A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, causing a constriction of the trachea, preventing breathing; anaphylactic shock.
Extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug.
anaptyxis
anaptyxis
noun
(phonetics) The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.
anoxybiosis
anoxybiosis
noun
(physiology) A biological response triggered by a lack of oxygen in which an organism takes in water and becomes turgid and immobile; possibly a form of cryptobiosis.
antianaphylaxis
antianaphylaxis
noun
(immunology) desensitization to antigens
antiexpressively
antiglyoxalase
anxiolytics
anxiolytics
noun
plural of anxiolytic
anxiously
anxiously
adv
In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
apophylaxis
archocystosyrinx
archosyrinx
arthrosyrinx
asexuality
asexuality
noun
The quality (of a species or organism) of reproducing asexually.
The state of not experiencing sexual attraction.
The state of not having a sex or sexual organs.
asphyxia
asphyxia
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body leads to loss of consciousness or death. Replaced in the mid-20th century by the more specific terms anoxia, hypoxia, hypoxemia and hypercapnia.
Loss of consciousness due to the body's inability to deliver oxygen to its tissues, either by the breathing of air lacking oxygen or by the inability of the blood to carry oxygen.
Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia.
asphyxial
asphyxial
adj
Of or relating to asphyxia.
asphyxiant
asphyxiant
adj
That can cause asphyxiation
noun
Any substance that can cause asphyxia
asphyxias
asphyxias
noun
plural of asphyxia
asphyxiate
asphyxiate
verb
(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.
(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
asphyxiated
asphyxiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphyxiate
asphyxiates
asphyxiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxiate
asphyxiating
asphyxiating
verb
present participle of asphyxiate
asphyxiation
asphyxiation
noun
An acute lack of oxygen.
Death due to lack of oxygen.
asphyxiations
asphyxiations
noun
plural of asphyxiation
asphyxiative
asphyxiator
asphyxiator
noun
One who or that which asphyxiates.
asphyxied
asphyxied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphyxy
asphyxies
asphyxies
noun
plural of asphyxy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxy
autoasphyxiation
autoasphyxiation
noun
The practice of choking or strangling oneself for sexual gratification.
axiopisty
axiopisty
noun
Worthiness of being believed.
axisymmetric
axisymmetric
adj
Exhibiting symmetry around an axis; exhibiting cylindrical symmetry.
axisymmetrical
axisymmetrical
adj
axisymmetric
axisymmetrically
axisymmetrically
adv
In axisymmetric fashion.
axisymmetry
axisymmetry
noun
symmetry about an axis; rotational symmetry
axolysis
axolysis
noun
(physics) The degeneration or dissolution of an axon
azoxyanisole
bisaxillary
bisexuality
bisexuality
noun
(chiefly botany) The state of being bisexual (“having both male and female parts or roles”).
(of humans or other animals) The state of being sexually or romantically attracted to members of either sex or gender.
bisexually
bisexually
adv
In a bisexual manner
bisglyoxaline
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
brachyaxis
bradyauxesis
calciphylaxis
calciphylaxis
noun
A syndrome of vascular calcification, thrombosis and skin necrosis, seen almost exclusively in patients with chronic kidney disease.
carboxypeptidase
carboxypeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the terminal amino acid of a polypeptide/protein from the end that contains a free carboxyl group
chemoprophylaxis
chemoprophylaxis
noun
chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs.
cytotaxis
cytotaxis
noun
(biology) The directive influence that determines the arrangement of cells; the selective, ordering, and arranging function of a living cell.
dacryosyrinx
deoxyribonuclease
deoxyribonuclease
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA.
desoxyanisoin
desoxyribonuclease
desoxyribonuclease
noun
Alternative form of deoxyribonuclease
dextrosinistrally
dextrosinistrally
adv
In a dextrosinistral manner.
diastataxy
disoxygenate
disoxygenate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize.
disoxygenation
disoxygenation
Noun
deoxidation
dyslexia
dyslexia
noun
(neurology, pathology) A learning disability characterized by reading and writing difficulties.
dyslexias
dyslexias
noun
plural of dyslexia
dysorexia
dysorexia
noun
(pathology) An impaired or unnatural appetite.
dysoxidation
dysoxidizable
dyspraxia
dyspraxia
noun
(medicine) A genetic neurological disorder where a person has motor skills severely below average due to their brain's inability to consistently send messages accurately to the body for the planning of motor movements.
dystaxia
dystaxia
noun
(pathology, rare) a milder or weaker form of ataxia
dystaxias
epicalyxes
epiphylaxis
exasperatingly
exasperatingly
adv
In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
exclusionary
exclusionary
adj
Acting to exclude something
excursionary
excusability
excusability
Noun
The quality of being excusable.
excystation
excystation
noun
(biology) The stage in the life cycle of a parasite in which it escapes from a cyst (after being swallowed by its host)
exhaustibility
exhaustibility
noun
The property of being exhaustible.
exhaustingly
exhaustingly
adv
In an exhausting manner.
exhaustively
exhaustively
adv
In an exhaustive manner.
exhaustivity
exhaustivity
noun
The condition of being exhaustive
existability
existability
noun
The possibility that something can exist.
existentialistically
existentialistically
adv
In an existentialist manner.
existentially
existentially
adv
In an existential manner
exogastrically
exogastrically
adv
In an exogastric manner.
expansibility
expansibility
noun
The condition of being expansible
expansibly
expansibly
adv
In an expansible manner.
expansionary
expansionary
adj
That promotes or exhibits expansion; expansionist.
expansively
expansively
adv
In an expansive manner
expansivity
expansivity
noun
(mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
expansiveness
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
expositionary
expositionary
adj
(writing) Serving as exposition.
expositorially
expostulatingly
expostulatingly
adv
With expostulations.
