Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| anaesthesia | lack of sensation. |
| anaesthesis | loss of feeling. |
| anastomose | to inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins. |
| anastomosis | cross-communication of channels to form a network. |
| anastomotic | relating to anastomosis. |
| andropause | the male menopause. |
| angiogenesis | the development of blood vessels and heart tissue in the embryo. |
| angiogenic | relating to angiogenesis, the development of blood vessels and heart tissue in the embryo. |
| anovulatory | of a menstrual cycle, without ovulation. |
| antibody | a defensive substance produced in an organism in response to a foreign body such as a bacteria. |
| antigen | any substance that stimulates the production of an antibody. |
| antigene | any substance that stimulates the production of an antibody. |
| antigenic | of or like an antigen, any substance that stimulates the production of an antibody. |
| antigenically | (Adv.) ANTIGENIC, of or like an antigen. |
| antiperistalsis | the action of intestinal waves of contraction contrary to normal, from anus to mouth, forcing the contents of the intestine upwards. |
| antiperistaltic | relating to antiperistalsis. |
| aspiration | the act of breathing and esp of breathing in. |
| aspirational | relating to aspiration. |
| aspiratory | of or pertaining to breathing; suited to the inhaling of air. |
| autoantibody | an antibody produced in reaction to an antigenic constituent of the body's own tissues. |
| autoimmune | of, relating to, or caused by autoantibodies or T cells that attack molecules, cells, or tissues of the organism producing them. |
| autoimmunity | the production by a living body of antibodies which attack constituents of its own tissues, the cause of certain serious disease. |
| bleed | to lose blood. |
| bolus | (Lat.) a large pill; a soft rounded mass of chewed food. |
| borborygmal | relating to borborygmus, the rumbling sound of gas passing through the intestine. |
| borborygmic | relating to borborygmus, intestinal rumbling caused by moving gas. |
| borborygmus | (Greek) the rumbling sound of gas passing through the intestine. |
| catamenia | the menstrual discharge or menses. |
| catamenial | pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges. |
| cheloid | a hard growth of scar tissue. |
| chylify | to turn into or produce chyle. |
| chyme | semiliquid, partly digested food leaving stomach. |
| chymify | to form into chyme, semiliquid, partly digested food leaving stomach. |
| chymous | of or pertaining to chyme, semiliquid, partly digested food leaving stomach. |
| cicatrice | the scar of a healed wound, burn, etc.. |
| cicatricial | of or like a cicatrice. |
| cicatricose | like a cicatrix. |
| cicatrise | to form a scar. |
| cicatrix | (Lat.) the scar of a healed wound, burn, etc.. |
| cicatrize | to form a scar. |
| circulation | the movement of the blood round the body. |
| coagulatory | tending to cause coagulation. |
| condylar | of or pertaining to a condyle, a bony prominence. |
| congealment | the state of being congealed. |
| constipate | to cause constipation in. |
| coprosterol | a compound formed from cholesterol in the intestine. |
| cyclosis | the circulation of cytoplasm. |
| cyesis | (Greek) pregnancy. |
| defaecate | to void excrement. |
| defaecation | the expulsion of solid waste from the body. |
| demyelinate | to destroy the myelin (of nerve fibres). |
| demyelination | the act of destroying the myelin (of nerve fibres). |
| denervate | to deprive of nerve endings. |
| denervation | the act of denervating. |
| diapedesis | the migration of white blood corpuscles through the walls of the blood vessels without apparent rupture. |
| diapedetic | relating to diapedesis, the migration of white blood corpuscles through the walls of the blood vessels without apparent rupture. |
| diaphoresis | perspiration, esp when copious and medically induced. |
| diastalsis | a downward wave of contraction occurring in the intestine during digestion. |
| diastasis | the separation of two parts of a bone without fracture, esp of an epiphysis from a long bone. |
| diastole | the rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries. |
| diastolic | of or pertaining to diastole, the rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries, |
| dichotic | affecting the two ears differently. |
| dichotically | (Adv.) DICHOTIC, affecting the two ears differently. |
| dicrotal | of or pertaining to dicrotism, a condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart. |
| dicrotic | of or pertaining to dicrotism, a condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart. |
| dicrotism | a condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart. |
