ampullitis
inflammation of an ampulla

amyelotrophy
Atrophy of the spinal cord.

amygdalitis
tonsillitis

amygdalohippocampectomies
plural of amygdalohippocampectomy

amygdalohippocampectomy
Surgical removal of the hippocampus and amygdalae, often used as a treatment for epilepsy.

amylopectinosis
Glycogen storage disease type IV

amyotrophia
Alternative form of amyotrophy.

amyotrophies
plural of amyotrophy

amyotrophy
atrophy of muscles

anaberoga
A fungal disease of certain palm trees.

anabrosis
wasting away

anadidymus
An abnormality in which conjoined twins have a single head and upper body

anadipsia
Synonym of polydipsia.

anaerobioses
plural of anaerobiosis

anaerobiosis
Any form of life that is sustained in the absence of air (or oxygen)

anaplasia
A reversion of differentiation in cells that is characteristic of malignancy in tumours.

anaplasias
plural of anaplasia

anaplasis
Synonym of anaplasia.

anaplasmoses
plural of anaplasmosis

anaplasmosis
A disease of ruminants and sometimes humans caused by infection with Anaplasma bacteria, normally transmitted by hard ticks.

anapleroses
plural of anaplerosis

anaplerosis
The replenishment of a deficiency, or refilling of the space left by a destroyed part.
An intermediate enzyme reaction that replaces a depleted vital compound.

anapleurosis
Alternative form of anaplerosis.

anapocosis
A form of apoptosis, due to the formation of large pores, in some cancer cells

anasarca
Severe generalised oedema.

anasarcas
plural of anasarca

anastylosis
The reassembly of ruined monuments or other artifacts from remaining fragments in an archeologically responsible way (with use of modern materials when needed).

anathermy
insensitivity to heat

anatomopathology
anatomical pathology

anatropia
A disorder of the vision. Deviation of the visual axis of one eye upwards when the other eye is fixing; anaphoria.
A tendency for both eyes to look upward.

anchylostomiasis
Alternative spelling of ancylostomiasis.

ancylostomiases
plural of ancylostomiasis

ancylostomiasis
Infection by the hookworm Ancylostoma.

andrology
The branch of medicine concerned with male diseases, especially those affecting the male reproductive system.

andropathies
plural of andropathy

andropathy
Any disease that only affects men.

anemosis
A shake in timber caused by high winds.

anergies
plural of anergy

anesis
Remission of disease symptoms.
Addition of a sentence, clause or phrase that diminishes what preceded.

anethopathy
psychopathy; sociopathy

aneurysmorrhaphies
plural of aneurysmorrhaphy

aneurysmorrhaphy
Suture closure of an aneurysm.

angioblastomatosis
von Hippel–Lindau disease

angioblastosis
Alternative form of angioblastomatosis.

angiocarcinoma
The carcinoma of blood or lymph vessels.

angiocardiopathies
plural of angiocardiopathy

angiocardiopathy
Any disease of the heart and blood vessels

angiocarditis
Any inflammation of the heart and blood vessels.

angiocavernoma
A vascular tumor made up of dilated blood vessels and containing large blood-filled spaces.

angiocholecystites
plural of angiocholecystitis

angiocholecystitis
An inflammation of the gall bladder wall and adjacent bile vessels.

angiocholitis
Synonym of cholangitis.

angiodermatitis
inflammation of the blood vessels of the skin

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

angiodysplasias
plural of angiodysplasia

angioglioma
A highly vascular glioma

angiogliomas
plural of angioglioma

angioinvasion
Vascular invasion: Invasion (infiltration) of vessels (blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, or both), often and especially by cancer cells, either locoregionally or metastatically.

angiokeratoma
A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.

angiokeratomas
plural of angiokeratoma

angiokeratomata
plural of angiokeratoma

angiolathyrism
Pathological changes in blood vessels due to Lathyrus infection.

