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noun
- A pain in the middle ear, middle or inner ear.
noun
- any psychological disorder characterized by abnormal eating habits
noun
- The skin discoloration caused by the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels.
- A bruise.
noun
- (pathology) A complication of pregnancy characterized by convulsions and coma. See preeclampsia.
noun
- An acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly. It is noncontagious.
noun ( plural edemas or edemata )
- (pathology) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity
- A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water
noun
- (chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.
- (botany) The production of flowers.
- (metaphorical) Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
- (pathology) A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.
noun
- (pathology) A complication of chronic filariasis, in which nematode worms block the lymphatic vessels, usually in the legs or scrotum, causing extreme enlargement of the infected area.
noun
- The act of making very lean.
- The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.
adjective
- (pathology) Of or relating to an embolus or an embolism.
- Pertaining to emboly.
noun
- (pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of an artery by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.
noun ( emboli)
- (pathology) A blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the blood stream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.
noun ( emeses)
- (medicine) The act or process of vomiting or having vomited.
- syrup of ipecac, Syrup of ipecac almost always forces an .
noun
- (pathology) An abnormal accumulation of air in tissues , especially the lungs. Pulmonary emphysema is a chronic lung disease, characterised by an abnormal increase in the size of the air spaces, resulting in laboured breathing and caused by exposure to toxic chemicals such as tobacco smoke.
noun ( plural: encephalitides)
- (pathology) inflammation, Inflammation of the brain.
noun ( plural: encephalomyelitides)
- (pathology) Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
noun
- (context, pathology, cardiology) An inflammation of the endocardium and possibly the heart valves.
adjective
- produced, originating or growing from within
- of a disease, caused by factors within the body
noun
- (medicine) A condition in which the endometrium is found elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus
noun ( alternative plural endotheliomata)
- Any of various mostly benign neoplasms derived from the endothelium of blood vessels or lymph channels
verb to engorge (engorges, engorged, engorging)
- To devour something greedily
- To gorge or glut
- To feed ravenously
noun ( plural: enteritides or enteritises)
- (pathology) Inflamation of the intestines, generally the small intestine.
noun
- any phenomenon that is the result of another
- (medicine) a symptom that develops during the course of a disease that is not connected to the disease
noun ( epistax, es)
- (symptom) nosebleed
adjective
- Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.
- Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation
noun
- a dry, dark scab or scar, especially as a result of burning
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1965: In another minute there was no letter; but, as with every other relationship in my life, an of ashes. The word is rare, but exact. " John Fowles, The Magus
adjective
- Of or pertaining to an etiology.
adjective
- (biology) produced or originating outside of an organism
- (medicine) of a disease: having an external cause
noun
- (medicine) hyperthyroidism accompanied by protrusion of the eyeballs
noun
- (anatomy) An abnormal protrusion of the eyeball from its socket.
noun ( exostoses)
- A benign bony growth, often covered with cartilage, on the surface of a bone or tooth
noun
- the exudation of blood, lymph or urine from a vessel into the tissues
- the eruption of molten lava from a volcanic vent
adjective
- Having no eyes (organs of sight).
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