Comment: Notions in words like life, death, wellness, or love incorporate timeless universal notions represented by mythic figures, emblems, icons, legends, ballads, and lullabies. In a way, such complex notions are like an Egyptian cartouche - a capsule of a cluster of ideas represented by a word (continued at the end of the following list of words). Suggestion: in addition to alphabetic search, if needed, add "word search" in this page (press control F) fuRTHERMORE, the whole Pandora Word Box is dedicate to illuminate meanings conveyed by images and words. 

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~ -; DASH is a signal indicative of a delimiter related to a prefix or suffix 

~ A-; prefix often denoting “lack of x, y, or z” (see atrichia) 

   BONUS - a-trichia implies lack of, see hair or see alopecia given below 

~ A ...; as a prefix it often denotes “lack of x, y, or z” (see atrichia) 

~ Abd …; prefix for away as in abduction 

   BONUS - to remember; abd and related - take away, kidnap, rape ... 

   BONUS - to remember; more about abd - abductions, ... 

~ Abducent; e.g.  motor nerves or muscles producing motion away from the anatomical
   axis or at times referred to as “exterior” motion 

~ Abduct; abduction, to move away, kidnap, abduction implies rape, in Spanish rapto is
    abduct and in Ukrainian implies suddenly (raptovo) 

   BONUS - see abduction

   BONUS - see abducted (open) thighs - oppossite of adducted

~ Abdomen; ventral refers to “vientre” from vento or wind and in medicine to structures
   anterior to the body axis, poetically known as “bag of winds”, container of “abducted”
   nutrients and organs, “ventrally from” implies “in front of” 

   BONUS - see nephrosis, ascitis  

   BONUS - see hepatitis, ascitis 

   BONUS - see hypotonia 

~ Acephaly – lack of the head or cephalon 

~ Achondroplasia; an autosomal-dominant inherent form of clinically recognizable category
   of disproportional lumbar shortness and macrocephaly (disproportionally large head) or
   macrocrania

~ Acomia; lack of hair; also see Alopecia

   BONUS - lack of pilocity or hairlessness 

~ Acro~; prefix denoting distal as in acro-megaly, etc. 

   BONUS - to remember; acro, meso, ecto, ... 

   BONUS - "endings" as in acro-melia for shortening of limbs 

~ Acrocyanosis; acro=distant, cyanosis=blue like the sky (cielo in Spanish) 

~ Acrodysplasia; abnormalities of distal structures 

~ Acromegaly; enlarged distal structures 

~ Adelphi; individuals who were concurrently gestated (shared a womb, in Greek
   "brothers")

~ Adipose; fatty, aleipha in Greek, olyj or oil in Ukr 

   BONUS - see adiposity

~ Agenesis; (a-genesis), lack of gene(s) resulting in lack of development of particular
   cells, tissues, organs (implies material and not functional consequences) 

   BONUS - see Thalidomide - limb agenesis 

   BONUS - see Teratoma - fetal-like growth lacking a body axis 

~ Alae nasi; lateral areas (wings) or nostrils 

~ Alcohol; fluid product from natural fermentation of sugars, mainly see ethanol 

~ Alcoholism; *see addiction, implies dependence and negative impacts, *see teratogen. 

~ Allele; alternative form of a gene 

~ Alopecia; lack of hair, opposite of hirsutism 

   BONUS - a-trichia implies lack of, see hair or see alopecia given below 

~ Am~; all as in amateur, implying selfless love in some aspect 

~ Amblyopia; [often used as a synonym of strabismus, the symptom of which often
   is double vision - ambliopia, diplopia]. Vulgar and mistaken medical parlance, equate
   this term with “lazy eye”, “dim vision”. See strabismus. 

