| AMOEBIASIS | • amoebiasis n. (Biology, medicine, uncountable) Disease associated with the presence of amoebas. • amoebiasis n. (Biology, medicine, countable) Any of various such diseases; most especially… • amœbiasis n. Archaic spelling of amoebiasis. |
| ASCARIASIS | • ascariasis n. A disease of humans caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides in humans and by other species… • ASCARIASIS n. infestation with, or disease caused by, ascarids. |
| BABESIASIS | • babesiasis n. (Pathology) Alternative form of babesiosis. • BABESIASIS n. redwater, a cattle infection caused by the parasite babesia, also BABESIOSIS. |
| BONAMIASIS | • BONAMIASIS n. a fatal disease of oysters. |
| CATACLASIS | • cataclasis n. (Geology) cataclastic rock (a type of metamorphic rock that has been wholly or partly formed by the… • cataclasis n. (Geology) A process of formation of such rock. • CATACLASIS n. the deformation of rocks by crushing and shearing. |
| CATASTASIS | • catastasis n. In classical drama, the third and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe. • catastasis n. (Rhetoric) The part of a speech that states the subject to be discussed. • CATASTASIS n. the part of drama where action is at its height. |
| FILARIASIS | • filariasis n. Any disease common in tropical and subtropical countries resulting from infestation of the lymphatic… • FILARIASIS n. a disease caused by the presence of filaria in the blood. |
| GIARDIASIS | • giardiasis n. (Pathology) An infectious diarrheal disease in humans and mammals caused by the Giardia duodenalis parasite. • giardiasis n. (Pathology) Any disease in animals caused by parasites of the genus Giardia. • GIARDIASIS n. a disease spread by fecal-oral means. |
| HEMOSTASIS | • hemostasis n. (Medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of keeping blood inside a damaged vessel to stop bleeding. • HEMOSTASIS n. stoppage of bleeding or circulation, also HAEMOSTASIA, HAEMOSTASIS, HEMOSTASIA. |
| HYPOSTASIS | • hypostasis n. (Medicine, now historical) A sedimentary deposit, especially in urine. • hypostasis n. (Theology) The essential person, specifically the single person of Christ (as distinguished from his… • hypostasis n. (Philosophy) The underlying reality or substance of something. |
| LEONTIASIS | • leontiasis n. A rare medical condition characterized by an overgrowth of the facial and cranial bones, leading to… • LEONTIASIS n. a kind of leprosy giving a leonine appearance to face. |
| METAPLASIS | • metaplasis n. (Biology) Metaplasia: the conversion of one type of tissue into another. • metaplasis n. (Biology, archaic) Fulfilled growth and development seen in the stage between anaplasis and cataplasis. • METAPLASIS n. the change of one kind of tissue into another, also METAPLASIA. |
| METASTASIS | • metastasis n. A change in nature, form, or quality. • metastasis n. (Medicine) The transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body, specifically… • metastasis n. (Figurative) The spread of a harmful event to another location, like the metastasis of a cancer. |
| MONILIASIS | • moniliasis n. Candidiasis, oral candidiasis. • MONILIASIS n. candidiasis. |
| OXYURIASIS | • oxyuriasis n. Pinworm infection; enterobiasis. • OXYURIASIS n. pinworm infestation. |
| PITYRIASIS | • pityriasis n. (Pathology) Any of several varieties of skin diseases characterized by the shedding of flakes or scales… • Pityriasis prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Pityriaseidae – the Bornean bristlehead. • PITYRIASIS n. a superficial affection of the skin, characterized by irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in bran-like particles. |
| REEMPHASIS | • reemphasis n. The act of reemphasizing; a second or subsequent emphasis. • REEMPHASIS n. emphasis again. |
| SATYRIASIS | • satyriasis n. Excessive sexual desire, found in a man. • satyriasis n. The quality of excessive sexual passion in a male. • SATYRIASIS n. immoderate venereal appetite in the male. |
| SCLERIASIS | • scleriasis n. (Medicine) a morbid induration of the edge of the eyelid. • scleriasis n. (Medicine) induration of any part, including scleroderma. • SCLERIASIS n. a morbid induration of the edge of the eyelid. |
| TRICHIASIS | • trichiasis n. (Medicine) Ingrown eyelash. • TRICHIASIS n. a disease of the eye, in which the eyelashes, being turned in upon the eyeball, produce constant irritation by the motion of the lids. |