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416 words in Medicine & Body
Acne
Medicine“a point, a peak”
Adenoid
Medicine“gland shaped”
Akinesia
Medicine“no movement”
Alexia
Medicine“wordlessness”
Allergy
Medicine“other working”
Allopathy
Medicine“other suffering”
Alopecia
Medicine“fox-mange”
Amnesia
Medicine“without memory”
Amnion
Medicine“sacrificial blood bowl”
Amygdala
Medicine“almond”
Anabolic
Medicine“thrown up, built up”
Anaesthesia
Medicine“without sensation”
Analgesia
Medicine“absence of pain”
Analgesic
Medicine“without pain”
Anaphylaxis
Medicine“the reverse of protection”
Anatomy
Medicine“a cutting up”
Androgen
Medicine“male-producing”
Anemia
Medicine“without blood”
Aneurysm
Medicine“a widening out”
Angina
Medicine“a strangling”
Anorexia
Medicine“without appetite”
Anoxia
Medicine“without the acid-maker”
Anthrax
Medicine“charcoal”
Antibiotic
Medicine“against life”
Antidote
Medicine“given against”
Antigen
Medicine“producer of the thing that opposes”
Antiseptic
Medicine“against rotting”
Aorta
Medicine“the thing hung up”
Aphasia
Medicine“speechlessness”
Apnea
Medicine“no breathing”
Apoplexy
Medicine“a striking down”
Apoptosis
Medicine“a falling away”
Apothecary
Medicine“keeper of the storehouse”
Apraxia
Medicine“no doing”
Arrhythmia
Medicine“without rhythm”
Arteriosclerosis
Medicine“artery hardening”
Artery
Medicine“windpipe”
Arthralgia
Medicine“joint pain”
Arthritis
Medicine“joint inflammation”
Arthroscopy
Medicine“joint viewing”
Asphyxia
Medicine“without a pulse”
Asthenia
Medicine“without strength”
Asthma
Medicine“panting”
Astigmatism
Medicine“no point”
Ataxia
Medicine“without order”
Atherosclerosis
Medicine“gruel hardening”
Atrophy
Medicine“want of nourishment”
Aura
Medicine“breeze”