| dicrotous | of or pertaining to dicrotism, a condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart. |
| digest | to render food usable for the body. |
| digestant | serving to digest. |
| digestedly | (Obs.) in neat order. |
| digestible | that can be digested. |
| digestibly | (Adv.) DIGESTIBLE, that can be digested. |
| digestif | something taken as an aid to digestion. |
| digestion | the act of digesting. |
| digestional | relating to digestion. |
| digestive | related to digestion (noun) something which promotes digestion |
| digestively | (Adv.) DIGESTIVE, related to the digestion. |
| diuresis | free excretion of urine. |
| dynamogenesis | production of increased nerve activity. |
| dynamogeny | production of increased nervous activity. |
| eburnation | an abnormal change of bone by which it becomes very hard and dense. |
| egesta | (Lat.) things thrown out; excreta. |
| egestive | tending to discharge or expel. |
| emiction | the discharging of urine. |
| emphractic | blocking the pores of the skin; (noun) a substance that stops the pores of the skin. |
| endostosis | the conversion of cartilage into bone. |
| eructation | an act or instance of belching. |
| eructative | tending to produce eructation. |
| erythropoiesis | the making of red blood cells. |
| erythropoietic | relating to erythropoiesis, the making of red blood cells. |
| eupepsia | good digestion, absence of indigestion. |
| eupepsy | good digestion, absence of indigestion. |
| eupeptic | relating to or having good digestion; cheerful. |
| eupepticity | the state of being eupeptic. |
| eupnea | normal breathing. |
| eupneic | relating to eupnea, normal breathing. |
| eupnoea | normal breathing. |
| eupnoeic | relating to eupnoea, normal breathing. |
| excreta | (Lat.) waste products, excrement. |
| excretal | relating to excreta. |
| excrete | to separate and eliminate from an organic body. |
| excretive | having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion. |
| exhale | to expel air or vapor. |
| expectoration | the act of expectorating. |
| expectorative | causing expectoration, spitting; (noun) an expectorant medicine. |
| exsanguination | the process of draining or losing blood. |
| exsufflation | expiration; exorcism by blowing. |
| fasciculation | muscular twitching involving the simultaneous contraction of contiguous groups of muscle fibers. |
| ferning | a tendency to develop a fernlike appearance (of cervical mucus etc.). |
| fetation | the formation of a fetus in the womb; pregnancy. |
| fibrillation | uncoordinated contraction of muscle-fibres in the heart. |
| fibrinolysis | the usually enzymatic breakdown of fibrin. |
| fibrinolytic | relating to fibrinolysis. |
| fibrocyte | a normally inactive fibroblast which proliferates following tissue damage. |
| fibrose | to form fibrous tissue. |
| galactorrhea | a too abundant flow of milk. |
| gastrolith | a stone ingested by an animal to aid in digestion. |
| gluconeogenesis | the conversion of non-carbohydrate substances, eg amino acids, into glucose. |
| gluconeogenic | relating to gluconeogenesis, the conversion of non-carbohydrate substances, eg amino acids, into glucose. |
| glycogenesis | the synthesis of glycogen. |
| glycogenetic | of or containing glycogen. |
| glyconeogenesis | the conversion of non-carbohydrate substances, eg amino acids, into glucose. |
| glycopeptide | any of the compounds formed by the conjugation of a protein with a substance containing a carbohydrate group other than a nucleic acid. |
| gomphosis | the growth of teeth into the bone cavity. |
| gravida | (Lat.) a pregnant woman. |
| greenstick | designating a bone fracture in a young person in which the bone is partly bent and partly broken. |
| haemagglutinate | to cause the clumping of red blood cells in (a blood sample). |
| haematogenesis | the production of blood. |
| haematogenetic | relating to haematogenesis, the production of blood. |
| haematogenic | relating to haematogenesis, the production of blood. |
| haematogenous | relating to haematogenesis, the production of blood. |
| haematolysis | breaking up of red blood corpuscles. |
| haematopoiesis | the formation of blood. |
| haematopoietic | relating to haematopoiesis, the formation of blood. |
| haemodilution | an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells. |
| haemodynamic | of or relating to blood circulation. |
| haemolyse | to break down red blood cells. |
| haemolysin | any substance, esp an antibody, that causes the breakdown of red blood cells. |
| haemolysis | breaking up of red blood-corpuscles. |
| haemolytic | relating to haemolysis, the breaking up of red blood-corpuscles. |
| haemolyze | to break down red blood cells. |
