5K+ Words That Rhyme With LIGNOSES

• infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache

• an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings

• an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds

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

• development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ

• 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

• (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

• 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

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

• 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)

• 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

• (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)

• understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)

• 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

• abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway

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

• 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

• model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

• the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)

• presence of multiple diverticula in the walls of the colon

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

• offensive breath

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

• excessive and profuse perspiration

• an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing

• 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

• an abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column

• the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other

• 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

• 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

• Hypnosis of oneself.

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

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

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

• a pathological condition resulting from an excessive intake of fluorine (usually from drinking water)

• pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees

• disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora

• the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid