spermatorrhoea

spermatorrhoea (countable and uncountable, plural spermatorrhoeas)

/spə(ɹ)ˌmætəˈɹiːə/

The indulgence of illicit pleasures, says Dr. S. Pancoast, sooner or later is sure to entail the most loathsome diseases on their votaries. Among these diseases are Gonorrhoea, Syphilis, Spermatorrhoea (waste of semen by daily and nightly involuntary emissions), […]

1920, B. G. Jefferis, J. L. Nichols, “Sexual Proprieties and Improprieties”, in Searchlights on Health:

Sure, masturbation is unhealthy, Lallemand wrote. But so is the unintentional loss of semen, which he called spermatorrhea.

2001, David M Friedman, A Mind of its Own, Robert Hale, published 2009, page 70:

(medicine) Abnormal emission of the semen without copulation.


cachaemia

en-noun

cachaemia (countable and uncountable, plural cachaemias)

From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ia.

(medicine, obsolete) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.


lyterian

en-adj

lyterian (comparative more lyterian, superlative most lyterian)

more lyterian (comparative)
most lyterian (superlative)

Ancient Greek λυτήριος (lutḗrios, “pertaining to healing”). Compare lysis.

uder

(medicine, obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to lysis

lyterian stage

lyterian epidemic

(medicine, obsolete) at the end of a disease.


spanaemia

en-noun

spanaemia (usually uncountable, plural spanaemias)

From Ancient Greek σπᾰνός (spănós, “rare, scarce”) + -aemia.

der

(medicine, archaic) A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient.


spirography

(medicine) The measurement of breathing movements.


aminogram

(biochemistry, genetics) A diagram that shows the amino acid composition of a peptide or protein


osteochondrodysplasia

(pathology) Any disorder that affects the development of bone and cartilage.


vermiformis

vermiform appendix
vermiform appendix#English


spinocerebellum

(anatomy) The vermis, together with parts of the hemispheres of the brain; it regulates body movement


xeransis

en-noun

xeransis (countable and uncountable, plural xeranses)


xeromenia

(obsolete, pathology) The absence of menses during a menstrual period.


xeromycteria

From xero- + Ancient Greek μυκτήρ (muktḗr, “nostril, nose”) + -ia.

uder

(pathology) Dryness of the nasal mucous membrane.


hemispatial neglect

(medicine) an inability to pay attention to sensory stimuli to one side of the body's awareness zone, as a result of damage to the parietal lobe on the right or left side of the brain, often as a result of a stroke.


xerotes

(pathology) A general dryness of the body.


parorchis

(anatomy, archaic) The part of the epididymis, or the corresponding part of the excretory duct of the testicle, that is derived from the Wolffian body.


cryptoglandular

(anatomy, pathology) Relating to anal glands and anal crypts


immunoadjuvant

(immunology) Any substance added to a vaccine in order to improve the immune response.


leiomyomatosis

en-noun

leiomyomatosis (countable and uncountable, plural leiomyomatoses)

(pathology) The presence of leiomyomata in the body.


morcellation

morcellation (countable and uncountable, plural morcellations)

(surgery) The breaking into small pieces prior to removal.


morcellator

(surgery) An instrument used in morcellation


pseudoexfoliation

pseudoexfoliation (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoexfoliations)

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(pathology) A form of exfoliation, especially in the eyes, in which the surface layer is not actually detached.


semitendinosus

(anatomy) A fusiform muscle (one of the hamstrings) in the back of the thigh.


superintegron

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(genetics) An integron with a long gene cassette array


tenocyte

(cytology) An elongated fibroblast cell found in tendons


vesicorectal

vesicorectal fistulas

(biology, medicine) Relating to the urinary bladder and the rectum, usually with reference to a fistula therebetween.

rectovesical

of or pertaining to the rectum and bladder


vesicoanal

(anatomy) Relating to the bladder and anus.


Pickwickian

en-adj

Pickwickian (comparative more Pickwickian, superlative most Pickwickian)

more Pickwickian (comparative)
most Pickwickian (superlative)

From Pickwick + -ian, from The Pickwick Papers (1836) by Charles Dickens, in which members of the Pickwick Club explain away unparliamentary language as having been uttered "in the Pickwickian sense".

This pattern of EEG and respiratory changes has been observed during both diurnal and nocturnal sleep in Pickwickian patients.

1975, Morton F. Reiser, Organic disorders and psychosomatic medicine, volume 4, page 866:

Pickwickian syndrome
Pickwickian syndrome

(medicine) Having, or relating to, Pickwickian syndrome.


obesity hypoventilation syndrome

en-noun

obesity hypoventilation syndrome (plural obesity hypoventilation syndromes)

obesity hypoventilation syndromes (plural)

(medicine) A condition in which a severely overweight person fails to breathe rapidly or deeply enough, resulting in low blood oxygen levels and high blood carbon dioxide levels.


epitheliopathy

epitheliopathy (countable and uncountable, plural epitheliopathies)


FLOX

(medicine) Acronym of fluorouracil, leucovorin and oxaliplatin: a chemotherapy regimen against colon cancer.


microvariant

(genetics) An allele that contains an incomplete repeat unit.


elastosis

elastosis (countable and uncountable, plural elastoses)

(pathology) The degeneration of elastic tissue.


hepatotactic

(physiology) That travels towards the liver


phylactic

en-adj

phylactic (comparative more phylactic, superlative most phylactic)

more phylactic (comparative)
most phylactic (superlative)

(medicine) That protects (against disease)


phylaxis

From Ancient Greek φύλαξις (phúlaxis, “watching, guarding”).

bor

(medicine) Protection against infectious disease.


poikiloderma

(pathology) An atrophy of the skin that is accompanied by a mottled pigmentation

bullous acrokeratotic poikiloderma of Kindler and Weary


agnogenic

/æɡnəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/

From a- + Latin gnōscō (“know”) + -genic.


oligophrenia

en-noun

oligophrenia (countable and uncountable, plural oligophrenias)

/ˌɒlɪɡoʊˈfɹiːnɪə/

/ˌɒlɪɡoʊˈfɹɛ.ni.ə/

/ˌɒlɪɡəˈfɹiː.ni.ə/

From Ancient Greek ὀλίγοι (olígoi, “few”) + Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, “mind, soul”).

affix

(pathology) subnormal mental development


chemosusceptibility

(medicine) The susceptibility of a microorganism to the chemical action of an antibiotic


glycomimetic

(organic chemistry, medicine) That mimics the structure or function of a sugar (or glycoside)


nonprogression

(pathology) An absence of normal progress (of a disease)


phosphomutant

(biochemistry, genetics) A mutant protein that is a phosphoprotein, wherein the mutation changes one or more amino acids modifiable by phosphorylation into non-phosphorylatable residues.


mutant protein

(biochemistry, genetics) Any protein produced via a mutated gene


transdominant

(genetics, of a mutation) That can control the expression of a structural gene on another chromosome


bed blocker

A 72-year-old "bed blocker" was yesterday ordered to vacate the hospital bed he has refused to leave for three years, despite being in good health.

2006 March 7, Jacqueline Maley, “Court evicts NHS 'bed blocker'”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 2012-12-02:

There will also be a fee charged to a "bed blocker"—someone fit for discharge from an acute hospital but reluctant to go until a nursing home place is provided.

2008 October 10, Eilish O'Regan, “Plan aims to ease cost of nursing home care”, in Irish Independent, retrieved 2012-12-02:

Dimitra was slapped with a hospital bill worth $18,238, for taking up an acute car bed for too long. . . . "Maria's mother was desperately ill and needed hospital care and she was treated like a bed blocker."

2012 February 21, “Ontario woman on crusade to demand hospital accountability”, in Global News Toronto, Canada, retrieved 2012-12-02:

(chiefly UK, idiomatic, derogatory, medicine, public policy) An elderly hospitalized person who is too infirm to return home but not sufficiently ill to necessitate continued hospitalization, creating a situation in which his or her hospital stay is prolonged while authorities or relatives search for a suitable placement amid the scarce resources of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.


corticomotor

(physiology) Describing motor functions controlled by the cerebral cortex


inferotemporal

(anatomy) Both inferior and temporal, especially relating to the inferior part of the temporal lobe


psychocutaneous

(pathology) Describing any disorder of the skin that has a psychological cause.


psychodermatologic

(pathology) Describing a disorder of the skin that has a psychological cause; relating to psychodermatology.


resistome

(genetics, medicine) All the genes (in a bacterium) that confer resistance to antibiotics


seroconcordant

(immunology) Of a couple with both partners either HIV positive or HIV negative.

seroconcordant

of a couple with both partners HIV positive or HIV negative


HAP

(medicine, pathology) Abbreviation of hospital-acquired pneumonia.


pseudoscutal

Surface, especially pseudoscutal area, shining, faintly shagreened.

(anatomy) Of or relating to a pseudoscutum.


scleroma

en-noun

scleroma (plural scleromas or scleromata)

From Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”) + -oma.


antiscolic

en-adj

antiscolic (comparative more antiscolic, superlative most antiscolic)

more antiscolic (comparative)
most antiscolic (superlative)

From anti- + Ancient Greek σκώληξ (skṓlēx, “worm”) + -ic.


hematoendothelial

(cytology) Relating to hematopoietic and endothelial cells


desmoplasia

(pathology) A desmoplastic hyperplasia of fibroblasts, found especially in the stroma of a carcinoma


nanosurgery

en-noun

nanosurgery (usually uncountable, plural nanosurgeries)

(surgery) Nanoscale surgery, especially by the use of nanorobots.


cacochymia

From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + χυμός (khumós, “juice”) + -ia.

(medicine, obsolete) A vitiated state of the humours, or bodily fluids.


heterosynaptic

(physiology) Involving different synapses (or groups of synapses); relating to heterosynapsis.


hydrodistention

interstitial cystitis
interstitial cystitis

(surgery) The distention of the bladder (with a saline solution) as part of a test for interstitial cystitis


neuropin

The small diameter fibres are best tested asking the patient to distinguish between the blunt and sharp end of a neuro-pin.

2007, Douglas C. Macdonald, Philip Kelly (MRCP.), Thomas Powles, Success in PACES, 2nd edition:

With the patient's eyes open, touch the sharp end of the neurostick / neuropin on the skin.

2009, Carol Cox, Physical Assessment for Nurses:

Offer to test pain sensation. Use a sterile 'neuropin' and randomly alternate between the blunt and sharp ends.

2009, Ciaran Scott Hill, The Pocket Examiner: A quick medical reference guide for use on the ward:

(medicine) A device used to quantify pain, especially in relation to diabetes.


CCU

CCU (countable and uncountable, plural CCUs)

(countable, medicine) Initialism of cardiac/coronary care unit.

(countable, medicine) Initialism of critical care unit.


arthrodia

From Ancient Greek ἀρθρωδία (arthrōdía), from ἀρθρώδης (arthrṓdēs, “well articulated”).

The radius is connected […] to the carpus by arthrodia.

1813, John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, Pantologia:

(anatomy, probably, archaic) A plane joint

artrodio

articulation in which the surfaces are nearly flat


macrosomic

(pathology) Relating to or affected by macrosomia


hyperemesis gravidarum

hyperemesis gravidarum (plural hyperemeses gravidarum)

From hyperemesis + Latin gravidarum (“pregnant”).

(medicine, pathology) A rare complication of pregnancy, similar to severe morning sickness, sometimes fatal if left untreated.


sclerema

sclerema (plural scleremas or scleremata)

(medicine) induration of the cellular tissue


nasomental

(anatomy) Relating to the nose and chin.


intracervical

Coordinate term: transcervical

(anatomy, medicine) Within the neck (cervix or collum).

