Words that rhyme with ruthenia

n 1: an abnormal loss of strength [syn: asthenia, astheny]

n 1: any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers

n 1: a chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck); caused by a deficiency of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions [syn: myasthenia gravis, myasthenia] 2: any muscular weakness

n 1: nervous breakdown (not in technical use)

n 1: any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact [syn: schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox]

adj 1: older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; "senior officer" [ant: junior] 2: used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; "the senior prom" [syn: senior(a), fourth-year] 3: advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen" [syn: aged, elderly, older, senior] n 1: an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation 2: a person who is older than you are [syn: elder, senior]

n 1: a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband [syn: taenia, tenia, fillet] 2: tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host

n 1: a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors [syn: Armenia, Republic of Armenia, Hayastan]

n 1: tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood [syn: Eugenia, genus Eugenia]

n 1: a mountainous republic in central Europe; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; achieved independence in 1991 [syn: Slovenia, Republic of Slovenia, Slovenija]

n 1: an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count [syn: leukopenia, leucopenia]

n 1: pitcher plants [syn: Sarracenia, genus Sarracenia]

n 1: a genus of sea anemone common in rock pools [syn: Actinia, genus Actinia] 2: any sea anemone or related animal [syn: actinia, actinian, actiniarian]