peccant

en-adj

peccant (comparative more peccant, superlative most peccant)

more peccant (comparative)
most peccant (superlative)

The adjective is borrowed from Middle French peccant (“unhealthy”) (modern French peccant), and from its etymon Late Latin peccantis, the genitive singular of peccāns (“offending; sinning, transgressing”, adjective), from Latin peccāns (“wrongdoer”), a noun use of the active present participle of peccō (“to offend; to sin, transgress”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to fall; to stumble; to step; to walk”).
As regards sense 3 (“diseased, unhealthy”) as used in peccant humours, compare Middle French l'umeur peccante, humeurs peccantes, Old French humeurs pechantes, and Late Latin humores peccantes.
The noun is derived from the adjective.

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Thus haue I deſcribed and opened as by a kinde of diſſection, thoſe peccant humors (the principall of them) vvhich hath not onely giuen impediment to the proficence of Learning, but haue giuen alſo occaſion, to the traducement thereof: […]

1605, Francis Bacon, “The First Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folio 27, recto:

It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; with ſtrong Convulſions, with grievous Contractions of the Nerves and Sinews in both Hands, but eſpecially the Right; with Spleen, Flatus, Vertigos and Deliriums; with Scrophulous Tumors full of fœtid purulent Matter; with ſower frothy Ructations, with Canine Appetites and Crudeneſs of Digeſtion, beſides many others needleſs to mention.

1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Further Account of the Academy. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 82:

It is far from impoſſible to reconcide, […] the ſacredneſs of as hereditary principle of ſucceſſion in our government, vvith a povver of change in its application in caſes of extreme emergency. Even in that extremity (if vve take the meaſure of our rights by our exerciſe of them at the Revolution) the change is to be confined to the peccant part only; to the part vvhich produced the neceſſary deviation; and even then it is to be effected vvithout a decompoſition of the vvhole civil and political maſs, for the purpoſe of originating a nevv civil order out of the firſt elements of ſociety.

1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC, page 29:

I am truly sorry that I cannot accompany you in your ride this morning, owing to a violent pain in my face, arising from a wart to which I by medical advice applied a caustic. Whether I put too much, I do not know, but the consequence is, that not only I have been put to some pain, but the peccant part and its immediate environ are as black as if the printer's devil had marked me for an author.

1823 April 14, Lord Byron, “Letter DXIV. To the Earl of B**.”, in Thomas Moore, editor, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, […], volume II, London: John Murray, […], published 1830, →OCLC, page 640:

And we have a certain instinct, that where is great amount of life, though gross and peccant, it has its own checks and purifications, and will be found at last in harmony with moral laws.

1860, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Essay II. Power.”, in The Conduct of Life, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 52:

[O]ne feels that no community can really be as purged of peccant humours as the typical American has for the most part found itself foredoomed to look.

1906 August, Henry James, “Baltimore”, in The American Scene, London: Chapman and Hall, published 30 January 1907, →OCLC, section II, page 312:

(pathology, historical, also figurative) Especially of humours of the body: diseased, unhealthy; also, causing disease.


enteropathy

/ɛntəˈɹɒpəθi/

(pathology) An intestinal disorder or disease.


telangiectasia

en-noun

telangiectasia (countable and uncountable, plural telangiectasias or telangiectasiae or (archaic) telangiectasiæ)

telangiectasias (plural)
telangiectasiae (plural)
telangiectasiæ (archaic plural)

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Mid 19th century New Latin, from telo- + angiectasia, reflecting Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “end, telo-”) + Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel, angio-”) + Ancient Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis, “stretching out, extension”) + Latin -ia.

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Chronic venous disease includes cosmetically undesirable telangiectasias, varicose veins, venous ulceration, and claudication.

2008, Mary E. Klingensmith, The Washington Manual of Surgery, page 327:

(medicine, pathology) A condition characterized by dilatation of the capillaries, causing them to appear as small red or purple clusters, often spidery in appearance, on the skin or the surface of an organ.


herpes simplex

(pathology) A viral disease caused by Human herpesvirus 1 or Human herpesvirus 2 in genus Simplexvirus.


housemaid's knee

en-noun

housemaid's knee (countable and uncountable, plural housemaid's knees)

So called because it used to be prevalent among housemaids, who spent time kneeling on floors to clean them.

(pathology) swelling of the bursa before the kneecap.


Guillain-Barré syndrome

/ɡiːˈæn bəˈɹeɪ ˈsɪndɹoʊm/

From Georges Guillain and Jean Alexandre Barré, who described the condition in 1916.

peripheral nervous system
peripheral nervous system

(neurology, pathology) Rapid-onset muscle weakness, often severe and sometimes fatal, resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function, associated with various viral and other infections.

مُتْلازِمَة غِيلان بَارِيه

rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function

ギラン・バレー症候群

ギラン・バレーしょうこうぐん


symplasia

(pathology) Fused growth of cells or tissue.


dacryocystitis

(pathology, ophthalmology) inflammation of the lacrimal sac


leucoma

leucomas (plural)
leucomata (plural)
leukoma (alternative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεύκωμα (leúkōma). By surface analysis, leuco- + -oma.

(pathology) An opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye


snifters

(veterinary medicine) A disease of poultry causing a nasal discharge.


hyperactivation

hyperactivation (countable and uncountable, plural hyperactivations)

hyperactivation of complement


urethritis

urethritis (usually uncountable, plural urethritides or urethrites)

urethritides (plural)
urethrites (plural)

STI
sexually transmitted infection#English

(pathology) Inflammation of the urethra, a finding possible in many diseases (e.g., STI and non-STI, including UTI) but often in gonorrhea and chlamydia.


edentation

(pathology) The condition of being deprived of one or more teeth.


dystaxia

(pathology, rare) a milder or weaker form of ataxia


heterophoria

heterophoria (countable and uncountable, plural heterophorias)

By surface analysis, hetero- + -phore + -ia; from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + -φορία (-phoría), from φέρειν (phérein, “to bear”).

uder

(pathology) Latent strabismus, which occurs only during dissociation of the left eye and right eye, whereby fusion of the eyes is absent


adenomatosis

(pathology) A form of cancer characterized by multiple adenomas within an organ or system


micropsia

en-noun

micropsia (countable and uncountable, plural micropsias)

From Ancient Greek μικροψία (mikropsía), from μικρός (mikrós, “little, small”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”).

(pathology) A disorder in which objects appear much smaller than normal, most often the result of a neurological dysfunction.


echopraxia

echopraxia (countable and uncountable, plural echopraxias)

From Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “reflected sound, echo”) + πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action”), formed on the analogy of echolalia and apraxia.

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For example, a tic is an automatic form of echopraxia, involving to some slight degree the emotions and the volition and having been originally acquired by suggestion and imitation.

1906, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Volume 33, Williams & Wilkins, page 547:

1964, Digest of Neurology and Psychiatry, Volumes 32-33, Institute of Living, page 260,
Echolalia and echopraxia have been recognized as symptoms of seriously disturbed behavior in adults for over a century.

Several patients, after repeated experience of echopraxia and pantomime, had the delusion that they could communicate with others without using words—merely transmitting ideas by a bodily movement.

1966, The British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 112, Royal Medico-Psychological Association, page 241:

(psychology, pathology, psychopathology) The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.

echopraxie

involuntary repetition of the observed movements of others


giardia

/d͡ʒiˈɑɹdiə/

/d͡ʒiˈɑːdɪə/

(pathology) Giardiasis, the disease caused by the parasite.


neuroendocrine

a neuroendocrine cancer

(physiology, pathology) pertaining to the nervous system and endocrine system together


red man syndrome

(pathology) An infusion reaction to vancomycin, causing flushing of the skin and an erythematous rash on the upper body.


abattage

abattages (plural)
abatage (alternative)

(veterinary medicine) The slaughter of animals, especially diseased ones to limit the spread of the disease.


aniseikonia

en-noun

aniseikonia (countable and uncountable, plural aniseikonias)

(pathology, ophthalmology) An ophthalmological condition where there is a significant difference in the perceived size of images.


blepharitis

blepharitis (usually uncountable, plural blepharitides)

Ancient Greek βλέφαρον (blépharon, “eyelid”).

uder

(pathology) An inflammation of the eyelid.


cholangitis

en-noun

cholangitis (countable and uncountable, plural cholangitides)

(pathology) An inflammation of the bile duct.


venistasis

A patient with venistasis might be more vulnerable to the formation of blood clots due to long periods of immobility such as when driving for long distances.

(pathology) A condition of slow blood supply, usually to the limbs.


autism spectrum disorder

autism spectrum disorder (countable and uncountable, plural autism spectrum disorders)

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Asperger's is an autism spectrum disorder.

