Words that rhyme with kocis

n 1: abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues

n 1: sclerosis of the arterial walls [syn: arteriosclerosis, arterial sclerosis, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries, coronary-artery disease]

n 1: lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles

n 1: a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries [syn: atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease]

n 1: infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache [syn: brucellosis, undulant fever, Malta fever, Gibraltar fever, Rock fever, Mediterranean fever] 2: an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings [syn: brucellosis, contagious abortion, Bang's disease]

n 1: a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism [syn: cirrhosis, cirrhosis of the liver]

n 1: a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes; a sign that oxygen in the blood is dangerously diminished (as in carbon monoxide poisoning)

n 1: the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea [syn: endometriosis, adenomyosis]

n 1: (biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal

n 1: abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women

n 1: infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages) [syn: tuberculosis, TB, T.B.]

n 1: iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin [syn: chlorosis, greensickness]

n 1: partial or total loss of sight without pathology of the eye; caused by disease of optic nerve or retina or brain

n 1: abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint [syn: ankylosis, anchylosis]

n 1: a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone [syn: ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio spheroidea]

n 1: a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) [syn: melanosis, melanism]

n 1: a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous [syn: anastomosis, inosculation]

n 1: cyanosis of the extremities; can occur when a spasm of the blood vessels is caused by exposure to cold or by strong emotion [syn: acrocyanosis, Raynaud's sign]

n 1: any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins [syn: avitaminosis, hypovitaminosis]

n 1: bleeding from the nose [syn: nosebleed, epistaxis]

n 1: an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans [syn: zoonosis, zoonotic disease]

n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America [syn: coreopsis, tickseed, tickweed, tick-weed]

n 1: type genus of the Chalcididae [syn: Chalcis, genus Chalcis]