| haemopoiesis | the formation of blood. |
| haemopoietic | relating to haemopoiesis, the formation of blood. |
| haemostasia | the stoppage of bleeding or the circulation. |
| haemostasis | stoppage of bleeding or the circulation. |
| hemagglutinate | to cause the clumping of red blood cells in (a blood sample). |
| hematogenesis | the production of blood. |
| hematogenetic | relating to hematogenesis, the production of blood. |
| hematolysis | the disintegration of red blood cells, with the release of haemoglobin, occurring in the living organism or in a blood sample. |
| hematopoiesis | the formation of blood. |
| hematopoietic | relating to hematopoiesis, the formation of blood. |
| hematosis | the formation of blood; conversion of venous into arterial blood. |
| hemodilution | decreased concentration of cells and solids in the blood resulting from gain of fluid. |
| hemodynamic | relating to hemodynamics. |
| hemolyse | to break down red blood cells. |
| hemolysin | a substance that causes the dissolution of red blood cells. |
| hemolysis | destruction of red blood corpuscles. |
| hemolytic | destroying red blood corpuscles. |
| hemolyze | to break down red blood cells. |
| hemopoiesis | the formation of blood. |
| hemostasia | the stopping of bleeding or arrest of blood circulation in an organ or part, as during a surgical operation. |
| hemostasis | stoppage of bleeding or circulation. |
| histolysis | the decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood. |
| histolytic | of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues. |
| histolytically | (Adv.) HISTOLYTIC, of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues. |
| homeothermism | the maintenance of a constant body temperature. |
| homoeostasis | a tendency towards health or stable physical conditions. |
| homomorphosis | regeneration of a lost part in the original form. |
| horripilate | to produce the erection of hairs on the head or body. |
| hyalinise | of tissue, to change to a firm, glassy consistency. |
| hyalinize | of tissue, to change to a firm, glassy consistency. |
| hyperextend | to extend so that the angle between bones of a joint is greater than normal. |
| hypermetabolic | relaitng to hypermetabolism, the physiological state of increased rate of metabolic activity. |
| hypermetabolism | the physiological state of increased rate of metabolic activity. |
| hyperpituitary | relating to increased hormone secretion by the pituitary body. |
| hypinosis | a diminution in the normal amount of fibrin present in the blood. |
| hypnogenous | relating to the production of hypnotic sleep. |
| immunize | to make immune. |
| immunocompetent | relating to immunocompetence, the capacity of the immune system to distinguish and neutralize antigenic or foreign matter. |
| immunogenesis | the production of an immune response. |
| immunoreaction | the reaction between an antigen and its antibody. |
| immunosuppress | to inhibit the body's immune response. |
| impaction | the driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other. |
| inbreathe | to infuse by breathing; to inspire. |
| indigest | not digested, shapeless; (noun) a confused mass; (verb) to suffer indigestion. |
| indigestive | dyspeptic. |
| ingraftation | the act of ingrafting. |
| inhale | to take air into the lungs. |
| insufflation | the act of breathing into or upon. |
| interoception | sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body. |
| intrapartum | of or relating to childbirth. |
| intravasation | the entrance of externally formed matter into vessels. |
| intussuscept | to take in by or cause to undergo intussusception. |
| invagination | the act of invaginating. |
| ionophoresis | the migration of charged particles, eg of a drug, into body tissue. |
| isoantigen | an antigen that stimulates antibody production in different members of the same species. |
| isoantigenic | relating to an isoantigen. |
| juvenescence | the state of growing young. |
| keloid | a hard growth of scar tissue. |
| keloidal | relating to a keloid, a hard growth of scar tissue. |
| ketogenic | relating to ketogenesis, the production of ketones in diabetes. |
| kinaesthesia | a sense of the body's movement or of muscular effort. |
| kinaesthesis | a sense of the body's movement or of muscular effort. |
| kinaesthetic | relating to kinaesthesia. |
| lachrymation | the secretion of tears. |
| lacrimation | the secretion of tears. |
| lacrymal | relating to tears; (noun) a gland that produces tears. |
| laryngospasm | spasmodic closure of the larynx. |
| leucocytolysis | breaking down of the leucocytes. |
| leucopoiesis | the formation of leucocytes. |
| leucopoietic | relating to leucopoiesis, the formation of leucocytes. |