angioleiomyolipoma
Alternative form of angiomyolipoma.

angioleiomyolipomas
plural of angioleiomyolipoma

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

angiolipoma
A subcutaneous nodule with vascular structure, having all other features of a typical lipoma.

angiolipomas
plural of angiolipoma

angiolipomata
plural of angiolipoma

angioma
A benign tumor made up of small blood vessels or lymph vessels.

angiomas
plural of angioma

angiomata
plural of angioma

angiomyolipoma
A common benign tumour of the kidney.

angiomyolipomas
plural of angiomyolipoma

angiomyolipomata
plural of angiomyolipoma

angiomyoma
A benign, solitary tumor associated with blood vessels

angiomyomas
plural of angiomyoma

angiomyoneuroma
Synonym of glomangioma.

angiomyoneuromas
plural of angiomyoneuroma

angiomyxoma
A myxomatous tumor involving the blood vessels. It can affect the vulva and other parts of the pelvis.

angiomyxomas
plural of angiomyxoma

angiomyxomata
plural of angiomyxoma

angionecroses
plural of angionecrosis

angionecrosis
necrosis of blood vessel tissue

angioneuromyoma
Synonym of glomangioma.

angioneuromyomas
plural of angioneuromyoma

angioneuropathies
plural of angioneuropathy

angioneuropathy
A neuropathy of the blood vessels

angioneuroses
plural of angioneurosis

angioneurosis
Any disorder of the vasomotor system; neurosis of a blood vessel.

angioparalysis
paralysis of blood vessels

angiopathies
plural of angiopathy

angiopathology
The study of diseases affecting blood vessels.

angiopathy
Any disease of the blood vessels.

angiophakomatoses
plural of angiophakomatosis

angiophakomatosis
Any of a group of disorders involving overlapping aspects of angiomatosis and phakomatosis in various organs.

angiosarcoma
Any malignant tumour of vascular tissue

angiosarcomas
plural of angiosarcoma

angiosarcomata
plural of angiosarcoma

angiosis
Any disease of the blood vessels

angiostrongyliasis
Infection by a nematode of the genus Angiostrongylus.

angiostrongylosis
Infection (principally of dogs) by lungworms of the genus Angiostrongylus.

anguillulosis
Synonym of strongyloidiasis.

anhidrosis
The reduced ability or inability to sweat.

anhydrosis
Misspelling of anhidrosis.

aniacinamidosis
A deficiency of niacinamide that is sometimes associated with pellagra

aniacinosis
Synonym of aniacinamidosis.

anilinism
A disease due to inhaling the poisonous fumes present in the manufacture of aniline.

anilism
aniline poisoning

anisocoria
A condition characterized by unequal size of the pupils of the eye.

anisocycloplegia
Cycloplegia to a different extent in each eye.

anisohypermetropia
hypermetropia to a different extent in each eye

ankylostomiases
plural of ankylostomiasis

ankylostomiasis
Alternative spelling of ancylostomiasis.

annonacin
An acetogenin found in fruits such as the guanabana, frequent consumption of which is implicated in Parkinson's disease.

anoia
Extreme mental deficiency.
Mindlessness.

anomalad
A primary malformation together with its subsequently derived structural changes.

anomalads
plural of anomalad

anophthalmia
The congenital absence of one or both eyes

anophthalmias
plural of anophthalmia

anophthalmies
plural of anophthalmy

anophthalmy
Alternative form of anophthalmia.

anoplasties
plural of anoplasty

anoplasty
Correction of an anal malformation

anorexia
Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
Clipping of anorexia nervosa.
Any state of being psychologically starved or deprived of something.

anorexias
plural of anorexia

anorexies
plural of anorexy

anorexy
Archaic form of anorexia.

anormalities
plural of anormality

anormality
abnormality

anorthopia
A defect of vision in which straight lines appear to be curved; a symptom of various vision disorders.

anorthopias
plural of anorthopia