Word origins

• AmericaA supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas.
• mechanismAny mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
• syndromeA recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.
• focalBelonging to, concerning, or located at a focus (definite location).
• sexualityThe quality of being sexual; that which is characterized or distinguished by sex.
• acupunctureThe insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality is traditionally used as a form of internal medical treating all disease and illnesses, in Western countries it is widely used for the purposes of pain relief.
• recursiveDrawing upon, invoking, or referring back to itself.
• ontologyThe branch of metaphysics that addresses the nature or essential characteristics of being and of things that exist; the study of being qua being.
• ballisticOf or relating to ballistics.
• formaSynonym of form (“the component of a thing that determines its kind”).
• JesuitA member of the Society of Jesus.
• placentaAn organ in most mammals during gestation that supplies food and oxygen to the foetus and passes back waste. It is on the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth.
• propensityAn inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
• androidA robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).
• tachycardiaA rapid resting heart rate, especially one above 100 beats per minute; palpitations.
• ConfuciusAn influential Chinese philosopher who lived c. 551 BCE – c. 479 BCE; personal name Kong Qiu (孔丘).
• analgesiaThe inability to feel pain.
• dermaThe inner layer of the skin.
• catharticPurgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis.
• trapezoidA (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.
• cellulitisAn inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.
• substratumA layer that lies underneath another.
• asphyxiaLoss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia.
• laryngitisAn inflammation of the larynx, typically resulting in hoarseness.
• scrotalOf or relating to the scrotum.
• ichthyosisAny of a group of genetic skin disorders characterized by dry, thickened, scaly skin.
• anencephalyA lethal birth defect involving the abscence of a major portion of the brain and parts of the skull; absence of the encephalon.
• paulowniaAny member of the genus Paulownia, comprising deciduous flowering trees native to Asia.
• peperomiaAny plant of the genus Peperomia, some of which are popular houseplants.
• GlagoliticOf or written with the Glagolitic alphabet.
• coccusAny approximately spherical bacterium.
• colyAny bird of either of the genera Colius or Urocolius, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.
• adenoma sebaceumA cutaneous disorder consisting of angiofibromas that begin in childhood (generally present between 2–5 years of age) and appear clinically as red papules on the face especially on the nasolabial folds, cheek and chin.
• ad hocFor a particular purpose.
• -algiapain, suffering
• aloe veraA plant of the species Aloe vera, grown as an ornamental, thought to have medicinal value; an extract, often a gel, made from the plant.
• anaptyxisThe epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.
• angina pectorisIntermittent crushing chest pain caused by reversible myocardial ischemia.
• angustifoliousHaving narrow leaves.
• aurora borealisThe aurora of the northern hemisphere.
• caveolaA small (50–100 nanometer) invagination of the plasma membrane in many vertebrate cell types.
• chiro-hand
• corpus cavernosumOne of the pair of cylindrical columns of erectile tissue that form the bulk of the clitoris and penis.
• corpus spongiosumThe mass of spongy erectile tissue surrounding the urethra within the penis or clitoris.
• cosinusSynonym of cosine.
• diabetes mellitusA medical disorder commonly called diabetes, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating. It is classified in two types, which are different etiologically but similar in clinical effects: type 1 and type 2.
• ectopiaThe condition where an organ or other body part has an abnormal position.
• exsanguinateTo drain (a living or dead body, or (medicine, surgery) a body part) of blood.
• frambesiaYaws, the disease.
• frigifyTo make cold or frigid.
• gnathidiumThe ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked
• gnathitisInflammation of the cheek or upper jaw.
• homo sapiensA human being (Homo sapiens).
• irrealisInflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact.
• mentalisA paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin; it originates in the incisive fossa of the mandible, inserts in the skin of the chin, and raises the chin and pushes up the lower lip.
• noctilucousShining in the night or darkness; luminescent.
• -osisfunctional disease or condition such as hepatosis
• paragnathusOne of the two lobes forming the lower lip, or metastoma, of Crustacea.
• Pax BritannicaThe period of British hegemony over the seas and most oversea colonies between the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and the onset of World War I in 1914.
• peleaSynonym of melicope: a plant of the genus Pelea.
• petechiaA small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin.
• poetasterAn unskilled poet.
• regionaryOf or pertaining to an ecclesiastical region.
• rhinitis siccaA type of chronic nasal inflammation where there is little to no nasal secretion, causing discomfort in breathing.
• rhombicosidodecahedronAn Archimedean solid with 62 regular faces (20 triangles, 30 squares, and 12 pentagons), 60 vertices and 120 edges.
• rigor mortisTemporary stiffness of the body's muscles and joints following death.
• semelfactiveThat denotes a momentary or punctiliar action.
• siliciumThe chemical element silicon.