~ Amelia; absence of a limb or limbs 

~ Amnesia; loss of memory - a punishment dolled out by Mnemosyne, the goddess of
   remembrance 

~ Am-putation; lack either of formation, or loss due or not a mechanical-surgical event 

   BONUS - some amputations are reflections of agenesis or aplasia, the former due to a
   gene defect, and the later due to the lack of development (morphogenesis) 

~ Analgesic; factor or agent that diminishes or prevents pain; see morphine 

~ Anamnesis; remembrance or recall of symptoms, signs and circumstances 

~ Andro~; prefix indicative of maleness, as shown next 

~ Androgen; agents that masculinize 

~ Anencephaly; is not Acephaly, the former is a lack of the vault (neurocranium), the latter
   is a lack of the vault and face (viscerocranium)

~ Aneurysm; segmental dilatation of an artery, vein or other tubular structures due to 

   flaws of its walls 

~ Angioma; vascular tumor (general term - see hemangioma etc.- see ectasia) 

~ Ankylo-; prefix denoting “crooked”, bent, curved, deviated, fused, stiff, fixed, ...

   BONUS - perspective includes ankle articulation or joint

~ Anophthalmia; see microphthalmia 

~ Anotia; "no" ear or auricle

~ Antenna; detector of signals generally invisible and generally by touch 

~ Antepartum; before birth or parturition implying materno-fetal partition  

~ Antihelix; anti=against the helix, implying near; ante=in front of 

   BONUS - see ear landmarks

   BONUS - see protruding ears of an Emperor

~ Antitragus; similar to antihelix, tragus in Greek points to he-goat, as in tragedy 

   BONUS - see ear landmarks

   BONUS - see protruding ears of an Emperor

~ Apathetic, apathy; lacking “pathos” or emotion, sign of mental depression, see apathy 

~ Apathy; lacking (see) “pathos” or spirit (emotion)

~ Aplasia; (a-plasia), “no” or lack of development (cells, tissues, organs), excludes notion
   of functions, does NOT imply lack of capacity to develop (genes, denoted by agenesis),
   see agenesis

~ Arm; upper limb, body part that holds weapons (armament) 

~ ART; see Assisted reproductive technologies

~ Arthro; arthron implies articulation or joint, as in arthropod, arthritis, …

~ Arthrogryposis; implies multiple congenital joint contractures in diverse body parts 

~ Ascitis; abdomen with fluid, from ascos (Greek for wineskin implying "stink"), in Spanish
   asco means repugnant or odious odor 

   BONUS - see nephrosis, ascitis  

   BONUS - see hepatitis, ascitis 

~ Assisted reproductive technologies (ART)

~ Asymmetry; lacking expected likeness 

~ Atom; perhaps, the smallest material particle, in contrast to other energy particles that
   can exist (stable), in contrast to energy particles that will bind with other particles
   (unstable) - Democritus some 400 BC spoke of atom as the smallest indivisible matter
   (also the root of "mother", and many other fundamental notions). Note: "A" stands for
   "lack", and "tamnein" stands for "to cut", and conjoined result in "Atom".

   BONUS - Democritus - Images

~ Atrichia; lack of hair or alopecia - note hirsute for excess of hair 

  BONUS - a-trichia implies lack of, see hair or see alopecia given below 

~ Atrophy; A = lack of; Trophus = nourishment 

   BONUS - Muscle atrophy

~ Audio; sound as in audible, audience ... 

~ Auricle; external ear, ear lobe 

~ Autosomal; loci or genes located on autosomal chromosomes thus not on the sex
   chromosomes X nor Y 

~ Becquerel; one of three units used to measure radioactivity - number of atomic
    disintegrations (releasing radioactivity), per second

~ Birth defect; flawed political popular term for congenital anomalies  

~ Blastopathy; abnormalities of the blastula (see blastula)

~ Blastula; early development of a fertilized egg when the morula (solid sphere of cells) 
   develops a cavity (blast), from Greek "blastos" for "sprout" - perhaps related, blast 
   as implied by  "explosion", the growth of the morula-blastula becomes very fast as
   if an "explosion" of cell divisions 

~ Blastocyst; a cavitated blastula. See Blastula

~ Bone; hard tissue implying calcified 

~ Bq; abbreviation from Becquerel; one of three units used to measure radioactivity -
    number of atomic disintegrations (releasing radioactivity), per second 

~ Caduceus; implies a walking stick, emblem of a walking staff. The caduceus of
   Aesculapius was followed by the medical staff, making hospital walking rounds. The
   caduceus of Mercury or Hermes was the emblem of thieves, merchants, and deceit. Note
   that perhaps ignorance is the reason for US Armed Forces Medical Core use of Hermes
   but not Aesculapius caduceus.