(anatomy, medicine) Within the uterine cervix.


radioscaphocapitate

radioscaphocapitate (plural not attested)

(anatomy) The radioscaphoid and radiocapitate of the palmar radiocarpal ligament.


scapholunate

(anatomy) Of or relating to an intraarticular ligament that binds together the scaphoid and lunate bones of the wrist.


unicornuate

en-adj

unicornuate (comparative more unicornuate, superlative most unicornuate)

more unicornuate (comparative)
most unicornuate (superlative)

(medicine) Resembling a single horn, as a malformed uterus may.


uremigenic

uremigenic (comparative more uremigenic, superlative most uremigenic)

more uremigenic (comparative)
most uremigenic (superlative)

(medicine) Causing, or caused by, uremia.


undiversion

en-noun

undiversion (countable and uncountable, plural undiversions)

(medicine) Restoration of the urinary tract to its normal state after a diversion.


uvulotomy

(surgery) Any cutting operation performed on the uvula.


ureterovaginal

(anatomy) Relating to the ureter and vagina.


urethropenile

(anatomy) Relating to the urethra and penis.


urethroperineoscrotal

(anatomy) Relating to the urethra, perineum, and scrotum.


urethroprostatic

(anatomy) Relating to the urethra and prostate.


ureteroureterostomy

(medicine) End-to-end anastomosis of the two portions of a transected ureter.


fibroxanthoma

fibroxanthoma (plural fibroxanthomas or fibroxanthomata)

fibroxanthomas (plural)
fibroxanthomata (plural)

(medicine) A fibrous bone lesion that is usually asymptomatic and discovered as an incidental X-ray finding.


femoroabdominal

(anatomy) Relating to the femur and abdomen.


dysfibrinogenemia

dysfibrinogenemia (countable and uncountable, plural dysfibrinogenemias)

(medicine) Any of a group of autosomal-dominant disorders of qualitatively abnormal fibrinogens.


canthal

The lateral canthal position is normally 2 mm superior to the medial canthal position (i.e., a positive canthal tilt). A negative lateral canthal tilt may indicate descent of the lateral canthus from disinsertion, laxity, or the presence of a prominent eye.

2008 January, Andrew P. Trussler, Rod J. Rohrich, “MOC-PS^(SM) CME Article: Blepharoplasty”, in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, volume 121, number 1S, →DOI, page 2:

(anatomy) Pertaining to a canthus (meeting point of upper and lower eyelid).


underventilation

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vaginovulvar

(anatomy) Relating to the vagina and vulva.


vertebroiliac

(anatomy) Relating to the vertebra and ilium.


vertebropelvic

(anatomy) Relating to the vertebra and pelvis.


vertebrosternal

(anatomy) Relating to the vertebra and sternum.


vertebrofemoral

(anatomy) Relating to the vertebra and femur.


vertebrocostal

(anatomy) Relating to the vertebra and rib.


vertebroarterial

(anatomy) Relating to the vertebra and artery.


vaginovesical

(anatomy) Of or relating to the vagina and urinary bladder.


vermilionectomy

(surgery) The surgical removal of the vermilion border, sometimes performed to treat carcinoma of the lip.


vermilion border

vermilion border (plural vermilion borders)

(anatomy) The normally sharp demarcation between the lip (red-coloured) and the adjacent normal skin, representing the change in the epidermis from highly keratinized external skin to less keratinized internal skin.


vacciniform

en-adj

vacciniform (comparative more vacciniform, superlative most vacciniform)

more vacciniform (comparative)
most vacciniform (superlative)

(medicine) Resembling vaccinia, or cowpox.


vaccinial

(medicine) Relating to vaccinia, or cowpox.


postvaccinial

(medicine) Following vaccinia, or cowpox.


fasciolopsiasis

(medicine) A condition caused by infection by the trematode Fasciolopsis buski, the largest intestinal fluke of humans.


fibrokeratoma

(medicine) A pinkish, hyperkeratotic, horn-like projection.


facetectomy

(surgery) The surgical decompression of a spinal nerve root.


fistulectomy

(surgery) The surgical excision of a fistula.


fibrinogenolysis

(medicine) A condition involving abnormal production of fibrinogen/fibrin degradation products, degradation of coagulation factors V, VIII, IX, XI and/or degradation of the fibrin present in any pre-existing localized thrombi and hemostatic clots.


flavedo

From New Latin flāvēdō (“yellowness, sallowness, yellow color”), derived from Latin flāvus (“yellow, golden”).

bor

(medicine) An obsolete term referring to yellowness or sallowness of the skin or other tissue; it is no longer used in the working medical parlance.


fibroepithelioma

en-noun

fibroepithelioma (plural fibroepitheliomas or fibroepitheliomata)

fibroepitheliomas (plural)
fibroepitheliomata (plural)

(medicine) A cutaneous condition, a subtype of basal cell carcinoma.


fibroleiomyoma

fibroleiomyoma (plural fibroleiomyomas or fibroleiomyomata)

fibroleiomyomas (plural)
fibroleiomyomata (plural)


fibularis

Borrowed from New Latin fībulāris, clipping of mūsculus fībulāris (“fibular muscle”).

clipping

Meronyms: fibularis brevis, fibularis longus, fibularis tertius


framycetin

From (Streptomyces) fra(diae) + (strepto)mycete + -in.


foraminotomy

(surgery) A medical operation used to relieve pressure on nerves that are being compressed by the intervertebral foramina


frontopontine

frontopontine fibers

frontopontine tract

(anatomy) Of or relating to the frontal lobe and the pons; applied to a group of fibers situated in the medial fifth of the base of the cerebral peduncles.


frontoethmoidal

(anatomy) Of or relating to a suture between the ethmoid bone and the frontal bone, located in the anterior cranial fossa.


fundoplication

(surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.


diazo reaction

diazobenzenesulfonic acid
diazobenzenesulfonic acid

(pathology) A red discolouration of the urine on addition of diazobenzenesulfonic acid, indicating typhoid fever.


afibrinogenemia

en-noun

afibrinogenemia (countable and uncountable, plural afibrinogenemias)

(medicine) A blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally due to a lack of, or a malfunction involving, fibrinogen.

afibrinogenemia

a blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally


chyloderma

(medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction


wohlfahrtiosis

(medicine) myiasis caused by Wohlfahrtia magnifica, the spotted flesh fly


wuchereriasis

Wuchereria bancrofti
Wuchereria bancrofti#Translingual

(medicine) infection by the nematode Wuchereria bancrofti


keratoprosthesis

(surgery) A surgical procedure in which a severely damaged or diseased cornea is replaced with an artificial cornea.

(surgery) The artificial cornea used in this procedure.


chondrocalcinosis

(medicine) The radiographic evidence of calcification in hyaline and/or fibrocartilage.


cornu ammonis

From Latin cornū Ammōnis (“Ammon's horn”). See ammonite.

(anatomy, obsolete) The hippocampus of the brain.


enteroception

(physiology) The reception of sensory stimuli from hollow internal organs.


cirsoid

Ancient Greek κιρσός (kirsós, “a dilated vein”) + -oid.


keratoscope

(ophthalmology) An ophthalmic instrument for assessing the shape of the anterior surface of the cornea.


keratoscopy

(ophthalmology) The measurement of the shape of the anterior surface of the cornea.


keratoscleritis

(ophthalmology) Inflammation of the cornea and the sclera of the eye.


scleritis

(ophthalmology) Inflammation of the sclera of the eye.


catagen

(medicine, dermatology) The formation of a club hair as part of the cessation phase of the hair growth cycle.


synucleinopathy

(pathology) Any of a group of diseases associated with abnormal deposition of synuclein.


urocystitis

en-noun

urocystitis (usually uncountable, plural urocystitides)

(medicine) Inflammation of the urinary bladder.


velamentous

From Latin velamentum (“covering, screen”), + -ous.

(medicine) Of or relating to an abnormal condition during pregnancy in which the umbilical cord inserts into the fetal membranes, then travels within the membranes to the placenta, risking rupture of the exposed vessels.


radiculitis

radiculitis (countable and uncountable, plural radiculitides)

(medicine) inflammation of the nerve root, leading to radicular pain


radioulnar

(anatomy) Relating to the radius and ulna; relating to a radioulna


rectopexy

(surgery) surgical fixation of the bowel


rectoperineal

(anatomy) Relating to the rectum and perineum, as (usually, more specifically) a fistula of rectocutaneous type whose cutaneous opening is in the perineal skin.


rectourethral

(anatomy) Relating to the rectum and urethra.


rectovulvar

(anatomy) Relating to the rectum and vulva.


rectococcygeal

(anatomy) Relating to the rectum and coccyx.

(anatomy) Relating to the rectococcygeus muscle.


reticulohistiocytosis

reticulohistiocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural reticulohistiocytoses)

(medicine) A cutaneous condition with two distinct forms: reticulohistiocytoma and multicentric reticulohistiocytosis.


reticulohistiocytoma

reticulohistiocytoma (countable and uncountable, plural reticulohistiocytomas)

(medicine) A cutaneous condition characterized by a solitary, firm, dermal skin lesion of less than 1 cm in diameter.


reticulocytopenia

reticulocytopenia (countable and uncountable, plural reticulocytopenias)

(medicine) An abnormal decrease of reticulocytes in the body.


retromandibular

(anatomy) Of or relating to a vein formed by the union of the superficial temporal and maxillary veins.


radiocarpal

(anatomy) Of or relating to the radius and carpus.


rheoencephalography

(medicine) A technique for continuous registration of cerebral blood flow, using electrodes on the cranium attached to an electronic device called a rheoencephalograph that measures the electrical conductivity of the tissue located between the electrodes.


rhinophyma

rhinophyma (countable and uncountable, plural rhinophymas or rhinophymata)

rhinophymas (plural)
rhinophymata (plural)

From Ancient Greek ῥίς (rhís), ῥινός, "nose" and Ancient Greek φῦμα (phûma), -ατος, "tumour".

An alternative method for the management of rhinophyma is advocated by Gjuric and Rettinger (1993), who used a mono- or bipolar electroknife.

2014, V. Oswal, M. Remacle, S. Jovanvic, Principles and Practice of Lasers in Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, page 472:

(medicine) The condition of having a large, bulbous, ruddy nose caused by granulomatous infiltration, commonly due to untreated rosacea.


rhinosporidiosis

(medicine) infection caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi


reticulocytosis

reticulocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural reticulocytoses)

(medicine) An increase in reticulocytes, commonly seen in anemia.


retroperitoneum

(anatomy) The space in the abdominal cavity behind the peritoneum.


laterocollis

(medicine) The tilting of the head from side to side.


retrocollis

(medicine) The backward tilting of the head.


anterocollis

(medicine) The forward tilting of the head.


ribostamycin

(pharmacology) A particular aminoglycoside antibiotic.


ronidazole

From [Term?] + -nidazole (“metronidazole derivative”).

af

(pharmacology) An antiprotozoal agent used in veterinary medicine for the treatment of histomoniasis and swine dysentery.


rutamycin

(pharmacology) Any of a particular group of related macrolide antibiotics.


rolitetracycline

(pharmacology) A particular tetracycline antibiotic.


rubrospinal

rubrospinal fibres

(anatomy) Of or relating to the rubrospinal tract, part of the nervous system and a major motor control pathway in humans.


Rombergism

(medicine) A swaying or toppling motion in a patient while standing erect with feet together and eyes closed.


Letterer-Siwe disease

Named after Erich Letterer and Sture Siwe.

