5K+ Words That Rhyme With SPHEROCYTOSIS

• identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

• abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway

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

• 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

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

• 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

• excessive and profuse perspiration

• 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

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

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

• 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.

• presence of multiple diverticula in the walls of the colon

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

• lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles

• any of several infections of the skin or mucous membrane caused by Blastomyces

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

• a fungal infection characterized by nodular lesions--first in the lungs and spreading to the nervous system

• 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)

• acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles

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

• disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora

• a mental state in which the person has continual hallucinations

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