| leukocytolysis | the destruction of leucocytes. |
| leukopoiesis | the formation of white blood cells. |
| leukopoietic | relating to leukopoiesis. |
| lochia | (Greek) the discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth. |
| lochial | of or pertaining to the lochia, the discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth. |
| luteinisation | the process of stimulation to the ovary, whereby ovulation occurs and a corpus luteum is formed. |
| luteinization | the process of stimulation to the ovary, whereby ovulation occurs and a corpus luteum is formed. |
| lymphocytosis | a great increase in leukocytes. |
| lymphocytotic | relating to lymphocytosis, a great increase in leukocytes. |
| lymphopoiesis | the formation of lymphatic tissue or lymphocytes. |
| lymphopoietic | relating to lymphopoiesis, the formation of lymphatic tissue or lymphocytes. |
| melanisation | darkening of the skin pigment. |
| melanization | darkening of the skin pigment. |
| melanogenesis | the formation of melanin. |
| menarche | (Greek) the first menstruation. |
| menarcheal | relating to the menarche. |
| menarchial | relating to the menarche. |
| menopausal | relating to the menopause. |
| menopause | the period during which a woman's menstrual cycle ceases. |
| menopausic | relating to the menopause. |
| menorrhea | normal menstrual bleeding. |
| menorrhoea | normal menstrual bleeding. |
| menstrual | relating to menstruation. |
| menstrually | (Adv.) MENSTRUAL, relating to menstruation. |
| menstruate | to undergo menstruation. |
| menstruation | the monthly discharge through the vagina of blood and other substances from the uterus in non-pregnant adult females. |
| metabolise | to change by a metabolic process. |
| metabolize | to change by a metabolic process. |
| miction | (Obs.) the voiding of urine. |
| micturate | to urinate. |
| mucinogen | a substance forming mucus. |
| mucose | of or like mucus. |
| mucosity | the state of being mucous. |
| mucous | of or like mucus. |
| mucus | the slimy fluid secreted by various membranes in the body, which it moistens and protects. |
| myoelectric | of, relating to, or utilizing electricity generated by muscle. |
| myoelectrical | of, relating to, or utilizing electricity generated by muscle. |
| neogenesis | the regeneration of tissue. |
| neogenetic | relating to neogenesis, the regeneration of tissue. |
| neurogenic | caused or stimulated by the nervous system, as opposed to myogenic, having a muscular origin. |
| neurogenically | (Adv.) NEUROGENIC, caused or stimulated by the nervous system. |
| neurotrophy | nutrition of the nervous system; the influence of the nervous system on nutrition. |
| nummulation | the arrangement of blood corpuscles in rouleaus. |
| obstetric | relating to the care of women during pregnancy. |
| obstetrical | relating to the care of women during pregnancy. |
| obstetrically | (Adv.) OBSTETRICAL, relating to the care of women during pregnancy. |
| occlusion | the closing of an opening, passage or cavity. |
| opsonify | to form opsonins in, a substance of blood serum making bacteria vulnerable to phagocytic action. |
| opsonise | to make (bacteria) more susceptible to consumption by phagocytes. |
| opsonize | to make (bacteria) more susceptible to consumption by phagocytes. |
| osteogen | a substance or layer from which bone is formed. |
| osteogenesis | the production or formation of bone. |
| osteogenetic | relating to the formation of bone. |
| osteogenic | relating to the formation of bone. |
| osteogenous | of or like an osteogen. |
| osteogeny | the formation or growth of bone. |
| osteosis | the formation of bone. |
| ostosis | bone formation, ossification. |
| oxyntic | of or denoting stomach cells that secrete acid. |
| paraphonia | alteration of the voice; as at puberty. |
| paraphonic | relating to paraphonia, alteration of the voice; as at puberty. |
| parenteral | entering the body by injection rather than through digestion. |
| parenterally | (Adv.) PARENTERAL, entering the body by injection rather than through digestion. |
| parietal | a wall of a body part or cavity. |
| pee | the letter P; (verb) to urinate. |
| peptic | relating to digestion; promoting digestion. |
| pepticity | being peptic. |
| peptonise | to make (a protein) soluble by partial predigestion, esp in the treatment of food. |
| peptoniser | an agent that peptonises. |
| peptonize | to make (a protein) soluble by partial predigestion, esp in the treatment of food. |
| peptonizer | an agent that peptonizes. |
| perimenopause | the period around the onset of menopause that is often marked by various physical signs (as hot flashes and menstrual irregularity). |