(medicine, dated) Langerhans cell histiocytosis


rhinencephaly

(pathology) A form of cyclopia where the face is replaced with a non-functioning nose in the form of a proboscis


recalcification

en-noun

recalcification (countable and uncountable, plural recalcifications)

(medicine, dentistry) The restoration of calcium or calcium compounds to a tissue that is decalcified.


ventriculitis

ventriculitis (countable and uncountable, plural ventriculitides)

Ventriculitis in the newborn may be associated with a depressed anterior fontanelle if the infant is dehydrated and it may be full and/or boggy rather than tense and may not become bulging until the very late stages of the disease.

1991, Robert Anthony Minns, Problems of Intracranial Pressure in Childhood, page 198:

Complications of intraventricular administration include shunt infections with S. epidermidis, shunt occlusions, ventriculitides, encephalopathies, and seizures.

2003, Thomas Brandt, Neurological Disorders: Course and Treatment, page 618:

(medicine) Inflammation of the ventricles in the brain.


vesicovaginorectal

(anatomy) Relating to the bladder, vagina, and rectum.


vaginorectal

(anatomy) Relating to the vagina and rectum.


inguinolabial

(anatomy) Relating to the groin and labia.


vaginolabial

(anatomy) Relating to the vagina and labia.


nevoxanthoendothelioma

nevoxanthoendothelioma (plural nevoxanthoendotheliomas or nevoxanthoendotheliomata)

nevoxanthoendotheliomas (plural)
nevoxanthoendotheliomata (plural)


nymphotomy

nymphotomy (countable and uncountable, plural nymphotomies)

(surgery) incision into the labia minora


nymphectomy

nymphectomy (countable and uncountable, plural nymphectomies)

(surgery) removal of all or part of the labia minora


keratoangioma

keratoangioma (plural keratoangiomas or keratoangiomata)

keratoangiomas (plural)
keratoangiomata (plural)


porokeratosis

(pathology) A disorder of keratinization that is characterized by the presence of a cornoid lamella, a thin column of closely stacked, parakeratotic cells extending through the stratum corneum with a thin or absent granular layer.


Descemet's membrane

Descemet's membrane (plural Descemet's membranes)

After the French physician Jean Descemet.

(anatomy) The basement membrane that lies between the stroma and the endothelial layer of the cornea.

Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty

Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty


basement membrane

basement membrane (plural basement membranes)

(anatomy, histology) A thin sheet of fibrous cells that underlies the epithelium.


keratocele

(ophthalmology) A herniation of Descemet's membrane in the eye.


telosome

(genetics) A nuclear telomere cap complex that is formed by the association of telomeric proteins.


telosomic

(genetics) having one segment of a chromosome missing

(genetics) relating to a telosome or to telosomics


telotrisomic

(genetics) Having an extra chromosome segment


ditelosomic

(genetics) Having a segment missing from two chromosomes


microcollinearity

(genetics) collinearity of very short sequences


tetrasomic

(genetics) Having four copies of a particular chromosome

Sex chromosome abnormalities occur in at least 1 in 400 births and include the well-described 47,XXX, 47,XXY, 47,XYY, and 45,X karyotypes. The addition of more than one extra X or Y chromosome occurs rarely, and little information is available in the medical literature. Individual case reports make up most of this body of knowledge, and all are based on subjects who identified themselves postnatally. Many were ascertained through screenings of institutions and hospitals; thus, there is no unbiased information on the natural history of poly X and Y karyotypes. A direct relationship between the number of additional sex chromosomes and the severity of the phenotype is generally assumed. The purpose of this article is to summarize what is known about these conditions and to present 10 additional cases. The karyotypes include, 48,XXXX, 49,XXXXX, 48,XXYY, 48,XXXY, 49,XXXXY, 49,XXXYY, 48,XYYY, 49,XYYYY, and 49,XXYYY.

2025 October 4, Linden, Mary G, Bender, Bruce G, Robinson, Arthur, “Sex chromosome tetrasomy and pentasomy”, in Pediatrics, volume 96, number 4, →DOI, pages 672-682:


Lhermitte-Duclos disease

It was described by Jacques Jean Lhermitte and P. Duclos in 1920.

(medicine) dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum


genodermatosis

genodermatosis (countable and uncountable, plural genodermatoses)

(medicine) Any of a group of inherited genetic skin conditions.


genitofemoral

(anatomy) Pertaining to the genital organs and the thigh; applied especially to one of the lumbar nerves.

génitofémoral

pertaining to the genital organs and the thigh


gastroenterocolitis

gastroenterocolitis (countable and uncountable, plural gastroenterocolitides)

(medicine) inflammation of the stomach, small intestines, and colon


gastroduodenostomy

gastroduodenostomy (countable and uncountable, plural gastroduodenostomies)

(surgery) The surgical creation of a new connection between the stomach and the duodenum


gangosa

(medicine) Destruction of the bone and cartilage of the nose, associated with yaws.


geotrichosis

geotrichosis (countable and uncountable, plural geotrichoses)

(medicine) A mycosis caused by Geotrichum candidum, mainly affecting the lungs.


gingivoplasty

(surgery) The surgical reshaping of the gingiva to correct deformities.


glossectomy

(surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the tongue.


hemiglossectomy

(surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.


glomectomy

(surgery) The excision of a glomus body or glomus cell, usually in the case of a glomus tumour.


glomangioma

glomangioma (plural glomangiomas or glomangiomata)

glomangiomas (plural)
glomangiomata (plural)


glossoptosis

glossoptosis (countable and uncountable, plural glossoptoses)

(medicine) The abnormal downward displacement or retraction of the tongue.


glossalgia

glossalgia (countable and uncountable, plural glossalgias)


irideocorneal

(anatomy) Of or relating to the iris and cornea.


gonadorelin

From gonado(tropin) + -relin (“LHRH release–stimulating peptide”).

af

(pharmacology) A gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist.


granulocytosis

en-noun

granulocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural granulocytoses)

(pathology) The presence in peripheral blood of (an increased number of) granulocytes


guidewire

(medicine, dentistry) A wire used to restrict and control the movement of other equipment, such as a catheter being inserted into the body.


gynandroblastoma

gynandroblastoma (plural gynandroblastomas or gynandroblastomata)

gynandroblastomas (plural)
gynandroblastomata (plural)

(medicine) A kind of sex cord-gonadal stromal tumour.


dorsoulnar

(anatomy) Relating to the back and ulna.


radiopalmar

(anatomy) Relating to the radius and palm.


rectoabdominal

(anatomy) Relating to the rectum and abdomen.


semimembranosus

(anatomy) A muscle in the back of the thigh; the most medial of the three hamstring muscles (meaning it is more to the inner of the thighs, not between the two others in one leg, which is the semitendinosus).


intercostobrachial

(anatomy) Of or relating to a group of nerves that are cutaneous branches of the intercostal nerves.

intercostobraquial

of or relating to a group of intercostal nerves


intertriginous

en-adj

intertriginous (comparative more intertriginous, superlative most intertriginous)

more intertriginous (comparative)
most intertriginous (superlative)

Intertriginous areas include the armpit, the upper thighs and genitals, skin folds of the breasts, and between fingers and toes.

(medicine) Of, relating to, or affected by intertrigo.


ischiopagus

From Ancient Greek ἴσχιον (ískhion, “hip”) + πάγος (págos, “fixed, set”) (from πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “fasten, fix, set”)); equivalent to ischio- + -pagus.

(medicine) One of a pair of conjoined twins who are united at the pelvis.


infraspinatus

(anatomy) A thick triangular muscle whose main function is to rotate the arm externally and stabilize the shoulder joint.


iridoplegia

en-noun

iridoplegia (countable and uncountable, plural iridoplegias)

(medicine) paralysis of the sphincter of the iris


inframammary

inframammary incision


immunoprotein

(immunology, biochemistry) Any protein with immunological activity


interosseus

the dorsal interossei of the hand

palmar interossei

(anatomy) Any of various muscles located between bones.


ilioinguinal

(anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium and groin; applied to a branch of the first lumbar nerve.

ilioinguinal

of or relating to the ilium and the groin


iliohypogastric

(anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium and hypogastrium; applied to a branch of the first lumbar nerve.

iliohipogástrico

of or relating to the ilium and the hypogastrium


iliococcygeus

(anatomy) A muscle arising from the inner side of the ischium and from the posterior part of the tendinous arch of the obturator fascia, and attached to the coccyx and anococcygeal raphe.


anococcygeal

(anatomy) Relating to the anus and coccyx.


iliosacralis

(anatomy) An accessory slip at the posterior part of the iliococcygeus.


nasotracheal

(anatomy) Of or relating to the nose and trachea.


cricothyrotomy

(surgery) An incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane to establish a patent airway during certain life-threatening situations, such as airway obstruction by a foreign body, angioedema, or massive facial trauma.


hemithyroidectomy

(surgery) The surgical removal of half of the thyroid gland.


isthmectomy

(surgery) The surgical removal of the band of tissue (or isthmus) connecting the two lobes of the thyroid gland.


intussusceptum

From New Latin, probably from neuter singular of assumed New Latin intussusceptus, the passive past participle of New Latin intussuscipiō (“to take in”). Compare intussuscipiens.

(medicine) The part that prolapses into another during an intussusception.


ileocolitis

(medicine) inflammation of the ileum and colon


ioxithalamic acid

ioxitalamic acid
ioxitalamic acid#English

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) Alternative form of ioxitalamic acid


iminoglycinuria

iminoglycinuria (countable and uncountable, plural iminoglycinurias)

(medicine) A rare autosomal-recessive disorder of renal tubular transport affecting reabsorption of the amino acid glycine and the imino acids proline and hydroxyproline, resulting in excess urinary excretion of all three acids.


intussuscipiens

From New Latin, probably from present participle of assumed New Latin intussuscipiō (“to take in”). Compare intussusceptum.

(medicine) The part that receives the prolapsed part during an intussusception.


iliococcygeal

(anatomy) Relating to the iliococcygeus.


antirepression

(genetics) The action of antagonizing a repressor


dorso-

Combining form of Latin dorsum (“back”).


mediobasal

(anatomy) At the base of the medial plane


physiatry

(medicine) The treatment of disabled people.


anteroseptal

(anatomy) anterior to the septum (of the heart)


inferoseptal

(anatomy) Relating to the inferoseptum of the heart


candida-like

en-adj

candida-like (comparative more candida-like, superlative most candida-like)

more candida-like (comparative)
most candida-like (superlative)

Candida albicans
Candida albicans#Translingual

(medicine) Resembling a yeast infection by Candida albicans.


(genetics) A regulatory and RNA gene responsible for brain development.


(genetics) A regulatory and RNA gene responsible for hand and opposable thumb development in humans.


(genetics) regulatory gene and RNA gene responsible for the development of throat structures; in humans, those related to speech.


LCT

(genetics) A gene responsible for encoding lactase; mutations in this gene are responsible for adults' ability to digest lactose.


tormogen

From Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos, “socket”) + -gen.