2008, "Scientists Pinpoint Pathway That Impacts Features of Autism", 8 October 2018, R&D Magazine.
Moreover, effects were seen in adult mice, suggesting a possible route to medication development for adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

(psychology, pathology) A disorder involving any of a range of psychological conditions, all characterized by abnormal social interaction and communication, restricted interests, highly repetitive behaviour, and eccentricity.

自閉症スペクトラム障害

じへいしょうすぺくとらむしょうがい


osteonecrosis

osteonecrosis (countable and uncountable, plural osteonecroses)


avascular necrosis

avascular necrosis (plural avascular necroses)

(pathology) A disease resulting from the temporary or permanent loss of the blood supply to the bones, causing bone tissue death and bone collapse.


leucocytosis

leucocytoses (plural)
leukocytosis (alternative)

(pathology) A raised WBC (white blood cell) count, above the normal range.

hyperleukocytosis

severe subset: an especially high WBC count

neutrophilia

types, by WBC type, in order of prevalence


myelodysplasia

JSLH has also approved the grading system for diagnostic accuracy of MDS and adopted this standardized diagnostic system to the educational item for certification of the laboratory hematology specialists, aiming at a nationwidely expanding morphological evaluation of myelodysplasia.

2018 May 9, K. Tohyama, “Present status and perspective of laboratory hematology in Japan: On the standardization of blood cell morphology including myelodysplasia: On behalf of the Japanese Society for Laboratory Hematology”, in International Journal of Lab Hematology, volume 40, number S1, →DOI, pages 120-125:

(pathology) Any of various conditions characterized by the faulty or inadequate production of bone marrow or blood cells.


ostalgia

ostalgia (usually uncountable, plural ostalgias)


sesamoiditis

(pathology) Inflammation of a sesamoid bone, usually in the foot.


nephrosclerosis

nephrosclerosis (countable and uncountable, plural nephroscleroses)

From nephro- (“kidney”) + sclerosis (“hard”).

(pathology) arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries


hypogammaglobulinemia

hypogammaglobulinemia (countable and uncountable, plural hypogammaglobulinemias)

(pathology) A type of immune disorder characterised by a reduction in all types of gamma globulins


cardiometabolic

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Reading, “The ability to mediate a prebiotic modulation of gut microbiota has recently been suggested to have an inverse correlation with risk of cardiometabolic disease..."

2013, Polysaccharides—Advances in Research and Application, →ISBN:

Depression is up to 2–3 times more common in patients with cardiometabolic diseases such as coronary heart disease (CHD), diabetes and stroke

2015, Bhautesh Dinesh Jani et al., “The effects of anti-depressants on depression symptom scores at 12 months follow-up in patients with cardiometabolic disease: Results from a large primary care cohort”, in Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, volume 4, →DOI:

[Myokines] can help regulate various metabolic processes conducive to better cardiometabolic health, McDonough says.

2023 January 29, Ian McMahan, “For longevity, muscle strength may be as important as aerobic exercise”, in Washington Post, →ISSN:

(pathology) Concerning both heart disease and metabolic disorders such as diabetes


endotoxemia

endotoxemia (countable and uncountable, plural endotoxemias)

(pathology) The presence of endotoxins in the bloodstream


anthracnose

anthracnose (countable and uncountable, plural anthracnoses)

(phytopathology) Any of several fungal diseases that affect many plants and trees.

caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides


uveitis

uveitis (usually uncountable, plural uveitides)


erethic

en-adj

erethic (comparative more erethic, superlative most erethic)

more erethic (comparative)
most erethic (superlative)


angiopathy

(pathology) Any disease of the blood vessels.


synostosis

en-noun

synostosis (countable and uncountable, plural synostoses)

From syn- + Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + -osis.

Conditions such as those are known collectively as single suture synostosis.

2009 January 25, Denis Campbell, “Kian, 4, needs a miracle. He's in the right place”, in The Observer:

(pathology) The abnormal development of a joint.


dieback

The National Trust reports that 30,000 ash trees on its land will have been felled this year owing to ash dieback. “Dieback” sounds like a gentle, seasonal withdrawal. In fact, ash dieback is a devastating disease caused by a fungus, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, likely to have been carried into the UK on imported ash saplings in the early part of this century.

2021 December 12, “The Guardian view on ash dieback: a tiny chink of hope”, in The Guardian:

(phytopathology) The browning and death of a plant shoot starting at the tip, due to either disease or climate conditions.


MPD

MPD (countable and uncountable, plural MPDs)

(pathology) Initialism of myeloproliferative disease.


hemangioma

hemangioma (plural hemangiomas or hemangiomata)

hemangiomas (plural)
hemangiomata (plural)
haemangioma (alternative)
hæmangioma (alternative)

(pathology) A congenital, benign tumor of endothelial cells.


ependymoma

ependymoma (plural ependymomas or ependymomata)

ependymomas (plural)
ependymomata (plural)

central nervous system
central nervous system

(pathology, oncology) A tumour of the central nervous system arising from the ependyma


erythroleukemia

erythroleukemias (plural)
erythroleukaemia (alternative)


laminitis

For months, the left hind leg put Barbaro’s recovery in serious jeopardy because of laminitis, the often-fatal hoof disease.

2007 January 28, The Associated Press, “Sports Briefing”, in New York Times:

(veterinary medicine) A disease of the digital laminae of the hoof


chordoma

chordoma (plural chordomas or chordomata)

The tumors, known as chordomas, eat bone and tissue and have done irreparable damage to her spine. Ms. Haigh, who has a 3-year-old daughter, cannot work while she is undergoing treatment.

2009 February 16, Cara Buckley, “Turning the Male Perm Into a Very Good Hair Day”, in New York Times:

(pathology) A slow-growing, malignant tumor arising from remnants of the notochord.


lymphodema

She recently developed lymphodema, the painful swelling and water retention that can happen in the arm where lymph nodes were removed.

2007 May 22, Leslie Berger, “Cancer Care Seeks to Take Patients Beyond Survival”, in New York Times:

(pathology) A condition of fluid retention caused by a compromised lymphatic system.


supranuclear palsy

supranuclear palsy (countable and uncountable, plural supranuclear palsies)

(pathology, neurology) A rare degenerative disease involving the gradual deterioration and death of selected areas of the brain.


erythema migrans

(pathology) The rash often seen in the early stage of Lyme disease.

erythema migrans

rash typical to early stage of Lyme disease


Bell's palsy

Named after Scottish surgeon Charles Bell (1774–1842), who first described the connection of the facial nerve to the condition.

A Bell's palsy is a facial paralysis that affects one side of the face only, generally caused by a viral infection.

2020, Dr Amir Khan, The Doctor Will See You Now, Ebury Press (2021), page 15:

(pathology) A paralysis of cranial nerve VII (the facial nerve) resulting in inability to control facial muscles on the affected side.

貝爾氏麻痺 /贝尔氏麻痹

paralysis of cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve


heart block

coronary artery disease
coronary artery disease

(pathology) A disease in the electrical system of the heart, opposed to coronary artery disease, which is disease of the blood vessels of the heart.


neurosyphilis

The progression of syphilis to neurosyphilis usually takes 30 to 40 years, but in a "coinfected person" it can occur in six to nine months.

1988 December 4, John Dooley, “CDC Releases New Recommendations For Syphilis, HIV”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 21, page 2:

Even more recently, The Times Literary Supplement, sifting through Hardy’s ashes, ran a story suggesting that his first wife may have suffered from quaternary neurosyphilis — contracted from him.

2007 March 18, Brenda Wineapple, “Wessex Man”, in New York Times:

(pathology) A syphilis infection affecting the nervous system.


GRID

The cause of the disorder is unknown. Researchers call it A.I.D., for acquired immunodeficiency disease, or GRID, for gay-related immunodeficiency. It has been reported in 20 states and seven countries.

1982 May 11, Lawrence K. Altman, “New Homosexual Disorder Worries Health Officials”, in The New York Times:

gay-related immunodeficiency
gay-related immunodeficiency#English

(pathology, dated) Acronym of gay-related immunodeficiency (“AIDS”) .


chytrid

From Ancient Greek χυτρίδιον (khutrídion, “little pot”), from χύτρα (khútra, “earthen pot, pipkin”).

uder

(pathology) Abbreviation of chytridiomycosis.


neuronophagia

(pathology) The destruction of nerve cells by phagocytes.


PMDD

premenstrual dysphoric disorder
premenstrual dysphoric disorder#English

(pathology) Initialism of premenstrual dysphoric disorder.


proteotoxicity

en-noun

proteotoxicity (countable and uncountable, plural proteotoxicities)

(pathology) Any impairment of cell function caused by misfolding of a protein.


