Words that rhyme with toufexis

n 1: (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms [syn: asepsis, antisepsis, sterility, sterileness] 2: the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms [syn: antisepsis, asepsis]

n 1: (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms [syn: asepsis, antisepsis, sterility, sterileness] 2: the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms [syn: antisepsis, asepsis]

n 1: all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function

n 1: anticipating and answering objections in advance

n 1: the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues

n 1: a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation [syn: sprue, tropical sprue, psilosis] 2: falling out of hair

n 1: a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder [syn: heartburn, pyrosis]

n 1: abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway [syn: stenosis, stricture]

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: acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles

n 1: infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching [syn: pediculosis, lousiness]

n 1: fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released [syn: pyxidium, pyxis] 2: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia 3: a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines

n 1: (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge" [syn: cathexis, charge]

n 1: use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one

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

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