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Addison's disease
unknown · 78% connection
A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Antinephritic
adjective · 78% connection
Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Arena
noun · 78% connection
"Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Atrabiliary
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid formerly supposed to be produced by the kidneys.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Band
verb · 78% connection
A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Bivalve
noun · 78% connection
A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usua…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Brace
noun · 78% connection
A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Cotyloid
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; as, the cotyloid ligament, or notch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Desmoid
adjective · 78% connection
Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament; ligamentous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Emulgent
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Extracapsular
adjective · 78% connection
Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Funicular
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Gall
noun · 78% connection
The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Gastrophrenic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Gastrosplenic
noun · 78% connection
Pertaining to the stomach and spleen; as, the gastrosplenic ligament.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Hepar
noun · 78% connection
Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.
Hepato-pancreas
noun · 78% connection
A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, liver, kidneys, ligament.