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416 words in Medicine & Body

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Acne

Medicine
ἀκμήakmḗ

a point, a peak

Adenoid

Medicine
ἀδήνadḗn

gland shaped

Akinesia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

no movement

Alexia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

wordlessness

Allergy

Medicine
ἄλλοςállos

other working

Allopathy

Medicine
ἄλλοςállos

other suffering

Alopecia

Medicine
ἀλώπηξalṓpēx

fox-mange

Amnesia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

without memory

Amnion

Medicine
ἀμνίονamníon

sacrificial blood bowl

Amygdala

Medicine
ἀμυγδάληamygdálē

almond

Anabolic

Medicine
ἀνάaná

thrown up, built up

Anaesthesia

Medicine
ἀν-an-

without sensation

Analgesia

Medicine
ἀν-an-

absence of pain

Analgesic

Medicine
ἀν-an-

without pain

Anaphylaxis

Medicine
ἀνάaná

the reverse of protection

Anatomy

Medicine
ἀνάaná

a cutting up

Androgen

Medicine
ἀνήρ, ἀνδρόςanḗr, andrós

male-producing

Anemia

Medicine
ἀν-an-

without blood

Aneurysm

Medicine
ἀνάaná

a widening out

Angina

Medicine
ἄγχεινánchein

a strangling

Anorexia

Medicine
ἀν-an-

without appetite

Anoxia

Medicine
ἀν-an-

without the acid-maker

Anthrax

Medicine
ἄνθραξánthrax

charcoal

Antibiotic

Medicine
ἀντίantí

against life

Antidote

Medicine
ἀντίantí

given against

Antigen

Medicine
ἀντίantí

producer of the thing that opposes

Antiseptic

Medicine
ἀντίantí

against rotting

Aorta

Medicine
ἀορτήaortḗ

the thing hung up

Aphasia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

speechlessness

Apnea

Medicine
ἀ-a-

no breathing

Apoplexy

Medicine
ἀπόapó

a striking down

Apoptosis

Medicine
ἀπόapó

a falling away

Apothecary

Medicine
ἀπόapó

keeper of the storehouse

Apraxia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

no doing

Arrhythmia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

without rhythm

Arteriosclerosis

Medicine
ἀρτηρίαartēría

artery hardening

Artery

Medicine
ἀρτηρίαartēría

windpipe

Arthralgia

Medicine
ἄρθρονárthron

joint pain

Arthritis

Medicine
ἄρθρονárthron

joint inflammation

Arthroscopy

Medicine
ἄρθρονárthron

joint viewing

Asphyxia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

without a pulse

Asthenia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

without strength

Asthma

Medicine
ἄσθμαásthma

panting

Astigmatism

Medicine
ἀ-a-

no point

Ataxia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

without order

Atherosclerosis

Medicine
ἀθάρηathárē

gruel hardening

Atrophy

Medicine
ἀ-a-

want of nourishment

Aura

Medicine
αὔραaúra

breeze