MDR-TB

(pathology) Initialism of multiple drug resistant tuberculosis.


XDR-TB

(pathology) Initialism of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis.


erythroblastosis

erythroblastosis (countable and uncountable, plural erythroblastoses)

(pathology) A medical condition in which erythroblasts are abnormally found in the blood


pyaemia

pyaemia (countable and uncountable, plural pyaemias)

pyaemias (plural)
pyæmia (alternative)
pyemia (alternative)
pyœmia (alternative)

From Ancient Greek πύον (púon, “pus”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

(pathology) A type of septicemia caused usually by the presence of Staphylococcus bacteria in the bloodstream; characterised by metastatic abscesses and other symptoms associated with septicemia.


attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (uncountable)

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Having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is associated with a shorter life expectancy and a greater risk of mental health issues, according to a new study of more than 30,000 people with the disorder in the United Kingdom.

2025 January 23, Kristen Rogers, “People with ADHD have shorter life expectancy and higher risk of mental health issues, study finds”, in CNN:

(neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) A developmental disorder in which a person has difficulty to concentrate and a persistent pattern of impulsiveness and inattention, with or without a component of hyperactivity.

diqqət çatışmazlığı və hiperaktivlik pozuntusu

trastorn per dèficit d'atenció amb hiperactivitat

aktiivisuuden ja tarkkaavaisuuden häiriö

trouble du déficit de l’attention avec ou sans hyperactivité

διαταραχή ελλειμματικής προσοχής/υπερκινητικότητας

gangguan pemusatan perhatian dan hiperaktivitas

注意欠陥・多動性障害

ちゅういけっかん・たどうせいしょうがい, chūikekkan・tadōseishōgai

áłchíní chʼééh nidaah da łeh, bichʼįʼ yátiʼ ndi háadishį́į́ nitsékees doo

treble per deficit d'atencion amb iperactivitat

zespół nadpobudliwości psychoruchowej z deficytem uwagi

zespół nadpobudliwości psychoruchowej z brakiem koncentracji uwagi

sindróm deficíta vnimánija i giperaktívnosti

синдро́м дефици́та внима́ния и гиперакти́вности

trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad

dikkat eksikliği hiperaktivite bozukluğu

rózlad deficýtu uváhy ta hiperaktývnosti

ро́злад дефіци́ту ува́ги та гіперакти́вності

anhwylder diffyg canolbwyntio a gorfywiogrwydd


cytokine storm

(pathology) An immune system–cytokine positive feedback reaction to certain infections and certain drugs, which occurs when large numbers of white blood cells are activated and release inflammatory cytokines, which in turn activate more white blood cells.


proctitis

proctitis (usually uncountable, plural proctitides)

A study published last September in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics found hyperbaric oxygen helpful for patients with radiation proctitis, which can cause bleeding, rectal ulcers and loss of bowel control .

2009 March 10, Jane E. Brody, “Oxygen Therapy Is Valuable, Sometimes”, in New York Times:

(pathology) An inflammation of the anus and the lining of the rectum.


hypobaropathy

2007, Bubnov SN, Nefedova TM, Drozhzhin AA, "Experience of hyperbaric oxygenation treatment of a patient with acute hypobaropathy" (in Russian), Aviakosm Ekolog Med 41 (3): 63–5. PMID 17902365

(pathology) Sickness caused by reduced atmospheric pressure, such as altitude sickness.


Ohtahara syndrome

Ohtahara syndrome (usually uncountable, plural Ohtahara syndromes)

Named for the Japanese neurologist Shunsuke Ohtahara (1930–2013), who identified it in 1976.

(neurology, pathology) A progressive condition with a combination of severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy. It is characterised by severe physical and mental retardation and partial seizures.


rosacea

rosacea (usually uncountable, plural rosaceas)

/ɹoʊˈzeɪ.ʃə/

Clipping of acne rosacea, from New Latin acnē (“acne”) +
rosācea, feminine of rosāceus (“rose-colored”).

It’s hardly surprising that rosacea tends to strike the fair-skinned, especially people of Celtic or Northern European extraction, according to the National Rosacea Society, an association that receives financing from pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies that market rosacea remedies.

2008 April 24, Camille Sweeney, “In a Perfect World, Rosacea Remains a Problem”, in New York Times:

(pathology) A chronic condition characterized by redness of the face.


thrombo-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Greek the Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos, “lump”, “piece”, “blood clot”, “milk curd”).

uder

(chiefly pathology and chemistry) thrombus

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary


tyrosinemia

en-noun

tyrosinemia (countable and uncountable, plural tyrosinemias)

(pathology) A metabolic disorder characterized by the presence of excess tyrosine in the blood.


tetraparesis

(pathology) weakness of the muscles of all four limbs


SED

SED (countable and uncountable, plural SEDs)

SEDs (plural)
S.E.D. (alternative)
S. E. D. (alternative)

selective eating disorder
selective eating disorder#English

(pathology) Initialism of selective eating disorder.


parkinsonism

parkinsonism (countable and uncountable, plural parkinsonisms)

parkinsonisms (plural)
Parkinsonism (alternative)

In 1982, a number of young California drug addicts developed acute and severe parkinsonism after intravenous injection of a synthetic heroin contaminated by MPTP.

2004, Walter George Bradley, Neurology in Clinical Practice: The neurological disorders, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 2144:

However, it is important for the clinician to consider alternative diagnoses, particularly treatable, potentially reversible syndromes such as drug-induced parkinsonism, hydrocephalus and other structural abnormalities, Wilson's disease, and some forms of toxic, metabolic, and infectious parkinsonism.

2011, Carlo Colosimo, David E. Riley, Gregor K. Wenning, Handbook of Atypical Parkinsonism, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 112:

Can risperidone cause parkinsonism? What evidence suggests that J.R. has antipsychotic-induced parkinsonism?

2012, Brian K. Alldredge, Robin L. Corelli, Michael E. Ernst, Koda-Kimble and Young's Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 1939:

(neurology, pathology) A neurological syndrome characterized by tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural instability; a condition with the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, regardless of its cause.


polyendocrinopathy

(pathology) A disease of the immune system that has multiple features


sodoku

(medicine, pathology) A bacterial zoonotic disease, a form of rat-bite fever caused by the bacterium Spirillum minus.


albuminuria

albuminuria (countable and uncountable, plural albuminurias)

(pathology) The presence of albumin in the urine, often a symptom of renal disease


disorganized schizophrenia

(pathology) A form of schizophrenia marked by disorganized behavior and speech as well as inappropriate emotional responses or affect.


Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Named after the Japanese physician Hakaru Hashimoto (1881−1934).

(pathology) An autoimmune disease resulting in a malfunction of the endocrine system associated with low thyroid hormone levels.


thyroiditis

thyroiditis (countable and uncountable, plural thyroiditides or thyroiditises or thyroidites)

thyroiditides (plural)
thyroiditises (plural)
thyroidites (plural)

(pathology) Inflammation of the thyroid gland.


osteoma

(medicine, pathology) A benign bony tumour that typically grows on the skull.


keratolysis

(pathology) The periodic exfoliation of the epidermis.


IB

infectious bronchitis
infectious bronchitis#English

(pathology) Initialism of infectious bronchitis.


swine flu

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(pathology) Influenza caused by certain orthomyxoviruses, which pass from pigs to humans.


pyometra

From the Ancient Greek πύον (púon, “pus”) and μήτρα (mḗtra, “uterus”).

(pathology) An infection of the uterus most commonly seen in dogs, but also occasionally in other small mammals, resulting from hormonal and structural changes in the lining of the uterus.


nosema

From nosema disease or directly from translingual Nosema (“a taxonomic genus within the family Nosematidae”), from Latin nosema, from Ancient Greek νόσημᾰ (nósēmă, “disease, sickness, plague, affliction”).

cog

There were problems in my dad’s day: ants, skunks, wax moths and a couple of deadly but well-known bee diseases, like foulbrood and nosema.

2007 February 22, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Keeping Bees Among Us”, in New York Times:

An infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema.

(possibly dated) Pébrine, a disease of silkworms, also caused by Nosema parasites.


nosemosis

George (1971) reported that diets deficient in cholesterol or protein enhanced development of a nosemosis in young red flour beetles, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst).

1978, Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society, Athens, GA: Georgia Entomological Society, →ISSN, page 355:

nosema disease
nosema disease#English:_general

nosema disease (“infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites”)

Nosema apis are the causative agent of nosema disease (nosemosis) in honeybees (Apis mellifera).

