5K+ Words That Rhyme With CYSTIC-FIBROSIS

• abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women

• (biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal

• infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)

• abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway

• a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries

• lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles

• the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea

• disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses

• identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

• a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint)

• a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

• set forth beforehand, often as an explanation

• furnish with a preface or introduction

• take something as preexisting and given

• a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism

• a state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion

• a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction

• a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

• a prediction of the course of a disease

• any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

• any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue

• abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues

• abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues

• abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint

• the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise

• the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin

• the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode

• offensive breath

• (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent

• an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column

• The property of having an abnormal convex curvature in the cervical or lumbar regions of the spine.

• an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column

• an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus

• unconsciousness induced by narcotics or anesthesia

• the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

• an abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans

• the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel

• infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted

• presence of multiple diverticula in the walls of the colon

• excessive and profuse perspiration

• hereditary disorder in which ossification of the labyrinth of the inner ear causes tinnitus and eventual deafness

• a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction

• infection caused by parasites transmitted to humans from infected cats; if contracted by a pregnant woman it can result in serious damage to the fetus

• Hypnosis of oneself.

• A lung disease caused by a fungus, Histoplasma capsulatum, often asymptomatic otherwise with symptoms similar to those of flu.

• a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

• the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects

• the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

• a rightful concern or responsibility

• an immediate objective

• the volume of commercial activity

• business concerns collectively

• customers collectively

• incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect

• autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous neurofibromas and by spots on the skin and often by developmental abnormalities

• an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole

• the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations

• a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed

• the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'

• a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation

• a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud

• iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin

• disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin (in which there is usually no inflammation)

• a joint so articulated as to move freely

• the union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots)