium or acme, and defervesce rapidly (by crisis).

1871, C[arl Reinhold] A[ugust] Wunderlich, “Fundamental Principles”, in W. Bathurst Woodman, transl., On the Temperature in Diseases: A Manual of Medical Thermometry. … Translated from the Second German Edition (New Sydenham Society Publications; XLIX), London: The New Sydenham Society, →OCLC, § 32, page 14:

(pathology) The most intense phase of a disease, especially a fever.


oculorenal

(pathology) Pertaining to the eyes and kidneys.


heterotopia

heterotopia (countable and uncountable, plural heterotopias)

/ˌhɛt(ə)ɹəˈtəʊpiə/

/ˌhɛtəɹəˈtoʊpiə/

(pathology) Normal tissue (or an organ) present at an abnormal part of the body


meningoencephalocele

(pathology) A protrusion of the meninges and the brain through a defect in the cranium.


myelomeningocele

myelomeningocele (countable and uncountable, plural myelomeningoceles)

(pathology) A form of spina bifida characterized by protrusion of the spinal meninges.


hemarthrosis

hemarthrosis (countable and uncountable, plural hemarthroses)


rectocele

(pathology) A hernia of the rectum into the vagina.


sigmoidocele

(pathology) A hernia of the sigmoid colon.


deliquium

Borrowed from Latin deliquium, from Latin delinquere (“to lack, to fail”).

If he be locked in a close room, he is afraid of being stifled for want of air, and still carries biscuit, aquavitæ, or some strong waters about him, for fear of deliquiums, or being sick […]

1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, page 387:

(pathology) An abrupt loss of consciousness usually caused by an insufficient blood flow to the brain; fainting.


tobacco mosaic

As is the case with tobacco mosaic, the disease has been successfully transmitted by inoculating healthy plants with juice pressed out of diseased plants.

1920, Journal of agricultural research, volume 19, page 131:

(phytopathology) A disease of tobacco plants, characterized by mottled leaves, caused by this virus.


astrocytosis

(pathology) An abnormal increase in the number of astrocytes due to the destruction of nearby neurons


astrogliosis

astrogliosis (countable and uncountable, plural astroglioses)

While astrogliosis provides protection against inflammation, it is also obstructive in the progress of neuranagenesis after CNS insults.

2012, Issues in Neurology Research and Practice, →ISBN, page 1374:

(pathology) An abnormal increase in the number of astrocytes due to the destruction of nearby neurons.


hyperhomocysteine

(pathology) A very high level of homocysteine


hyperhomocysteinemic

en-adj

hyperhomocysteinemic (comparative more hyperhomocysteinemic, superlative most hyperhomocysteinemic)

more hyperhomocysteinemic (comparative)
most hyperhomocysteinemic (superlative)

(pathology) Of or pertaining to hyperhomocysteinemia


immunopathogenesis

(immunology, pathology) The pathogenesis of a disease relating to the immune system


virosis

In her investigations on the viroses of tobacco and potato and on cucumber mosaic in solanaceous hosts, Hoggan showed that the presence or absence of vacuolate bodies , and in some cases the combined presence of vacuolate bodies and striate material have undoubted value for the identification of certain viroses.

1931, Phytopathology, volume 21, numbers 1-6, page 590:

(pathology) Any disease caused by a virus.


antileukemic

antileukemic (comparative more antileukemic, superlative most antileukemic)

more antileukemic (comparative)
most antileukemic (superlative)
antileukaemic (alternative)

(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.


condyloma

en-noun

condyloma (plural condylomas or condylomata)

condylomas (plural)
condylomata (plural)

From Latin condylōma, from Ancient Greek κονδύλωμα (kondúlōma, “wart”), from κόνδυλος (kóndulos).

der

(pathology) A wartlike growth on the skin or a mucous membrane, caused by certain types of HPV viruses, usually occurring in the genital area.


protoporphyria

(pathology) A form of porphyria characterized by excessive protoporphyrin in the erythrocytes, plasma and feces


HRV

en-noun

HRV (countable and uncountable, plural HRVs)

Holmes ribgrass virus
Holmes ribgrass virus#English

(virology, botany) Initialism of Holmes ribgrass virus., an RNA virus of plants

human rhinovirus
human rhinovirus#English

(virology, medicine) Initialism of human rhinovirus.


astrovirus

(virology) Any member of the family Astroviridae of icosahedral viruses with a characteristic starlike surface structure.


anophthalmia

anophthalmia (usually uncountable, plural anophthalmias)

(teratology) The congenital absence of one or both eyes

anoftalmia

the congenital absence of one or both eyes


endometriotic

(pathology) Of or pertaining to endometriosis.


choledochitis

(pathology) inflammation of the common bile duct


Jerusalem syndrome

A group of mental phenomena involving religious delusion or obsession relating to the city of Jerusalem.


biliuria

(pathology) The presence of bile acids or bile salts in the urine.


calculous

en-adj

calculous (comparative more calculous, superlative most calculous)

more calculous (comparative)
most calculous (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to or containing calculi


PANDAS

(pathology) Acronym of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections: a neuropsychiatric disorder occurring in children.


cancriform

cancriform (comparative more cancriform, superlative most cancriform)

more cancriform (comparative)
most cancriform (superlative)

From Latin cancer, cancr- (“crab; cancer”) + -iform.


cancroid

en-adj

cancroid (comparative more cancroid, superlative most cancroid)

more cancroid (comparative)
most cancroid (superlative)
cancroide (alternative)

(medicine, oncology, pathology) Of or pertaining to cancer, especially to squamous cell carcinoma


cancroid

cancroids (plural)
cancroide (alternative)

(pathology) Any disease that resembles cancer


cervicitis

en-noun

cervicitis (usually uncountable, plural cervicitides or cervicites)

cervicitides (plural)
cervicites (plural)


chancriform

en-adj

chancriform (comparative more chancriform, superlative most chancriform)

more chancriform (comparative)
most chancriform (superlative)

(pathology) Having the form of a chancre


cervical cancer

en-noun

cervical cancer (countable and uncountable, plural cervical cancers)

(pathology, oncology) A type of cancer of the cervix of the uterus which can afflict some female mammals including humans. The term usually does not refer to cancer of the neck or other parts of the anatomy which use the term cervix.


photuria

fōtyo͝oəʹrĭə

/fəʊˈtjʊəɹɪə/

Formed as phot- + -uria; equivalent to the Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) + οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

Various animal matters possess an acid reaction; urine, sweat, some portions of dead bodies, whether of men or animals have been luminous, and the presence of this microscopic algæ is the long mistaken cause of photuria.

1855, John Watt, Charles Watt, editors, The Chemist, volume 2, page 695:

(obsolete, rare, medicine, specifically pathology) Luminous or phosphorescent urine.


fire blight

fire blight (countable and uncountable, plural fire blights)

fire blights (plural)
fire-blight (alternative)
fireblight (alternative)

Pear growers also often reported scab and fire blights as the most damaging diseases.

1949, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Information Bulletin, page xv:

This paper reports on the transformation of apple aimed on an improvement of resistance to fire blight. Fire blight is a serious disease, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, affecting apple, pear and other members of the Rosaceous family.

2003, Viola Hanke, Klaus Geider, Klaus Richter, “Transgenic Apple Plants Expressing EPS-depolymerase: Evaluation of resistance to the phytopathogenic bacterium Erwinia amylovora”, in Indra K. Vasil, editor, Plant Biotechnology 2002 and Beyond: Proceedings of the 10th IAPTC&B Congress, page 153:

A very serious bacterial disease in North America and Europe is fire blight, which can be most destructive to pears. In the past, fire blight led to big losses in the USA, destroying established pear orchards in one season.

2008, A. T. G. Elzebroek, Guide to Cultivated Plants, page 82:

(phytopathology) A bacterial plant disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora, that affects apples, pears and some other members of the Rosaceae family.


coxitis

coxitis (usually uncountable, plural coxitides)

(pathology) Inflammation of the hip joint.


ferrugo

Borrowed from Latin ferrūgō (“iron rust”), from ferrum (“iron”).


secondary infection

en-noun

secondary infection (plural secondary infections)

(pathology) Any infection that arises subsequent to a pre-existing infection; but especially a nosocomial infection


prostatism

prostatism (usually uncountable, plural prostatisms)

(pathology) Any of various minor disorders of the prostate gland, typically causing obstructed urination; also called lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).


cholestasis

cholestasis (countable and uncountable, plural cholestases)

(pathology) The suppression of the flow of bile caused by an obstruction associated with the liver.


hypercholesterolemic

en-adj

hypercholesterolemic (comparative more hypercholesterolemic, superlative most hypercholesterolemic)

more hypercholesterolemic (comparative)
most hypercholesterolemic (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or having hypercholesterolemia.


hypocholesterolemic

hypocholesterolemic (comparative more hypocholesterolemic, superlative most hypocholesterolemic)

more hypocholesterolemic (comparative)
most hypocholesterolemic (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or having hypocholesterolemia


hyperinsulinaemic

hyperinsulinaemic (comparative more hyperinsulinaemic, superlative most hyperinsulinaemic)

more hyperinsulinaemic (comparative)
most hyperinsulinaemic (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or having hyperinsulinaemia


hyperinsulinaemia

(pathology) The presence of an unusually high level of insulin in the bloodstream


microcytosis

(pathology) A condition characterized by the presence of microcytes in the blood


microglobulinuria

(pathology) The presence of microglobulins in the urine.


normochromic

(pathology) Describing erythrocytes that have a fairly normal hemoglobin content.


normocytic

(pathology) Describing erythrocytes of fairly normal size.


fatty liver

en-noun

fatty liver (countable and uncountable, plural fatty livers)

(pathology, uncountable) The abnormal retention of triglycerides within the vacuoles of the liver.


urtication

urtication (countable and uncountable, plural urtications)

Ultimately from Latin urtīca (“nettle”).

(pathology) The development of urticaria (hives).


amylophagia

(pathology) The pathological desire to eat excessive starch, starchlike or carbohydrate-rich foods.

amilofagia

pathologic desire to eat excessive starch


bacteremic

en-adj

bacteremic (comparative more bacteremic, superlative most bacteremic)

more bacteremic (comparative)
most bacteremic (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to or having bacteremia (having bacteria in the blood)


candidemia

en-noun

candidemia (usually uncountable, plural candidemias)

(pathology) The presence of Candida fungi in the blood


leucism

(zoology, pathology) An animal condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes (caused by a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin).


cryptococcal

People with AIDS tend to die after years of suffering, often screaming from the agony of cryptococcal meningitis or choking on thrush fungus.

