| keck |
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noun (uncountable)
- (dialectal) cow parsley
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| keloid |
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noun - (pathology) A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.
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| keratoconjunctivitis |
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noun - (pathology) An inflammation of the cornea and the conjunctiva.
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| keratoconus |
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noun
- (pathology) A degenerative non-inflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve.
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| keratosis |
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noun (keratoses)
- (medicine) The condition of keratin growing on the skin.
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| ketosis |
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noun - (context, pathology) A metabolic state in which the body produces ketones to be used as fuel by some organs so that glycogen can be reserved for organs that depend on it. This condition occurs during times of fasting or starvation.
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| kibe |
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noun
- a chilblain or ulcer, especially on the heel of the foot
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| kidney stone |
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noun (plural kidney stones)
- (medicine) A calculus in the kidney.
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| kuru |
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noun
- A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system prion disease of humans probably resembling the scrapie agent of sheep, and transmissable to nonhuman primates; usually seen only in the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea. Believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism; it was first characterized by Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, for which he received the Nobel prize.
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| kyphosis |
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noun (kyphoses)
- (pathology) An abnormal curvature of the spine, causing a hunchback.
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