2006, Levant Aydin, Ender Gulegen, Ibrahim Cakmak, A. Onur Girisgin, Harrington Wells, “Relation between Nosema and Chalkbrood diseases, and its implication for an apiary management model”, in The Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy, volume 50, number 4, Puławy, PL: National Veterinary Research Institute, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2015-03-31, page 471:

nosema disease
nosema disease#English:_bees

(honey bees) nosema disease (“infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by some microsporidian parasites”)


psoriatic

He is a college professor who drinks heavily, suffers from terrible psoriatic arthritis and seems to loathe everything about what’s become of his life.

2008 June 8, Hugo Lindgren, “Life With Father”, in New York Times:

(dermatology, pathology) Of, pertaining to or suffering from psoriasis.

psoriásico

of, pertaining to or suffering from psoriasis


anisocoria

/ænˌaɪsəˈkɔɹ i ə/

Anisocoria is the occurrence of unequal or asymmetric pupils. Very slight differences are common and of no significance.

2009, Alexander DeLahunta, Eric Glass, Veterinary Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neurology, 3rd edition, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 182:

(pathology) A condition characterized by unequal size of the pupils of the eye.


mastocytosis

en-noun

mastocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural mastocytoses)

(neurology, pathology) A disorder caused by an overabundance of mastocytes in the body.


mastology

(anatomy, pathology) The study of breasts.


chorioamnionitis

(pathology) Inflammation of the fetal membranes (amnion and chorion) due to a bacterial infection, most often associated with prolonged labour.


melasma

From Latin melasma, from Ancient Greek μέλασμα (mélasma), from μελαίνειν (melaínein, “to blacken”) + -σμα (-sma), from μέλας (mélas, “black”).

(pathology) A tan or dark skin discoloration, particularly common in pregnant women, thought to be caused by the stimulation of melanocytes by estrogen and progesterone.

كَلَف

dark skin discoloration common during pregnancy


-uria

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, Latin -ūria, from Ancient Greek -ουρία (-ouría), from οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

(pathology) urine; urination; presence in urine (of a substance denoted by a prefixed combining form); state or condition of the urine.

-aemia

blood; presence in blood; state or condition of blood


phosphaturia

(pathology) The presence of phosphate in the urine.


hyperphosphaturia

hyperphosphaturia (usually uncountable, plural hyperphosphaturias)

(pathology) The presence of excessive phosphate in the urine


bradyarrhythmia

bradyarrhythmia (countable and uncountable, plural bradyarrhythmias)

Typical nodal escapes occurring during sinus bradyarrhythmia, and subsequent to a nodal premature systole with retrograde A-V and aberrant ventricular conduction.

1956 May 1, Alfred Pick, “Aberrant Ventricular Conduction of Escaped Beats”, in Circulation:

It is our hypothesis that, since bradyarrhythmia seldom resolves spontaneously, the early decrease in survival represents the deaths of many patients with untreated bradycardia.

1973, Thomas B. Caldwell, Advances in respiratory care and physiology, page 287:

The term bradyarrhythmia should be reserved for any heart rhythm <60 bpm. Bradyarrhythmias may be associated with symptoms such as dizziness, near-syncope or syncope, congestive heart failure, exercise intolerance, fatigue, or a confusion that improves with resolution of the bradycardia.

2012, Eyal Herzog, The Cardiac Care Unit Survival Guide, page 155:

(pathology) A combination of bradycardia and arrhythmia


hyperprolactinemia

hyperprolactinemia (usually uncountable, plural hyperprolactinemias)

hyperprolactinemias (plural)
hyperprolactinaemia (alternative)

Dostinex is used for Parkinson’s in other countries but is approved in this country only for a hormonal disorder, hyperprolactinemia.

2007 January 4, Denise Grady, “Studies Find Harm in 2 Parkinson’s Drugs”, in New York Times:

(pathology) The condition of having abnormally high levels of prolactin in the blood.


hyperpituitarism

(medicine, pathology) The condition caused by excessive secretion of hormones by pituitary tumors.


hypersomnia

hypersomnia (countable and uncountable, plural hypersomnias)

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

(medicine, pathology) Excessive sleepiness.


triglyceridemia

triglyceridemia (countable and uncountable, plural triglyceridemias)

(pathology) The presence of triglycerides in the blood


pancytopenia

pancytopenia (countable and uncountable, plural pancytopenias)

(pathology) A reduction in the numbers of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets in the blood


bilharzia

bilharzia (countable and uncountable, plural bilharzias)

After the German physician Theodor Bilharz.

After one trip to Uganda, I tested positive for bilharzia, a type of parasitic worm infection carried by freshwater snails.

2020, Louise Curtis with Sarah Johnson, A Nurseʼs Story: My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis, Pan Books, page 14:

(pathology) The parasitic disease schistosomiasis.


stenotic

en-adj

stenotic (comparative more stenotic, superlative most stenotic)

more stenotic (comparative)
most stenotic (superlative)

(pathology) Of or pertaining to a stenosis


micromelia

en-noun

micromelia (usually uncountable, plural micromelias)

From micro- + Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) + -ia.

(pathology) The condition in which a limb is abnormally shortened.


valvulopathy

(pathology) Any disease or disorder of the valves of the heart


chorioretinitis

(pathology) An inflammation of the choroid and retina of the eye

corioretinite

an inflammation of the choroid and retina of the eye


glycogenosis

glycogenosis (countable and uncountable, plural glycogenoses)

(pathology) A metabolic disorder characterized by the inability to metabolize glycogen properly


hypoacidity

hypoacidity (countable and uncountable, plural hypoacidities)

(pathology) The condition of having less than the normal amount of acidity in the stomach


anisakiasis

(pathology) The disease caused by infection with Anisakis worms (usually through eating raw fish), characterised by violent abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.


onychorrhexis

(pathology) fingernail and toenail brittleness and breakage, such as may be due to excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover, hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.


abetalipoproteinemia

abetalipoproteinemia (usually uncountable, plural abetalipoproteinemias)

abetalipoproteinemias (plural)
abetalipoproteinaemia (alternative)

From a- + Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta, “second”) + lipoprotein + Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

af

(pathology) A rare autosomal recessive disorder that interferes with the normal absorption of fat and fat-soluble vitamins from food.


TSS

en-noun

TSS (countable and uncountable, plural TSSs)

toxic shock syndrome
toxic shock syndrome#English

(pathology) Initialism of toxic shock syndrome.


clubroot

clubroot (countable and uncountable, plural clubroots)

Plasmodiophora brassicae
Plasmodiophora brassicae

(phytopathology) A common disease of cabbages, radishes, turnips, and other plants of the Cruciferae, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which galls form on latent roots, rendering them clublike.


apophysitis

(pathology) Inflammation of an apophysis, a bony tubercle.


pulmonary edema

pulmonary edema (plural pulmonary edemas)

pulmonary edemas (plural)
pulmonary oedema (alternative)

(pathology) The accumulation of fluid in the tissue of the lungs.


aneurysm

aneurysms (plural)
aneurism (alternative)

From Ancient Greek ἀνεύρυσμα (aneúrusma, “a widening, a dilation”), from ἀνευρύνω (aneurúnō, “to dilate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + εὐρύς (eurús, “wide”).

bor

About 120,000 people were helping with the two-week annual harvest and “obviously you’re going to have some accidents”, he said. Every year, “one or two people” died from heart failure or aneurysms, he added.

2023 September 14, “France investigates deaths of four Champagne workers in heatwave”, in The Guardian, sourced from Agence France-Presse, →ISSN:

(pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.


AIS

en-noun

AIS (countable and uncountable, plural AISs or AISes or AIS's)

AISs (plural)
AISes (plural)
AIS's (plural)

/ˈeɪ ˈaɪ ˈɛs/

androgen insensitivity syndrome
androgen insensitivity syndrome#English

(pathology) Abbreviation of androgen insensitivity syndrome.


algo-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos).

algo- + -genic → algogenic


anovulation

anovulation (usually uncountable, plural anovulations)


noso-

From Ancient Greek νοσο- (noso-, “disease”), combining form of νόσος (nósos, “disease”).

disease, sickness

2015, “noso-, nos-, nosero-, noser-, -nosia, -nosis, -noses, -nosus, nosema-”, in Robertson's words for a modern age: a dictionary of English vocabulary words derived primarily from Latin and Greek sources, presented individually and in family units, Senior Scribe Publications, retrieved 2015-03-25:


diabetogenic

en-adj

diabetogenic (comparative more diabetogenic, superlative most diabetogenic)

more diabetogenic (comparative)
most diabetogenic (superlative)


nagana

In 1894 Major David Bruce was sent to Zululand to investigate the cattle disease nagana.

