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Pathology

The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc.

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Adhesion 76% connected

The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.

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Anchylosis 76% connected

Alt. of Ankylosis

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Ankylosis 76% connected

Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint.

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Ascites 76% connected

A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.

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Asystole 76% connected

A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart.

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Cyst 76% connected

A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavities or in…

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Flux 76% connected

The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.

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Gangrene 76% connected

A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applie…

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Glossolalia 76% connected

Alt. of Glossolaly

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Hydronephrosis 76% connected

An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages.

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Induration 76% connected

The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard.

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Infarction 76% connected

The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation.

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Lesion 76% connected

A hurt; an injury.

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Lithiasis 76% connected

The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part of the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages.

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Myopathy 76% connected

Same as Myopathia.

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Neuropathy 76% connected

An affection of the nervous system or of a nerve.

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Osteoporosis 76% connected

A condition that weakens bones, making them fragile.

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Priapism 76% connected

More or less permanent erection and rigidity of the penis, with or without sexual desire.

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Reflux 76% connected

Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action.

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Sclerosis 76% connected

Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue.

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Slough 76% connected

Slow.

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Sphacelus 76% connected

Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough.

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Stasis 76% connected

A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of…

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Stenosis 76% connected

A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especi…

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Stricture 76% connected

Strictness.

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Uraemia 76% connected

Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine, producing dangerous disease.

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Volvulus 76% connected

The spasmodic contraction of the intestines which causes colic.

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Pathologic 74% connected

Alt. of Pathological

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Pathologic 74% connected

Alt. of Pathological

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Pathological 74% connected

Of or pertaining to pathology.

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Pathological 74% connected

Of or pertaining to pathology.

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Pathologist 74% connected

One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes of the diseases.

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Pathologist 74% connected

One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes of the diseases.

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