2009 September 27, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “If AIDS Went the Way of Smallpox”, in New York Times:

(pathology) Of or pertaining to cryptococcus fungi or cryptococcosis.

criptococótico

of or pertaining to cryptococcus fungi or cryptococcosis


aldosteronism

aldosteronism (countable and uncountable, plural aldosteronisms)

(pathology) A condition, marked by excessive secretion of aldosterone, that gives rise to cardiac difficulties

ալդոստերոնիզմ

condition marked by excessive aldosterone secretion


fusariosis

fusariosis (countable and uncountable, plural fusarioses)

(pathology) Infection with fungi of the genus Fusarium.


argyrotic

en-adj

argyrotic (comparative more argyrotic, superlative most argyrotic)

more argyrotic (comparative)
most argyrotic (superlative)

(pathology) Of or pertaining to argyrosis.


pseudarthrosis

pseudarthroses (plural)
pseudoarthrosis (alternative)

(pathology) A bony, flexible structure, resembling a joint, sometimes found after a poorly united fracture

valenivel

bony, flexible structure resembling a joint


zygomycosis

en-noun

zygomycosis (countable and uncountable, plural zygomycoses)

From Zygomycota (“obsolete phylum of fungi”) + -osis.

suffix

(pathology, mycology) An infection caused by bread mold fungi.


leucoderma

en-noun

leucoderma (countable and uncountable, plural leucodermas or leucodermata)

leucodermas (plural)
leucodermata (plural)
leukoderma (alternative)

(pathology) A loss of skin pigmentation, often in patches


brain cancer

brain cancer (countable and uncountable, plural brain cancers)

(oncology) Any of various types of cancer associated with brain tumors.


pancreatic cancer

pancreatic cancer (countable and uncountable, plural pancreatic cancers)

(oncology, pathology) A malignant neoplasm of the pancreas.


liver cancer

liver cancer (usually uncountable, plural liver cancers)

Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial.[…]Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism. Dr Yoshimoto and his colleagues would like to add liver cancer to that list.

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

(pathology) A malignant neoplasm of the liver.


hepatocellular carcinoma

hepatocellular carcinoma (plural hepatocellular carcinomas or hepatocellular carcinomata)

hepatocellular carcinomas (plural)
hepatocellular carcinomata (plural)


diabetic embryopathy

diabetic embryopathy (countable and uncountable, plural diabetic embryopathies)

(pathology) Any of a range of congenital defects that affect some children born to diabetic mothers.


embryopathy

(pathology) Any developmental disorder of an embryo


alloxanized

(pathology) Suffering from alloxan diabetes.


melioidosis

2005, Mark A. Suckov, Alexander Valisenko, Nikolai Tokarevich, Chapter 3: Animals Models in Biodefense Research, Jann Hau, Steven J. Schapiro, Gerald L. Van Hoosier, Jr. (editors), Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Volume 3: Animal Models, 2nd Edition, 40,
A close relative of the agent of glanders, B. pseudomallei causes a disease (melioidosis) with clinical manifestations including asymptomatic pneumonitis, acute or chronic pneumonia, and overwhelming septicemia.

Twenty-seven proteins distinctively reacted with human plasma following environmental exposure or clinical melioidosis.

2012, Melioidosis: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional, page 7:

Melioidosis is the etiological designation of a spectrum of clinical manifestations caused by the gram-negative bacillus Burkholderia pseudomallei.

2013, Prakash S. Bisen, Ruchika Raghuvanshi, Emerging Epidemics: Management and Control, unnumbered page:

Burkholderia pseudomallei is the cause of meliodosis, which is a multiorgan infection seen mainly in South East Asia and Northern Australia. Meliodosis often first presents with lung disease, which may be an acute pneumonia or more chronic lung disease, sometimes resembling TB.

2015, Jeremy Hull, Julian Forton, Anne Thomson, Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, 2nd edition, page 159:

(pathology) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, endemic to some areas of Southeast Asia and northern Australia.

Nightcliff gardener's disease

infectious disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei


epidermoid

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: epidermo- + -oid.


taeniasis

taeniasis (countable and uncountable, plural taeniases)

taeniases (plural)
tæniasis (alternative)
teniasis (alternative)

From Latin taen(ia) (from Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “band, ribbon, tapeworm”)) + -iasis (““pathological or morbid condition””)

suffix

(pathology) An infection of tapeworms of the genus Taenia that does not usually cause any disease.


arteriogenic

(pathology) Whose cause lies in the arteries


leukostasis

(pathology) The abnormal clumping together of leukocytes


neuroparalysis

(pathology) paralysis because of damage to a nerve


fibroadenoma

en-noun

fibroadenoma (plural fibroadenomas or fibroadenomata)

fibroadenomas (plural)
fibroadenomata (plural)

For instance, the incidence of mammary fibroadenomas among populations of Charles River Sprague-Dawley females ranged from 13 to 62% [3 ].

2015 July 2, Mesnage R, Defarge N, Rocque L-M, Spiroux de Vendômois J, Séralini G-E, “Laboratory Rodent Diets Contain Toxic Levels of Environmental Contaminants: Implications for Regulatory Tests”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:

(pathology) A benign tumour of the breast


neuroinflammation

neuroinflammation (usually uncountable, plural neuroinflammations)

(pathology) inflammation of a nerve or of parts of the nervous system


multi-infarct

multi-infarcts (plural)
multiinfarct (alternative)
multi infarct (alternative)

(pathology) Describing the condition of having or having had two or more infarcts.


fibrogenesis

(pathology) The abnormal accumulation of fibrous tissue


immunobullous

(pathology) Describing any blistering disease of the immune system


dyscromia

(pathology) Any disorder affecting the pigmentation of the skin, hair or nails.

discromia

any disorder affecting the pigmentation of the skin, hair or nails


megalocornea

megalocornea (countable and uncountable, plural megalocorneas)

(pathology) A condition characterized by a very large cornea


xanthemia

Among the latter, incipient nephritis and metabolic anomalies, as xanthemia, arthritis uritica, oxaluria are common.

1902, Heinrich Stern, “On the treatment of obesity”, in Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 38:

Carotin was inferred, not demonstrated, in these cases, although Salomon measured the extent of the "xanthemia" in certain individuals by determining the extinction coefficient of the absorption bands of the ether extract of the blood.

1922, Leroy Sheldon Palmer, Carotinoids and related pigments: the chromolipoids, page 136:

(pathology) The occurrence of yellow matter in the blood.

False jaundice or carotenemia (xanthemia) is an unusual and abnormal yellowness of the human skin, sometimes actually appearing in the sweat, resulting from the ingestion of carotenoid-rich food such as carrots, oranges or yellow cucurbits in large quantities over protracted periods.

1976, Denis Llewellyn Fox, Animal biochromes and structural colours: physical, chemical, distributional, page 174:

(pathology) The occurrence of yellow skin


overreplacement

overreplacement (countable and uncountable, plural overreplacements)

... liberal replacement or overreplacement with blood and plasma preoperatively and operatively has made obsolete the use of vasopressors, which in the past ...

1983, Michael Christopher Magee, Basic science for the practicing urologist, →ISBN, page 63:

The state wherein a substance, having previously been reduced or removed, has or is being replaced by re-adding it, but overly so, resulting in more of the substance than normal.


antivascular

en-adj

antivascular (comparative more antivascular, superlative most antivascular)

more antivascular (comparative)
most antivascular (superlative)

(pharmacology, oncology) Describing any drug that attacks the vasculature of a tumour


depigmentation

en-noun

depigmentation (countable and uncountable, plural depigmentations)

(pathology) The loss of the skin's normal pigmentation.


exudative

en-adj

exudative (comparative more exudative, superlative most exudative)

more exudative (comparative)
most exudative (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by exudation


hypogonadotropic

hypogonadotropic (comparative more hypogonadotropic, superlative most hypogonadotropic)

more hypogonadotropic (comparative)
most hypogonadotropic (superlative)

(pathology) Of or pertaining to an abnormally reduced secretion of gonadotropin


steatohepatitis

(pathology) A form of hepatitis characterized by an accumulation of fat.


albumosuria

(pathology) The presence of proteoses in the urine.


alphos

From Latin alphos, from Ancient Greek ἀλφός (alphós, “dull white, used for some leprosy, psoriasis, etc.”).

bor

(medicine, obsolete) Any disease causing dull white or silvery spots on the skin, including non-contagious forms of leprosy and psoriasis.


cardiomyoliposis

(pathology) fatty degeneration of the myocardium


gastropathy

en-noun

gastropathy (countable and uncountable, plural gastropathies)


gastrosplenic

(anatomy, pathology) Of or pertaining to the stomach and the spleen.

gastroesplénico

of or pertaining to the stomach and the spleen


teratism

(pathology) Any severe congenital malformation


hypertropia

(pathology) A form of strabismus in which one eye points upward.


iniencephaly

From Ancient Greek ἰνίον (iníon) + ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos) + -y.

(pathology) A cephalic disorder characterized by spina bifida and spinal retroflexion


pentosuria

(pathology) the presence of pentose sugars in the urine; especially the presence of abnormally high levels of xylulose in the urine


bromism

bromism (usually uncountable, plural bromisms)

(pathology) poisoning by bromine or bromides


achylia

(pathology) The lack or reduced production of gastric juices in any part of the digestive tract.


orchitis

orchitis (countable and uncountable, plural orchitides or orchitises)

orchitides (plural)
orchitises (plural)
orchiditis (alternative)

From orchi- (“testicular”) + -itis (“inflammation”), from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle, ovary, orchid”).

der

It has been well studied, however, and helps to understand the evolution of other orchitises (197).

2004, Stephen S. Sternberg, Stacey E. Mills, Darryl Carter, Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 2154:

Avoid corticosteroids for mumps orchitis as they can reduce testosterone concentrations and increase testicular atrophy.

2010, Frank J. Domino, The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2011, →ISBN, page 863:

This condition is encountered in Klinefelter's Syndrome, in primary hypogonadism, following orchitides, and during chronic hemodialysis.