1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 460:

(veterinary medicine) A disease of vertebrates in southern Africa, characterised by swelling and lethargy and caused by trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies.


progeria

en-noun

progeria (countable and uncountable, plural progerias)

Hutchinson–Gilford syndrome or progeria (derived from pro, before, and geras, old age) is characterized by premature ageing (Fig. 18.1) and the early onset of age-related symptoms such as joint restriction and cerebral and myocardial infarction. Progeria occurs in about one in eight million people (DeBusk, 1972), but the true incidence may be somewhat higher (Sarkar and Shinton, 2001).

2004, E. S. Roach, “18: Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome”, in E. Steve Roach, Van S. Miller, editors, Neurocutaneous Disorders, page 150:

Hutchinson-Gilford progeria is a syndrome commonly characterized by accelerated aging. Children affected by progeria have a life expectancy of approximately 13 years. Progeria results from damage to the LMNA gene that codes for the protein lamin A.

2007, Carie Ann Braun, Cindy Miller Anderson, Pathophysiology: Functional Alterations in Human Health, page 436:

Hutchinson Gilford progeria syndrome (progeria) is a rare childhood disease, affecting 1 in 4 million births worldwide (Hennekam, 2006) and recapitulates certain aspects of the normal aging process at an accelerated rate.

2015, Ingrid A. Harten, Michelle Olive, Thomas N. Wright, “16: Vascular Disease in Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome and Aging: Common Phenotypes and Potential Mechanisms”, in Matt Kaeberlein, George Martin, editors, Handbook of the Biology of Aging, 8th edition, page 434:

(pathology) An extremely rare genetic condition wherein symptoms resembling aspects of aging are manifested at an early age.

早衰症

genetic condition wherein symptoms resembling aging are manifested at an early age

Benjamin Button disease

genetic condition exhibiting symptoms of aging at an early age


agranulocytosis

agranulocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural agranulocytoses)

(pathology) An acute condition involving a severe and dangerous leukopenia, particularly of neutrophils, causing a neutropenia in the circulating blood.


tarsalgia

tarsalgia (usually uncountable, plural tarsalgias)

Formerly, I treated old standing tarsalgias with the saw or the chisel, like all other surgeons.

1916, Jean-François Calot, translated by A. H. Robinson, Indispensable orthopaedics: a handbook of treatment, 2nd English edition, volume II, St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Company, translation of original in French, published 1921, page 662:


Refsum's disease

Named after Sigvald Bernhard Refsum (1907–1991), Norwegian neurologist .

(pathology) A peroxisomal neurological disease that results in the malformation of myelin sheaths around nerve cells.


cryptococcosis

cryptococcosis (countable and uncountable, plural cryptococcoses)

The potential for use of terbafine as a combination agent with another antifungal drug for the treatment of cryptococcosis and invasive mould disease is exciting.

2003, Peter G. Pappas, “Terbinafine”, in William E. Dismukes, Peter G. Pappas, Jack D. Sobel, editors, Clinical Mycology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 108:

Cryptococcus neoformans
Cryptococcus neoformans#Translingual

(pathology) A serious and potentially fatal fungal disease caused by members of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex, believed to be acquired by inhalation of the infectious propagule from the environment.

Kryptokokkose

a serious disease caused the Cryptococcus neoformans fungus


blastomycosis

blastomycosis (countable and uncountable, plural blastomycoses)

(pathology) A fungal infection caused by the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis, endemic to parts of North America, whose clinical symptoms resemble those of histoplasmosis


lymphangitis

lymphangitis (countable and uncountable, plural lymphangitides)

From Latin lympha (“lymph”) + Ancient Greek ἄγγος (ángos, “vessel”) + -itis.

Lymphangitis in a Cart Mare.— This disease, locally known as farcy, weed, shot o' grease, and Monday morning disease, the latter name from its often developing through Sunday night through the horse having been tied up and so getting no exercise from the time he finished work on the Saturday until required again on Monday morning.

1901 April 12, “Veterinary Departmental Report for February, 1901”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 3, page 85:

(pathology) Inflammation of the lymphatic channels, the result of infection at a site distal to the channel.


vachette

(veterinary surgery) A piece of strong steel wire with the ends curved and pointed, used on toe or quarter cracks to bind the edges together and prevent motion. It is clasped into two notches, one on each side of the crack, burned into the wall with a cautery iron.


soybean rust

(phytopathology) A fungal disease of soybeans and other legumes, caused by Phakopsora spp..


hyposmia

From Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) + ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”), equivalent to hypo- + -osmia.

(pathology) A reduced ability to smell and to detect odors.


osteochondrosis

osteochondrosis (countable and uncountable, plural osteochondroses)

/ˌɒstiːəʊkɒnˈdɹəʊsɪs/

(pathology) A family of orthopedic diseases of the joint that occur in children and in rapidly growing animals, characterized by interruption of the blood supply of a bone, necrosis, and regrowth.


meningioma

meningioma (plural meningiomas or meningiomata)

meningiomas (plural)
meningiomata (plural)

Ellen Wright, 48, was operated on for five hours Tuesday to remove a benign meningioma tumour from the left side of her brain, after Clarke practised on her case.

2009 August 20, Joseph Hall, Toronto Star:

(pathology) A common tumour of the central nervous system, occurring in the meninges, usually benign.


tendinopathy

tendinopathy (countable and uncountable, plural tendinopathies)

Comparable to surface analyses of tendon + -o- + -pathy and tendo- + -pathy but not thus formed; see more at tendinitis § Etymology.

When I read that tendinopathy is thought to be slow to heal, in part because blood flow to tendons is limited, I decided that I was already doing something that might help.

2009 August 20, Gina Kolata, “One Injured Hamstring, a String of Treatments”, in New York Times:


enthesopathy

(pathology) A disorder of entheses (bone attachments).


enthesitis

(pathology) An inflammatory disorder of entheses (bone attachments).


tendinosis

(pathology) Chronic damage to a tendon at a cellular level.


synoviopathy

synoviopathy (countable and uncountable, plural synoviopathies)

(pathology) A disorder of the synovial membrane.


babesiosis

babesiosis (countable and uncountable, plural babesioses)

babesioses (plural)
babesiasis (alternative)

After the discoverer of the protozoa, Victor Babeș: Babesia + -osis.

(pathology) Any of several malaria-like parasitic diseases in humans and other animals caused by Babesia, a genus of protozoa


plexiform

(medicine, pathology) Having the form of a plexus


plexiform

plexiform neurofibroma
plexiform neurofibroma

(medicine, pathology) plexiform neurofibroma


chondrodysplasia

chondrodysplasia (countable and uncountable, plural chondrodysplasias)

(pathology) A genetic disorder characterized by short-limbed dwarfism

condraidiospláise

a genetic disorder characterized by short-limbed dwarfism


paraphasia

/pæɹəˈfeɪ̯ʒə/

/pɛɹəˈfeɪ̯ʒə/

(pathology) A symptom of aphasia in which the sufferer substitutes a spoken word different from the one intended


echinococcosis

echinococcosis (countable and uncountable, plural echinococcoses)

(pathology) A potentially fatal parasitic disease of animals and humans, caused by the Echinococcus tapeworm.

ekinokokkoosi

a potentially fatal parasitic disease of animals and humans, caused by the Echinococcus tapeworm


lipodystrophy

lipodystrophy (countable and uncountable, plural lipodystrophies)

2007, Vinaya Simha, Anil K. Agarwal, 18: Inherited and Acquired Lipodystrophies: Disorders of Adipose Tissue Development, Differentiation, and Death, Giamila Fantuzzi, Theodore Mazzone (editors), Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease, Springer (Humana Press), page 237,
Among genetic lipodystrophies, the fat loss is observed either since birth as in congenital generalized lipodystrophy, or it occurs later in life as in familial partial lipodystrophy.

HIV-associated lipodystrophy is a syndrome of fat redistribution associated with antiretroviral therapy. Although many of the complications occur most commonly with protease inhibitors, lipodystrophy is associated with all antiretroviral classes.

2007, Joseph Z. Lux, Michael P. Mullen, “Chapter 36: Lipodystrophy, Metabolic Disorders, and Cardiovascular Disorders in Persons with HIV”, in Mary Ann Cohen, Jack M. Gorman, editors, Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry, Oxford University Press, page 529:

2012, Ashton Acton (editor), Lipodystrophy: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional, ScholarlyEditions, 2012 Edition, page 2,
The autosomal recessive congenital generalized lipodystrophy and autosomal dominant familial partial lipodystrophy (FPL) are the two most common types of genetic lipodystrophies.

