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amphiatlantic | Occurring on both sides of the Ocean |
amphibia | A being that lives either in water or on land or is equally at home in either element. |
amphicar | Floating convertible cars operating on both land and in water. |
amphichromatic | The occurrence of different colored flowers on individual plants in different seasons. |
amphiphobic | Denoting a molecule consisting of detergents or wetting agents that contains groups with characteristically different properties; for example both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties. |
amphiphyte | A plant able to live either rooted in damp soil above the water level or completely submerged. |
amphipoda | An order or sub-order of the sessile-eyed Crustacea having feet of two kinds (in which they differ from the Isopoda) of which the common sand-hopper is an example. |
amphitheater | An oval circular or semicicular auditorium with tiers of seats rising from a central open area |
amphitrophic | Organisms that can grow either in the day photosynthetically; or at night chemotrophically. |
amphivore | An animal including humans that eat both animal and vegetable foods. |
Amphiarthrosis | A form of mixed articulation in which the surfaces of the bones are connected by broad discs of fibro-cartilage. |
Amphoric | a metallic sound like that of blowing into a bottle caused by the reverberation of sound in a cavity of the lung. |
Amphoteric | Substances neither acid nor alkaline such as glucose. |
antihydropic | A reference to a medication used to treat the accumulation of fluid in the tissues; that is the results of dropsy or edematous states. |
antifebrile | Drug or other agent that reduces fever. |
antonym | Equal to instead of opposite |
antinomy | Contradiction in the laws |
antidote | Anything that works against an unwanted condition; a remedy or a cure: |
anticline | Forming a ridge in which strata lean against each other inclining in opposite directions. |
antagonism | Hostility or hatred causing opposition and ill will |
Antiarthritic | A remedy against gout (an inflammation of the joints) |
Antibrachium | The forearm |
Antibromic | A drug that destroys offensive smells. A deodorizer |
Antigalactic | Agents lessening the secretion of milk |
Antipathy | Aversion. Applied to the treatment of disease by agents producing symptoms of an opposite nature to those of the affection |
eubiotics | The study of living in a healthy state. |
eudipsia | A normal thirst. |
eugenics | The proposed improvement by permitting reproduction of only those with characteristics judged desirable. |
euphagia | A normal and proper manner of eating |
euphemism | An inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive. |
euphonic | The descriptive word for a pleasant sound |
euphoria | A feeling of great happiness or well-being. |
eupnea | Easy, free respiration; the type observed in a normal individual under resting conditions. |
euthanasia | The deliberate ending of life in individuals with an incurable and painful disease. |
eutrophy | In medicine, healthy or adequate nutrition or development; being well nourished. |
Dystopia | an imaginary place of misery |
Dyslexia | impairment of the ability to read words. |
Dispareunia | Painful or difficult performance of copulation from physical incompatibility. |
Dysæsthesia | Dullness of any sensation, especially that of touch. |
Dysalbumose | Difficulty of walking. |
Dyschromatopsia | Subnormal color-perception |
Dysentery | A disease marked by inflammation of the large intestine, with bloody stools. |
Dyslalia | A defect of speech due to organic changes or malformation in the organs of speech. |
Dysmenorrhæla | Obstructed or difficult menstruation |
Dyspepsia | Impaired or imperfect digestion |
Dysspermia | An imperfect or abnormal condition of the semen. |
Dysphagia | Difficulty or inability to swallow . |
Dysphasia | Imperfect or disconnected speech arising from loss of or faulty arrangement of words. |
Dysphonia | A condition of defective voice. |
Dysphrasia | Imperfect speech. Mental condition in which the emotion is opposed to the words designed to express it. |
Dyspnea | Difficult or labored breathing |
Dystasia | Difficulty in standing. |
Dystrophia | Imperfect or faulty nourishment |
Dysuria | Partial or painful urination. |
engender | to implant; produce in something/ someone |
entice | to stir up (fire) in; to excite; incite |
entropy | measure of the disorder in a system |
environ | to surround; enclose; encircle |
enclave | surrounded by land owned by another |
encumber | to block in/ up; hinder; thwart |
endemic | native; dwelling in (a place); of or belonging to a people |
disenfranchise | to not admit to membership in a state |
encephalitis | Inflammation of the brain; usually caused by a viral infection. |
encircle | To move or to go around completely; to make a circuit of. |
enzootic | Afflicting animals; disease restricted to a locality. |
prosthesis | addition of a letter or syllable to a word |
prosopopeia | A rhetorical figure in which an imaginary or absent person is made to speak or act. |
Prosencephalon | That part of the anterior cerebral vesicle developing into the hemispheres |
Prosopectasia | Morbid enlargement of the face |
Prosopology | A treatise on facial expression; or physiognomy |
Prosthetic | The use of artificial instruments to replace lost or wanting parts of the body |