2013, Gottfried Lemperle, Jürg Nievergelt, Plastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery: An Atlas, →ISBN, page 63:

(pathology) A painful inflammation of one or both testes.


actinomycosis

en-noun

actinomycosis (countable and uncountable, plural actinomycoses)

gastrointestinal tract
gastrointestinal tract

(pathology) An infectious bacterial disease of cattle and swine, sometimes transmitted to man, characterized by the formation of painful abscesses in the mouth, lungs, or gastrointestinal tract, caused by Actinomyces israelii, Actinomyces gerencseriae, and Propionibacterium propionicum.


agraphia

agraphia (usually uncountable, plural agraphias)

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “lacking”) and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).

(pathology) A loss of the ability to write (usually resulting from a brain injury).


neuromyelitis

(pathology) inflammation of both the spinal cord and nerves


neuropathogen

(pathology) Any material that is pathogenic to the nervous system


neuropathogenic

en-adj

neuropathogenic (comparative more neuropathogenic, superlative most neuropathogenic)

more neuropathogenic (comparative)
most neuropathogenic (superlative)

(pathology) pathogenic to the nervous system


prediagnostic

(pathology) Describing the course of a disease before it has been diagnosed


erythematosus

From Ancient Greek ἐρύθημα (erúthēma, “a redness or flush on the skin”), from ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).
The German form Erythematodes is arguably the preferred correct form.

der

Iberdomide, a cereblon modulator promoting degradation of the transcription factors Ikaros and Aiolos, which affect leukocyte development and autoimmunity, is being evaluated for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

2022 March 17, Joan T. Merrill, Victoria P. Werth, Richard Furie et al., “Phase 2 Trial of Iberdomide in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 386, number 11, →DOI, page 1034:


afterpain

(pathology, often in the plural) Pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta).

nawee

pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth


bacteriuria

en-noun

bacteriuria (usually uncountable, plural bacteriurias)

bacteriurias (plural)
bacteruria (alternative)

(pathology) The presence of bacteria in the urine


caseation

caseation (countable and uncountable, plural caseations)

(pathology) A necrotic degeneration of tissue to a cheese-like condition.


crossmatch

en-verb

crossmatch (third-person singular simple present crossmatches, present participle crossmatching, simple past and past participle crossmatched)

crossmatches (present singular third-person)
crossmatching (participle present)
crossmatched (participle past)
crossmatched (past)
cross-match (alternative)

(pathology) To test whether the blood of a donor and recipient are compatible.


crossmatch

crossmatches (plural)
cross-match (alternative)

(pathology) A test of whether the blood of a donor and recipient are compatible.


enanthem

From Ancient Greek ἐνανθέω (enanthéō), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + ἀνθέω (anthéō, “to blossom”).

(pathology) A lesion of the mucous membrane (especially of the mouth)


hematocele

hematoceles (plural)
haematocele (alternative)

(pathology) A swelling caused by the collection of blood in a cavity, especially of the membrane covering a testicle.


hepatomegaly

en-noun

hepatomegaly (countable and uncountable, plural hepatomegalies)

(pathology) An abnormal enlargement of the liver.


lipidosis

(pathology) A disorder in the metabolism of lipids in which fat is deposited in the tissues


metrorrhagia

metrorrhagia (countable and uncountable, plural metrorrhagias)

/ˌmiːtrɔːˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪə/

(pathology) abnormal uterine bleeding at irregular intervals.

menorrhagia

heavy menstrual flow but regularly timed

colporrhagia

bleeding per vaginam with vaginal source


monochromatism

(pathology) The condition of being totally colour blind; achromatopsia


osteitis

osteitis (usually uncountable, plural osteitides or osteitises)


thymoma

(oncology, pathology) Any tumour of the thymus


agrypnia

From Ancient Greek ἀγρυπνία (agrupnía, “sleeplessness, vigilance”).

lbor

(psychiatry, pathology) Persistent loss of sleep; insomnia; sleeplessness.


fetopathy

fetopathies (plural)
foetopathy (alternative)


hypoalbuminemia

(pathology) The presence of an abnormally low concentration of albumin in the blood.


albuminemia

albuminaemia (alternative)
albuminæmia (alternative)

(pathology) The (normal) presence of albumin in the blood.

albuminémie

the (normal) presence of albumin in the blood


maculopathy

en-noun

maculopathy (countable and uncountable, plural maculopathies)

(pathology) Any disease of the macula of the eye.


fibrocystic

(pathology) Having increased fibrosis together with increased cystic spaces.


acrodynia

(pathology) An epidemic disease of the skin characterized by increased sensibility of the soles and palms, with pricking sensations in them and rheumatoid pains in the hands and feet.


BWS

Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome#English

Initialism of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.


phantosmia

phantosmia (countable and uncountable, plural phantosmias)

* Blend of phantom (from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma)) and Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”).

In addition, phantosmias or, in essence, olfactory hallucinations have been described in association with seizure activity, psychiatric illness, and Alzheimer's Disease.

1997, Allen M. Seiden, Taste and Smell Disorders, page 5:

Most often, phantosmias occur after trauma or URTI and consist of unpleasant odors occurring without being elicited through environmental odor sources.

2005, B. N. Landis, T. Hummel, J.-S. Lacroix, “Basic and Clinical Aspects of Olfaction”, in Nejat Akalan, Concezio Di Cuore Rocco, Vinko V. Dolenc, Rudolf Fahlbusch, J. Lobo Antunes, Marc Sindou, Nicolas De Tribolet, Cees A.F. Tulleken, editors, Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery, volume 30, page 86:

Patients with phantosmia thought to be related to abnormal olfactory signal processing will often confirm a unilateral presentation to the distorted smell when asked.

2009, Eric H. Holbrook, “10: Clinical Assessment and Management of Olfactory Disorders”, in Fred J. Stucker, Chris de Souza, Guy S. Kenyon, Timothy S. Lian, Wolfgang Draf, Bernhard Schick, editors, Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery, page 116:

(pathology) A form of parosmia involving olfactory hallucinations in which the perceived smell is triggered apparently without cause rather than by another smell.


globozoospermia

(pathology) A form of teratospermia characterized by round-headed spermatozoa


glomerulopathy

glomerulopathy (countable and uncountable, plural glomerulopathies)

(pathology) Any disease of the renal glomeruli.


lesional

en-adj

lesional (comparative more lesional, superlative most lesional)

more lesional (comparative)
most lesional (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by lesions


contractural

(pathology) Of or pertaining to contractures.


dichromatism

en-noun

dichromatism (countable and uncountable, plural dichromatisms)

(pathology) A form of colourblindness in which only two of the three primary colours can be distinguished


bacilluria

(pathology) The discharge of urine containing bacilli.


synaptopathy

(pathology) Any disease or dysfunction of the synapses


antigenemia

antigenemia (countable and uncountable, plural antigenemias)

antigenemias (plural)
antigenaemia (alternative)

(pathology, immunology) The presence of antigens (especially viral antigens) in the bloodstream

antigénémie

the presence of antigen (especially viral antigens) in the bloodstream


granulomatosis

granulomatosis (usually uncountable, plural granulomatoses)

(pathology) Any disease or condition accompanied by multiple granulomas.


histoplasmoma

(pathology) An infectious granuloma of the lung caused by the parasitic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum.


vasculitic

en-adj

vasculitic (comparative more vasculitic, superlative most vasculitic)

more vasculitic (comparative)
most vasculitic (superlative)

(pathology) Characterized by inflammatory destruction of blood vessels


pasteurellosis

(pathology) Any disease caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Pasteurella.


postviral

Her symptoms were later diagnosed as postviral myositis, a muscular inflammation that can cause weakness and pain.

2009 July 16, Kristina Peterson, “College Athletes Stuck With the Bill After Injuries”, in New York Times:

(medicine, virology) Following a viral infection.


labyrinthitis

en-noun

labyrinthitis (countable and uncountable, plural labyrinthites or labyrinthitides)

labyrinthites (plural)
labyrinthitides (plural)

/ˌlæbɪɹɪnˈθaɪtɪs/

Some years ago, however, Voltolini described the occurrence of cases which, he believed, were only to be accounted for on the supposition that the symptoms were due to primary labyrinthitis.

1892, Peter McBride, Diseases of the Throat, Nose, & Ear:

(pathology) Inflammation of the labyrinth of the inner ear.


myxedema

myxedema (countable and uncountable, plural myxedemas)

myxedemas (plural)
myxoedema (alternative)
myxœdema (alternative)

The obvious inference was that myxoedema, goitre and cretinism were due to thyroid failure.

1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 542:

(pathology) A form of cutaneous and dermal edema that is secondary to increased deposition of connective tissue components in subcutaneous tissue.


myxoma

From New Latin myxōma. By surface analysis, myxo- (“mucus”) + -oma.

surf

A tumor consisting of primitive connective tissue and mucous elements.


splenitis

en-noun

splenitis (usually uncountable, plural splenites)


steatorrhoea

(pathology) The presence of excessive amounts of fat in the feces.


hyperlocomotion

(pathology) Incessant locomotion, usually as a result of excessive stimulation of the nervous system


endarteritis

endarteritis (countable and uncountable, plural endarteritides)

From end- + arteritis or end- + arter(io)- + -itis or endarter(ium) + -itis.

(pathology) inflammation of the inner lining (tunica intima) of an artery


syntropy

By surface analysis, syn- + -tropy. First attested in 1871, in the anatomical sense.

(pathology) The coalescence of two diseases into one.


malacosteon

From Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

(pathology) Morbid softness of the bones; osteomalacia.


stigmatism

stigmatism (countable and uncountable, plural stigmatisms)

Derived from Ancient Greek στίγματος (stígmatos, “point”) + -ism.


subnephrotic

(pathology) Describing a level of proteinuria that is too low to indicate nephrosis


morbid obesity

(pathology) The condition of being morbidly obese.


carcinosarcoma

en-noun

carcinosarcoma (plural carcinosarcomas or carcinosarcomata)

carcinosarcomas (plural)
carcinosarcomata (plural)

(oncology) Any malignant neoplasm that has characteristics of both a carcinoma and a sarcoma


cholangiopathy

(pathology) Any disease of the bile ducts


ductopenia

(pathology) A reduction in the number of intrahepatic bile ducts


dyshesion

(pathology, cytology) A loss of ordered cohesion between cells.


hypoinsulinaemia

(pathology) The presence of an unusually low level of insulin in the bloodstream


insulinaemia

(pathology) The (normal) presence of insulin in the bloodstream


micropapillary

(pathology) Characterized by the presence of many, very small papillae


anthropozoonosis

Examples of anthropozoonoses include brucellosis bacteria or rabies and Ebola viruses.