(pathology) A disorder characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue.

lipodystrofia

disorder characterized by abnormality in or degeneration of adipose tissue


argyric

From the Ancient Greek ἀργυρικός (argurikós); compare argyr-.

(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with argyria.


anephric

(pathology) Without functioning kidneys.


coarctation

coarctation (countable and uncountable, plural coarctations)

/ˌkəʊ.ɑːkˈteɪ.ʃən/

/ˌkəʊ.ɑːkˈteɪ.ʃn̩/

/ˌkoʊˌɑɹkˈteɪ.ʃən/

Borrowed from Latin coarctātiō (“drawing or crowding together”, noun), from coarctō (“to press together, compress, contract, confine”) + -ātiō (“-ation”, action noun suffix); equivalent to coarctate + -ion.

af

(pathology) A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta.


angiolipoleiomyoma

(pathology) An acquired solitary asymptomatic acral nodule, characterized histologically by well-circumscribed subcutaneous tumours composed of smooth muscle cells, blood vessels, connective tissue, and fat.


polyarthritis

en-noun

polyarthritis (countable and uncountable, plural polyarthritides)

(pathology) Any arthritis affecting five or more joints, often caused by an autoimmune disorder.


lymphocytosis

lymphocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural lymphocytoses)

In disease of the spleen, especially Banti's disease or fibro-adenia of the spleen, the increase of leukocytes is absent or slight, with no relative lymphocytosis.

1923, International Medical Digest, page 316:

(pathology) An increase in the number or proportion of lymphocytes in the blood.


congenital insensitivity to pain

congenital insensitivity to pain (uncountable)

(pathology) A rare inborn disorder, where one cannot feel pain.


oligohydramnios

(pathology) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus


flail chest

(pathology) A severe injury of the rib cage where fragments of ribs become detached from the rest of the cage.


synechia

synechia (countable and uncountable, plural synechias or synechiae)

From Ancient Greek συνέχεια (sunékheia, “continuity”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + ἔχειν (ékhein, “hold”).

der

(pathology) An eye condition in which the iris adheres either to the cornea (anterior synechia) or to the lens (posterior synechia).


Hong Kong foot

→ Thai: ฮ่องกงฟุต (hɔ̂ng-gong-fút)

Calque from Chinese 香港腳／香港脚 (xiānggǎngjiǎo).

(slang, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, pathology) Athlete's foot.


apneic

en-adj

apneic (comparative more apneic, superlative most apneic)

more apneic (comparative)
most apneic (superlative)

Rarely (in cases which trouble us all) our new tools find themselves applied to bodies which in any prior human era would have become apneic in seconds, pulseless in minutes, rigid in hours, and putrid in days[…].

1994 March 11, Donna Bergen, “On Brain Death”, in Chicago Reader:

In three animals, apneic episodes in the second minute of hypoxia necessitated termination of the hypoxic challenge.

2000 September 15, Chris T. Bond et al., “Respiration and Parturition Affected by Conditional Overexpression of the Ca2 -Activated K Channel Subunit, SK3”, in Science, volume 289, number 5486, →DOI, pages 1942–1946:

(pathology) Exhibiting or relating to apnea: no longer breathing


xenogenous

/zɛˈnɒd͡ʒənəs/

(pathology) Caused by a foreign body; originating outside the organism.


pyelonephritis

en-noun

pyelonephritis (countable and uncountable, plural pyelonephritides)

From pyelo- (“relating to the renal pelvis”) + nephritis.

prefix

The urinogenous or ascending nephropathies are divisible into two great groups (a) the hydronephrotic nephropathies and (b) the pyelonephritides.

1913, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, volume 145, page 54:

The frequent spontaneous resolution of cystopyelic reflux after 10 years of age induces to consider at least part of the apparently primary pyelonephritides as secondary to yet disappeared refluxes and, thus, to allocate in this group most of the so-called atrophic pyelonephritides of the young, often monolateral or mostly affecting one kidney, with sterile urine and almost normal urinary sediment.

1991, G. Piccoli, F. Quarello, G. Beltrame, P. Colombo, T. Cammarota, “16: Reflux nephropathy”, in Alberto Amerio, Pasquale Coratelli, Shaul G. Massry, editors, Tubulo-Interstitial Nephropathies: Proceedings of the 4th Bari Seminar in Nephrology, Springer, page 152:

2001, Jeffery Hughes, 12: Infectious Diseases, N. A. Hughes, Clinical Pharmacy, Macmillan Health, 2nd Edition, page 215,
Primary acute pyelonephritis most commonly occurs in females, with 90% of cases caused by Escherichia coli.

The kidneys of acute pyelonephritis have small white abscesses on the subcapsular surface and on cut surfaces.

2009, J. Charles Jennette, “Chapter 16: The Kidney”, in Emanuel Rubin, Howard M. Reisner, editors, Essentials of Rubin's Pathology, Wolters Kluwer Health, page 372:

Pyelonephritis is most commonly encountered in younger, nulliparous women in their second trimester. Women with a history of pyelonephritis, renal calculi or anatomic malformations are particularly susceptible to the development of pyelonephritis and should therefore be regularly screened on a monthly basis throughout pregnancy.

2010, Bhuvan Pathak, “Chapter 29: Urinary Tract Infections in Pregnancy: From Symptomatic Bacteriuria to Pyelonephritis”, in T. Murphy Goodwin, Martin N. Montoro, Laila Muderspach, Richard Paulson, Subir Roy, editors, Management of Common Problems in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 5th edition, Wiley-Blackwell, page 133:

(pathology) An ascending urinary tract infection of the renal pelvis


dysautonomia

en-noun

dysautonomia (countable and uncountable, plural dysautonomias)

autonomic nervous system
autonomic nervous system

(pathology) Any of a range of dysfunctions of the autonomic nervous system


leukemogenesis

leukemogenesis (usually uncountable, plural leukemogeneses)

(pathology) The induction and development of leukemia in bone marrow.


barotrauma

barotrauma (countable and uncountable, plural barotraumas)

Of course, one must take care not to inadvertently seal the ear canal with the suction tip, thereby risking "tympanic membrane barotrauma" and possibly sucking out the patient's brains.

1997 September 19, Cecil Adams, “the Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader:

The timing raised suspicions that the whales had been disoriented by "barotrauma," or pressure injuries to sensitive ear and brain tissues caused by sound waves.

2001 January 26, David Malakoff, “A Roaring Debate Over Ocean Noise”, in Science, volume 291, number 5504, →DOI, pages 576–578:

(pathology) Damage to body tissue caused by a difference in pressure between an air space in or near the body and the surrounding air.

painevaurio

tissue damage caused by air pressure difference


dysbiosis

dysbiosis (countable and uncountable, plural dysbioses)

From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) and βίωσις (bíōsis, “way of living”); the intended meaning of the compound word is contrasted with symbiosis - a relationship of mutual benefit. By surface analysis, dys- + -biosis.

(pathology) A medical condition caused by microbial imbalances within the body.


hamartoma

hamartoma (plural hamartomas or hamartomata)

hamartomas (plural)
hamartomata (plural)

(pathology) A benign mass of disorganized tissue.


cholesteatoma

cholesteatoma (plural cholesteatomas or cholesteatomata)

cholesteatomas (plural)
cholesteatomata (plural)

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

colesteatoma

a destructive and expanding growth in the middle ear


immunosenescence

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


keratoacanthoma

keratoacanthoma (plural keratoacanthomas or keratoacanthomata)

keratoacanthomas (plural)
keratoacanthomata (plural)

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


gastrocele

(pathology) A hernia in part of the stomach


poikilocytosis

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


kwashiorkor

kwashiorkor (countable and uncountable, plural kwashiorkors)

/ˌkwɑʃ.i.ɔɹˈkɔɹ/

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

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


familial Mediterranean fever

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

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


ankylosing spondylitis

(pathology) A particular arthritis disease that affects usually the joints between vertebrae and the sacroiliac joint.


spondylitis

spondylitis (countable and uncountable, plural spondylitides or spondylites)

spondylitides (plural)
spondylites (plural)


cystinosis

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


metabasis

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

der

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


monoplegia

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


acetonemia

acetonaemia (alternative)
acetonæmia (alternative)

(veterinary medicine) Presence of excessive levels of acetone in blood, sometimes occurring in cows during the first weeks after giving birth to a calf.

asetonitauti

presence of excessive levels of acetone in blood


acetonuria

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


agalactia

en-noun

agalactia (usually uncountable, plural agalactias)

agalactias (plural)
agalaxia (alternative)
agalaxy (alternative)

From New Latin agalactia, from Ancient Greek ἀγαλακτία (agalaktía, “lack of milk”), from ἀγάλακτος (agálaktos) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from ᾰ̓- (ă-, “not; without”) + γᾰ́λᾰ, γᾰ́λᾰκτος (gắlă, gắlăktos, “milk”).

der

(pathology) The failure of a mother (human or otherwise) to produce sufficient milk following birth.

agalaktia

failure of a mother to produce sufficient milk following childbirth


neuroma

(pathology) A tumour composed of nerve cells.


nonpyrogenic

(pathology, chemistry, geology) Not pyrogenic.


obesogen

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

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

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

lihottava kemikaali

A chemical or other factor that causes obesity


agnathous

/ˈæɡ.nə.θəs/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(pathology) Afflicted by or characteristic of agnathia.


agnathia

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

der+

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

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

The lower jaw may be absent (agnathia).

