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Name: Description: Aesophagismus Difficulty swallowing; inability to swallow. See also entries for aglutition and dysphagia. Aglutition Inability to swallow; difficulty swallowing. See also entries for aesophagismus and deglutition. Alvi flexus See entry for diarrhoea. Amblyopia The complete or relative debilitation of sight. The principal symptom of this condition is the loss of sight without any apparent opacity of the cornea or the interior of the eye. Amenorrhea Absence or suppression of menstruation. Anasarca Diffuse dropsy or water retention in the cellular tissue in a large surface of the body such as a limb. Anastomosis To relax or open the mouths of the vessels to discharge their contained fluids. Anxietas febrilis Latin for feverish anxiety. Anxiety arising from the uneasiness or pressure felt in the stomach or upper abdominal area. Aperture An open cancer or cases where tumours have become ulcerated. Aphonia Loss of speech and paralysis of the tongue caused by damage or disease in larynx or mouth. See also entry for paraphonia. Apoplexy Afflux of blood to the head. Apyrexia An intermission in or absence of a fever. Ardor Urinae An intense acute heat sensation during urination. Arthralgia Pain or stiffness in a joint or joints. Arthropuosis A term variously used to describe inflammation of a joint or abscess in a joint. Ascites A collection of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the abdomen, water accumulates in the cavity of the belly. Asphyxia Stoppage of the pulse or where the pulse is no longer perceptible to the touch. Atony Loss of strength, want of tone, relaxed condition, languor.
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- Aesophagismus
Difficulty swallowing; inability to swallow. See also entries for aglutition and dysphagia.
- Aglutition
Inability to swallow; difficulty swallowing. See also entries for aesophagismus and deglutition.
- Alvi flexus
See entry for diarrhoea.
- Amblyopia
The complete or relative debilitation of sight. The principal symptom of this condition is the loss of sight without any apparent opacity of the cornea or the interior of the eye.
- Amenorrhea
Absence or suppression of menstruation.
- Anasarca
Diffuse dropsy or water retention in the cellular tissue in a large surface of the body such as a limb.
- Anastomosis
To relax or open the mouths of the vessels to discharge their contained fluids.
- Anxietas febrilis
Latin for feverish anxiety. Anxiety arising from the uneasiness or pressure felt in the stomach or upper abdominal area.
- Aperture
An open cancer or cases where tumours have become ulcerated.
- Aphonia
Loss of speech and paralysis of the tongue caused by damage or disease in larynx or mouth. See also entry for paraphonia.
- Apoplexy
Afflux of blood to the head.
- Apyrexia
An intermission in or absence of a fever.
- Ardor Urinae
An intense acute heat sensation during urination.
- Arthralgia
Pain or stiffness in a joint or joints.
- Arthropuosis
A term variously used to describe inflammation of a joint or abscess in a joint.
- Ascites
A collection of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the abdomen, water accumulates in the cavity of the belly.
- Asphyxia
Stoppage of the pulse or where the pulse is no longer perceptible to the touch.
- Atony
Loss of strength, want of tone, relaxed condition, languor.
- Aesophagismus