(pathology) Any pathogen that is transmitted from animals to humans. Specifically, it refers to infections that primarily affect animals but can be naturally transmitted to humans.

antropozoonoza

disease transmitted from animals and humans


desmoplastic

en-adj

desmoplastic (comparative more desmoplastic, superlative most desmoplastic)

more desmoplastic (comparative)
most desmoplastic (superlative)


gastroduodenitis

(pathology) inflammation of the stomach and duodenum


glomerulation

en-noun

glomerulation (countable and uncountable, plural glomerulations)

(pathology) The occurrence of many tiny hemorrhages on the wall of the bladder


hydronephrosis

hydronephrosis (countable and uncountable, plural hydronephroses)

(pathology) distension of the kidneys due to obstruction in the flow of urine


hypercellular

en-adj

hypercellular (comparative more hypercellular, superlative most hypercellular)

more hypercellular (comparative)
most hypercellular (superlative)

(pathology) Having a greater than usual number of cells

hypercelulární

having a greater than usual number of cells


megaoesophagus

(pathology) An unusual enlargement of the oesophagus sometimes associated with achalasia


myocardiopathy

(pathology) Any disease of the myocardium


antitumoral

antitumoral (comparative more antitumoral, superlative most antitumoral)

more antitumoral (comparative)
most antitumoral (superlative)


gammopathy

en-noun

gammopathy (countable and uncountable, plural gammopathies)

(pathology) Any disease or malfunction that affects the production of gamma globulin and related immunoglobulins


hypokinesis

(pathology) Diminished power of movement; hypomotility


multivessel

(pathology) Involving multiple blood vessels


amelanosis

amelanosis (countable and uncountable, plural amelanoses)

(pathology) A lack of melanin pigmentation


aspecific

(pathology) Not caused by a specific organism


lymphoepithelioma

lymphoepithelioma (plural lymphoepitheliomas or lymphoepitheliomata)

lymphoepitheliomas (plural)
lymphoepitheliomata (plural)

(pathology) A cancer of the epithelium and lymphoid tissue of the nasopharynx


hypolipemia

(pathology) A low concentration of lipid in the blood


hyperdynamic

en-adj

hyperdynamic (comparative more hyperdynamic, superlative most hyperdynamic)

more hyperdynamic (comparative)
most hyperdynamic (superlative)

(pathology) Describing excessive movement of an organ etc


hyperestrogenemia

(pathology) An abnormally high amount of estrogens in the blood


hypoandrogenemia

(pathology) An abnormally low amount of androgens in the blood.


androgenemia

(pathology) The presence of androgens in the blood


neuropraxia

en-noun

neuropraxia (usually uncountable, plural neuropraxias)

Mistaken reanalysis of neurapraxia (neur- + apraxia) as if it were neuro- + *praxia; this is etymologically nonsensical because the a- in apraxia represents the negating prefix (in the New Latin original) to mean the opposite of what the unrealized form *praxia would mean.

(medicine, pathology) Alternative form of neurapraxia.


vasculogenic

(pathology) That is caused by a disorder of blood vessels


human seminal plasma protein hypersensitivity (uncountable)

human seminal plasma hypersensitivity (alternative)
SPH (alternative)

(pathology) A rare allergy to certain proteins found in human semen.


tabacosis

In regard to tabacosis, only two cases have been observed by Zenker, and therefore the grounds are insufficient for an absolute opinion as to the connectino of cause and effect.

1873, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 88, page 222:

There are but two autopsies of tobacco workers on record which could be considered cases of tabacosis and both of them are described by Zenker.

1885, First Annual Report of State Inspector of Shops and Factories:

Among the numerous occupational activities associated with an inhalation of dusts of vegetable and animal matter (cotton, hemp, sisal, cork, sugar cane, wood paper, silk, wool, animal hair, feathers, shellac), some of which give rise to progressive fibrosing pneumoconioses (byssinosis, bagassosis, etc.), only tabacosis has been related by epidemiologic evidence to cancer of the lung, while the possibility of such associations deserves consideration for shellac pneumoconiosis.

2013, W. C. Hueper, Occupational and Environmental Cancers of the Respiratory System:

(pathology) Chronic tobacco poisoning; poisoning brought about by excessive use of or exposure to tobacco, especially the occupational disease from inhaling the dust in cigar and tobacco factories.


dystrophinopathy

(pathology) A recessive form of muscular dystrophy


hyaline degeneration

hyaline degeneration (countable and uncountable, plural hyaline degenerations)

(pathology) The degeneration of cellular tissue to form a mass of glassy, homogenous material


normoalbuminuric

(pathology) Having a normal amount of albumin in the urine


osteoclastic

(pathology) Of or pertaining to an osteoclast


pathomechanism

(pathology) pathological mechanism; the mechanism by which a pathological condition occurs


vasculopathy

Prevention of diabetic vasculopathy is generally sought by the only means at hand: Meticulous control of the diabetes.

1959 January, Paul M. Brickley, “Flavonoid Therapy in Diabetic Retinopathy”, in California Medicine, volume 90, number 1, page 45:

Pulmonary occlusive venopathy and PM are rather uncommon (fewer than 200 cases have been reported in the published data) but increasingly recognized causes of pulmonary hypertension. They could represent part of the spectrum of vasculopathies of PPH, but they are distinct from the precapillary causes of PAH.

2004 June, Giuseppe G. Pietra, “Pathologic assessment of vasculopathies in pulmonary hypertension”, in Journal of the American College of Cardiology, volume 43, number 12:

(pathology) Any disease of blood vessels.


paraproteinemia

(pathology) The presence of (abnormally large amounts of) paraproteins in the blood.


plasmacytoma

(pathology) A malignant tumour of plasmacytes


tubulocyst

(pathology) A cyst formed by the blockage of a tubule.


whiptail

whiptail (countable and uncountable, plural whiptails)

Any of many New World lizards, of the family Teiidae, that have long, slender tails.

Social status may be less important to red-necked wallabies, which, unlike whiptails, are "essentially solitary" (McEvoy 1970).

1977, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, volume 4, number 4, page 409:

pretty-faced wallaby
pretty-faced wallaby

A pretty-faced wallaby (Macropus parryi).

A catfish of species Dasyloricaria filamentosa.


variole

variole (countable and uncountable, plural varioles)

From Middle English varioles pl (“pustules, pocks”), from Latin variola, and partly from French variole. Doublet of variola.

inh

(uncountable, pathology) Alternative form of variola; smallpox


exteroceptive

Many amputees report that they are able to perform voluntary movements of their phantom, which generally increase the vividness of the sensations; immobility and involuntary movements are also common. Broadly, phantom sensations can be categorized into kinetic, kinesthetic, and exteroceptive components. Kinetic sensations include voluntary or involuntary perceptions of movement, kinesthetic sensations include the position and shape of the missing body part, while exteroceptive perceptions include sensory aspects such as touch, temperature, and vibration. The phantom limb typically mimics the sensory experience of the missing limb with amputees even reporting feeling that the limb is wet, sweaty, or tickly.

2017, Melvin Mezue and Tamar R. Makin, “Immutable body representations: Lessons from phantoms in amputees”, in Frédérique de Vignemont and Adrian J. T. Alsmith, editors, The Subject's Matter: Self-Consciousness and the Body, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, →ISBN, page 34:

(pathology) That responds to external stimuli


diabesity

(medicine, pathology) The simultaneous diagnosis of obesity and diabetes in a patient, especially when the obesity is a causative factor of the diabetes.


hyperphagic

en-adj

hyperphagic (comparative more hyperphagic, superlative most hyperphagic)

more hyperphagic (comparative)
most hyperphagic (superlative)

(pathology) Of or pertaining to hyperphagia


hacking cough

A hacking cough is most commonly observed in chronic catarrh of the upper air-passages, in pharyngitis and laryngitis, and especially in beginning pulmonary tuberculosis; hence its importance.

(pathology) A small and frequent cough, usually short and dry; a broken cough with a rough and loud sound; a hacking cough.


ribosomopathy

(pathology) Any disease or malfunction of ribosomes


arthralgic

arthralgic (comparative more arthralgic, superlative most arthralgic)

more arthralgic (comparative)
most arthralgic (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or suffering from arthralgia

artrálgico

of, pertaining to or suffering from arthralgia


epididymitis

en-noun

epididymitis (usually uncountable, plural epididymites or epididymitides)

epididymites (plural)
epididymitides (plural)

From epididymo- + -itis (“inflammation”).

(pathology) inflammation of the epididymis


leukoaraiosis

leukoaraioses (plural)
leucoaraiosis (alternative)

(pathology) A rarefaction of the white matter in the brain.


acheilous

Derived from Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”) with privative a- + -ous.


achor

(obsolete, pathology) dandruff (or similar condition)


choriocarcinoma

choriocarcinoma (plural choriocarcinomas or choriocarcinomata)

choriocarcinomas (plural)
choriocarcinomata (plural)

When it occurs, choriocarcinoma is thus a double tragedy: an abnormal pregnancy compounded by a lethal malignancy, birth tipped into death.

2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 135:

(oncology) A malignant, trophoblastic cancer, usually of the placenta.


dysglycaemia

dysglycaemia (usually uncountable, plural dysglycaemias)

dysglycaemias (plural)
dysglycemia (alternative)

(pathology) An elevated (though still relatively low) level of glucose in the blood.


postherpetic

(pathology) Following infection with herpes


bacteriosis

bacteriosis (countable and uncountable, plural bacterioses)

/bækˌtɪəɹ.ɪˈəʊsɪs/

(pathology, botany) Any infection by bacteria


pneumocystis

Borrowed from translingual Pneumocystis.