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
expressionistically
expressionistically
adv
In an expressionistic manner.
exsanguinity
exsanguinity
noun
(medicine) Lack of blood.
extensionality
extensionality
noun
(mathematics, functional analysis) The principle that functions are equal if and only if they operate on the same domain and for any given element of the domain the result of each of the functions is the same.
(mathematics, set theory) The principle, codified in the axiom of extensionality, that sets are equal if and only if they contain the same elements.
(philosophy) The principle that objects are equal if and only if their observed properties are the same, regardless of internal processes that lead to those properties.
extensionally
extensionally
adv
In terms or by means of extension.
extracystic
extracystic
adj
Outside of a cyst.
extraepiphyseal
extraepiphyseal
adj
Outside of the epiphysis.
extraessentially
extralinguistically
extralinguistically
adv
Outside of language.
extrametaphysical
extrametaphysical
adj
(rare) Outside of metaphysics.
extraphysical
extraphysical
adj
Not governed by physical laws
extraphysiological
extrascripturality
extrascripturality
noun
The quality of being extrascriptural.
extrasyllabic
extrasyllabic
adj
(phonology, of a consonant) occurring outside a syllable
extrasyllogistic
extrasyllogistic
adj
Outside of a syllogism.
extrasyphilitic
extrasystolic
extrasystolic
adj
Relating to extrasystole, the premature contraction of the heart.
extraterrestrially
extraterrestrially
adv
In an extraterrestrial way; not on Earth.
extraversively
extrinsicality
extrinsicality
noun
The quality of being extrinsic.
extrinsically
extrinsically
adv
In an extrinsic manner
fibromyxosarcoma
formaldehydesulphoxylic
gastroxynsis
gastroxynsis
noun
Intermittent gastrorrhea
hematoxylins
hematoxylins
noun
plural of hematoxylin
heterosexuality
heterosexuality
noun
Sexual activity with a person of the opposite sex.
The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the opposite sex.
hexadactylism
hexadactylism
noun
sexdactyly
hexastichy
hexasyllabic
hexasyllabic
Adjective
Having six syllables.
homosexuality
homosexuality
noun
Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males.
The state of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex attraction between males.
hydrosalpinx
hydrosalpinx
noun
A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
hydrotaxis
hydrotaxis
noun
(biology) movement (of an organism or organ) in response to water
hygroexpansivity
hyperanxious
hyperanxious
adj
Very anxious
hypercatalexis
hypercatalexis
noun
(poetry) The addition of one or two syllables to the last foot of a verse
hypercathexis
hypercathexis
noun
An excessive concentration of mental energy on an object or person.
hyperdiazeuxis
hyperexcitableness
hyperprosexia
hyperprosexia
noun
(medicine, rare) Excessive attention; an abnormal state in which a person concentrates on one thing to the exclusion of everything else.
hypersexualities
hypersexualities
noun
plural of hypersexuality
hypersexuality
hypersexuality
noun
The desire for sexual activity at levels high enough to be considered clinically significant.
hypocathexis
hypodiazeuxis
hypoprosexia
hypotaxis
hypotaxis
noun
(grammar) Syntactic subordination of one clause or construction to another.
hypoxias
hypoxias
noun
plural of hypoxia
hysteropexia
inexcusability
inexcusability
Noun
The quality of being inexcusable.
inexcusably
inexcusably
adv
In an inexcusable manner.
inexhaustedly
inexhaustedly
adv
Without exhaustion.
inexhaustibility
inexhaustibility
noun
The state or condition of being inexhaustible.
inexhaustibly
inexhaustibly
adv
In an inexhaustible manner.
To an inexhaustible degree.
inexhaustively
inextinguishability
inextinguishability
noun
The state of not being extinguishable.
inextinguishably
inextinguishably
adv
In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
interparoxysmal
interparoxysmal
adj
Between paroxysms.
intersexuality
intersexuality
noun
The state of having the physical features of both sexes, or of having ambiguous sex, i.e. not unambiguously male or female.
intersexually
intersexually
adv
In an intersexual way.
isazoxy
karyorrhexis
karyorrhexis
noun
The destructive fragmentation of the nucleus of a dying cell whereby its chromatin is distributed irregularly throughout the cytoplasm.
keratonyxis
keratonyxis
noun
(medicine, archaic) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye and breaking up the opaque mass.
laryngemphraxis
laryngemphraxis
noun
(medicine) The closure or obstruction of the larynx.
lymphotaxis
lymphotaxis
noun
The attraction to, or repulsion from lymphocytes
monosexuality
monosexuality
noun
(countable) A sexuality that involves attraction to only one sex: generally, homosexuality or heterosexuality.