| 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. |
| ALOCASIAS | • alocasias n. Plural of alocasia. • ALOCASIA n. any of various tropical plants of the genus Alocasia. |
| 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. |
| APHASIACS | • aphasiacs n. Plural of aphasiac. • APHASIAC n. one suffering from aphasia, the inability to use or comprehend words, also APHASIC. |
| DICHASIAL | • dichasial adj. Relating to a dichasium. • DICHASIAL adj. relating to a dichasium, a flower cluster. |
| DYSCRASIA | • dyscrasia n. (Ancient usage) Imbalance of the four bodily humors (blood, black and yellow bile, phlegm) that was… • dyscrasia n. (Modern usage) Any bodily disorder, especially regarding the blood. • DYSCRASIA n. (obsolete) a disordered condition of the body attributed originally to unsuitable mixing of the body fluids or humours. |
| DYSPHASIA | • dysphasia n. (Pathology) Loss of or deficiency in the power to use or understand language as a result of injury or… • DYSPHASIA n. impairment of speech coordination, due to brain disease or injury. |
| DYSPLASIA | • dysplasia n. (Pathology) Abnormal development of cells or tissue, often a precancerous stage of growth. • DYSPLASIA n. abnormal tissue development. |
| EUPHRASIA | • euphrasia n. Any of many flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia. • EUPHRASIA n. eyebright, a plant once used to treat disorders of the eyes, also EUPHRASY. |
| FANTASIAS | • fantasias n. Plural of fantasia. • Fantasias prop.n. Plural of Fantasia. • FANTASIA n. a musical or other composition not governed by the ordinary rules of form, also FANTASIE. |
| GYMNASIAL | • gymnasial adj. Of or pertaining to an academic gymnasium. • GYMNASIAL adj. relating to a gymnasium, also GYMNASIC. |
| MALVASIAN | • MALVASIAN adj. relating to malvasia, a type of grape used to make malmsey. |
| MALVASIAS | • malvasias n. Plural of malvasia. • MALVASIA n. a type of grape from which malmsey is made. |
| NEOPLASIA | • neoplasia n. (Biology) The formation of new tissue. • neoplasia n. (Medicine) The formation of a neoplasm. • NEOPLASIA n. the formation or presence of a morbid growth of tissue. |