(pathology) A parasitic fungal organism of the genus Pneumocystis, in humans specifically Pneumocystis jorevicii.


angioneurotic

(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting blood vessels and nerves


keratoglobus

(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.


amyotrophy

amyotrophy (countable and uncountable, plural amyotrophies)


Paris syndrome

Moreover, his fantasy and idealization of Paris, characteristic of Paris syndrome, played a great part in his abnormal behaviors searching for his lost youth and love affaire.^([sic])

1998, Katada Tamami, “Reflexions on a case of Paris syndrome”, in Journal of the Nissei Hospital, volume 26, number 2, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2013-10-30:

The Paris syndrome apparently affects only the Japanese and only when visiting Paris; women in their early thirties on their first international trip are particularly prone to the affliction.

2008, Barbara Mennel, “The city of love: Paris”, in Cities and Cinema, Routledge, →ISBN, The Paris syndrome, or the city of love, page 62:

Paris Syndrome affects around 20 tourists a year, mostly Japanese, for some reason.

2010 March 26, Philip Hensher, “Parisians by Graham Robb: review”, in Telegraph.co.uk:

An alleged transient psychological disorder encountered by some people visiting or vacationing in Paris, France, resulting from shock at their discovery that Paris is not what they had expected it to be.


vagotonia

vagotonia (usually uncountable, plural vagotonias)

(pathology) irritability of the vagus nerve that adversely affects the function of the blood vessels, stomach, and muscles


entropion

entropion (countable and uncountable, plural entropia)

entropia (plural)
entropium (alternative)

From Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-, “in”) + τρέπω (trépō, “to turn”).

af

(pathology) An inversion (turning inward) of the margin of the eyelid


fascioliasis

en-noun

fascioliasis (countable and uncountable, plural fascioliases)

From Fasciola + -iasis (“denoting disease”).

(pathology) infestation with liver flukes (of genus Fasciola)


corymbiform

en-adj

corymbiform (comparative more corymbiform, superlative most corymbiform)

more corymbiform (comparative)
most corymbiform (superlative)


nosography

en-noun

nosography (countable and uncountable, plural nosographies)

(pathology, medicine, uncountable) The systematic naming and description of diseases.

(pathology, medicine, countable) A treatise on diseases.


terebrant

/ˈtɛɹəbɹənt/

/ˈtɛɹəbɹənt/

The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin terebrantem, the accusative masculine or feminine singular of terebrāns, the present active participle of terebrō (“to bore through, perforate, pierce”), from terebra (“instrument for boring, borer, gimlet”) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Terebra is derived from ter(ō) (“to rub; to wear away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, pierce; to rub; to turn”)) + -bra (suffix denoting an instrument, forming nouns).
The noun is either derived from the adjective, or is a back-formation of Terebrantia (“suborder of thrips”).

back-formation

(pathology) Of pain: resembling the sensation of being bored into or pierced.


pityriasis

en-noun

pityriasis (countable and uncountable, plural pityriases)

/ˌpɪtəˈɹaɪəsɪs/

From New Latin pityriasis, from Koine Greek πιτυρίασις (pituríasis), from Ancient Greek πίτῡρον (pítūron, “bran”).

‘This patch is pityriasis, you see, it's coffee-coloured. The things we use for the other troubles will cure that too.’

1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 137:

(pathology) Any of several varieties of skin diseases characterized by the shedding of flakes or scales, such as dandruff.

zemelenuitslag

any of several varieties of skin diseases


Morgellons

Morgellons
Psychology Today
Thomas Browne

/mɔɹˈd͡ʒɛlənz/

/mɔɹˈɡɛlənz/

Coined in 2004 by Mary Leitao after a description of an illness in Thomas Browne's A Letter to a Friend (c. 1656, pub. 1690), “that Endemial Distemper of little Children in Languedock, called the Morgellons, wherein they critically break out with harsh Hairs on their Backs”, apparently a corruption of Masquelons, from Provençal masclous (“little flies”).

quote-journal

The Morgellons Mystery

2007, Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn, “The Morgellons Mystery”, in Psychology Today, numbers March–April, archived from the original on 2024-04-09:

delusional parasitosis
delusional parasitosis

(pathology) An unproven skin disorder, usually thought to be delusional parasitosis, characterized by skin lesions in which fibers are found.


-iasis

A Latin word-forming element meaning "process" or "morbid condition". Originally from Ancient Greek ἴασις (íasis).

(pathology) A pathological condition or process.


menometrorrhagia

(pathology) Excessive uterine bleeding occurring outside of the normal menstrual period.


hematuric

en-adj

hematuric (comparative more hematuric, superlative most hematuric)

more hematuric (comparative)
most hematuric (superlative)


preherpetic

(pathology) Prior to the onset of herpes.


rhachitis

(pathology) Alternative spelling of rachitis


HPPD

(clinical psychology) Initialism of hallucinogen persisting perception disorder.


leptomeningitis

en-noun

leptomeningitis (countable and uncountable, plural leptomeningitides)

(pathology) inflammation of the leptomeninges


crystalluria

(pathology) The presence of crystals in the urine.


metabolic syndrome

A combination of medical disorders that increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes.


persistent genital arousal disorder

persistent genital arousal disorder (uncountable)

(pathology) A spontaneous, persistent, and uncontrollable genital arousal, with or without orgasm or genital engorgement, unrelated to any feelings of sexual desire.


hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy

hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (uncountable)

(pathology) A paraneoplastic condition characterised by clubbing and periostitis of the long bones of the arms and legs


ringspot

ringspot (countable and uncountable, plural ringspots)

ringspots (plural)
ring spot (alternative)

Disease name: Tobacco rattle Causal virus: Tobacco rattle virus Symptoms: Necrotic local lesions, necrotic or chlorotic ringspots, systemic necrosis, ringspots, line patterns, mottling are the various symptoms induced in tobacco depending on the environment and cultivars.

(phytopathology) A symptom of various viral infections in plants.


thrombophilia

thrombophilia (countable and uncountable, plural thrombophilias)

The patient needed to take blood thinners to prevent clots from thrombophilia.

(pathology) The tendency to develop thrombosis (blood clots) due to an abnormality in the system of coagulation.


pilonidal

From Latin pilus (“hair”) and nidus (“nest”).

Having body hairs which have grown in a concentrated area on the skin and formed a cyst or abscess.

藏毛性

having body hairs which have grown in a concentrated area


MDR

multi-drug resistant
multi-drug resistant#English

(pathology) Initialism of multi-drug resistant. (used to refer to strains of tuberculosis).


SILENT

Acronym of syndrome of irreversible lithium-effectuated neurotoxicity.


cytomegaly

(pathology) Enlargement of cells, seen especially in infections of cytomegalovirus


Wernicke's aphasia

/ˈvɜːnɪkəz əˈfeɪʒə/

/ˈvɜːnɪkiːz əˈfeɪʒə/

/ˈvɝnɪkəz əˈfeɪʒə/

Named after Carl Wernicke, a German neurologist and psychiatrist.

(medicine, pathology) A type of aphasia traditionally associated with neurological damage to Wernicke's area in the brain; the patient speaks with normal grammar, syntax, and intonation, but may use the wrong words or insert non-existent words.

Wernicke se afasie

aphasia associated with damage to Wernicke's area


actinobacillosis

(pathology) A zoonotic disease, most commonly associated with animals, caused by the Actinobacillus bacteria, and which forms radiating structures in the tissues


parapsis

(rare, pathology) An abnormality in the sense of touch


myelomatosis

myelomatosis (countable and uncountable, plural myelomatoses)

If the tumour be termed myeloma the whole process may, for this reason, justly be termed "myelomatosis."

1903, “A Case of Multiple Myeloma (Myelomatosis) with Bence-Jones Proteid in the Urine”, in Medico-Chirugical Transactions, number 83, pages 395–470:

At the necropsy the bone marrow of all the bones examined was found to be more or less affected by a diffuse sarcoma-like growth of rounded or polyhedral mononuclear cells- a form of "multiple myeloma" or "myelomatosis".

1904, Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, volume 9, number 2:


multiple myeloma

multiple myeloma (plural multiple myelomas or multiple myelomata)

multiple myelomas (plural)
multiple myelomata (plural)

(pathology, oncology) A malignant neoplasm of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that produces antibodies.


osteogenesis imperfecta

(pathology) A hereditary disease characterized by brittle bones that easily fracture.

osteogènesi imperfecta

disease characterized by bones that easily fracture

骨形成不全症

こつけいせいふぜんしょう


shaken baby syndrome

shaken baby syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural shaken baby syndromes)

A trauma on the head that occurs when a child is violently shaken, creating a whiplash-type motion that causes acceleration-deceleration injuries, often without external signs of trauma.


fructosuria

fructosuria (usually uncountable, plural fructosurias)

(pathology) The (abnormal) presence of fructose in the urine


Costen's syndrome

Named after James B. Costen, who wrote extensively about this condition.

(pathology) A set of symptoms thought to involve hearing difficulties, facial pain, tinnitus, and dizziness, of unclear scientific validity.


paramyxovirus

(virology) Any member of the Paramyxoviridae family of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses responsible for a number of human and animal diseases.


brickdust deposit

brickdust deposit (plural brickdust deposits)

(pathology) A red sediment of urates in the urine


rubigo

/ɹuːˈbaɪɡəʊ/

Dr. Darwin supposes that the rubigo which shows itself in a ferruginous powder beneath the leaves of vegetables previously diseased, may be a fungus (like the eurisiphe or mildew)[…]

1804, Annals of agriculture and other useful arts:

(phytopathology, obsolete) rust (fungal disease of plants)


arthritogenicity

arthritogenicity (countable and uncountable, plural arthritogenicities)

(uncountable, pathology) The condition of being arthritogenic.

(countable, pathology) The degree to which an agent is arthritogenic.


arthritogenic

en-adj

arthritogenic (comparative more arthritogenic, superlative most arthritogenic)

more arthritogenic (comparative)
most arthritogenic (superlative)

(pathology) Causing or caused by arthritis


vegetant

vegetant (comparative more vegetant, superlative most vegetant)

more vegetant (comparative)
most vegetant (superlative)


trepopnea

en-noun

trepopnea (usually uncountable, plural trepopneas)

trepopneas (plural)
trepopnoea (alternative)

/tɹɛpəʊpˈniːə/

Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō, “I turn”) + -pnea.

(pathology) Dyspnea that is sensed while lying on one side but not on the other.


hemimelia

hemimelia (countable and uncountable, plural hemimelias)

From hemi- and Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) and -ia.

