5K+ Words That Rhyme With PTOSIS

• (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 pathological hardening or thickening of tissue

• identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

• 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

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

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

• 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)

• 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

• 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)

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

• 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

• 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 disease of cattle that is transmitted by cattle ticks; similar to Texas fever

• lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles

• 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)

• a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage)

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