(cytology) A specialized epidermal cell in insects, associated with the formation of the socket around the base of a bristle.


arrhinia

(teratology) Congenital absence of the nose


aqueductal

(neuroanatomy) Relating to the cerebral aqueduct.


antixerophthalmic

antixerophthalmic (comparative more antixerophthalmic, superlative most antixerophthalmic)

more antixerophthalmic (comparative)
most antixerophthalmic (superlative)


antithyroglobulin

(immunology) An antibody that targets thyroglobulin.


antisudorific

antisudorific (comparative more antisudorific, superlative most antisudorific)

more antisudorific (comparative)
most antisudorific (superlative)

the antisudorific properties of tannin


antisudorific

(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.


aortorenal

(anatomy) Relating to the aorta and kidney.


aortopulmonary

(anatomy) Relating to the aorta and lungs.


antixerotic

antixerotic (comparative more antixerotic, superlative most antixerotic)

more antixerotic (comparative)
most antixerotic (superlative)


antidyspeptic

antidyspeptic (comparative more antidyspeptic, superlative most antidyspeptic)

more antidyspeptic (comparative)
most antidyspeptic (superlative)


antidyspeptic

(pharmacology) Any agent that counters dyspepsia.


ammonuria

(medicine) The presence of ammonia in the urine.


chromothripsis

From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) (referring to English chromo(some)) + θρίψις (thrípsis, “shattering into pieces”) (from τρίβω (tríbō, “I rub”).

But for 2—3% of cancers, particularly bone cancer (up to 25%), recent evidence suggests that a single event of chromothripsis involving one or a few chromosomes leads to multiple gene rearrangements (in some cases tens to hundreds) that can disrupt tumor suppressor genes and/or produce oncogenic fusion genes.

2012, Lauren Pecorino, Molecular Biology of Cancer: Mechanisms, Targets, and Therapeutics, page 24:

Another new phenomenon described by Stephens et al.[86] is called “chromothripsis”. Chromothripsis describes a massive genomic rearrangement in one or more chromosomes in a single catastrophic event during the cells' history,

2014, Asfar Azmi, Molecular Diagnostics and Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer, page 113:

Some of the characteristics of chromothripsis are oscillating copy number changes, clustering of breakpoints, localized rearrangements involving one or a part of a chromosome, and complex rearrangements.

2015, Anders M. Lindroth, Yoon Jung Park, Christoph Plass, “Epigenetic Reprogramming in Cancer”, in Alexander Meissner, Jörn Walter, editors, Epigenetic Mechanisms in Cellular Reprogramming, Springer, page 206:

(genetics, pathology) A multiple of chromosomal rearrangements that is associated with some cancers.


neurotherapeutics

(medicine) The treatment of disorders that affect the nervous system


pannecrosis

(pathology) Widespread necrosis, especially of neurons


duodenoduodenostomy

(surgery) anastomosis for the purpose of bypassing an obstructed segment of duodenum


P wave

(medicine, cardiology) A wave on an electrocardiogram that represents the electrical changes generated by the depolarization of the atria.


tachysystole

(medicine) A condition of excessively frequent uterine contractions during pregnancy.


talcosis

en-noun

talcosis (countable and uncountable, plural talcoses)

(medicine) A pulmonary disorder caused by talc.


talocalcaneal

(anatomy) Relating to the talus and the calcaneus.


talocalcaneonavicular

ball-and-socket joint
ball-and-socket joint

(anatomy) Relating to the talus, calcaneus, and navicular; applied to a particular ball-and-socket joint.


talocrural

(anatomy) Relating to the talus and leg.


referred pain

referred pain (countable and uncountable, plural referred pains)

(medicine) pain perceived at a location other than the site of the painful stimulus


temporoparietalis

(anatomy) A muscle connecting the temporal fascia with the ear.


thelaziasis

Thelaziasis in man

1917 September, R. T. Leiper, “Thelaziasis in man: A summary of recent reports on "Circumocular filariasis" in Chinese literature, with a note on the zoological position of the parasite”, in The British Journal of Ophthalmology, volume 1, number 9, title, page 546:

Reports of human thelaziasis are increasing recently because of environmental and social factors (Lee et al., 1986).

1989, Korean journal of parasitology, volume 28, page 222:

Injuries to the eyes ar not uncommon in horses, and they can even suffer from eyeworms (thelaziasis) on occasions.

(medicine) Infection with parasitic nematodes of the genus Thelazia.


thoracodorsal

thoracodorsal artery

thoracodorsal nerve

(anatomy) Relating to the thorax and back.


nervosism

(medicine, rare) A nervous disorder, especially neurasthenia.


thrombasthenia

thrombasthenia (countable and uncountable, plural thrombasthenias)

/ˌθɹɒmbæsˈθiːni.ə/

From thromb- + asthenia, literally "clotting/platelet weakness"; compare thrombopenia, "clotting/platelet paucity".

(medicine) An abnormality of platelets involving not a paucity thereof but rather a dysfunction thereof, impairing clotting.


thumbprinting

(radiology) A radiologic sign found on a lateral C-spine radiograph, with a thickened free edge of the epiglottis resembling the distal thumb, that suggests a diagnosis of epiglottitis.


sternothyroideus

Borrowed from New Latin sternothyroīdeus, clipping of mūsculus sternothyroīdeus (“sternothyroid muscle”). Doublet of sternothyroid.

clipping

sternothyroid muscle
sternothyroid muscle#English

(anatomy) Alternative form of sternothyroid muscle.


thyrocervical

(anatomy, relational) Relating to the thyroid and the neck.


cardiotocography

en-noun

cardiotocography (countable and uncountable, plural cardiotocographies)

From cardio- + toco- + -graphy. From Ancient Greek τόκος (tókos, “childbirth”).

uder

(medicine) The recording of the fetal heartbeat and uterine contractions during pregnancy, typically in the third trimester


trabeculoplasty

en-noun

trabeculoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural trabeculoplasties)

(surgery) A glaucoma treatment in which small openings are made in the eye's trabecular meshwork.


tracheloplasty

tracheloplasty (countable and uncountable, plural tracheloplasties)

From trachelo- (“cervix uteri”) + -plasty.

(surgery) cervical cerclage; insertion of a strong suture into and around the cervix early in the pregnancy, and its removal towards the end of the pregnancy when the greatest risk of miscarriage has passed


trachonychia

(medicine, dermatology) A condition in which rough accentuated linear ridges develop on the nails.


transpulmonary

(physiology, medicine) Across the lung boundary, as in transpulmonary pressure.


trichilemmoma

From trichi- (variation of tricho-) + lemma + -oma.

af

(medicine) A cutaneous condition, a benign neoplasm that differentiates toward cells of the outer root sheath.


trichodynia

(medicine) A painful sensation on the scalp, often with an underlying psychosomatic cause such as stress.


trichodiscoma

(medicine) A cutaneous condition, a benign tumour most often affecting the face and upper trunk.


trichofolliculoma

en-noun

trichofolliculoma (countable and uncountable, plural trichofolliculomas)

(medicine) A cutaneous condition characterized by a benign, highly structured tumour of the pilosebaceous unit.


pilosebaceous

(anatomy) Of or relating to the structural unit consisting of hair, hair follicle, arrector pili muscle, and sebaceous gland.


chorio-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from chorion; more at chorion § Etymology.

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary


typodont

(dentistry) A model of the mouth, including teeth, gingiva, and the palate, used as an educational tool.


trigonitis

(medicine) inflammation of the trigone region of the bladder


tuberculid

(medicine) Any of a group of skin conditions associated with an underlying or silent focus of tuberculosis.


tympanicum

(anatomy) The ectotympanic ring; a bony ring that holds the eardrum.


tromethamine

(pharmacology) Alternative form of trometamol.


tubulorrhexis

(medicine) localized necrosis of the epithelial lining in renal tubules


hypolophid

(dentistry) A fusion of the entoconid and the hypoconid in some animals


medifossette

(dentistry) A fossette associated with the medisinus


metastyle

(dentistry) A ridge, covered with enamel, on the outer side of a molar tooth in animals such as the horse.


craniomaxillofacial

(anatomy) Relating to the whole area of the mouth, jaws, face, skull, and associated structures.


osteosynthesis

osteosynthesis (countable and uncountable, plural osteosyntheses)

(surgery) The reduction and fixation of a bone fracture with implantable devices, usually made of metal


paraconid

(dentistry) The mesiobuccal cusp of a lower molar tooth


pseudomeatus

(anatomy) A deep indentation that appears to be an opening of the body


pseudometaloph

(rare, dentistry) A structure resembling a metaloph


Bekhterev's disease

Named after Russian neurologist Vladimir Bekhterev (1857-1927).

At the time when I was spending many weeks every year with the Fitzpatricks as Gerald's guest, said Austerlitz, Evelyn was perhaps in his mid-fifties, but was so crippled by Bechterew's disease that he looked like an old man, and could walk only with the greatest difficulty, bending right over.

2001, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, published 2011, page 122:

Ankylosing spondylitis
ankylosing spondylitis

(dated, pathology) Ankylosing spondylitis.


subhypsodont

(dentistry, of a herbivore) Describing teeth that have smaller than usual crowns


mylohyoideus

Borrowed from New Latin mylohȳoīdeus, clipping of musculus mylohȳoīdeus (“mylohyoid muscle”).

clipping

mylohyoid muscle
mylohyoid muscle#English


pterygoideus

/ˌtɛɹ.əˈɡɔɪ.di.əs/

Borrowed from New Latin pterygoīdeus, clipping of musculus pterygoīdeus (“pterygoid muscle”).

pterygoid muscle
pterygoid muscle#English

(anatomy) Alternative form of pterygoid muscle.


ectepicondylar

(anatomy) Adjacent to, and above the outer condyle of the humerus


ectepicondyle

(anatomy) A process, on the outer side of the humerus, to which extensor muscles are attached


opisthopubic

(anatomy) Having the pubis bones pointing backward, as in some dinosaurs.


rostrolateral

(anatomy) lateral (or alongside) of the rostrum


abs. feb.

(medicine) Abbreviation of absente febre; in the absence of fever


control gene

(genetics) A gene that controls the transcription of others in messenger RNA


cenome

(genetics) All the control genes of an organism


hemihyperplasia

(pathology) hyperplasia that affects only half of the body or of an organ


hemihypertrophy

(pathology) hypertrophy that affects only one half of the body


dual photon absorptiometry

en-noun

dual photon absorptiometry (plural dual photon absorptiometries)

(medicine) Use of two differing sources of radiation to measure the density of a substance, typically bone.


Hurler syndrome

Named after Gertrud Hurler, a German pediatrician and a medical practitioner.

(pathology) A genetic disorder that results in the buildup of glycosaminoglycans due to a deficiency of alpha-L iduronidase.


ectromelia

ectromelia (countable and uncountable, plural ectromelias)

(medicine) A congenital defect resulting in the lack of one or more of the limbs.


extremital

(anatomy) Of or relating to the extremities.


joha

(medicine, historical) A suspension of salvarsan in iodipin and anhydrous lanolin.


a.c.

(medicine) Initialism of ante cibum (“before meals”).


EFV

EFV (countable and uncountable, plural EFVs)

(pharmacology) Abbreviation of efavirenz.


CMC

CMC (countable and uncountable, plural CMCs)

(medicine) Initialism of complement mediated cytotoxicity.


SMA

SMA (countable and uncountable, plural SMAs)

To simplify a bit, once having decided, the PFC passes the decision on to the rest of the frontal cortex, which passes it to the premotor cortex, then to the SMA and, a few steps later, on to your muscles.

2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:

supplementary motor area
supplementary motor area#English

(neuroanatomy) Initialism of supplementary motor area.

superior mesenteric artery
superior mesenteric artery#English

(anatomy) Initialism of superior mesenteric artery.

spinal muscular atrophy
spinal muscular atrophy#English

(pathology) Initialism of spinal muscular atrophy.


emphysematous cystitis

(pathology) Cystitis accompanied by pockets of air in and around the bladder due to the presence of gas-forming microorganisms.


NTIS

non-thyroidal illness syndrome
w:Euthyroid sick syndrome

(medicine) Initialism of non-thyroidal illness syndrome.


EIB

EIB (countable and uncountable, plural EIBs)

exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
w:exercise-induced bronchoconstriction

(medicine) Initialism of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (or bronchospasm).


FMF

FMF (countable and uncountable, plural FMFs)

familial Mediterranean fever
familial Mediterranean fever#English

(medicine) Initialism of familial Mediterranean fever.


MSC

Mesenchymal stem cell
w:Mesenchymal stem cell

(medicine) Initialism of Mesenchymal stem cell.


BESS

(medicine) Initialism of biportal endoscopic spine surgery.


pectineal

(obsolete, anatomy) Of or relating to the pecten.

(anatomy) Relating to, or connected with, the pubic bone.


SMZ

(medicine) Initialism of sulfamethoxazole.


ozone therapy

ozone therapy (usually uncountable, plural ozone therapies)

alternative medicine
alternative medicine

(alternative medicine) A treatment that purports to increase the amount of oxygen to the body through the introduction of ozone by various means.


SOFIA

Surround Optical Fiber Immunoassay
w:Surround Optical Fiber Immunoassay

(medicine) Acronym of Surround Optical Fiber Immunoassay.


posteriormost

(anatomy) Nearest the posterior or back end


opisthothorax

(anatomy) The portion of the thorax behind the prothorax.


macrospinous

en-adj

macrospinous (comparative more macrospinous, superlative most macrospinous)

more macrospinous (comparative)
most macrospinous (superlative)


isopygous

(anatomy) Having the cephalon and pygidium of more or less equal size.


micropygous

micropygous (comparative more micropygous, superlative most micropygous)

more micropygous (comparative)
most micropygous (superlative)

(anatomy) Having the pygidium considerably smaller than the cephalon.


macropygous

macropygous (comparative more macropygous, superlative most macropygous)

more macropygous (comparative)
most macropygous (superlative)

(anatomy) Having the pygidium considerably larger than the cephalon.


subisopygous

(anatomy) Having the pygidium slightly smaller than the cephalon.


chol

(biochemistry, medicine) Abbreviation of cholesterol.


hematosalpinx

(medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.


hematocolpos

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + κόλπος (kólpos, “any hollow space; womb”); essentially equivalent to a surface analysis of hemato- + colp- + -us.

(medicine) A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.


hematometra

(medicine) A medical condition in which the uterus fills with menstrual blood.


glomangiosarcoma

(medicine) A low-grade tumor of the soft tissue; a malignant glomus tumor.


hemangiosarcoma

en-noun

hemangiosarcoma (plural hemangiosarcomas or hemangiosarcomata)

hemangiosarcomas (plural)
hemangiosarcomata (plural)

(oncology, veterinary medicine) A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.

hemangiosarkooma

cancer arising from the lining of blood vessels


haemobilia

(medicine) Bleeding originating in the liver: bleeding into the bile ducts.


hemotympanum

Hemotympanum is often the result of basilar skull fracture.

(medicine) The presence of blood in the tympanic cavity of the middle ear.


hapalonychia

(medicine) A condition characterized by softened nails.


hepatolithiasis

hepatolithiasis (countable and uncountable, plural hepatolithiases)

(medicine) The presence of gallstones in the biliary ducts of the liver.


hemilaminectomy

(surgery) The removal of either the left or right half of the lamina.


hemopneumothorax

(medicine) pneumothorax and hemothorax occurring together


hyphema

(pathology) The presence of blood in the anterior chamber of the eye


herpangina

herpangina (usually uncountable, plural herpanginas)

From Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “creeping”) + Latin angina (“quinsy”).

der

(medicine) mouth blisters; a painful mouth infection caused by coxsackieviruses


hexocyclium

From hexocycl- (“alteration of cyclohexyl”) + -ium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

af

(pharmacology) A particular antimuscarinic drug.


holocrine

From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole, entire”) and κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “to separate”).

uder

The venom glands of teleosts consist of an aggregation of holocrine cells derived from the epidermis but often sunken into the dermis, on either side of a spine, usually of dorsal or pectoral fin.

2004, B. G. Kapoor, Bhavna Khanna, Ichthyology Handbook, page 80:

2007, Galina N. Solntseva, N. N. Dergunova (translator), Teresa Ott (linguistic editor), Morphology of the Auditory and Vestibular Organs in Mammals, with Emphasis on Marine Species, page 42,
In Chiroptera and Insectivora, the holocrine glands can form glandular complexes.

The holocrine gland is the least common type. After the cell fills with secretory material, the entire holocrine gland cell discharges to the lumen of the gland to constitute the secretion. Sebaceous glands associated with hair follicles of the skin are the most common holocrine glands.

2013, Rowen D. Frandson, W. Lee Wilke, Anna Dee Fails, Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals, page 11:

(anatomy, biology, histology) Of or relating to a mode of secretion in some exocrine glands in which the plasma membrane ruptures, releasing the cell's cytoplasm into the lumen of the gland.


homidium

From [Term?] + [Term?] + -ium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

af

(pharmacology) Ethidium bromide when used in veterinary medicine to treat trypanosomosis in cattle.


homochronous

Hereditary insanity may appear in children at the same time that it appeared in the parent, and it is then called homochronous.

1894, A Practical Manual of Mental Medicine, page 39:

Homochronous and homologous manifestations of hereditary diseases

1936, The Eugenics Review, volume 27, page 104:

Hereditary glaucoma belongs to the so-called homochronous diseases, by which is actually understood a herditary disease which manifests itself within a certain period of life.

1947, E. Munksgaard, Leber's Disease; a Genealogic, Genetic and Clinical Study of 101 Cases of Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis in 20 Danish Families:

(pathology, of a disease, dated) Occurring at the same age in successive generations.


arteriolosclerosis

en-noun

arteriolosclerosis (countable and uncountable, plural arterioloscleroses)

(pathology) Hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in the arterioles.

arterioloskleroosi

hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in the arterioles


arteriolosclerotic

en-adj

arteriolosclerotic (comparative more arteriolosclerotic, superlative most arteriolosclerotic)

more arteriolosclerotic (comparative)
most arteriolosclerotic (superlative)

(pathology) Relating to arteriolosclerosis.


hyaloserositis

(pathology) The coating of an organ with a fibrous hyaline, resulting from inflammation of the serous membrane covering the organ.


KSS

Kearns-Sayre syndrome
Kearns-Sayre syndrome#English

(medicine) Initialism of Kearns-Sayre syndrome.


oculocraniosomatic disease

(medicine) A mitochondrial myopathy with a typical onset before 20 years of age.


hymenotomy

(surgery) The surgical removal or opening of the hymen.


creeping eruption

en-noun

creeping eruption (countable and uncountable, plural creeping eruptions)

(parasitology) A skin disease caused by the movement of certain species of ancylostomatids under the skin.


hyperchromasia

hyperchromasia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperchromasias)

(pathology) A hyperchromatic state of the nucleus, suggesting malignancy.


hyperimmunization

hyperimmunization (countable and uncountable, plural hyperimmunizations)

(medicine, immunology) The presence in the body of an excessive number of antibodies to a specific antigen.


hypermagnesemia

hypermagnesemia (countable and uncountable, plural hypermagnesemias)

From hyper- + magnesemia or hyper- + magnes(io)- + -emia.

(biology, medicine) The condition of having an abnormally high concentration of magnesium (Mg) ions in the blood (above the reference range).


hypometria

From ὑπο- (hupo-, corresponding to hypo-) + μέτρον (métron) + -ία (-ía)

af

corresponding to <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">hypo-</i>

Cerebellar dysfunction is characterized by truncal ataxia, a broad-based stance, dysmetria in which the limbs either overstep (hypermetria) or understep (hypometria), and tremor that is most pronounced when the animal attempts a goal-orientated movement (intention tremor).

2004, Johnny D. Hoskins, Geriatrics and Gerontology of the Dog and Cat, →ISBN, page 358:

(ophthalmology) Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.


hypermetria

From ὑπέρ (hupér, corresponding to hyper-) + μέτρον (métron) + -ία (-ía)

corresponding to <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">hyper-</i>

(ophthalmology) Dysmetria in which the patient tends to overshoot the intended target.


hyperprosexia

From hyper-, with the latter part derived ultimately from Ancient Greek προσέχω (prosékhō).

(medicine, rare) Excessive attention; an abnormal state in which a person concentrates on one thing to the exclusion of everything else.


hypoaldosteronism

en-noun

hypoaldosteronism (usually uncountable, plural hypoaldosteronisms)

(medicine) Decreased levels of the hormone aldosterone in the body.


hypereosinophilia

hypereosinophilia (countable and uncountable, plural hypereosinophilias)

(pathology) A disease characterised by a marked increase in the eosinophil count in the bloodstream


hypogenitalism

hypogenitalism (countable and uncountable, plural hypogenitalisms)

(pathology) Diminished functional activity of the genitals


hypoadrenalism

Hypoadrenalism is a most debilitating disorder affecting the adrenal glands that leaves one with very little energy no matter how or what one tries to increase one’s energy.

(pathology) A condition in which the adrenal glands do not produce adequate amounts of steroid hormones.


zonulitis

(pathology) Inflammation of the ciliary zonule.


ciliary zonule

(anatomy) A ring of fibrous strands connecting the ciliary body with the crystalline lens of the eye.


Zinn's membrane

Zinn's membrane (plural Zinn's membranes)


hypovitaminosis

hypovitaminosis (countable and uncountable, plural hypovitaminoses)

(biology, medicine) vitamin deficiency: insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body. Specific forms are labeled with the vitamin identifier: hypovitaminosis A, hypovitaminosis D, and so on, although those forms are more often called vitamin A deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, and so on.


degmacyte

From Ancient Greek δῆγμα (dêgma, “bite”) + -cyte.

(hematology) An abnormally-shaped red blood cell with one or more semicircular portions removed from the cell margin, resulting from the removal of denatured hemoglobin by macrophages in the spleen.


ectrodactyly

Ectrodactyly with or without more severe limb reduction defects may be seen in a variety of different syndromes (3,8,12,23,24,40-42,46,54,63,75).

1995, Robert J. Gorlin, Helga V. Toriello, M. Michael Cohen, Jr., Hereditary Hearing Loss and Its Syndromes, Oxford University Press, page 184:

Furthermore, although the peculiar craniofacial lesion observed in mutant mice is never observed in patients of SHFM1, an etiological association has been established between SHFM1 and syndromic ectrodactylies in which cleft lip and/or palate, hearing loss, and genito-urinary anomalies are present.

2003, Giorgio R. Merlo, Annemiek Beverdam, Giovanni Levi, “Dix genes in craniofacial and limb morphogenesis”, in Thomas Lufkin, editor, Murine Homeobox Gene Control of Embryonic Patterning and Organogenesis, Elsevier, page 119:

EEC is the best known of the syndromic ectrodactylies, but it is extremely rare, with only 200 reported cases.

2012, Joshua A. Copel, Obstetric Imaging, Elsevier, page 325:

(medicine) The deficiency or absence of one or more central digits of the hand or foot.

ectrodactylie

deficiency or absence of central digits of the hand or foot


cytosis

(pathology) An abnormal increase in the number of a specified type of cells.


Adlerian

en-adj

Adlerian (comparative more Adlerian, superlative most Adlerian)

more Adlerian (comparative)
most Adlerian (superlative)

individual psychology
individual psychology

(psychoanalysis) Of or relating to Alfred Adler (1870–1937), Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology.

adleriano

relating to Austrian psychotherapist Alfred Adler


buphthalmos

From Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs, “ox or cow”) + Ancient Greek ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”), referring to the bulging eyes common to bovines.

der

(medicine) Abnormal enlargement of the eyeball.


aphakic

Aphakic people are reported to be able to see ultraviolet wavelengths that are normally excluded by the lens.