(pathology) The congenital absence of part of one or more limbs. With legs, usually clarified as pedal (foot), fibular (outer lower leg), tibial (inner lower leg), or full hemimelia. With arms, usually clarified as manual, radial, ulnar, or full hemimelia.


DTD

DTD (countable and uncountable, plural DTDs)

dissociative trance disorder
dissociative trance disorder#English

(pathology, psychology) Initialism of dissociative trance disorder.


hesitation wound

hesitation wound (plural hesitation wounds)

(pathology, criminology) Any of a series of shallow cuts made by a person considering a suicide attempt, or trying out the weapon to ascertain its effectiveness.


sand boil

The boils called sand boils, which form on the front of the knee, are generally produced by small particles of sand being rubbed beneath the skin when the men are kneeling to holystone the decks. Very troublesome sores are thus produced. Great care should, therefore, be taken never to kneel with the bare knees upon a sanded deck. In treating a sand boil, all particles of sand must be removed, wet compresses applied for a day or two, the leg kept at rest, dry lint and adhesive plaster being afterwards used.

1861, T[homas] Spencer Wells, “Boils”, in The Scale of Medicines with which Merchant Vessels are to be Furnished, by Command of the Privy Council for Trade; with Observations on the Means of Preserving the Health of Seamen; Directions for the Use of the Medicines, and for the Treatment of Various Accidents and Diseases, 2nd edition, London: John Churchill, New Burlington Street, page 92:

(pathology, rare) A boil which forms when sand particles enter and irritate the skin.


gonorrhoeic

gonorrheic (alternative)
gonorrhœic (alternative)
gonorrhoic (alternative)

(pathology) Related to gonorrhoea; pertaining to gonorrhea.


postherpes

(pathology) Following infection with herpes.


throat distemper

throat distemper (countable and uncountable, plural throat distempers)

(pathology, obsolete) Any of several potentially fatal human diseases that have their most visible symptoms affecting the throat.


gonarthritis

(pathology) inflammation of the joint of the knee


ephelis

Borrowed from Latin ephēlis, from Ancient Greek ἔφηλῐς (éphēlĭs, “a freckle”), from ἐπ- (ep-, “upon, over, epi-”) + ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos, “the sun”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, nominal suffix).

af

(dermatology, pathology) Synonym of freckle.


iodism

en-noun

iodism (usually uncountable, plural iodisms)


ischialgia

From New Latin ischialgia, from Latin ischion + -algia.

(pathology) pain in the region of the ischium; sciatica


EHEC

The news media regale us with horror stories about dangerous flu viruses, multidrug-resistant superbugs, and EHEC-contaminated food.

2015, Giulia Enders, translated by David Shaw, Gut, Scribe, published 2016, page 211:

(pathology) Initialism of enterohemorrhagic E. coli.

Shigatoxigenic and verotoxigenic Escherichia coli


stridulous

en-adj

stridulous (comparative more stridulous, superlative most stridulous)

more stridulous (comparative)
most stridulous (superlative)

From Latin stridulus (“creaking, giving a shrill sound”), from stridere (“to utter an inarticulate sound, creak, grate”).


girus

Blend of giant + virus; coined by J M Claverie, H Ogata, S Audic, C Abergel, K Suhre, P E Fournier, in a 2006 paper in Virus Research (DOI 10.1016/j.virusres.2006.01.008).

nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus
nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus

(virology) a type of giant virus, a giant nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus (giant NCLDV)


NCLDV

nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus#English

(virology) Initialism of nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus.


giant virus

(virology) Any virus with more than 300,000 base pairs in its genome (genomic nucleic acid coding).


tick-borne encephalitis

central nervous system
central nervous system

(pathology) A viral infectious disease of the central nervous system borne by ticks, which most often manifests as meningitis, encephalitis, or meningoencephalitis.


prosector's wart

en-noun

prosector's wart (plural prosector's warts)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis#Translingual

(pathology) a rash, verruca necrogenica, of small, red papular nodules in the skin caused by inoculation with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a previously infected and immunocompetent person.


apnoeal

apnœal (alternative)
apneal (alternative)

(pathology) Of or characterized by apnoea.


haemorrhagia

hæmorrhagia (alternative)
hemorrhagia (alternative)

(pathology) Any of several hemorrhagic fevers.


blennorrhoea

blennorrhoea (countable and uncountable, plural blennorrhoeas)

blennorrhoeas (plural)
blennorrhœa (alternative)
blennorrhea (alternative)

From Ancient Greek βλέννος (blénnos, “mucus, slime”) with ῥοία (rhoía, “flow, flux”).


arenaviral

en-adj

arenaviral (comparative more arenaviral, superlative most arenaviral)

more arenaviral (comparative)
most arenaviral (superlative)

(virology) Of or pertaining to arenaviruses.


polyspermia

(pathology) An abnormally profuse production of semen


laryngorrhoea

laryngorrhœa (alternative)
laryngorrhea (alternative)

(pathology) An excessive secretion from a larynx; abnormal mucous discharge of a larynx.


polyoncosis

(pathology) The formation of multiple tumours


penton

A pentagonal capsomere of an adenovirus capsid.


spectrum disorder

en-noun

spectrum disorder (plural spectrum disorders)

However, there is no reliable evidence on the incidence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the United Kingdom.

2007 June 9, Lisa Hitchen, “Doctors advise women not to drink alcohol during pregnancy”, in British Medical Journal, volume 334, number 7605, page 1186:

Today, many researchers believe that compulsive buying should be considered as exhibiting elements of both obsessive-compulsive and impulse-control disorders, calling this theory obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder.

2008 Dec., Nancy M. Ridgway at al., "Doctors advise women not to drink alcohol during pregnancy," vol. 35, no. 4, p. 623

[T]he proportion of relatives shown as affected with schizophrenia actually consists of definite plus uncertain diagnoses of schizophrenia plus a hard-to-define category of "schizophrenia spectrum disorder".

1975, R. N. Curnow, Charles Smith, “Multifactorial Models for Familial Diseases in Man”, in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, volume 138, number 2, page 165:

(medicine, psychology, pathology) A physiological or psychological disorder which may take any of a range of forms or be indicated by any of a range of symptoms.


hemangiopericytoma

hemangiopericytoma (plural hemangiopericytomas or hemangiopericytomata)

hemangiopericytomas (plural)
hemangiopericytomata (plural)

From hemangiopericyte + -oma (“neoplastic tumor”), the former from hemangio- + pericyte.

affix

The cause was hemangiopericytoma, a rare vascular cancer, said his wife, Dizzy Cox.

2009 April 19, Margalit Fox, “Michael Cox, Editor and Author of ‘The Meaning of Night,’ Dies at 60”, in New York Times:

(oncology) A sarcoma of the soft tissue that originates in the pericytes in the walls of capillaries.


morbillivirus

Eighty percent tested positive for morbillivirus, which can cause serious disease in some animals and humans.

2009 May 6, The Associated Press, “Washington: Threat to Otters”, in New York Times:

Any of the genus Morbillivirus of viruses.


D-MER

dysphoric milk ejection reflex
dysphoric milk ejection reflex#English

(clinical psychology) Initialism of dysphoric milk ejection reflex.


dysphoric milk ejection reflex

en-noun

dysphoric milk ejection reflex (uncountable)

milk ejection reflex
milk ejection reflex

(clinical psychology) A brief dysphoria just prior to the milk ejection reflex.


arthrogrypotic

(pathology, teratology) Of, pertaining to or affected with arthrogryposis.


track marks

When a patient has copious track marks demonstrating severe circulatory system damage, injections are done by drilling into the bone marrow and administering medicine intraosseously.

(medicine, pathology) The conspicuous signs of artery and vein damage as a result of chronic intravenous injection of drugs.


hepatitis D

hepatitis delta virus
hepatitis delta virus

(medicine, pathology) An acute form of hepatitis, transmitted by blood, sexual contact, and body fluids, and caused by the hepatitis delta virus.


PFPS

patella femoral pain syndrome
patella femoral pain syndrome#English

(pathology) Initialism of patella femoral pain syndrome.


patella femoral pain syndrome

patella femoral pain syndrome (uncountable)

(sports, pathology) A sports injury causing chronic pain in the kneecap.


metralgia

From metr- (“of or relating to the womb”) + -algia (“pain”).

affix

(pathology) pain in or near the uterus (womb).


megadontia

Dens in dente, peg-shaped lateral incisors, microdontia, megadontia, fusion, gemination and connation, talon cusp, taurodontism, etc. Recognised by their appearance

2008, R. A. Cawson, E. W. Odell, Cawson's Essentials of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, 8th edition, Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, page 22:

Isolated megadontia in the permanent dentition has been estimated to occur in approximately 1% of patients. The condition may be symmetrical. Generalized megadontia has been reported in association with pituitary gigantism, unilateral facial hyperplasia, and hereditary gingival fibromatosis.

2012, P. J. M. Crawford, M. J. Aldred, “Anomalies of tooth formation and eruption”, in Richard Welbury, Monty S. Duggal, Marie Thérèse Hosey, editors, Paediatric Dentistry, 4th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 257:

With the thresholds added on the curves it also accounts for the higher prevalences of hypodontia and microdontia in females and the higher prevalences of megadontia and supernumeraries in males.

2014, AH Brook, J Jernvall, RN Smith, TE Hughes, GC Townsend, “The dentition: the outcomes of morphogenesis leading to variations of tooth number, size and shape”, in Australian Dental Journal, volume 59, number s1, page 136:


pyuria

Pyuria may result from suppuration in any part of the urinary system, or from an abscess opening into the urinary tract.

1903, Thomas Kirkpatrick Monro, Manual of Medicine, page 516:

The Sternheimer-Malbin stain is useful in diagnosis of pyelonephritis, and of even more help in differential diagnosis of the pyurias.

1955, John Henry Cunningham, Oswald Swinney Lowsley, The Year Book of Urology, page 122:

2003, Rabih O. Darouiche, Chapter 15: Infection and Spinal Cord Injury, in Vernon W. Lin, Diana D. Cardenas, Frederick Frost, Nancy C. Cutter, Robert Waters, Spinal Cord Medicine: Principles and Practice, page 202,
The nonspecificity of the finding of pyuria, like bacteriuria, can also hamper the diagnosis of UTI. Pyuria reflects an inflammation of the uromucosal lining and may signal the transition from bladder colonization to symptomatic UTI. However, pyuria can also be caused bt a variety of noninfectious conditions […] .