~ Caduco; in Latin “falling”, may imply decay, decline, even deceased, perishable, note
   deceiving. See Caduceus

~ Cafe au lait; reference to skin maculas of the "coffee with milk" tint

~ Cancer; uncontrolled division of abnormal cells spreading in a pattern suggestive of 
   the legs of a crab from Greek “kakinos” or Latin “cancer” 

~ Carpe diem; find (search) via General Search Box 

~ Casuistics; cumulative experience from exposure to “cases” (ww, Ed.) 

~ Cataract; in Latin "waterfall"; in medicine figurative for opacity of the cornea 

   BONUS - About visions including "eyeless"  

~ Caudad; pertaining to the tail or "end" 

~ Caudal; implies tail or terminal (note Caduco for falling - tail end) 

~ Caviat; be aware, to note 

~ Cele; or coele, in Medicine implies cavity, hernia, swelling 

~ Cephal; Cephalad; from prefix "cepha-" for superior; opposite to caudad (see cauda);
   note Cephalon, etc. 

~ Cephalon; in vernacular, head 

~ Cesium-137 – radioactive form of Cesium (Cs)

~ Cleft; gap (congenital, implying agenesis or aplasia), acquired (failed healing or
   artificially induced), strictly speaking SCHITSIS as in schizophrenia (split or cleft mind)

   BONUS - see vast perspective of this notion

~ Clinic; fundamentally, the term means "inclined" including toward "X" or by illness; see
   Clinical. Best is to explore related implications; see Galaxy of Meanings: 
   https://www.pandorawordbox.com/illumination.php?id=20, 
   https://www.pandorawordbox.com/illumination.php?id=103  

~ Clinical; see Clinic 

~ Clone; implies identicity; in Medicine, group of cells identical to their ancestor, 
   when applied to whole organisms, the implication is non-sexual reproduction 

~ Coca; in Quechua "kuka" (language of natives from the Bolivia region in South America)
   concerns an alkaloid stimulant of the central nervous system, a mild local anesthetic, and
   other potentially lethal negative consequences; used since times of Inca civilization,
   mostly by chewing coca leaves. Its local anesthetic properties inspired Sigmund Freud
   and eventually the discovery "Novocain". See Cocaine  

~ Cocaine; first see Coca; the recreational use of Cocaine concentrated from coca leaves
   may result in euphoria (happy feelings and unrealistic sense of competence, including
   sexual). The manipulation of coca powder by heat, etc. generates "rocks" or "crack
   cocaine" denoting the crackling sounds associated with the process. Originally, the
   beverage "Coca-cola" contained this stimulant. For more see other sources. 

~ Codeine; derivative of (see morphine) - mainly prescribed to treat moderate or severe

   pain (see analgesic) - highly addictive (see narcotic) - the implicit notions are very
   complex and outlined in entries shown in parentheses, plus note bonus link below 

   BONUS - ALK ALKALEMIA ALKALI ALKALOIDS - Morphine, Codeine, Quinine, Atropine,
   Strychnine, ... 

~ Codone; sequence of three nucleotides in a DNA or RNA strand 

~ Cognizant; being aware, conscious; from Latin "cognito" for "to know"  

~ Collagen; extracellular "glue" protein, see colloid 

~ Colloid; a gel like substance, in vernacular "glue-like" or gelatin or jelly - note - in 
   Spanish, "cola" means tail as well as glue - animal tails are rich in collagen -
   human collagen disorders are many and cause fragility of the tissues the collagen
   sustains in place - a cadaver as it cools, the collagen stiffens - a "stiff" in jargon
   denotes a dead person  

~ Coloboma; gap (like a cut) generally of ocular structures often irises 

~ Coma; interruption 

~ Congenital; present at birth 

~ Consanguinity; shared genes with another individual 

~ Cranial; implies cephalad, cephalic, or related to the cranium (head)

~ Craniorachischisis; implies a gap of the cranium without herniation of cranial contents,
   see Encephalocele 

~ Cranium (skull); or head or see Cephalon, includes cranial vault and facial structures
   (often referred to as neurocranium and viscerocranium, respectively) 

~ Crease; folding or groove

~ Credo; belief 

~ Cretin; see below  

~ Cretinism; for Cretin from "crestin" in Swiss French for "Christian" with emphasis on
   simpleton, implying mental retardation with characteristics of prenatal teratogenesis,
   implying maternal thyroid insufficiency  