(ophthalmology) Exhibiting aphakia; lacking the lens of the eye.


blepharophimosis

en-noun

blepharophimosis (countable and uncountable, plural blepharophimoses)

From blepharo- + Ancient Greek φίμωσις (phímōsis, “muzzling”).

af

(medicine) A condition involving bilateral ptosis with reduced eyelid size, vertically and horizontally, a flat nasal bridge, and hypoplastic orbital rim.


mentagra

From Latin mentum (“chin”) + Ancient Greek ἄγρα (ágra, “a catching”).


malanders

French malandres, from Latin malandria (“blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses”).

(veterinary medicine) A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the foreleg of a horse or similar animal.


synneurosis

From Ancient Greek συννεύρωσις (sunneúrōsis, “union by sinews”).


presternal

(anatomy) Of or relating to the presternum.


Schwann's sheath

en-noun

Schwann's sheath (plural Schwann's sheaths)

Named after Theodor Schwann, German anatomist of the 19th century.


enderon

From Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) δέρος (déros) (alternative form of δέρμα (dérma, “skin”)).

(anatomy, archaic) The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes.


peripneumonia

peripneumonia (countable and uncountable, plural peripneumonias)


procidence

procidence (usually uncountable, plural procidences)

Ægineta hath made four kinds of Procidence belonging to the Uvea

1685, Samuel Collins, A Systeme of Anatomy […] :


rete mirabile

/ˌɹiːti mɪˈɹɑːbɪleɪ/

From post-Classical Latin rete mirabile (“wonderful net”) (14th century).

His description of the rete mirabile, the network of arteries at the base of the brain, shows he dissected animals as well as human corpses, since it does not exist in humans.

1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 65:

In whales, the rete mirabile also allows oxygenated blood to be supplied to the brain slowly, helping to avoid the problems human beings experience when swimming at depth – principally the bends.

2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 175:

(anatomy, zoology) A complex of blood vessels found in some vertebrates that preserves a gradient of a certain solute or particle, originally specifically the network of arterioles at the base of the brain in some ungulates and other mammals.


(medicine) Once per day, used for prescription directions.


barbiturism

(dated, medicine) A morbid condition caused by excessive use of barbiturates.


ballismus

Ancient Greek βαλλισμός (ballismós, “jumping about”)

uder

(medicine) A condition characterised by violent involuntary rapid and irregular movements.


Batson venous plexus

Named after anatomist Oscar Vivian Batson, who first described it in 1940.

(anatomy) A network of valveless veins in the human body, connecting the deep pelvic veins and thoracic veins (draining the inferior end of the urinary bladder, breast, and prostate) to the internal vertebral venous plexuses.


beeturia

Like other alkaloids, it is poorly absorbed, so that even after eating large amounts of beetroot, beeturia (the presence of betanin in the urine) is found in only 14 % of the normal population (Watson, Luke & Inall, 1963).

1964, Biochemical journal, volume 90, page 673:

The failure to metabolise betanin is controlled by genetic factors in man and beeturia (betanin in the urine) is found in approximately 14% of the population in this country (Watson, 1964).

1967, J.B. Harborne, Comparative Biochemistry of the Flavonoids, page 294:

An unusual effect of beets is that they can cause “beeturia,” or a red coloration to the urine, after ingestion.

2016, Andy Brunning, Why Does Asparagus Make Your Pee Smell?: Fascinating Food Trivia Explained with Science:

(medicine) The passing of red or pink urine after eating beetroot, caused by the excretion of betalain (betacyanin) pigments such as betanin.


belemnoid

(anatomy) The styloid process of the ulna or of the temporal bone.


baylisascariasis

From translingual Baylisascaris + -iasis (“disease suffix”), from Ancient Greek ἴᾱσις (íāsis, “healing, remedy”).

der

(pathology) infection with Baylisascaris nematodes


benzathine

From benz(yl)a(mino) + (e)th(ane) + -ine.

(pharmacology) A diamine used in some medications to stabilize penicillin.


astasia

en-noun

astasia (usually uncountable, plural astasias)

From New Latin a- (“without”) + Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “standing”) + New Latin -ia (“pathological condition”).

bor

(pathology) Inability to stand without assistance.


bevonium

From [Term?] + -onium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

af

(pharmacology) A particular antimuscarinic.


bitewing

(dentistry) A radiograph taken to visualize the crowns of the posterior teeth and the height of the alveolar bone in relation to the cementoenamel junctions, commonly used to examine for interdental caries and recurrent caries under existing restorations.


cementoenamel

(dentistry) Relating to the enamel and cementum.


bisferious

(medicine, of the pulse) Exhibiting pulsus bisferiens.


pulsus bisferiens

Latin pulsus (“stroke”) + bis (“twice”) + feriens (“striking”): "striking a stroke twice".

(medicine) A sign where, on palpation of the pulse, a double peak per cardiac cycle can be appreciated.


blastocystosis

(medicine) infection with Blastocystis parasites


blepharoconjunctivitis

(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.


borreliosis

(pathology) infection with Borrelia bacteria; Lyme disease


botryomycosis

(pathology) bacterial pseudomycosis; a rare chronic granulomatous bacterial infection that affects the skin and sometimes the viscera


bephenium

From be(nzyl) + phen(oxy) + -ium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

(pharmacology) An anthelmintic agent formerly used in the treatment of hookworm infections and ascariasis.


brachymetatarsia

(medicine) A condition with one or more abnormally short metatarsals.


barognosis

(medicine) The ability to evaluate the weight of objects, or to differentiate objects of different weights by holding or lifting them.


Braxton Hicks contraction

en-noun

Braxton Hicks contraction (plural Braxton Hicks contractions)

Named after John Braxton Hicks, English doctor who described them.

(obstetrics) A sporadic uterine contraction during pregnancy; false labour.

Braxton Hicks contraction
John Braxton Hicks


hepatopancreatic

the hepatopancreatic ampulla

the hepatopancreatic sphincter

the hepatopancreatic duct

(anatomy) Relating to (or connecting) the liver and pancreas


bromocryptine

(pharmacology) Alternative spelling of bromocriptine.


bursectomy

(surgery) The surgical removal of a bursa


Burkitt's lymphoma

Burkitt's lymphoma (countable and uncountable, plural Burkitt's lymphomas or Burkitt's lymphomata)

Burkitt's lymphomas (plural)
Burkitt's lymphomata (plural)

Named after British surgeon Denis Parsons Burkitt (1911–1993), who first described the disease in 1956.

(pathology) A cancer of the lymphatic system, particularly B lymphocytes found in the germinal center.

Burkitt's lymphoma
Denis Parsons Burkitt


malunited

en-adj

malunited (comparative more malunited, superlative most malunited)

more malunited (comparative)
most malunited (superlative)

a malunited fracture of the distal radius


malakoplakia

en-noun

malakoplakia (countable and uncountable, plural malakoplakias)

From malako- (“soft”) + -plakia (“plate”).

(medicine) Inflammation of the mucous membrane of a hollow organ (as the urinary bladder) characterized by the formation of soft granulomatous lesions.


macropenis

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Russell-Silver syndrome […] is characterised by IUGR, small triangular facies, hemihypertrophy, clinodactyly, occasionally macropenis with or without precocious puberty, and sometimes GH deficiency.

2001, Desai, Meena P., Vijayalakshmi Bhatia & P.S.N. Menon, Pediatric Endocrine Disorders, page 60:

Boys develop a macropenis usually by 2 to 3 years of age and undergo premature sexual development with growth of pubic and axillary hair and appearance of adult body odor[…]

2002, Ronald G. Davidson, PDQ Medical Genetics, page 88:


malrotation

malrotation (countable and uncountable, plural malrotations)

intestinal malrotation

(physiology) An anomaly of rotation; aberrant movement of parts in a rotating fashion.


mandrin

(medicine) A metal wire or stylet inserted into a flexible catheter to give it shape and firmness while passing through a hollow tubular structure.


mastodynia

mastodynia (usually uncountable, plural mastodynias)

(medicine) mastalgia; pain in the breast


mechanotherapy

/ˌmɛkənəʊˈθɛɹəpi/

From mechano- + therapy, after Swedish mekanoterapi.

They were anxious to ship me to Milan where there were better X-ray facilities and where, after the operation, I could take mechano-therapy.

1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 78:

(medicine) A type of physiotherapy designed to promote health through exercise and massage.


melanonychia

melanonychia (countable and uncountable, plural melanonychias)

(medicine) A black or brown pigmentation of the nail plate.


Meigs syndrome

Named after Joe Vincent Meigs (1892-1963), American obstetrician and gynecologist.

(medicine) The triad of ascites, pleural effusion, and benign ovarian tumor (fibroma).


unhappy triad

(medicine) An injury to the anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament, and medial meniscus.


meningism

meningism (countable and uncountable, plural meningisms)

(medicine) A set of symptoms similar to those of meningitis but not caused by it, involving the triad of nuchal rigidity (neck stiffness), photophobia, and headache, a sign of irritation of the meninges.

(medicine, loosely, informally) Such symptoms as identified clinically but before knowledge of their cause is ascertained (that is, before diagnosis or before its confirmation); meningeal symptoms.


megarectum

megarectum (countable and uncountable, plural megarectums)


hyperdense

en-adj

hyperdense (comparative more hyperdense, superlative most hyperdense)

more hyperdense (comparative)
most hyperdense (superlative)

a hyperdense liver


mesaxon

(neurobiology) A pair of parallel plasma membranes of a Schwann cell, marking the point of edge-to-edge contact by the Schwann cell encircling the axon.


MERRF syndrome

Short for "myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers".

(medicine, medical genetics) A rare mitochondrial disease characterized by progressive myoclonic epilepsy and clumps of diseased mitochondria that accumulate in the subsarcolemmal region of the muscle fiber and appear as "ragged red fibers" when stained.


mesosalpinx

(anatomy) Part of the lining of the abdominal cavity in higher vertebrates, specifically the portion of the broad ligament that stretches from the ovary to the level of the uterine tube.


mepacrine

From [Term?] + -crine (“acridine derivative”).


mesopneumonium

(anatomy) A pulmonary ligament connecting the lung and mesogaster.


metacycline

(pharmacology) A semisynthetic tetracycline antibiotic C₂₂H₂₂N₂O₈ with longer duration of action than most other tetracyclines used in the treatment of gonorrhea especially in penicillin-sensitive subjects and as a precursor in the industrial synthesis of doxycycline.


methacycline

(pharmacology) Alternative form of metacycline.


metathalamus

(anatomy, neuroanatomy) A composite structure of the thalamus, consisting of the medial geniculate nucleus and the lateral geniculate nucleus.


metharbital

/məˈθɑɹ.bəˌtɔl/

(pharmacology) An anticonvulsant barbiturate C₉H₁₄N₂O₃.


methallenestril

From meth- + allene + -estr- (“estrogen”) + -yl.

(pharmacology) A synthetic, non-steroidal estrogen formerly used to treat menstrual problems.


methylthiouracil

From methyl + -thiouracil (“uracil derivative”).

compound

(pharmacology) A thioamide, closely related to propylthiouracil, used as an antithyroid preparation.


metrodynia

From metro- + -dynia or metr- + -odynia.


microencephaly

(pathology) The condition of having a small brain


microgenia

(pathology) The presence of an unusually small or deformed chin


anotia

(teratology) A rare congenital deformity where the pinna or auricle, the outer projected portion of the ear, is completely absent.


microstomia

(medicine) The presence of an abnormally small mouth, a clinical feature of many craniofacial syndromes.


microcheilia

(medicine) Abnormal smallness of the lips.


monoblast

(cytology) A cell, normally found in bone marrow, that matures into a monocyte


monilethrix

From Latin mŏnīle (“necklace”) + Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).

