asynergy
defective or absent coordination between organs, muscles, limbs or joints, resulting in a loss in movement or speed

asystole
An absence of a systole; a failure of the heart to contract.

asystoles
plural of asystole

asystolia
Alternative form of asystole.

asystoly
Alternative form of asystole.

atabinogalactan
Misspelling of arabinogalactan.

atactostele
A type of eustele, found in monocots, in which the vascular tissue in the stem exists as scattered bundles.

atactosteles
plural of atactostele

ataxaphasia
Ataxic aphasia.

atelectases
plural of atelectasis

atelectasis
The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.

atelectatrauma
Alternative form of atelectrauma.

atelectotrauma
Alternative form of atelectrauma.

atelectrauma
A form of ventilator-induced lung injury where alveolar damage results from transient and repeated closure and reopening of alveoli during the respiratory cycle.

atelia
incomplete development (of a body part)

atelocardia
A congenital anomaly with incomplete development of the heart.

atelocollagen
A water-soluble form of collagen, used in cosmetics and for culturing cells, formed by removal of telopeptides

atelosteogeneses
plural of atelosteogenesis

atelosteogenesis
incomplete osteogenesis; any pathological condition caused by this

atherectomies
plural of atherectomy

atherectomy
The surgical procedure to remove plaque from an artery.

atheroma
An abnormal fatty deposit which develops within the walls of arteries.
A kind of cyst on the scalp.

atheromas
plural of atheroma

atheromata
plural of atheroma

atheromatoses
plural of atheromatosis

atheromatosis
The deposition of atheromas in the arteries

atheroprogression
The development of atheromas, especially on the walls of the arteries

atheroscleroma
Misspelling of atherosclerosis.

atheroscleroses
plural of atherosclerosis

atherosclerosis
The clogging or hardening of arteries or blood vessels caused by plaques (accumulations of fatty deposits, usually cholesterol).

atheroses
plural of atherosis

atherosis
Synonym of atheroma.
The condition of having multiple atheromas; Synonym of atherosclerosis.

athrocyte
A cell that ingests foreign particles

athrocytes
plural of athrocyte

athrocytosis
The absorption of foreign material in the cytoplasm of some cells

athrodesis
Misspelling of arthrodesis.

athyreosis
Absence or complete dysfunction of the thyroid gland.

athyroidism
The congenital absence of a thyroid gland or a suppression of its function.

athyrosis
Synonym of athyroidism.

atonies
plural of atony

atony
Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia

atractenchyma
Synonym of prosenchyma.

atrichoblast
A root epidermal cell that does not produce a root hair

atrichoblasts
plural of atrichoblast

atrioseptostomies
plural of atrioseptostomy

atrioseptostomy
The creation of a small hole between the atria of the heart

atriotomies
plural of atriotomy

atriotomy
The surgical opening of an atrium.

atypia
abnormality in a cell (the state of being atypical)

atypism
Synonym of atypia.

audion
An early electronic amplifying tube consisting of a partially evacuated glass tube with three electrodes, a heated filament, a grid, and a plate.

audions
plural of audion

aurantiasis
A golden-yellow discoloration of the skin.

autapse
A synapse formed by the axon of a neuron on its own dendrites

autapses
plural of autapse

autoagglutination
The clumping together of an individual's red blood cells by his or her own serum due to the cells being coated on the surface with antibodies

autoagglutinations
plural of autoagglutination

autoantigen
Any antigen that stimulates autoantibodies in the organism that produced it; an antigen produced by the self (that is, by one's own tissues).

autoantigens
plural of autoantigen

autoaugmentation
The augmentation of a body-part by using tissue from elsewhere, but especially enhancement of a woman's breast size and shape by using her own tissue

autoaugmentations
plural of autoaugmentation

autoclasis
destruction of tissue due to internal (or immunological) processes
spontaneous rupture of crystals within a rock (due, especially, to sudden cooling)

autocolonies
plural of autocolony

autocolony
A daughter colony formed inside a cell of a parent colony.

autocunnilingus
Oral masturbation of one's own vulva or vagina.

autocytolysis
Cytolysis by a lysin produced by the same cell.

autodegradation
Degradation of an organ or substance caused by itself.

autoextraction
The extraction of one's own teeth, typically as a means of self-harm.

autoextractions
plural of autoextraction

autofellatio
Oral masturbation of one's own penis.

autofusion
The fusion of parts of the same structure, typically the vertebrae of the spine

autofusions
plural of autofusion

autographism
A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it

autohemagglutination
Synonym of autoagglutination.

autohemagglutinations
plural of autohemagglutination

autoinoculation
inoculation into oneself (as of modified cells)
The spread of a disease to another part of the body via inoculation

autoinoculations
plural of autoinoculation

autoiris
A camera iris that adjusts automatically based on light levels.

autoirises
plural of autoiris

autokeratoplasties
plural of autokeratoplasty

autokeratoplasty
The grafting of corneal tissue from one eye to the other

autolaryngoscopy
laryngoscopy on one's own larynx

autolymphocyte
A lymphocyte, formed from a patient's own leukocytes, once used therapeutically

autolymphocytes
plural of autolymphocyte

autolysate
Any product of autolysis.

autolysates
plural of autolysate

autolyzate
Alternative form of autolysate.

autolyzates
plural of autolyzate

automorphogenesis
morphogenesis in the absence of external stimuli

autophagasome
Misspelling of autophagosome.

autophagolysosome
A lysosome involved in autophagy

autophagolysosomes
plural of autophagolysosome

autophagophore
The membrane apparatus in a cell responsible for autophagy

autophagophores
plural of autophagophore

autophagosome
A phagosome in which part of a cell's own cytoplasm is digested

autophagosomes
plural of autophagosome

autophyllogeny
The growth of one leaf from another, as from a nerve.

autoreceptor
A receptor, situated in the terminal of a presynaptic nerve cell, that is sensitive to neurotransmitters released by the neuron in whose membrane the autoreceptor sits.

autoreceptors
plural of autoreceptor

autosodomy
Anal masturbation performed by inserting one's own penis into one's own anus.

autosome
Any eukaryotic chromosome other than sex chromosomes.

autosporogenesis
cell division in algae and lichen

autosporulation
Synonym of autosporogenesis.

autostereogram
A single-image stereogram, designed to trick the human eye and brain into seeing a three-dimensional scene in a two-dimensional image.

autostereograms
plural of autostereogram

autotolerance
immunological tolerance of ones own tissue

autotransduction
transduction between cells of the same organism

autotransplantation
The transplantation of tissue from one part of the body to another

autotransplantations
plural of autotransplantation

autotriggering
Inappropriate automatic triggering of a ventilator (respirator) in the absence of muscle activity.

autozooecia
plural of autozooecium

autozooecium
The skeleton of an autozooid.

auxospore
A reproductive spore in diatoms that is formed by the union of two cells

auxospores
plural of auxospore

avondbloem
Alternative form of aandblom.

avulsion
The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma.
An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another.
Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved.

avulsions
plural of avulsion

awrahs
plural of awrah

axioplasm
Alternative form of axoplasm.

axogenesis
The creation of axons