   BONUS - Microcephalic oligophrenic individual depicted by Goya 

   BONUS - Image: mother hypothyroid, child cretin

   BONUS - clinical gallery: Cretinism

~ Cross-bread; preferred term for intra-cohort breading instead of in-breading

~ Cutis; skin 

~ Cutis marmorata; pink marble like skin implying mottled skin 

~ Cupid; mythological emblem mainly denoting temptation driving desire

~ Cupid bow; outline of the vermillion of the upper lip in a shape of an arch, Cupid shot
   love arrows and humans blow kisses from the upper lip

~ Cupid bow flat or not evident; the sign observed among instances of fetal alcohol
   effects, syndrome, or spectrum disorders 

~ Cure; from "curate, curia ..." implying care, secure ... all within overtone related to
   healing, improving, etc. 

~ Cyan; blue, give someone cyanide and as death approaches the victims will become
   bluish  

~ Cyanides; fast-acting poison, often lethal, found in bacteria, mushrooms, algae, seeds,
   plastics - used in pesticides, ...  

~ Cyclopia; fused eyes (not a failure of "splitting") 

~ Cyst; implies cystic or bladder, pouch, or sack-like, filled with liquid; from Greek "kustis"

~ Dactyl; finger or digit-like

~ Dactyly; from Greek "Daktulos"; see Dactyl 

~ Death; ceased living or deceased 

~ Decline; downward 

~ Deficit; lack, insufficiency, debt 

~ Deformation; external causes of anomalies, dys-morphism 

~ Delirium; false perception of reality as per hallucination 

~ Dermoid; implies tumor often cystic and, contrary to teratomas derived from three germ
   layers, are derived from two germ layers (ecto- and mesoderm - epidermoids derive only
   from one germ layer, the ectoderm) 

~ De novo; new, novel, nubile  

~ Developmental field (embryogenesis); parts of the embryo in which the processes of
   development of complex structure appropriate to those parts of the embryo are controlled
   and coordinated in a spatially ordered, temporally synchronized, and hierarchical manner

~ Di; implies "double" or "partition in two" as in partitioning

~ Dia; to pass through. See Diabetes 

~ Diabetes; in Latin means "to pass through", from "dia" as in Daily (days pass), Diary,
   Diagnosis (to see through toward knowledge (gnosos)), ... Dialysis, Diarrhea - Diabetes
   insipidus (tasteless or insipit) vs Mellitus (from Latin for "honey"), representing glucosuria
   (glucose in urine) 

~ Diagnosis; hypothetical label - synthesis of (objective) signs/natural history with
   (hypothetical) pathogenesis/etiology 

~ Dialysis; see Di, Dia; implies passing fluid; see Diaphoresis    

~ Diaphoresis; see Di, Dia; implies sweating

~ Digit; implies finger as in Digital 

~ Diplo; see Di; implies "double" and Ploidy implies "copy of"

~ Diplopia; see Di, Diplo; implies double vision 

~ Disease; see Di; mental or physical instability, away from homeostasis 

~ Dis; see Di; "rupture" of a process, see more in dys 

~ Disorder; see Di, Dis; characteristic of malformations and diseases 

~ Disproportion; see Di, Dis; implies ruptured proportion 

~ Disruption; see Di, Dis; implies either internal (genomic) or external (ecologic) negative
   impacts on formation of structure (morphogenesis), maturation (evolution), stability
   (homeostasis), and longevity (demise). See Teratogen 

~ Dizygotic (twin); see Di, Dis; one of adelphi individuals (those gestated concurrently) of a
   set of twins, triplets etc. arising from separate zygotes (fertilized eggs or ova by different 
   spermatozoids); see Zygote

~ Dominant; implies pathology due to the presence of one thus single mutated
   pathogenic allele 

~ Dormant; from "dormare", to sleep as in dormitory

~ Dorsal; often used to denote "supra" (during embryogenesis the occiput may be

   included in dorsal) 

~ Down syndrome; concurrent symptoms and clinical signs suggestive of an extra
   chromosome 21 or its segments (trisomy 21)

~ Dys~; or dis, prefix for diseased or "anomaly" or ab-normal, note also “dis” 

~ Dysmorphism; see Di, Dis; a sign of see Dismorphogenesis

~ Dysmorphogenesis; see Dysmorphism, Dysmorphology

~ Dysmorphology; study of altered morphology (implicitly disproportions or anomalies,
   deformities, malformities, ...  

