autohypnosis
Hypnosis of oneself.

autohypnotization
Synonym of autohypnosis.

autoinfection
The infection of a primary host with a parasite, particularly a helminth, in such a way that the complete life cycle of the parasite happens in a single organism, without the involvement of another host.

autoinfections
plural of autoinfection

autoinflammation
inflammation as a result of an autoimmune disease

autoinflammations
plural of autoinflammation

autointoxication
Poisoning due to the faulty absorption of the waste products of metabolism or of the products of decomposition within the intestines.

autokabalesis
Jumping from a significant height to the ground as an act of suicide or due to psychiatric disorder.

autonecrosis
A form of cell necrosis related to apoptosis

autopathographies
plural of autopathography

autopathography
A piece of writing about one's own illness.

autophagocytoses
plural of autophagocytosis

autophagocytosis
autophagy

autophagosis
autophagy

autosplenectomies
plural of autosplenectomy

autosplenectomy
Disease-induced progressive shrinkage and nonfunctionalisation of the spleen.

autotoxaemia
autointoxication

autotoxaemias
plural of autotoxaemia

autotoxemia
Alternative form of autotoxaemia.

autotoxemias
plural of autotoxemia

autotoxication
Synonym of autointoxication.

autotoxicosis
Synonym of autointoxication.

auxopathies
plural of auxopathy

auxopathy
Any disease that affects growth

axialite
A multilayer aggregate of lamellar crystals spreading out from a common edge

axialites
plural of axialite

axonopathies
plural of axonopathy

axonopathy
A disorder or disruption of the functioning of the axons

axonotrophy
The destruction of axons in some diseases

babesiases
plural of babesiasis

babesiasis
Alternative form of babesiosis.

babesioses
plural of babesiosis

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

bacillosis
infection with bacilli

backache
Any pain or ache in the back.

backne
Alternative spelling of bacne.

backworm
Synonym of filanders (“a disease of hawks”).
The thread-like worm found in filanders.

backworms
plural of backworm

bacne
Acne on the back.

bacterascites
A bacterial infection of ascitic fluid

bacterid
A bacterial infection of the skin

bacterids
plural of bacterid

bacteriologies
plural of bacteriology

bacteriology
The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.

bacteriopathology
The study of disease caused by bacteria.

bacterioses
plural of bacteriosis

bacteriosis
Any infection by bacteria

bagassosis
A pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of dust from sugarcane processing

balamuthosis
An infectious disease produced by amoebae of the genus Balamuthia.

balanitides
plural of balanitis

balanitis
Inflammation of the glans penis.

balanoposthitis
An inflammation of the glans penis and the prepuce.

balantidiases
plural of balantidiasis

balantidiasis
A protozoan infection caused by Balantidium coli.

balloonacy
An excessive mania for hot-air balloons.

balneotherapia
Obsolete form of balneotherapy.

balneotherapies
plural of balneotherapy

balneotherapy
The treatment of disease by bathing.

barbiers
A paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast, thought to be a chronic form of beriberi.

barbitalism
barbital poisoning

barosinusitis
aerosinusitis

barotitis
otitic barotrauma

bartholinitis
inflammation of Bartholin's cyst

bartonelloses
plural of bartonellosis

bartonellosis
An infectious disease produced by bacteria of the genus Bartonella.

barttin
A human gene associated with Bartter syndrome.

basidiobolomycosis
A fungal disease caused by a fungus in the genus Basidiobolus.

basidiomycosis
A fungal infection by Basidiomycota

bastarditis
A tendency to act like a bastard (in a despicable manner), said as if it were due to a disease or affliction.

baylisascariasis
infection with Baylisascaris nematodes

bdna
Alternative form of bDNA.

bdnas
plural of bdna

bednet
A net that is draped around a bed to prevent access by disease-carrying insects.

bednets
plural of bednet

beemageddon
The widespread incidence of colony collapse disorder, feared to portend a coming mass extinction of honeybees.

beepocalypse
The widespread incidence of colony collapse disorder, feared to portend a coming mass extinction of honeybees.

beepocalypses
plural of beepocalypse

bejel
Endemic syphilis, a chronic disease of skin and tissue caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum.

belesh
The disease bejel.

besnoitiosis
A protozoan disease caused by infection with Besnoitia parasites.

bestrophinopathies
plural of bestrophinopathy

bestrophinopathy
A retinal dystrophy associated with a bestrophin mutation

bgs
plural of bg

bibliokleptomania
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.

biccuculine
Misspelling of bicuculline.

bicucculine
Misspelling of bicuculline.

bicucullin
Alternative form of bicuculline.

bicuculline
A light-sensitive competitive antagonist of GABA receptors; it is used in the study of epilepsy

bicucullines
plural of bicuculline

bicytopenia
A deficiency in two of the three cell lines in the blood, namely erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets.

bigorexia
A mental disorder in which the sufferer perceives oneself to have inadequate musculature; most common among bodybuilders

bilharziases
plural of bilharziasis

bilharziasis
Synonym of schistosomiasis.

bilharzioma
A tumorlike inflammation of the intestinal serosa, mesentery, or the skin, caused by bilharzia

bilharziomas
plural of bilharzioma

bilharziosis
schistosomiasis

biliopathies
plural of biliopathy

biliopathy
Any disease or abnormality of the bile duct

bilirubinencephalopathy
kernicterus

biodetection
biological or biochemical detection (typically of cancer)

biodiagnosis
biochemical diagnosis

bioexclusion
The exclusion of a pathogen or disease from a group of organisms (a part of biosecurity)

biognosis
The investigation of life, or living matter.

bionecroses
plural of bionecrosis

bionecrosis
necrobiosis

biopathology
The pathology (study of the diseases) of organs, tumours and similar biological structures

bioresonance
A pseudoscientific medical practice that purports to diagnose and treat illness using electromagnetic waves.

biosemiosis
semiosis in and between biological organisms

biosis
Life; vitality.

biosurveillance
The monitoring of the biological environment, as for example to forestall disease.

biothesiometry
The measurement of the vibrational threshold, typically in patients with peripheral neuropathy

biotoxicoses
plural of biotoxicosis

biotoxicosis
toxicosis due to a biotoxin

bismuthism
bismuth poisoning

bismuthosis
bismuth poisoning

blankout
A temporary loss of memory.
A temporary loss of consciousness.

blastocystiasis
disease associated with infection with Blastocystis parasites

blastocystosis
infection with Blastocystis parasites

blastoma
A tumour that is caused by malignancies in precursor cells or blasts.

blastomas
plural of blastoma

blastomata
plural of blastoma

blepharadenitis
inflammation of the meibomian glands

blepharedema
edema of the eyelids

blepharedemas
plural of blepharedema

blepharitides
plural of blepharitis

blepharitis
An inflammation of the eyelid.

blepharoadenitis
Alternative form of blepharadenitis.

blepharochalasis
An inflammation of the eyelid, characterized by exacerbations and remissions of eyelid edema, which results in a stretching and subsequent atrophy of the eyelid tissue resulting in redundant folds over the lid margins.

blepharoedema
Alternative form of blepharedema.

blepharoedemas
plural of blepharoedema

blepharokeratoconjunctivitis
Inflammation of the eyelids, cornea and conjunctiva.

blepharoplegia
paralysis of an eyelid

blepharoptosis
The drooping of the upper eyelid.

bleyme
An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone.

bleymes
plural of bleyme