homomania
Homosexuality, regarded as a mental disorder.
Enthusiastic support for homosexuality.

homomorphosis
Regeneration in which the new part is like the part removed; replacement of a lost part by a similar part.

homotosis
A lack of attractive home furnishings, regarded as a disorder.

homozygoses
plural of homozygosis

homozygosis
zygosis involving gametes that share at lease one common allele

hoofrot
Synonym of footrot.

hookworm
Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.
Infection with one of these parasites.

hookworms
plural of hookworm

hopenosis
Credulous political enthusiasm for Barack Obama.

hopperburn
damage to plants as a result of infestation by planthoppers

hordeola
plural of hordeolum

hordeolum
stye, sty. An infection of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid. This is distinguished from a chalazion, which is not infected, but a cyst formed from an impacted meibomian gland of the eyelid.

hornpox
abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chickenpox

horripilation
A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.

horripilations
plural of horripilation

horsepox
A disease of horses caused by an orthopoxvirus.

hrs
plural of hr; hours

huanglongbing
A bacterial infection of citrus trees.

hummie
A growth on the back of the neck resulting from friction, for example in workers who carry timber on their shoulders.

hummies
plural of hummie

humpsore
stephanofilariasis

hwabyeong
A Korean somatization disorder arising from repressed anger, with symptoms such as palpitations and insomnia.

hwabyung
Alternative form of hwabyeong.

hyalinoses
plural of hyalinosis

hyalinosis
hyaline degeneration

hyalohyphomycoses
plural of hyalohyphomycosis

hyalohyphomycosis
Any of a group of opportunistic mycotic infections caused by non-dematiaceous moulds.

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

hyalosis
Any disease that affects the vitreous humour of the eye

hydatid
A cyst due to infection by larvae of some species of the tapeworm Echinococcus.

hydatidoses
plural of hydatidosis

hydatidosis
An infection by the larvae of the canine tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus.

hydatids
plural of hydatid

hydraemia
thinness of the blood

hydraemias
plural of hydraemia

hydrargyria
mercury poisoning

hydrargyrism
hydrargyria; mercurialism or mercury poisoning

hydremia
Thinness of the blood.

hydremias
plural of hydremia

hydriatry
hydrotherapy

hydrocytosis
Overhydrated hereditary stomatocytosis.

hydrofection
hydrodynamic infection (of a gene)

hydrohaemia
hydraemia

hydrohemia
Alternative form of hydraemia.

hydromyelia
A disorder with excessive cerebrospinal fluid accumulation within the spinal cord.

hydromyelias
plural of hydromyelia

hydropathies
plural of hydropathy

hydropathy
The therapeutic use of water, either internally or externally.

hydropenia
A bodily deficiency of water

hydrophobia
An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself.
A morbid fear of water; aquaphobia.
A lack of affinity for water; the quality of being hydrophobic

hydrophobias
plural of hydrophobia

hydrophoby
Archaic form of hydrophobia.

hydropneumonia
edema of the lungs

hydropsia
Alternative form of hydropsy.

hydropsies
plural of hydropsy

hydropsy
Edema, dropsy.

hydroschizophrenia
The mismanagement of water resources, particularly due to the failure to integrate surface water and groundwater governance.

hydrotherapia
Obsolete form of hydrotherapy.

hydrotherapies
plural of hydrotherapy

hydrotherapy
Any of various techniques that use water, either externally or internally, for the treatment of disease and for the soothing of pain.

hydroxydopamine
Any hydroxy derivative of dopamine, but especially 6-hydroxydopamine that is used experimentally to induce Parkinson's disease in animals

hydroxydopamines
plural of hydroxydopamine

hymenolepidosis
infection with tapeworm of the genus Hymenolepis

hyperacusia
Hyperacusis.

hyperacusis
A heightened sensitivity to some sounds, especially extremely loud noises.

hyperadrenocorticism
Cushing's syndrome

hyperalbuminosis
Severe albuminosis

hypercoagulopathies
plural of hypercoagulopathy

hypercoagulopathy
A disease characterised by an increased tendency of the blood to form clots

hypercorticism
Cushing's syndrome

hypercupraemia
Alternative form of hypercupremia.

hypercupremia
An abnormally high level of copper in the blood (above the reference range), which if it is high enough and/or persistent enough can produce copper toxicity (in any of various diseases, including Wilson's disease).

hyperdeficiency
Extreme deficiency.
The quality of being hyperdeficient

hyperekplexia
A neurological disorder characterized by an exaggerated startle response in situations of distress.

hyperekplexias
plural of hyperekplexia

hypereosinophilia
A disease characterised by a marked increase in the eosinophil count in the bloodstream

hypereosinophilias
plural of hypereosinophilia

hypereosinophily
hypereosinophilia

hyperexplexia
Alternative form of hyperekplexia.

hyperganglionosis
A disorder characterised by an overabundance of ganglion cells, or hyperplastic ganglia.

hypergeusia
A taste disorder in which the sense of taste is abnormally heightened

hypergeusias
plural of hypergeusia

hypergeustia
Obsolete form of hypergeusia.

hyperglucocorticoidism
Synonym of hyperadrenocorticism.

hypergymnasia
An eating disorder characterized by excessive and compulsive exercise.

hyperhydration
water intoxication.

hyperinflammation
Severe inflammation

hyperinosaemia
Alternative form of hyperinosemia.

hyperkaliaemia
Alternative form of hyperkaliemia.

hyperkeratinisation
Alternative form of hyperkeratinization.

hyperkeratinisations
plural of hyperkeratinisation

hyperkeratinization
A disorder of the cells lining the inside of a hair follicle, where the normal desquamation process is interrupted by an excess of keratin, causing dead skin cells to bond together and cause blockage.

hyperkeratinizations
plural of hyperkeratinization

hyperkinaemia
Alternative form of hyperkinemia.

hyperlordosis
Particularly severe lordosis.

hypermania
An extreme form of mania.

hypermetropia
Synonym of hyperopia.

hypermetropias
plural of hypermetropia

hypermetropy
Dated form of hypermetropia.

hypermorbidity
Markedly high morbidity (illness), more than what might otherwise be expected (in any given disease or state of health).

hypermorphosis
Extended morphosis

hypermortality
Markedly high mortality, more than what might otherwise be expected (in any given disease or state of health).

hypermyopia
Synonym of hyperopia.

hypernephroma
renal cell carcinoma

hypernephromas
plural of hypernephroma

hypernephromata
plural of hypernephroma

hypernoea
abnormal breathing, due to slightly deficient arterialization of the blood.

hyperopia
A disorder of the vision where the eye focuses images behind the retina instead of on it, so that distant objects can be seen better than near objects.

hyperopias
plural of hyperopia

hyperphenylalanemia
Hyperphenylalaninemia.

hyperpnea
Deep and rapid respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders.

hyperpneas
plural of hyperpnea

hyperpnoea
Alternative spelling of hyperpnea.

hyperpotassaemia
Alternative form of hyperpotassemia.

hyperpotassemia
Hyperkalemia.

hyperprogression
An enhanced progression (of a disease)

hyperpyrexia
An excessive and unusual elevation of set body temperature greater than or equal to 41°C (105.8°F), or extremely high fever.

hyperpyrexias
plural of hyperpyrexia

hyperreligiosity
An extreme religious mania sometimes associated with mental conditions.