   BONUS - see further perspectives 

~ Dysplasia; altered tissue formation - normal cells but disorganized - e.g. hamartoma,
   polyp, nevus, neurofibroma 

~ Dyssomnia; abnormal sleep as in insomnia 

~ Ear; or auricle, also inner, middle and outer or external ears form the auditory system 

~ Ecology;

~ Ectasia; implies distension - dilatation related to altered "flow" in a tubular structure in
   contrast to aneurysm due to flaws in walls

~ Ectoderm; ecto implies external 

~ Ectro-;

~ Edema; from “oid” for “to swell” in Greek

~ Emaciate; “macer” in Latin for thin, lost flesh as per "macerate" 

~ Embryo; an organism during early development and giving rise to a fetus 

~ Embryology;

~ Embryopathy; anomalies of the embryo 

~ Encephalocele; cephalon (head), cele (herniation) is an overall term of a skull (cranial)
   gap through which protrudes intra-cranial contents inclusive of cerebrum and
   meninges, and if solely of meninges, the preferred term would be meningocele.
   See related term Craniorachischisis

~ Endemic;

~ Endocrine; 

~ Endoderm; inner dermic layer 

~ Environment;

~ Epi~; prefix for above or beyond as in epi-demiology. See Epi-gnathus  

~ Epicanthus; Epicanthic fold; epi - canthus - skin fold above the (ocular inner) angle 

~ Epidemic;

~ Epidemiology;

~ Epidermis; skin (above the "flesh") 

~ Epidermoid; see Dermoid

~ Epigenetics; emerging discipline of independent (non-DNA) factors modulating gene
   expression without alteration of the genetic code. These factors can be hereditary, and
   can be induced by ionizing radiation (IR), among others. Epigenetics modulates the
   expression of developmental anomalies regardless if genetic or environmental nature.

~ Epi-gnathus; epi = above or beyond; gnathus = born or congenital. In medical parlance,
   implication of teratomatous (toti-potential) primitive cells that grew as tumors in the area
   of the oral cavity as an amorphous mass or as fetus-like body parts with relatively normal
   morphogenesis. The understanding of these perspectives is limited. Note link. 

~ Epithelial cell or Epithelial; implies external layer vs internal or Endothelial, or in-between
   Mesothelial …

~ Eso; Greek for "inward" as in esotropia 

~ Esotropia; inward or convergent strabismus or squint 

~ Ethanol; eth and ol denote a chain of two carbons one of which is linked to OH ethyl
   group (EtOH) expressed by the chemical formula  CH₃-CH₂-OH; a liquid flammable
   addictive human psychotoxin (an inhibitor of inhibitions), see alcoholism

~ Ethics; see "ethos", in essence, the “thuth” 

~ Ethnic;

~ Ethnos; strictly speaking it denotes a distinct people and points towards ethos and
   ethics 

~ Ethos (soul), ethnic; natural of a group

~ Etiology; true cause, see Etios 

~ Etios; Greek for spirit pointing to "true" 

~ Etymology; the true origin, mainly of words 

~ Euthanasia;

~ Exo; Greek for "out" as in exotic, exotropia 

~ Ex-omphalon;

~ Exotropia; outward or divergent strabismus 

~ Exstrophy; strictly speaking, it implies herniation of a content in a cavity - in medical
   parlance, it implies urinary bladder extrophy, which, in fact, is an agenesis of the
   abdominal wall that normally will develop in front of the urinary bladder and often
   includes abnormal formation of the bony pelvis (widely separated pelvic bones). This
   anomaly is often a component of a spectrum of anomalies, inclusive of epispadias (failure
   of formation of a tubular urethra). An alternative parlance is "a bladder development
   outside of the abdomen or fetus".    