2006, Vicki Figen, Chapter 31: Dysuria and Pyuria, in Peter Manu, Raymond E. Suarez, Barbara J. Barnett (editors), Handbook of Medicine in Psychiatry, page 287,
Pyuria is the presence of white blood cells (WBCs) in the urine. Pyuria alone does not indicate a urinary tract infection (UTI).

(medicine, pathology) The presence of pus in the urine.


Kussmaul breathing

(pathology) A form of labored breathing and hyperventilation associated with metabolic acidosis, renal failure, and diabetes.

respiração de Kussmaul

labored breathing associated with metabolic acidosis, renal failure, and diabetes


hysterogenic

en-adj

hysterogenic (comparative more hysterogenic, superlative most hysterogenic)

more hysterogenic (comparative)
most hysterogenic (superlative)

He was delighted, for instance, to discover hysterogenic points, zones of hypersensitivity which, when fingered, provoked an attack; it confirmed his conviction of the reality of ‘latent hysteria’.

1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 495:


hypochloremia

en-noun

hypochloremia (usually uncountable, plural hypochloremias)

hypochloremias (plural)
hypochloraemia (alternative)

By surface analysis, hypo- + chlor- + -emia.

surf

(medicine) An electrolyte disturbance whereby there is an abnormally depleted level of the chloride ion in the blood.


CTE

en-noun

CTE (countable and uncountable, plural CTEs)

(pathology, neurology) Initialism of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.


chronic traumatic encephalopathy

chronic traumatic encephalopathy (plural chronic traumatic encephalopathies)

chronic traumatic encephalopathies (plural)

(medicine, pathology, neurology) A progressive degenerative disease found in individuals who have been subjected to multiple concussions and other forms of head injury.


bloodloss

Red blood cells with or without cryosupernatant plasma depending on volume need were given to compensate for bloodloss.

2012, P. Fondu, O. Thijs, Haemostatic Failure in Liver Disease, →ISBN, page 122:

Thus, bloodloss also revealed in rabbits subjected to prolonged Fe administration certain changes in leucopoiesis, especially in lymphopoiesis.

2013, A. A. Letavet, E. B. Kurlyandskaya, The Toxicology of Radioactive Substances: Volume 3.59, →ISBN, page 82:

An important problem is the coagulation abnormalities, intrinsic to the deterioration of liver function, with subsequent massive peroperative bloodloss.

2013, C.H. Gips, R.A. Krom, Progress in Liver Transplantation, →ISBN, page 5:

(pathology) alternative form of blood loss.


upshoot

(pathology) An involuntary upward movement of the eye


air embolism

Lieutenant Axel suspected an air embolism, meaning that Savino had taken a breath and held it before they’d pulled him up. As the pressure around him dropped to sea level, the pressure exerted by the air inside his lungs would have mounted until a bubble was expelled into his bloodstream. It would travel through veins and arteries until it lodged in a passage too small to pass through―in Savino’s case, one bringing blood to the brain. Air embolisms were often deadly, but Savino had survived.

2017, Jennifer Egan, Manhattan Beach, Corsair, page 290:

(pathology) condition caused by bubbles of gas in a vascular system.


otopathy

otopathy (countable and uncountable, plural otopathies)


epiglottitis

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(pathology) Inflammation of the epiglottis.


hyperchromatism

hyperchromatism (usually uncountable, plural hyperchromatisms)

(pathology) An elevated level of chromatin in the skin


arboviral

(pathology, virology) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an arbovirus.

arboviral

pertaining to or caused by the arbovirus


encystation

encystation (countable and uncountable, plural encystations)


arsenicism

(pathology) A disease produced by arsenic poisoning.

arsenicismo

a diseased condition produced by gradual arsenic poisoning


campylobacterosis

(pathology) A gastrointestinal condition characterized by diarrhea etc., caused by eating raw or unpasteurised food contaminated with campylobacteria.


peridontitis

(pathology) inflammation and infection of the periodontium


blood cancer

blood cancer (countable and uncountable, plural blood cancers)

Leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma are the principal types of blood cancer.

(oncology) A form of cancer that attacks blood, bone marrow, or lymphatic system.


hypercortisonemia

(pathology) An excessive amount of cortisol in the blood


valvopathy

(pathology) disease or malfunction of the valves of the heart


oligoarticular

(pathology) That affects a few joints of the body


monoarticular

/ˈmɒnəʊ̯ɑːˌtɪkjʊlə/

/ˌmɒnəʊ̯ɑːˈtɪkjʊlə/

/ˈmɔnəwɑːˌtɪkjələ/

/ˌmɔnəwɑːˈtɪkjələ/

/ˈmɑnowɑːɹˌtɪkjələɹ/

/ˌmɑnowɑːɹˈtɪkjələɹ/

monoarticular arthritis

(pathology) Affecting a single joint of the body.


autoinflammatory

(pathology) Describing any inflammatory disease that arises in the absence of pathogens, antibodies etc.


enterohemorrhagic

en-adj

enterohemorrhagic (comparative more enterohemorrhagic, superlative most enterohemorrhagic)

more enterohemorrhagic (comparative)
most enterohemorrhagic (superlative)

(pathology) That causes hemorrhage within the intestines


hypercontractile

hypercontractile (comparative more hypercontractile, superlative most hypercontractile)

more hypercontractile (comparative)
most hypercontractile (superlative)

(pathology, of the heart muscles) Excessively contractile


insulitis

islands of Langerhans
islands of Langerhans

(pathology) inflammation of the islands of Langerhans


lithogenesis

(pathology) The formation of calculi (stony concretions).


nonrotavirus

(virology) Not pertaining to rotaviruses; nonrotaviral.


nonrotavirus

nonrotaviruses (plural)
non-rotavirus (alternative)

(virology) That which is not a rotavirus.


paratuberculosis

(pathology) A disease similar to tuberculosis in which the living bacillus is not present


typhlocolitis

en-noun

typhlocolitis (usually uncountable, plural typhlocolitides)

(pathology) inflammation of both the cecum and the colon


anetoderma

anetoderma (countable and uncountable, plural anetodermas)

(pathology) A form of atrophoderma in which the skin becomes wrinkled.


angiofibroma

angiofibroma (plural angiofibromas or angiofibromata)

angiofibromas (plural)
angiofibromata (plural)

(pathology) A benign neoplasm that affects fibrous tissue.


choroiditis

choroiditis (countable and uncountable, plural choroiditides)

(pathology) Inflammation of the choroid.


elastoma

(pathology) Any tumour formed of elastic tissue


embryocardia

embryocardia (usually uncountable, plural embryocardias)

(pathology) A symptom of myocardial disease in which the cadence of the heart sounds resembles that of a foetus


fibromatosis

fibromatosis (countable and uncountable, plural fibromatoses)

(pathology) The presence of multiple fibromas.


haemangiofibroma

haemangiofibromas (plural)
hemangiofibroma (alternative)


jejunoileitis

(pathology) inflammation of the jejunum and the ilium


blennorrhagic

(pathology) of or relating to blennorrhoea


kabure

Borrowed from Japanese 気触れ (kabure, “rash”).

Schistosoma japonicum
Schistosoma japonicum#Translingual

(pathology) A form of schistosomiasis caused by infection with Schistosoma japonicum.


onyalai

(pathology) A form of thrombocytopenia found in Central Africa.


kaliuresis

(pathology) The presence of (an excessive amount of) potassium in the urine


kaodzera

(pathology) A form of trypanosomiasis prevalent in Zimbabwe.


kaolinosis

(pathology) A form of pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of clay dust


varicelliform

en-adj

varicelliform (comparative more varicelliform, superlative most varicelliform)

more varicelliform (comparative)
most varicelliform (superlative)

(pathology) That resembles a varicella (chicken pox) rash


autolysate

autolysates (plural)
autolyzate (alternative)

From autolyse + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

(biochemistry, organic chemistry, pathology) Any product of autolysis.


pseudotuberculosis

Translingual: Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

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(pathology) Any of several diseases that have the appearance of tuberculosis, but are caused by organisms other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis.


bronchophony

(pathology) A modification of the voice sounds observed in auscultation of the chest; used as a diagnostic test


paracusis

en-noun

paracusis (countable and uncountable, plural paracuses)

(pathology) Impaired or incorrect hearing.


pseudosclerosis

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(pathology) A disease resembling multiple sclerosis but in which the characteristic lesions are absent


bigeminy

bigeminy (countable and uncountable, plural bigeminies)

(pathology) The alternation of one normal heartbeat and one premature heartbeat.


cephalodactyly

(pathology) malformation of the head and the digits


ketoaciduria

ketoaciduria (usually uncountable, plural ketoacidurias)

(pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine


ketosuria

(pathology) The presence of ketones in the urine


choroidopathy

(pathology) noninflammatory degenerative disease of the choroid


abenteric

From Latin ab- (“away from”) Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”) + -ic.

der

(pathology) Relating to organs outside of the intestine.


abrachiocephalia

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βραχίων (brakhíōn, “arm”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -ia.

(pathology) acephalobrachia; abrachiocephaly; a congenital absence of arms and head.


abrachiocephaly

(pathology) congenital absence of arms and head


acalculous

(pathology) Not affected with, or caused by calculi (e.g. gallstones)


acampsia

From Ancient Greek ἀκαμψία (akampsía, “inflexibility”) (from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κάμπτω (kámptō, “bend”)).


acanthamoebiasis

en-noun

acanthamoebiasis (countable and uncountable, plural acanthamoebiases)

Acanthamoeba + -iasis (“disease caused by”)

(pathology) A rare infection by amoebas of the genus Acanthamoeba.


acanthocephaliasis

From translingual Acanthocephala + -iasis (“disease produced by”).

suffix

(pathology) A disease caused by infection by Acanthocephala worms.


acanthocytosis

From acanthocyte + -osis (“disease caused by”).