| periosteal | situated around bone; of or pertaining to the periosteum. |
| peristalsis | the movement of the food through the gut. |
| peristaltic | relating to peristalsis. |
| peristaltically | (Adv.) PERISTALTIC, relating to peristalsis. |
| postpartum | (Lat.) relating to the period after childbirth. |
| preterm | born prematurely; (noun) a preterm baby. |
| pseudocyesis | false pregnancy. |
| pseudopregnancy | false pregnancy. |
| pseudopregnant | relating to pseudopregnancy. |
| psychogalvanic | as in psychogalvanic response, a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety. |
| puerperal | of or relating to childbirth. |
| puerperally | (Adv.) PUERPERAL, of or relating to childbirth. |
| puerperium | (Lat.) the condition immediately following childbirth. |
| pulsific | exciting the pulse; causing pulsation. |
| recrement | a waste product of an organism. |
| recrementitial | of or like recrement, waste, dross. |
| redigest | to digest again. |
| redigestion | the act of redigesting. |
| regurgitate | to bring back into the mouth after swallowing. |
| regurgitation | an act of regurgitating. |
| respiration | breathing; the taking in of oxygen and giving out of carbon dioxide. |
| respirational | related to respiration. |
| respiratory | related to respiration. |
| retroversion | the bending backward of the uterus and cervix. |
| ructation | (Obs.) belching. |
| scab | a crust on a wound (verb) to work as a blackleg |
| scablike | like a scab. |
| sebific | producing fatty matter. |
| secreta | (Lat.) secreted matter; products of secretion. |
| shit | (Sl.) excrement (verb) to defecate |
| shite | (Sl.) to shit. |
| sphygmoid | like a pulse. |
| sphygmus | (Greek) the pulse. |
| spiration | the act of breathing. |
| splenisation | conversion (eg of the lung) into a spongy, spleenlike substance. |
| steatolysis | the breaking down of fat esp by digestion. |
| stomachic | of the stomach; promoting digestion; (noun) a stomachic medicine. |
| superovulate | to produce a larger number of ova than usual, eg under stimulus of injected hormones. |
| suppuration | the discharge of pus. |
| sympathin | a substance secreted by sympathetic nerve-endings, which constricts and dilates blood-vessels. |
| symphyseal | relating to symphysis, the union or growing together of bones. |
| symphysial | relating to symphysis, the union or growing together of bones. |
| symphysis | the union or growing together of bones. |
| symphystic | relating to symphysis, the union or growing together of bones. |
| symphytic | relating to symphysis, the union or growing together of bones. |
| synarthrosis | the fixed articulation of bones. |
| synchondrosis | synarthrosis in which the bone surfaces are connected by cartilage. |
| synostosis | a complete union of bones. |
| syntenosis | the connection of bones by tendons. |
| systaltic | of the nature of contraction, esp with alternate contraction and dilatation. |
| telangiectasis | dilatation of the small arteries or capillaries. |
| thrombolysis | the breaking up of a blood clot. |
| transudation | the act of transuding. |
| transudatory | relating to transudation. |
| traumatonasty | a nastic movement after wounding. |
| tricrotic | of (a tracing of) the pulse, showing three undulations for each beat of the heart. |
| tricrotism | that condition of the arterial pulse in which there is a triple beat. |
| tricrotous | of (a tracing of) the pulse, showing three undulations for each beat of the heart. |
| trypsinogen | the inactive substance from which trypsin is formed in the duodenum. |
| undigested | not digested. |
| ureotelic | eliminating unneeded nitrogen in the form of urea. |
| ureotelism | the state of being ureotelic, excreting nitrogen in the form of urea. |
| uricotelic | eliminating excess nitrogen as uric acid. |
| uricotelism | the state of being uricotelic. |
| urinate | to discharge urine. |
| urination | the act of voiding urine. |
| urine | the usually amber liquid produced by the kidneys, the chief means of excreting nitrogenous waste; (verb) to urinate. |
| uriniferous | bearing urine. |
| uriniparous | producing urine. |
| urogenous | producing or produced in urine. |
| uropoiesis | the formation of urine. |
| vasodilatation | dilatation of blood vessels. |
| vasodilatatory | relating to vasodilatation. |
| vasodilation | the dilatation of blood vessels. |
| vergence | the simultaneous turning of both eyes either inwards or outwards when changing focus. |
| vesiculate | to become vesicular. |
| waz | (Dial.) to urinate. |
| wazz | (Dial.) to urinate. |
| weewee | (Coll.) urine; the act of urinating; (verb) to urinate. |
| widdle | a child's word for to urinate. |
| xanthochromia | any yellowish discoloration, esp of the cerebrospinal fluid. |