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.
anaptyxes
anaptyxes
noun
plural of anaptyxis
anaptyxis
anaptyxis
noun
(phonetics) The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.
anoxyscope
antianaphylaxis
antianaphylaxis
noun
(immunology) desensitization to antigens
antiexpressively
apoxyomenos
apoxyomenos
noun
(art) A conventional subject of ancient Greek votive sculpture: an athlete caught in the familiar act of scraping sweat and dust from his body with a strigil.
asphyxiant
asphyxiant
adj
That can cause asphyxiation
noun
Any substance that can cause asphyxia
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
autoasphyxiation
autoasphyxiation
noun
The practice of choking or strangling oneself for sexual gratification.
cytopharynxes
cytopharynxes
noun
plural of cytopharynx
exasperatingly
exasperatingly
adv
In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
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
expositionary
expositionary
adj
(writing) Serving as exposition.
expostulatingly
expostulatingly
adv
With expostulations.
expressionistically
expressionistically
adv
In an expressionistic manner.
extemporaneously
extemporaneously
adv
In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
hydrosalpinx
hydrosalpinx
noun
A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
hygroexpansivity
hyperanxious
hyperanxious
adj
Very anxious
hyperexcitableness
hypopharynxes
hypopharynxes
noun
plural of hypopharynx
interparoxysmal
interparoxysmal
adj
Between paroxysms.
jasponyx
jasponyx
noun
A form of onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.
laryngemphraxis
laryngemphraxis
noun
(medicine) The closure or obstruction of the larynx.
laryngopharynxes
myxospongiae
myxospongian
myxospongida
myxosporidian
myxosporidian
noun
Any member of the Myxosporidia.
nasopharynx
nasopharynx
noun
(anatomy) The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate.
nasopharynxes
nasopharynxes
noun
plural of nasopharynx
nonexpansibility
nonexpansively
nonexpansively
adv
In a nonexpansive manner.
oropharynxes
overexpansively
oxyquinaseptol
oxyquinaseptol
noun
Synonym of diaphtherin
pansexuality
pansexuality
noun
(rare) Sexuality that encompasses all kinds of sexuality.
A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex.
phacoanaphylaxis
phacoanaphylaxis
noun
(pathology) anaphylaxis to proteins released from the lens of the eye; the inflammation caused by this
pharyngemphraxis
pharyngoxerosis
pharynxes
photosyntax
photosyntax
noun
(archaic) photosynthesis
phytoalexins
phytoalexins
noun
plural of phytoalexin
pseudoanaphylaxis
pseudoanaphylaxis
noun
A kind of anaphylaxis that does not involve an allergic reaction but is due to direct mast cell degranulation.
pseudoexperimentally
pseudohexagonally
pseudohexagonally
adv
In a pseudohexagonal way.
punxsutawney
pyosalpinx
pyosalpinx
noun
A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with pus.
pyoxanthose
pyoxanthose
noun
(chemistry, archaic) A greenish-yellow crystalline colouring matter found with pyocyanin in pus.
radioanaphylaxis
saccopharynx
salpingopexy
semiexperimentally
seroanaphylaxis
seroanaphylaxis
noun
(medicine, uncommon) Anaphylaxis as a result of an injection of a foreign serum, usually conducted under experimental conditions.
sphenomaxillary
sphenomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the sphenoid bone and the maxilla.
spondylexarthrosis
staphylotoxin
staphylotoxin
noun
Any of various toxins produced by Staphylococcus bacteria.
superexceptionally
superoxygenate
superoxygenate
verb
To increase the proportion of oxygen
superoxygenated
superoxygenated
adj
enriched in oxygen
verb
simple past tense and past participle of superoxygenate
superoxygenating
superoxygenation
superoxygenation
noun
enrichment in oxygen
unexpansively
unexpansively
adv
In an unexpansive way.
unexpressably
unexpressably
adv
Synonym of inexpressibly
xanthocyanopsia
xanthocyanopsia
noun
A form of color blindness in which red cannot be distinguished from green, but only blue from yellow.
xanthocyanopsy
xanthophyllous
xanthophyllous
adj
Of or relating to xanthophyll.
xanthophylls
xanthophylls
noun
plural of xanthophyll
xanthopsydracia
xanthopsydracia
noun
(archaic, medicine) A condition characterized by the occurrence on the skin of small yellow pustules.