(medicine, dermatology) A rare autosomal-dominant hair disease that results in short, fragile, broken hair with a beaded appearance.


mucinosis

(pathology) Any of a group of cutaneous diseases caused by fibroblasts producing abnormally large amounts of acid mucopolysaccharides (i.e. mucin), usually hyaluronic acid


multifidus

From Latin multifidus. Doublet of multifid and multifidous.

(anatomy) A thin muscle consisting of a number of fleshy and tendinous fasciculi that fill up the groove on either side of the spinous processes of the vertebrae, from the sacrum to the axis.


myelomalacia

(medicine) The softening of the spinal cord.


mucormycosis

en-noun

mucormycosis (countable and uncountable, plural mucormycoses)

From mucor (“mouldy”) + mycosis (“fungal infection”). From translingual Mucorales, from Latin mucor (“mustiness”).

compound

Herein, we characterized the infecting microbe, host, micro- and mycobiomes leading up to infection onset in a leukemia patient that developed invasive mucormycosis.

2015 November 11, “Implementation of a Pan-Genomic Approach to Investigate Holobiont-Infecting Microbe Interaction: A Case Report of a Leukemic Patient with Invasive Mucormycosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(pathology, mycology) Any fungal infection caused by fungi in the order Mucorales.


mucoperiosteum

(anatomy) A compound structure consisting of mucous membrane and periosteum.


myringoplasty

(surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane


pars tensa

(anatomy) The larger and more robust region of the tympanic membrane, consisting of three layers: skin, fibrous tissue, and mucosa.


synkinesis

en-noun

synkinesis (countable and uncountable, plural synkineses)

(medicine) The involuntary movement of one body part when moving another.


siriasis

Latin, from Ancient Greek σειρίᾱσις (seiríāsis, “heatstroke”)


adiaphoresis

(medicine) Lack of sweating; anhidrosis.


artery of Adamkiewicz

en-noun

artery of Adamkiewicz (plural arteries of Adamkiewicz)

(anatomy) The largest anterior segmental medullary artery in humans, typically arising from a left posterior intercostal artery, which branches from the aorta and supplies the lower two thirds of the spinal cord via the anterior spinal artery.

artéria de Adamkiewicz

the largest anterior segmental medullary artery in humans


aganglionosis

(medicine) A medical condition involving absence of ganglia.


allocortex

allocortex (plural allocortexes or allocortices)

allocortexes (plural)
allocortices (plural)

(anatomy) The heterogenetic cortex; part of the cerebral cortex characterized by fewer cell layers than the neocortex (i.e. fewer than six)

allocortex

the part of the cortex characterize by fewer cell layers than the neocortex


allosome

The human sex chromosomes are a typical pair of allosomes. The X chromosome is present in the ovum, while either X or Y chromosomes can be present in sperm.

(genetics) A sex chromosome that differs from an ordinary autosome in form, size, or behaviour.


anaphia

From an- (“not”) + Ancient Greek ἁφή (haphḗ, “sense of touch”) + -ia. Or perhaps directly from Ancient Greek ἀναφής (anaphḗs, “impalpable”). For the middle element, compare haptic.

noncog

Anaphia is the total or partial absence of the sense of touch. For research on tactile technologies and feedback, participants with anaphia can have a negative impact on potentially positive results.

2017, Fei Tang, Ryan P. McMahan, Eric D. Ragan, Tandra T. Allen, “Subjective Evaluation of Tactile Fidelity for Single-Finger and Whole-Hand Touch Gestures”, in Jessie Chen, Stephanie Lackey, editors, Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, Springer, page 198:

(medicine, rare) Tactile anesthesia; the total or partial absence of the sense of touch.


anorchia

From an- + Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle”) + -ia.

der

(medicine) An intersex condition of XY individuals where both testes are absent at birth.

anorkia

an intersex condition of XY individuals where both testes are absent at birth


anlage

(genetics) An allele, a specific version of a gene (as used by Gregor Mendel).


octatropine

(pharmacology) A muscarinic antagonist and antispasmodic, used in the methylbromide form.


angiodysplasia

en-noun

angiodysplasia (countable and uncountable, plural angiodysplasias)

(medicine) A small vascular malformation of the gut, a common cause of otherwise unexplained gastrointestinal bleeding and anemia


anomaloscope

/əˈnɒmələʊskəʊp/

From German Anomaloskop, from Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “irregular, uneven”) (from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-, “a-, prefix meaning ‘not’”) + ὁμᾰλός (homălós, “even, level”)) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look, to look at; to examine, to inspect”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sḱop, ultimately from *speḱ- (“to see; to look, to observe”)).

der

The anomaloscope contains a red-green scale from which may be read a number that is proportional to the amount of red in the mixture field, and a Y scale from which is read a number proportional to the luminance of the test color. In testing an observer, the examiner notes the scale values, which then are available for further transformation as noted for the Nagel anomaloscope.

1981, Committee on Vision, National Research Council, “Color Vision Tests”, in Procedures for Testing Color Vision: Report of Working Group 41, Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, →OCLC, page 38:

For the differentiation between color vision defects of retinal origin and color defects as a result of optic nerve disease the determination of the neutral zone and anomaloscope examination are important.

1982, A. Pinckers, “Minimal Requirements for Color Vision Examination”, in G[uy] Verriest, editor, Colour Vision Deficiencies VI: Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium of the International Research Group on Colour Vision Deficiencies Held at the Klinikum der Freien Universität, (West) Berlin-Steglitz, 17–19 September 1981 (Documenta Ophthalmologia, Proceedings Series; 33), The Hague: Dr W. Junk Publishers, →ISBN, abstract, page 169:

Anomaloscopes are instruments that assess the ability to make metametric matches. The results are used for definitive diagnosis and quantitative assessment of color vision status. Anomoloscopes are much more difficult to administer than pseudoisochromatic plates and arrangement tests. The first anomaloscope was designed by Nagel and is based on the color match known as the Rayleigh equation, that is, R + G = Y.

2014, Harinder Singh Sethi, “Color Vision and Color Blindness”, in H. V. Nema, Nitin Nema, editors, Diagnostic Procedures in Ophthalmology, 3rd edition, New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, →ISBN, page 22:

(ophthalmology) An instrument used to test for color blindness by measuring quantitative and qualitative anomalies in color perception.


anoscopy

(medicine) An examination using a small, rigid, tubular instrument called an anoscope which is inserted into the anal canal


anodontia

en-noun

anodontia (countable and uncountable, plural anodontias)

/ˌæn.əˈdɑn.ʃə/

From an- (prefix meaning ‘lacking, without’) + -odontia (suffix forming nouns denoting the condition of teeth).

confix

(dentistry, teratology) The congenital absence of some or all primary or permanent teeth, caused by a rare genetic disorder.


antidysrhythmic

(pharmacology) Used to treat or prevent dysrhythmia.


antidysrhythmic

(pharmacology) A drug that treats or prevents dysrhythmia.

antidisrítmico

a drug that treats or prevents dysrhythmia


aphasiology

(speech therapy) The study of linguistic problems resulting from brain damage.

afasiologia

the study of linguistic problems resulting from brain damage


aphasiologist

(speech therapy) One who studies or practices aphasiology.

afazjolog

one who studies or practices aphasiology


aphasiological

(speech therapy) Of or relating to aphasiology.


antimetropia

en-noun

antimetropia (usually uncountable, plural antimetropias)

(ophthalmology) An extreme form of anisometropia in which one eye is myopic and the other hyperopic.


aortopexy

aortopexy (countable and uncountable, plural aortopexies)

(surgery) A surgical procedure in which the aortic arch is fixated to the sternum, so that the tracheal lumen is pulled open.

aortopexia

a surgical procedure in which the aortic arch is fixated to the sternum


antistreptolysin

antistreptolysin (countable and uncountable, plural antistreptolysins)

(biochemistry, immunology) An antibody made against streptolysin.


aortographic

(medicine) Of or relating to aortography.


aortogram

(medicine) An image produced by aortography.


antitragicus

(anatomy) In the human musculoskeletal system of the ear, a part that arises from the outer part of the antitragus and is inserted into the cauda helicis and antihelix.

antitrágico

an intrinsic muscle that arises from the outer part of the antitragus


apudoma

(pathology) An endocrine tumor arising from an APUD cell.

apudoma

an endocrine tumor arising from an APUD cell


anthracosis

(pneumology, pathology) A relatively mild pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of coal.


apallic

Unlike the comatose patient, the apallic patient lies in bed with eyes open, staring blankly into the distance[…] Common types of autonomic dysfunction seen in apallic patients include tachycardia, excessive sweating, and rapid breathing.

2006, Marco Mumenthaler, Heinrich Mattle, Fundamentals of Neurology: An Illustrated Guide, page 76:

persistent vegetative state
persistent vegetative state

(medicine) Of or relating to a persistent vegetative state.

apálico

of or relating to a persistent vegetative state


aprosody

(speech pathology) The lack of variations in speech, such as speed, tone, and emphasis.

aprosódia

the lack of variations in speech, such as speed, tone, and emphasis


appendicolith

(pathology) A calcified fecal deposit associated with appendicitis.

stercolithe

a calcified fecal deposit associated with appendicitis


apicoectomy

apicoectomy (countable and uncountable, plural apicoectomies)

(surgery) An endodontic surgical procedure whereby a tooth's root tip is removed and a root end cavity is prepared and filled with a biocompatible material

apicectomia

surgical replacement of the root tip of a tooth


aporepressor

(genetics) A repressor that binds with a corepressor.


apneustic

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) and πνευστικός (pneustikós).


apneusis

(pathology) An abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by deep, gasping inspiration with a pause at full inspiration followed by a brief, insufficient release.


archicortex

(anatomy) Part of the allocortex, specifically three layered hippocampal cortexes necessary for hippocampus formation


archipallium

(anatomy) The oldest region of the brain's pallium, often considered contiguous with the olfactory cortex, but varying among species. In humans, the archipallium makes up the hippocampus.

arquipálio

the oldest region of the brain’s pallium


argentaffin

(cytology) That is stained by silver salts


archicerebellum

(anatomy) The oldest part of the cerebellum in evolutionary terms; the vestibulocerebellum.

arquicerebelo

the oldest part of the cerebellum in evolutionary terms


ariboflavinosis

ariboflavinosis (countable and uncountable, plural ariboflavinoses)

(pathology) The medical condition caused by deficiency of riboflavin.


arrector pili

arrector pili (plural arrectores pilorum)

(anatomy) Any of the small muscles attached to hair follicles in mammals, the contraction of which causes the hairs to stand on end.


arsenamide

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) An arsenical that is a proposed chemotherapeutic agent against filaria and trichomonas.


arthrocentesis

Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + κέντησις (kéntēsis, “puncture”).

