| ACHALASIA | • achalasia n. (Medicine) A neuromuscular condition where a ring of muscles is unable to relax fully, causing obstruction… • ACHALASIA n. (Greek) failure of the muscles of the lower part of the oesophagus to relax, which prevents food from passing into the stomach. |
| AGALACTIA | • agalactia n. (Pathology) The failure of a mother (human or otherwise) to produce sufficient milk following birth. • AGALACTIA n. the failure or inability to produce milk. |
| ANAPLASIA | • anaplasia n. (Biology) A reversion of differentiation in cells that is characteristic of malignancy in tumours. • ANAPLASIA n. reversion of plant or animal cells to a simpler form. |
| ARAPAIMAS | • arapaimas n. Plural of arapaima. • ARAPAIMA n. (Tupi) a large freshwater food fish of South America, aka pirarucu. |
| ARAUCARIA | • araucaria n. An individual plant (tree) of the genus Araucaria. • Araucaria n. A species of the genus Araucaria. • Araucaria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Araucariaceae – conifer trees, native to South America and Australasia… |
| ATARAXIAS | • ataraxias n. Plural of ataraxia. • ATARAXIA n. peace of mind, also ATARAXY. |
| BALALAIKA | • balalaika n. A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin. • BALALAIKA n. (Russian) a Russian musical instrument. |
| KAIKAWAKA | • kaikawaka n. (New Zealand) Libocedrus bidwillii, the New Zealand cedar, an evergreen coniferous tree. • KAIKAWAKA n. (Maori) a small pyramid-shaped New Zealand conifer, aka pahautea. |
| KAMAAINAS | • kamaainas n. Plural of kamaaina. • KAMAAINA n. (Hawaiian) a longtime resident of Hawaii. |
| MACADAMIA | • macadamia n. An evergreen tree, of the genus Macadamia, native to Australia and cultivated in Hawaii. • macadamia n. The fruit of this tree; the macadamia nut. • Macadamia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Proteaceae – the type genus of macadamia trees. |
| MAIASAURA | • Maiasaura prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Hadrosauridae – large duck-billed dinosaurs of North America that… • MAIASAURA n. a species of dinosaur, also MAIASAUR. |
| PARALALIA | • paralalia n. Disturbance of the faculty of speech. • PARALALIA n. abnormality of speech sounds. |