Some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at birth.
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a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause angina pectoris
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of a…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.A spot; a stain; a mark which discolors or disfigures.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.The quality or state of being potent; physical or moral power; inherent strength; energy; ability to effect a purpose; capability; eff…
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.(pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillae, and thickening of the epidermis which covers…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.Alt. of Alopecy
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology, Environmental science.unusual darkening of the skin
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology, Environmental science.unusual lack of skin color
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The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blemish, skin, formed, before, birth.an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blemish, skin, formed, before, birth.an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blemish, skin, formed, before, birth.As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blemish, skin, formed, before, birth.To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blemish, skin, formed, before, birth.Before birth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blemish, skin, formed, before, birth.occurring or existing before birth; "the prenatal period"; "antenatal care"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blemish, skin, formed, before, birth.The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blemish, skin, formed, before, birth.of Bear
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blemish, skin, formed, before, birth.To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blemish, skin, formed, before, birth.an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blemish, skin, formed, before, birth.A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…
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