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| alcoholism |
a pathological condition resulting from habitual overuse of alcoholic beverages, characterized by dependence on alcohol, difficulty in functioning properly, and severe withdrawal symptoms when alcohol use is stopped. |
| alkalosis |
a pathological condition of the body fluids, characterized by a dangerously high alkali content. |
| allergy |
a pathological state of extreme sensitivity to certain substances, causing respiratory difficulties, skin rashes, and other problems. |
| carpal tunnel syndrome |
a pathological condition of pressure on the median nerve of the wrist and hand, usu. resulting in pain, numbness, and muscular weakening. |
| cyst |
a fluid-filled vesicle or sac within body tissue, sometimes a pathological development but most often not. [1/3 definitions] |
| desquamate |
to peel or scale, as the skin in certain pathological conditions. |
| exhibitionism |
the pathological desire to expose one's genitalia in public. [1/2 definitions] |
| hypochondria |
a pathological preoccupation with the likelihood of becoming ill or with imagined pains or diseases. |
| hysteria |
a chronic pathological disorder characterized by violent outbursts of emotion and sensory or motor disturbances such as hallucination or paralysis. [1/2 definitions] |
| hysteric |
(usu. pl.; used with a sing. or pl. verb) an attack of pathological hysteria. [1/4 definitions] |
| -ia |
pathological state; disease. [1/5 definitions] |
| -iasis |
a process or condition, esp. a harmful or pathological one. |
| ictus |
in medicine, a sudden pathological attack, such as a stroke or epileptic seizure. [1/2 definitions] |
| -osis |
an abnormal or pathological condition. [1/3 definitions] |
| -otic |
having (such) an abnormal or pathological condition. [1/3 definitions] |
| -pathy |
an abnormal or pathological condition, disease. [1/3 definitions] |
| perseveration |
the pathological continuation or repetition of an action, gesture, or expression, such as a word or phrase. [1/2 definitions] |
| -phyte |
in medicine, a pathological growth. [1/2 definitions] |
| priapism |
a pathological condition of continuous, often painful, erection of the penis, esp. as caused by disease. [1/2 definitions] |
| ringbone |
a pathological bony growth on the pastern bones of a horse's leg, which often causes lameness. |
| varicosity |
a pathological condition of abnormal swelling and enlargement, usu. of the veins of the legs. [1/2 definitions] |
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