(pathology) The presence of acanthocytes in the blood.


acanthorrhexis

(pathology) rupture of intercellular bridges of the prickle cell layer of the epidermis (stratum spinosum), as in eczema or allergic contact dermatitis


hypocarbia

(pathology) A reduced concentration of carbon dioxide/bicarbonate in the blood.


acarodermatitis

(pathology) inflammation of the skin caused by mites


acatalasaemia

(pathology) The absence (or a greatly reduced amount) of catalase in the blood


acatamathesia

(pathology) A loss of the ability to understand, especially to understand speech


acataphasia

(pathology) A loss of the ability to express oneself using organized syntax


acathexia

(pathology) The abnormal release of (inability to retain) secretions


acathexis

(pathology) The loss of the ability to respond emotionally


babesiasis

en-noun

babesiasis (countable and uncountable, plural babesiases)

(pathology) Alternative form of babesiosis


aortitis

aortitis (countable and uncountable, plural aortitides or aortitises)

In other maternal heart disease we had 7 aortitises, 5 cardiomyopathies, 1 primary pulmonary hypertension, angina pectoris with familial hyperrholesterolaemia and pericarditis.

1986, Kazuo Maeda, Kazuo Okuyama, Yoshihiko Takeda, Recent advances in perinatology:

The presence of inflammatory cells in the aortic media or adventitia is indicative of aortitis.

2008, José Biller, The Interface of Neurology & Internal Medicine, →ISBN, page 106:

Aortitis can affect any site in the aorta but has a predilection for the ascending aorta with a tendency to cause dilatation, aneurysms and aortic valve insufficiency (Figs. 42.1 and 42.2).

2010, Allen P. Burke, Fabio Tavora, Practical Cardiovascular Pathology, →ISBN, page 419:


subspinous

subspinous dislocation of the humerus

(pathology) Situated beneath a spinous process, such as that of the scapula.


yersiniosis

(pathology) A disease caused by infection by a bacterium of the genus Yersinia, especially Yersinia enterocolitica.


acheilia

(pathology) A congenital absence of lips, liplessness


achillobursitis

(pathology) inflammation of a bursa near the Achilles tendon


achlorhydric

en-adj

achlorhydric (comparative more achlorhydric, superlative most achlorhydric)

more achlorhydric (comparative)
most achlorhydric (superlative)

(pathology) Of or pertaining to achlorhydria


quadriparesis

(pathology) weakness or paralysis in all four limbs


acholuria

From a- + choluria = a- + chol(e)- + -uria.

(pathology) A lack of bile pigments in the urine


choluria

(pathology) The presence of bile pigments in the urine.


acholuric

acholuric (comparative more acholuric, superlative most acholuric)

more acholuric (comparative)
most acholuric (superlative)

(pathology) Of or pertaining to acholuria


choluric

choluric (comparative more choluric, superlative most choluric)

more choluric (comparative)
most choluric (superlative)

(pathology) Of or pertaining to choluria


achoresis

en-noun

achoresis (countable and uncountable, plural achoreses)

From Ancient Greek *ἀχώρησις (*akhṓrēsis) , from χωρέω (khōréō, “have room for”). Compare Greek χωρητικότητα (choritikótita, “capacity”).

cog

χωρητικότητα

(pathology) A diminished capacity of any of the hollow viscera (such as the bladder or stomach).


achrestic

en-adj

achrestic (comparative more achrestic, superlative most achrestic)

more achrestic (comparative)
most achrestic (superlative)

(pathology) Lacking the ability to utilize a vitamin


achromaturia

(pathology) The lack of pigments (especially bile pigments) in the urine


achromoderma

(pathology) A lack of pigmentation in the skin


aclasia

en-noun

aclasia (countable and uncountable, plural aclasias)

(pathology) A lack of a physical distinction between normal and pathological tissue.


acleistocardia

(pathology) The inability of the foramen ovale of the heart to close properly


acmesthesia

From Ancient Greek ακμή (akmḗ, “point, tip”) + -esthesia.

af

(pathology) The sensitivity of the skin to a sharp point (such as a pinprick)


acneform

(pathology, especially of a rash) Resembling acne


acneiform

(pathology) Alternative form of acneform


melas

From Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black”).

(medicine, obsolete) Synonym of leprosy, particularly contagious forms causing dark spots on the skin.

(medicine, uncommon) Synonym of melasma.


senology

(pathology) The branch of pathology that deals with disorders of the breast.


choreic

en-adj

choreic (comparative more choreic, superlative most choreic)

more choreic (comparative)
most choreic (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting chorea


choreal

choreal (comparative more choreal, superlative most choreal)

more choreal (comparative)
most choreal (superlative)


hemosiderosis

en-noun

hemosiderosis (usually uncountable, plural hemosideroses)

hemosideroses (plural)
haemosiderosis (alternative)
hæmosiderosis (alternative)

/ˌhiːməʊsɪdəˈɹəʊsɪs/

(pathology) An abnormal deposit of hemosiderin


acorea

(pathology) the congenital absence of the pupil in an eye


acormus

(pathology) Having a head but no (or a rudimentary) body


acouasm

acouasm (usually uncountable, plural acouasms)

(pathology) The perception of ringing, buzzing or hissing sounds that are not really present.


acousmatamnesia

(pathology) The inability to remember sounds.


acranius

(pathology) A foetus in which the cranium is absent or not properly developed


PRRSV

w:Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus

Initialism of Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus., a virus that causes a disease of pigs called porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS).


bacillaemia

(pathology) The presence of bacilli in the bloodstream


sycosis

From Ancient Greek σῦκον (sûkon, “a fig”) + -osis.

(pathology) A pustular eruption that affects the scalp or the bearded part of the face


neurotmesis

(neurology, pathology) A severe form of nerve injury in which both the axon and its encapsulating connective tissue lose their continuity.


ferriprive

en-adj

ferriprive (comparative more ferriprive, superlative most ferriprive)

more ferriprive (comparative)
most ferriprive (superlative)

(pathology) Suffering from a deficiency of iron


pseudohyperaldosteronism

Eating large amounts of liquorice can lead to pseudohyperaldosteronism.

(pathology) A medical condition that mimics hyperaldosteronism.


macroadenoma

en-noun

macroadenoma (plural macroadenomas or macroadenomata)

macroadenomas (plural)
macroadenomata (plural)

(pathology) An adenoma that is larger than about a centimetre.


macroamylasaemia

(pathology) The presence of macroamylase in the blood, especially when accompanying hyperamylasaemia


mycobacteriosis

(pathology) infection by a mycobacterium


splenalgia

From Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”) + -algia.

(pathology) Pain in the region of the spleen.


apathogenic

Reston virus is thought to be apathogenic for humans.


saccharephidrosis

(pathology) The presence of sugars (especially glucose) in the sweat.


saccharopinuria

(pathology) The presence of (elevated amounts of) saccharopine in the urine


saccharosuria

(obsolete, pathology) The presence of saccharose in the urine.


zuckergussleber

(pathology) hyaloserositis, frosted liver


acroagnosis

(pathology) The loss of the sensory recognition of a limb


acroanaesthesia

(pathology) Loss of sensation in the extremities


acroarthritis

(pathology) arthritis in the joints of the hands or feet


acroasphyxia

(pathology) Impaired circulation to the fingers


acroataxia

(pathology) ataxia that affects the hands and fingers, feet and toes


acrocephalosyndactylia

acrocephalopolysyndactyly (alternative)
acrocephalosyndactyly (alternative)

(teratology) craniosynostosis together with syndactyly


acrocephalous

(pathology) Of or pertaining to acrocephaly


acrocinesia

(pathology) Excessive movement of the limbs


acrokinesia

(pathology) Alternative form of acrocinesia


acrocontracture

(pathology) contracture of the joints of the hands or feet


acrodermatitis

(pathology) dermatitis that affects the hands and feet


acrodermatosis

acrodermatosis (countable and uncountable, plural acrodermatoses)

(pathology) dermatosis that affects the hands or feet


acrodysesthesia

(pathology) dysesthesia that affects the hands and feet


acrodysostosis

(pathology) dysostosis that affects the joints of the hands or feet


acroaesthesia

(pathology) hyperaesthesia, especially that affects the hands or feet


acrofacial

(anatomy, pathology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting the face and the hands or feet


acrogeria

(pathology) The appearance of senility in the hands or feet.


acrognosis

(pathology) Normal sensory perception (cenesthesia) of the hands and feet


acrohyperhidrosis

(pathology) hyperhidrosis that affects the hands and feet


acrokeratoelastoidosis

acrokeratoelastoidosis (usually uncountable, plural acrokeratoelastoidoses)

(pathology) keratoelastoidosis of the palms of the hands or the soles of the feet


keratoelastoidosis

(pathology) hyperkeratosis and degeneration of the elastic tissue of the skin


acrokeratosis

acrokeratosis (countable and uncountable, plural acrokeratoses)

(pathology) keratosis of the fingers and toes


acroleukopathy

(pathology) leukopathy of the hands and feet


leukopathy

leukopathy (countable and uncountable, plural leukopathies)

leukopathies (plural)
leucopathy (alternative)


acromegalogigantism

(pathology) A form of gigantism in which the face and the extremities are both enlarged.


acromelalgia

(pathology) melalgia of the hands or feet


acromelic

(anatomy, pathology) Affecting the hands or feet.


trypanosomid

(pathology) A skin lesion resulting from trypanosomiasis


lionism

From lion (“big cat (Panthera leo); (figurative) famous person regarded with interest and curiosity; person who shows attributes associated with the lion such as courage, ferocity, or strength”) + -ism (suffix forming names of schools of thought, systems, or theories, or of tendencies of action, behaviour, condition, state, condition, or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons).
Sense 1 (“19th-century practice of bringing an interesting person or object into one’s home as entertainment for visitors; state of being such a person or object”) refers to the lions previously on display at a menagerie in the Tower of London, which existed till the 19th century. Sense 4 refers to the Lion of Judah, a hereditary title of Haile Selassie I (1892–1975), the Emperor of Ethiopia, who is revered by some members of the Rastafari movement as the messiah; the lion is thus a symbol of Rastafarianism.

affix

(pathology) The state of a person having a leonine facies, that is, facial features which resemble those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes leontiasis (“a medical condition characterized by an overgrowth of the cranial and facial bones”).


gemistocyte

(pathology) A swollen, reactive astrocyte, usually appearing during acute injury and gradually shrinking in size


sudamen

(pathology) A small blister beneath the skin due to retention of fluid in a sweat follicle, or in the epidermis


blackwater fever

(pathology) A complication of malaria in which red blood cells burst in the bloodstream, consequently coloring the urine dark red or black.