| earache |
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noun
- A pain in the middle ear, middle or inner ear.
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| eating disorder |
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noun
- any psychological disorder characterized by abnormal eating habits
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| ecchymosis |
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noun
- The skin discoloration caused by the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels.
- A bruise.
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| eclampsia |
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noun
- (pathology) A complication of pregnancy characterized by convulsions and coma. See preeclampsia.
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| eczema |
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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.
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| edema |
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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
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| efflorescence |
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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.
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| elephantiasis |
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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.
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| emaciation |
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noun - The act of making very lean.
- The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.
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| embolic |
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adjective
- (pathology) Of or relating to an embolus or an embolism.
- Pertaining to emboly.
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| embolism |
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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.
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| embolus |
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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.
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| emesis |
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noun (emeses)
- (medicine) The act or process of vomiting or having vomited.
- syrup of ipecac, Syrup of ipecac almost always forces an .
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| emphysema |
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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.
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| encephalitis |
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noun (plural: encephalitides)
- (pathology) inflammation, Inflammation of the brain.
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| encephalomyelitis |
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noun (plural: encephalomyelitides)
- (pathology) Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
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| endocarditis |
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noun
- (context, pathology, cardiology) An inflammation of the endocardium and possibly the heart valves.
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| endogenous |
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adjective
- produced, originating or growing from within
- of a disease, caused by factors within the body
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| endometriosis |
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noun - (medicine) A condition in which the endometrium is found elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus
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| endothelioma |
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noun (alternative plural endotheliomata)
- Any of various mostly benign neoplasms derived from the endothelium of blood vessels or lymph channels
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| engorge |
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verb to engorge (engorges, engorged, engorging)
- To devour something greedily
- To gorge or glut
- To feed ravenously
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| enteritis |
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noun (plural: enteritides or enteritises)
- (pathology) Inflamation of the intestines, generally the small intestine.
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| epiphenomenon |
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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
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| epistaxis |
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noun (epistax, es)
- (symptom) nosebleed
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| erythema |
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adjective - Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.
- Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation
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| eschar |
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noun
- a dry, dark scab or scar, especially as a result of burning
- 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
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| etiologic |
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adjective
- Of or pertaining to an etiology.
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| exogenous |
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adjective - (biology) produced or originating outside of an organism
- (medicine) of a disease: having an external cause
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| exophthalmic goiter |
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noun - (medicine) hyperthyroidism accompanied by protrusion of the eyeballs
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| exophthalmos |
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noun
- (anatomy) An abnormal protrusion of the eyeball from its socket.
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| exostosis |
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noun (exostoses)
- A benign bony growth, often covered with cartilage, on the surface of a bone or tooth
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| extravasation |
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noun
- the exudation of blood, lymph or urine from a vessel into the tissues
- the eruption of molten lava from a volcanic vent
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| extroversion |
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noun - Concern with others or with what is outside oneself. The characteristic property of an extrovert.
- In a genre characterized by brassy , The Dead is a quiet revolutionary: a musical that dares to be diffident. - http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9C03E2D71138F93AA15753C1A96F958260
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| eyeless |
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adjective - Having no eyes (organs of sight).
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