(surgery) The clinical procedure of using a syringe to collect synovial fluid from a joint capsule, used in the diagnosis of gout, arthritis, and synovial infections.


synovial fluid

synovial fluid (countable and uncountable, plural synovial fluids)

(anatomy) A transparent, viscous, non-Newtonian lubricating fluid which is found in the cavities of synovial joints or bursae and secreted by the synovial membrane; its main purpose is to reduce friction between the articular cartilage of synovial joints during movement.


aryepiglotticus

(anatomy) A muscle of the larynx running in the aryepiglottic fold from the arytenoid cartilage to the epiglottis.


aurantiasis

(medicine) A golden-yellow discoloration of the skin.


auriculotemporal

From auriculo- (“aural, auricular”) + temporal.

prefix

(anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the external ear and the temporal region.


ateliosis

(dated, pathology) A form of dwarfism accompanied by a childlike high-pitched voice and abnormal genitalia.


palatonasal

(anatomy) Relating to the palate and nose.


palatoplasty

en-noun

palatoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural palatoplasties)

(surgery) A surgical procedure used to correct or reconstruct a cleft palate


pallesthesia

From Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō, “tremble”) + -esthesia.

af

(medicine) The sensation of mechanical vibration on or near the body.


pachyderma

(medicine) Abnormal thickening of the skin.


paleocortex

(anatomy) A layer of the cerebral cortex, intermediate phylogenetically between the neocortex and archicortex, and separated from the neocortex by the rhinal fissure


pancreaticoduodenal

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the pancreas and duodenum


panophthalmitis

(medicine) The inflammation of all coats of the eye, including intraocular structures.


pagetoid

en-adj

pagetoid (comparative more pagetoid, superlative most pagetoid)

more pagetoid (comparative)
most pagetoid (superlative)

From Paget + -oid, with reference to seeming like Paget's disease, after Sir James Paget (1814–1899); morphologically parallel with other examples such as parkinsonoid.

pagetoid Bowen's disease

(dermatology) Exhibiting an upward spread of melanocytes into the epidermis.


papillitis

(medicine) inflammation of the optic nerve head


panniculus

en-noun

panniculus (countable and uncountable, plural panniculi)

From Latin panniculus, diminutive of pannus (“cloth”).

(anatomy) A dense layer of fatty tissue growth, consisting of subcutaneous fat in the lower abdominal area.


parageusia

(medicine) The abnormal presence of an unpleasant taste in the mouth, sometimes caused by medications.


pararectal

the pararectal lymph nodes


paradidymis

(anatomy) A small collection of convoluted tubules situated in front of the lower part of the spermatic cord, above the head of the epididymis.


parafollicular

(anatomy) Near a follicle; applied to certain cells, adjacent to the thyroid follicles, that produce and secrete calcitonin.


paramesonephric

(anatomy, applied to the Müllerian ducts) Near the mesonephros.


pathergy

(medicine) An abnormal condition in which a minor trauma, such as a bruise, leads to the development of skin lesions or ulcers that may be resistant to healing.


pectineus

From Latin pectineus (“comblike”), from pecten (“comb”) + -eus.

(anatomy) A flat quadrangular muscle, situated at the anterior part of the upper and medial aspect of the thigh, whose primary function is hip flexion.


pemphigoid

pemphigoid (countable and uncountable, plural pemphigoids)

(pathology) Any of a group of rare autoimmune blistering skin diseases that superficially resemble pemphigus.

penfigoide

any of a group of rare autoimmune blistering skin diseases


perimetrium

From peri- + Late Latin metrium (“womb”), from Ancient Greek μήτριον (mḗtrion, “of a mother”).

der

(anatomy) The outer serosa layer of the uterus.


pericoronitis

(dentistry) An acute infection causing swelling or inflammation of gums and surrounding soft tissues of a partially erupted tooth.


perinephric

perinephric fat


perihepatitis

(medicine, pathology) Inflammation of the serous or peritoneal coating of the liver.


pericardiacophrenic

(anatomy) Of or relating to a long slender branch of the internal thoracic artery, accompanying the phrenic nerve, between the pleura and pericardium, to the diaphragm, to which it is distributed.


peristasis

en-noun

peristasis (countable and uncountable, plural peristases)

(uncountable, medicine) An inactive phase of vasoconstriction in inflammation.


peroneus

Borrowed from Late Latin peroneus, clipping of mūsculus peroneus (“peroneal muscle”).

clipping

Meronyms: peroneus brevis, peroneus longus, peroneus tertius

(anatomy) Any of several muscles of the lateral side of the leg, which arise from the fibula and act to move the foot.


peroral

(medicine) By way of the mouth, oral cavity.


phaco

(surgery, ophthalmology, informal) Clipping of phacoemulsification.


phacoemulsification

en-noun

phacoemulsification (countable and uncountable, plural phacoemulsifications)

(surgery) A form of cataract surgery in which the eye's internal lens is emulsified with an ultrasonic handpiece and aspirated from the eye. Aspirated fluids are replaced with irrigation of balanced salt solution, thus maintaining the anterior chamber, as well as cooling the handpiece.


phrenectomy

phrenectomy (countable and uncountable, plural phrenectomies)

(surgery) The severing of the phrenic nerve.


phragmosome

(cytology) A sheet of cytoplasm forming in highly vacuolated plant cells in preparation for mitosis.


photoptarmosis

From photo- + Ancient Greek πταρμός (ptarmós, “sneeze”) + -osis.

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Photic sneeze reflex
photic sneeze reflex

(medicine, pathology) Photic sneeze reflex.


sparganosis

(pathology) A parasitic infection caused by the plerocercoid larvae of diphyllobothroid tapeworms in the genus Spirometra.

esparganose

infection by larvae of Spirometra tapeworms


plexopathy

(pathology) A disorder affecting a network of nerves in the brachial or lumbosacral plexus, resulting in pain and loss of motor control.


pneumopericardium

(medicine) The presence of air in the pericardial cavity.


polioencephalomalacia

(medicine) Laminar cortical necrosis, a disease of cattle, sheep and goats, characterized by softening of the cerebrocortical grey matter in a layered pattern.


polycoria

(medicine, ophthalmology) A pathological condition of the eye, characterized by more than one pupillary opening in the iris.


polytherapy

en-noun

polytherapy (usually uncountable, plural polytherapies)

Near-synonym: cotherapy

In severe cases, polytherapy is indicated (including corticosteroids, analgesics, arthroplasty, physical therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy).

(medicine) The use of several therapies to treat a single condition, such as multiple drugs or multiple modalities.


porion

From Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “opening”) + -ion.

(anatomy) The point on the human skull located at the upper margin of each ear canal, and underlying the tragus.


ileoanal

(anatomy) Relating to the ileum and anus


ileorectal

(anatomy) Relating to the ileum and rectum.


ileovaginal

(anatomy) Relating to the ileum and vagina.


ileogastric

(anatomy) Relating to the ileum and stomach.


ileorenal

(anatomy) Relating to the ileum and kidneys.


acanthamebiasis

acanthamebiasis (countable and uncountable, plural acanthamebiases)

Acanthamoeba + -iasis (“disease caused by”)

(pathology) Alternative form of acanthamoebiasis


acanthaesthesia

(medicine) Alternative form of acanthesthesia


posthitis

From Ancient Greek πόσθη (pósthē, “penis; foreskin”) + -itis (“inflammatory disease”).

af

(pathology) The inflammation of the foreskin, or prepuce, of the human penis, characterised by swelling and redness on the skin.


posteroanterior

posteroanterior movement

(anatomy) Posterior to anterior; back-to-front.

the posteroanterior axis

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the relation between posterior and anterior.


acanthiomeatal line

en-noun

acanthiomeatal line (plural acanthiomeatal lines)

(anatomy) An imaginary line drawn through the acanthion and the auditory meatus.


primigravida

primigravida (plural primigravidas or primigravidae or (archaic) primigravidæ)

primigravidas (plural)
primigravidae (plural)
primigravidæ (archaic plural)

/ˌpɹaɪmɪˈɡɹævɪdə/

/ˌpɹaɪməˈɡɹævɪdə/

From Latin prīmus (“first”) (modelled after primipara) + Medieval Latin gravida (“pregnant woman”), feminine singular of Latin gravidus (“pregnant, gravid”), from gravō (“to burden, weigh down; to make pregnant”) + -idus (adjective-forming suffix meaning “tending to”).

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[...] [Friedrich] Schatz advises all pregnant women, especially primigravidæ, to consult a physician during the last portion of their pregnancy, and ascertain from him the position of the child, and the necessity, if present, of altering it before labor sets in.

1874 February, “The Conversion of a Facial into a Vertex Presentation by External Manipulation only. By Friedrich Schatz, Rostock. (Archiv für Gynäkologie, v. 2. 1873.)”, in B. F. Dawson, editor, The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, volume VI, number 4, New York, N.Y.: William Wood & Co., publishers, […]; London: John Churchill’s Sons, […], →OCLC, page 659:

In connection with the case, I should like to remind you of the fact that extra-uterine pregnancy occurs more frequently in multigravidae than in primigravidae. This has an important bearing on the etiology of ectopic gestation.

1906 February 12, George Gellhorn, “The Diagnosis of Tubal Pregnancy before Rupture”, in Albert E. Taussig, A. S. Bleyer, editors, Quarterly Bulletin: Medical Department of Washington University, volume IV, number 3, St. Louis, Mo.: [Medical Department of Washington University] office of publication, 1806 Locust Street, […], published March 1906, →OCLC, page 167:

The overwhelming majority of primigravidas seen at the clinic are in their middle teens. All but two of these primigravidas were pregnant before their eighteenth birthday. Of thirty-eight primigravidas interviewed none had completed high school; and of these, the ones that were married had husbands who were engaged in low-skill, manual, low-paying occupations.

1975, María-Luisa Urdaneta, “Fertility and the ‘Pill’ in a Texas Barrio”, in Stanley R. Ingman, Anthony E. Thomas, editors, Topias and Utopias in Health: Policy Studies (World Anthropology), The Hague, Paris: Mouton Publishers, →ISBN, page 75:

In the second stage [of labour] for a primigravida, Caesarean section is the method of choice; with a multigravida, a vaginal delivery should be attempted.

1978, Lance Townsend, “Caesarean Section: The Types of Operation”, in Obstetrics for Students, 3rd edition, Melbourne, Vic., Sydney, N.S.W.: The Macmillan Company of Australia, →DOI, →ISBN, page 566:

Primigravidas who find themselves pregnant before they are ready may be more amenable to acceptance if social and financial circumstances are deemed adequate. Multiparas, on the other hand, who feel they have more children than they want may not be abl to overcome feelings of rejection.

1984, Regina P. Lederman, “Anxiety and Conflict in Pregnancy: Relationship to Maternal Health Status”, in Harriet H[elen] Werley, Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, editors, Annual Review of Nursing Research, volume 2, New York, N.Y.: Springer Publishing Company, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, part I (Research on Nursing Practice), page 35:

In the primigravida, particularly the heifer and bitch, it is often found that the cause of the dystocia is relatively simple, such as a slight fetomaternal disproportion, and the application of a little assistance is all that is required.

2009, David Noakes, “The Approach to an Obstetric Case”, in David E. Noakes, Timothy J. Parkinson, Gary C. W. England, editors, Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics, 9th edition, Edinburgh, London: Saunders Elsevier, →ISBN, pages 223–224:

A 24-year-old primigravida presents for routine ultrasound at 20 weeks gestation. Based on the ultrasound findings, the patient is diagnosed with twin boys.

2012, Karen M. Schneider, Stephen K. Patrick, “Maternal–Fetal Physiology and Placentation”, in Obstetrics and Gynecology: PreTest™ Self-assessment and Review (PreTest), 13th edition, McGraw-Hill Medical, →ISBN, page 39:

(obstetrics, veterinary medicine) A woman or female animal who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once.

primigràvida

woman who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once


tongue-tie

en-noun

tongue-tie (countable and uncountable, plural tongue-ties)

(uncountable, medicine) Ankyloglossia, a congenital oral anomaly.


psilosis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψίλωσις (psílōsis).

(medicine) Sprue, a disease of the small intestine.