Words that rhyme with aphasia
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acacia
n 1: any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia -
brazier
n 1: large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times [syn: brazier, brasier] -
dysphasia
n 1: an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage -
euthanasia
n 1: the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) [syn: euthanasia, mercy killing] -
fantasia
n 1: a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes -
geisha
n 1: a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing [syn: geisha, geisha girl] -
glazier
n 1: someone who cuts flat glass to size [syn: glass cutter, glass-cutter, glassworker, glazier, glazer] -
grazier
n 1: a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market -
insomnia
n 1: an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness [ant: hypersomnia] -
paronomasia
n 1: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her" [syn: pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia] -
plaza
n 1: a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place" [syn: plaza, place, piazza] 2: mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace; "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls" [syn: plaza, mall, center, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centre] -
asia
n 1: the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations 2: the nations of the Asian continent collectively -
dysplasia
n 1: abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth -
eurasia
n 1: the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia -
malaysia
n 1: a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957 [syn: Malaysia, Malaya] -
australasia
n 1: Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific -
hyperplasia
n 1: abnormal increase in number of cells -
nasa
n 1: an independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight [syn: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA] -
aplasia
n 1: failure of some tissue or organ to develop -
dyscrasia
n 1: an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body -
laurasia
n 1: a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia -
cataphasia
n 1: a speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession -
cataplasia
n 1: (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form -
haemostasia
n 1: surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) [syn: hemostasis, haemostasis, hemostasia, haemostasia] -
hemostasia
n 1: surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) [syn: hemostasis, haemostasis, hemostasia, haemostasia] -
hypoplasia
n 1: underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells -
keratectasia
n 1: abnormal bulging of the cornea of the eye -
appalachia
n 1: an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina) -
antonomasia
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millennia
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austrasia
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anastasia
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athanasia
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endophasia
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exophasia
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fibroplasia
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gastrectasia
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hemerasia
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kataplasia
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metaplasia
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homeoplasia
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frazier
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gymnasia
See also aphasia definition