~ Face, facade; front, communication organ/devise 

~ Facies; a face that “speaks”, conveys a meaning

~ FAE; fetal alcohol effect, see FAS and FASD

~ FAS; fetal alcohol syndrome, implies full array of concurrent signs, see FASD

~ FASD; fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, implies incomplete array of FAS signs

~ Facoma; see phacomatosis  

~ Facomatosis; see phacomatosis 

~ Fantasy; 

~ Fatal; symbolically, the end of a pathway or road (stop)

~ Febricula; often implies low-grade recurrent episode of (see) fever; late-day rise of
   levels of temperature are characteristic of some stages of tuberculosis (TBC)

~ Fertile; capable of reproduction, fruitful, fecund 

~ Fertilization; see Fertile

~ Fetus; stage of prenatal development following embryogenesis and preceding birth 

~ Fever; a syndrome of hyperthermia with concurrent "febrile" symptoms and signs, often      sophistically characteristic to suggest etiology (cause), such as childhood exanthemas 
  (measles, rubella, etc.) 

~ Fistula; a tubular hallow abnormal canal or tunnel-like between organs or the exterior 

~ Flaccid; 

~ Foca; see phoca  

~ Fontanelle; 

~ Foramen magnum; large opening 

~ Frenzy;

~ FTT, failure to thrive, implies delay of mental, physical, growth and maturation 

~ Gastroschisis; gap (schisis) of the abdominal wall unrelated to the umbilical cord, in
   contrast to omphaloceles. See Omphalocele 

~ Gastrula; consider gastric as implying a cavity of a stomach. Also gastrology, gastronomy,
   etc. implying a relationship with food

~ Gastrulation; formation of a tri-laminar embryonal disc - following the formation of
   See Blastocyst

~ Gender; implies an emphasis on cultural, social, and psychological aspects of male
   vs female characteristics, in contrast to physical characteristics denoted by "Sex"

~ Gene; inherited or acquired heritable unit (indivisible) or code of information,
   understandable or not 

~ Genetic counseling; an inaccurate and distorting reference to parental or patient
   counselling of conditions that may or may not be of "genetic nature", generally related to
   developmental anomalies (DA) and/or prognosis, associations with other DA, and
   reproductive recurrence or occurrence of similar DA. "Genetic counselling" aspires to be
   non-directional (to empower subjects to make their own decisions), however the term
   "counselling" contradicts such notion. Furthermore, "genetic" "counsellors" are trained
   and certified by similar experts, who generally are minimally trained in Teratology, which
   deals with environmental factors causing DA, for example alcohol. Such "Genetic" vs
   "Teratology" contrast and schism is being bridged by a newly emerging scientific
   discipline, Epigenetics. All DA are the result of modulation by independent epigenetic
   factors of teratogenic impacts regardless if genetic or environmental nature.

~ Genetics; the study of inherited and or hereditary organisms or their components

~ Genome; the totality of genes of an organism 

~ Gigantism;

~ Gloss-;

~ Glossa; tongue, language 

~ Glossectomy; 

~ Glycemia;

~ Goiter; 

~ Gonad;

~ Gyneco-mastia; developed female breast in a male 

~ Half-life; in medical parlance, in contrast to average lifespan, it refers to the time-span for
   the radioactivity decay of a radionuclide by 50 percent, for example, the half-life of Cs137
   and Sr90 is nearly 30 years

~ Hallucination;

~ Hamartoma; circumscribed areas of dysplastic tissues (facomas or phacomas) prone to
   uncontrolled growth and malignant changes 

~ Hamartomatosis; systemic multiple, generally congenital, benign neoplasia, often pre-
   malignant, e.g. multiple neurofibromatosis 

~ Hamartosis; see Hamartomatosis 

~ Health; optimal homeostasis of an organism at a particular stage of development and
   lifespan (includes a mental optimal state) 

~ Helix;

~ Hemangiona; vascular tumor (general term akin to angioma, see ectasia) 

~ Hemi-;

~ Hermaphroditism; strictly speaking, there is no human hermaphroditism. The term
   implies the capacity of self-replication (it negates sexual reproduction). However,
   medical literature uses this term to describe, in most instances, ovo-testes or "mixed
   gonadal dysgenesis" (a high cancer risk anomalies thus an indication for surgical
   removal of such gonads). Pseudo-hermaphroditism, male variety (feminized males)
   and female variety (masculinized females). Personally, I find such "labels" offensive,
   degrading, arrogant, dogmatic and socially damaging. Personally, since the causes
   and pathogenesis of such disorders are multiple and complex, an acceptable alternative
   may be to describe actual clinical features as kindly as possible; gynecomastia for
   example does not have to be branded as an instance of "feminized male" or a large
   clitoris be branded as in instance of a pseudohermaphroditism or equally offensive
   branding as an instance of a "masculinized female". (more in an Overview on this
   subject) 