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

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

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

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


agnathic

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


SPS

stiff person syndrome
stiff person syndrome#English

(pathology) Abbreviation of stiff person syndrome.

sticky platelet syndrome
sticky platelet syndrome#English

(pathology) Abbreviation of sticky platelet syndrome.


paucisymptomatic

en-adj

paucisymptomatic (comparative more paucisymptomatic, superlative most paucisymptomatic)

more paucisymptomatic (comparative)
most paucisymptomatic (superlative)


heliotrope cyanosis

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


inguinodynia

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


cholerine

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


aftosa

foot-and-mouth disease
foot-and-mouth disease

(veterinary medicine) foot-and-mouth disease


hyperuricemic

(pathology) Affected by, or pertaining to, hyperuricemia


caseose

caseose (comparative more caseose, superlative most caseose)

more caseose (comparative)
most caseose (superlative)


sclerose

en-verb

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

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

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

back-formation

(intransitive, pathology) To undergo sclerosis.


oculodentodigital

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


fastigium

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

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

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


oculorenal

(pathology) Pertaining to the eyes and kidneys.


heterotopia

en-noun

heterotopia (countable and uncountable, plural heterotopias)

/ˌhɛt(ə)ɹəˈtəʊpiə/

/ˌhɛtəɹəˈtoʊpiə/

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


meningoencephalocele

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


myelomeningocele

myelomeningocele (countable and uncountable, plural myelomeningoceles)

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


hemarthrosis

hemarthrosis (countable and uncountable, plural hemarthroses)


rectocele

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


sigmoidocele

(pathology) A hernia of the sigmoid colon.


deliquium

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

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

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

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


tobacco mosaic

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

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

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


astrocytosis

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


astrogliosis

astrogliosis (countable and uncountable, plural astroglioses)

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

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

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


hyperhomocysteine

(pathology) A very high level of homocysteine


hyperhomocysteinemic

en-adj

hyperhomocysteinemic (comparative more hyperhomocysteinemic, superlative most hyperhomocysteinemic)

more hyperhomocysteinemic (comparative)
most hyperhomocysteinemic (superlative)

(pathology) Of or pertaining to hyperhomocysteinemia


immunopathogenesis

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


virosis

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

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

(pathology) Any disease caused by a virus.


condyloma

en-noun

condyloma (plural condylomas or condylomata)

condylomas (plural)
condylomata (plural)

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

der

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


protoporphyria

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


endometriotic

(pathology) Of or pertaining to endometriosis.


choledochitis

(pathology) inflammation of the common bile duct


biliuria

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


calculous

en-adj

calculous (comparative more calculous, superlative most calculous)

more calculous (comparative)
most calculous (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to or containing calculi


PANDAS

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


cancriform

cancriform (comparative more cancriform, superlative most cancriform)

more cancriform (comparative)
most cancriform (superlative)

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


cancroid

en-adj

cancroid (comparative more cancroid, superlative most cancroid)

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

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


cancroid

cancroids (plural)
cancroide (alternative)

(pathology) Any disease that resembles cancer


cervicitis

en-noun

cervicitis (usually uncountable, plural cervicitides or cervicites)

cervicitides (plural)
cervicites (plural)


chancriform

en-adj

chancriform (comparative more chancriform, superlative most chancriform)

more chancriform (comparative)
most chancriform (superlative)

(pathology) Having the form of a chancre


cervical cancer

en-noun

cervical cancer (countable and uncountable, plural cervical cancers)

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


photuria

fōtyo͝oəʹrĭə

/fəʊˈtjʊəɹɪə/

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

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

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

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


fire blight

fire blight (countable and uncountable, plural fire blights)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


coxitis

coxitis (usually uncountable, plural coxitides)

(pathology) Inflammation of the hip joint.


ferrugo

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


secondary infection

en-noun

secondary infection (plural secondary infections)

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


prostatism

prostatism (usually uncountable, plural prostatisms)

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


cholestasis

cholestasis (countable and uncountable, plural cholestases)

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


hypercholesterolemic

en-adj

hypercholesterolemic (comparative more hypercholesterolemic, superlative most hypercholesterolemic)

more hypercholesterolemic (comparative)
most hypercholesterolemic (superlative)

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


hypocholesterolemic

hypocholesterolemic (comparative more hypocholesterolemic, superlative most hypocholesterolemic)

more hypocholesterolemic (comparative)
most hypocholesterolemic (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or having hypocholesterolemia


hyperinsulinaemic

hyperinsulinaemic (comparative more hyperinsulinaemic, superlative most hyperinsulinaemic)

more hyperinsulinaemic (comparative)
most hyperinsulinaemic (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or having hyperinsulinaemia


hyperinsulinaemia

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


microcytosis

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


microglobulinuria

(pathology) The presence of microglobulins in the urine.


normochromic

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


normocytic

(pathology) Describing erythrocytes of fairly normal size.


fatty liver

en-noun

fatty liver (countable and uncountable, plural fatty livers)

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


urtication

urtication (countable and uncountable, plural urtications)

Ultimately from Latin urtīca (“nettle”).

(pathology) The development of urticaria (hives).


amylophagia

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

amilofagia

pathologic desire to eat excessive starch


bacteremic

en-adj

bacteremic (comparative more bacteremic, superlative most bacteremic)

more bacteremic (comparative)
most bacteremic (superlative)

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


candidemia

en-noun

candidemia (usually uncountable, plural candidemias)

(pathology) The presence of Candida fungi in the blood


leucism

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


cryptococcal

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

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

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

criptococótico

of or pertaining to cryptococcus fungi or cryptococcosis


aldosteronism

aldosteronism (countable and uncountable, plural aldosteronisms)

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

ալդոստերոնիզմ

condition marked by excessive aldosterone secretion


fusariosis

fusariosis (countable and uncountable, plural fusarioses)

(pathology) Infection with fungi of the genus Fusarium.


adenomyosis

The consultant suspected adenomyosis after a scan, and advised Sarah to undergo a hysterectomy, which she did a few weeks later. “They said it was the only solution, but they could only confirm I had adenomyosis after I’d had the surgery.”

2023 May 23, Jedidajah Otte, “‘I’m glad my symptoms have a name’: three women on their struggles with adenomyosis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(pathology) A medical condition characterized by the presence of ectopic glandular tissue in the surrounding muscles, often and especially of the endometrial tissue of the uterus in the myometrium (endometriosis).


argyrotic

en-adj

argyrotic (comparative more argyrotic, superlative most argyrotic)

more argyrotic (comparative)
most argyrotic (superlative)

(pathology) Of or pertaining to argyrosis.


pseudarthrosis

pseudarthroses (plural)
pseudoarthrosis (alternative)

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

valenivel

bony, flexible structure resembling a joint


zygomycosis

en-noun

zygomycosis (countable and uncountable, plural zygomycoses)

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

suffix

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


leucoderma

en-noun

leucoderma (countable and uncountable, plural leucodermas or leucodermata)

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

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


pancreatic cancer

pancreatic cancer (countable and uncountable, plural pancreatic cancers)

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


liver cancer

liver cancer (usually uncountable, plural liver cancers)

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

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

(pathology) A malignant neoplasm of the liver.


hepatocellular carcinoma

hepatocellular carcinoma (plural hepatocellular carcinomas or hepatocellular carcinomata)

hepatocellular carcinomas (plural)
hepatocellular carcinomata (plural)


diabetic embryopathy

diabetic embryopathy (countable and uncountable, plural diabetic embryopathies)

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


embryopathy

(pathology) Any developmental disorder of an embryo


alloxanized

(pathology) Suffering from alloxan diabetes.


melioidosis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nightcliff gardener's disease

infectious disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei


epidermoid

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


taeniasis

taeniasis (countable and uncountable, plural taeniases)

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

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

suffix

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


arteriogenic

(pathology) Whose cause lies in the arteries


leukostasis

(pathology) The abnormal clumping together of leukocytes


neuroparalysis

(pathology) paralysis because of damage to a nerve


fibroadenoma

en-noun

fibroadenoma (plural fibroadenomas or fibroadenomata)

fibroadenomas (plural)
fibroadenomata (plural)

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

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

(pathology) A benign tumour of the breast


neuroinflammation

neuroinflammation (usually uncountable, plural neuroinflammations)

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


multi-infarct

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

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


fibrogenesis

(pathology) The abnormal accumulation of fibrous tissue


immunobullous

(pathology) Describing any blistering disease of the immune system


dyscromia

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

discromia

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


megalocornea

megalocornea (countable and uncountable, plural megalocorneas)

(pathology) A condition characterized by a very large cornea


xanthemia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(pathology) The occurrence of yellow skin


depigmentation

depigmentation (countable and uncountable, plural depigmentations)

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


exudative

en-adj

exudative (comparative more exudative, superlative most exudative)

more exudative (comparative)
most exudative (superlative)

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


hypogonadotropic

hypogonadotropic (comparative more hypogonadotropic, superlative most hypogonadotropic)

more hypogonadotropic (comparative)
most hypogonadotropic (superlative)

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


steatohepatitis

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


albumosuria

(pathology) The presence of proteoses in the urine.


cardiomyoliposis

(pathology) fatty degeneration of the myocardium


gastropathy

en-noun

gastropathy (countable and uncountable, plural gastropathies)


gastrosplenic

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

gastroesplénico

of or pertaining to the stomach and the spleen


teratism

(pathology) Any severe congenital malformation


hypertropia

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


iniencephaly

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

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


pentosuria

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


bromism

bromism (usually uncountable, plural bromisms)

(pathology) poisoning by bromine or bromides


achylia

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


orchitis

orchitis (countable and uncountable, plural orchitides or orchitises)

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

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

der

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


actinomycosis

en-noun

actinomycosis (countable and uncountable, plural actinomycoses)

gastrointestinal tract
gastrointestinal tract

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


agraphia

agraphia (usually uncountable, plural agraphias)

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

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


neuromyelitis

(pathology) inflammation of both the spinal cord and nerves


neuropathogen

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


neuropathogenic

en-adj

neuropathogenic (comparative more neuropathogenic, superlative most neuropathogenic)

more neuropathogenic (comparative)
most neuropathogenic (superlative)

(pathology) pathogenic to the nervous system


prediagnostic

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


erythematosus

/ˌɛɹɪˈθiːməˌtəʊsɪs/

/ˌɛɹɪˈθiməˌtoʊsɪs/

/ˌɛɹəˈθiməˌtoʊsɪs/

/ˌeɹɪˈθiːməˌtəʉsɪs/

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

der

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

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


afterpain

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

nawee

pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth


bacteriuria

en-noun

bacteriuria (usually uncountable, plural bacteriurias)

bacteriurias (plural)
bacteruria (alternative)

(pathology) The presence of bacteria in the urine


caseation

caseation (countable and uncountable, plural caseations)

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


crossmatch

en-verb

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

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

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


crossmatch

crossmatches (plural)
cross-match (alternative)

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


enanthem

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

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


hematocele

hematoceles (plural)
haematocele (alternative)

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


hepatomegaly

en-noun

hepatomegaly (countable and uncountable, plural hepatomegalies)

(pathology) An abnormal enlargement of the liver.


lipidosis

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


metrorrhagia

metrorrhagia (countable and uncountable, plural metrorrhagias)

/ˌmiːtrɔːˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪə/

(pathology) abnormal uterine bleeding at irregular intervals.

menorrhagia

heavy menstrual flow but regularly timed

colporrhagia

bleeding per vaginam with vaginal source


monochromatism

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


osteitis

osteitis (usually uncountable, plural osteitides or osteitises)


thymoma

(oncology, pathology) Any tumour of the thymus


agrypnia

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

lbor

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


fetopathy

fetopathies (plural)
foetopathy (alternative)


hypoalbuminemia

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


albuminemia

albuminaemia (alternative British)
albuminæmia (alternative)

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

albuminémie

the (normal) presence of albumin in the blood


maculopathy

en-noun

maculopathy (countable and uncountable, plural maculopathies)

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


fibrocystic

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


acrodynia

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


phantosmia

phantosmia (countable and uncountable, plural phantosmias)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


globozoospermia

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


glomerulopathy

glomerulopathy (countable and uncountable, plural glomerulopathies)

(pathology) Any disease of the renal glomeruli.


lesional

en-adj

lesional (comparative more lesional, superlative most lesional)

more lesional (comparative)
most lesional (superlative)

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


contractural

(pathology) Of or pertaining to contractures.


dichromatism

en-noun

dichromatism (countable and uncountable, plural dichromatisms)

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


bacilluria

(pathology) The discharge of urine containing bacilli.


synaptopathy

(pathology) Any disease or dysfunction of the synapses


antigenemia

antigenemia (countable and uncountable, plural antigenemias)

antigenemias (plural)
antigenaemia (alternative)

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

antigénémie

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


granulomatosis

granulomatosis (usually uncountable, plural granulomatoses)

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


histoplasmoma

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


vasculitic

en-adj

vasculitic (comparative more vasculitic, superlative most vasculitic)

more vasculitic (comparative)
most vasculitic (superlative)

(pathology) Characterized by inflammatory destruction of blood vessels


pasteurellosis

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


labyrinthitis

en-noun

labyrinthitis (countable and uncountable, plural labyrinthites or labyrinthitides)

labyrinthites (plural)
labyrinthitides (plural)

/ˌlæbɪɹɪnˈθaɪtɪs/

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

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

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


myxedema

myxedema (countable and uncountable, plural myxedemas)

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

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

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

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


splenitis

splenitis (usually uncountable, plural splenites)


steatorrhoea

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


hyperlocomotion

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


endarteritis

endarteritis (countable and uncountable, plural endarteritides)

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

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


syntropy

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

(pathology) The coalescence of two diseases into one.


malacosteon

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

(pathology) Morbid softness of the bones; osteomalacia.


stigmatism

stigmatism (countable and uncountable, plural stigmatisms)

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


subnephrotic

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


morbid obesity

(pathology) The condition of being morbidly obese.


cholangiopathy

(pathology) Any disease of the bile ducts


ductopenia

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


dyshesion

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


hypoinsulinaemia

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


insulinaemia

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


micropapillary

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


anthropozoonosis

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

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

ανθρωποζωονόσος

disease transmitted from animals and humans


desmoplastic

en-adj

desmoplastic (comparative more desmoplastic, superlative most desmoplastic)

more desmoplastic (comparative)
most desmoplastic (superlative)


gastroduodenitis

(pathology) inflammation of the stomach and duodenum


glomerulation

en-noun

glomerulation (countable and uncountable, plural glomerulations)

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


hydronephrosis

hydronephrosis (countable and uncountable, plural hydronephroses)

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


hypercellular

en-adj

hypercellular (comparative more hypercellular, superlative most hypercellular)

more hypercellular (comparative)
most hypercellular (superlative)

(pathology) Having a greater than usual number of cells

hypercelulární

having a greater than usual number of cells


megaoesophagus

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


myocardiopathy

(pathology) Any disease of the myocardium


gammopathy

en-noun

gammopathy (countable and uncountable, plural gammopathies)

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


hypokinesis

(pathology) Diminished power of movement; hypomotility


multivessel

(pathology) Involving multiple blood vessels


amelanosis

amelanosis (countable and uncountable, plural amelanoses)

(pathology) A lack of melanin pigmentation


aspecific

ā′spĭ-sĭf′ĭk

(pathology) Not caused by a specific organism.


lymphoepithelioma

lymphoepithelioma (plural lymphoepitheliomas or lymphoepitheliomata)

lymphoepitheliomas (plural)
lymphoepitheliomata (plural)

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


hypolipemia

(pathology) A low concentration of lipid in the blood


hyperdynamic

en-adj

hyperdynamic (comparative more hyperdynamic, superlative most hyperdynamic)

more hyperdynamic (comparative)
most hyperdynamic (superlative)

(pathology) Describing excessive movement of an organ etc


hyperestrogenemia

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


hypoandrogenemia

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


androgenemia

(pathology) The presence of androgens in the blood


neuropraxia

en-noun

neuropraxia (usually uncountable, plural neuropraxias)

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

(medicine, pathology) Alternative form of neurapraxia.