~ Heroin;

~ Hirsutism; excess of hair - note atrichia for lack of hair or alopecia 

~ Holo~; prefix for totality, whole, wholly 

~ Holoprosencephaly; a forebrain undivided into left and right hemispheres

~ Homeostasis; fundamentally implies "remaining the same" and equivalent to health, or, if
   injured or ill, return to normality or health through regeneration or repair 

~ Hydramnios;

~ Hydrocephalus;

~ Hyper; prefix for excess, see hyper-x,y,z 

~ Hyperplasia; enlargement on the basis of more numerous cells

~ Hypertelorism; increased inter-ocular distance, see telorism 

~ Hyperthermia; elevated temperature; hyperthermia is not a synonym of fever which is a
   syndrome (see specific entry); hyperthermia, if localized, is a reflection of increased
   blood flow associated with an underlying vascular anomaly, an inflammatory process,
   or a neoplasia. Generalized body hyperthermia can be induced by exercise or external
   factors such as sources of energy (sun and other forms of radiation), hot bath, etc.
   Hyperthermia is a teratogen - a known cause of oral and limb malformations among
   other anomalies.

~ Hypertrichosis; hirsutism or excess of hair, see trichosis 

~ Hypertrophy; enlargement including of cells 

~ Hypnos;

~ Hypnotic;

~ Hypo;

~ Hypotelorism; decreased inter-ocular distance, see telorism 

~ Hypothesis;

~ Hypotonia;

~ Hypotrichosis; sparse hair, see trichosis, alopecia 

~ Idiosyncratic; characterization of notions imbued with personal
   perspectives concerning objective or subjective definitions.

~ Illusion;

~ Implication; plica (fold), “folded in” 

~ Imprinting;

~ IMV; informative morphogenic variant 

~ Incest; 

~ Individual; see Indivisible 

~ Indivisible; destroyed if divided 

~ Iniencephaly; a neural tube defects mostly impacting the neck (inion), atlas and axis 
   cervical vertebrae. Concurrent encephaloceles and schises of the neural cord are 
   common as well as other malformations. The cardinal sign is a severe retroflexion of 
   the neck.   

~ Inion; root for neck, iniencephaly 

~ Insomnia; lack of sleep

~ Ion;

~ Ionizing; energy capable of converting atoms and molecules into ions

~ Iridoschisis, see Coloboma

~ IUGR; intrauterine growth retardation; 

~ Lethal;

~ Lethargy;

~ Leukemia; strictly it denotes “white blood”, in Medicine an abnormal malignant
   excessive proliferation of “white blood cells” (leukocytes)

~ Life; individual organism capable of capturing energy for its perpetuation

~ Limb; extensions of body stalk, populist term "extremities", see Limbus

   BONUS - to remember - limb, limbic, limbus, ...

~ Limber; hypotonia, flexible, agile, pliable, nimble, elastic

  BONUS - to remember - limb, limbic, limbus, ...

~ Limbic; refers to the thalamus and hypothalamus, see Limbus

  BONUS - to remember - limb, limbic, limbus, ...

~ Limbo; oblivion, nowhere, limit or area between paradise and hell according to the    
   Vatican

  BONUS - to remember - limb, limbic, limbus, ...

~ Limbus; limit, edge, border … 

  BONUS - to remember - limb, limbic, limbus, ... 

~ Lingua-;

~ Lingula;

~ Lipid; a wax, fat, sterol, vitamin, glyceride 

~ Locus; position on a chromosome 

~ Lobe; a part of a generally flat and round structure

~ Lobule; a small lobe 

~ Lysosome;

~ Macro; big, large as in macro-x,y,z, see Megalo 

~ Macrocephaly; large head or macrocrania or megalocephaly 

~ Macrocrania; see Macrocephaly

~ Macroglossia;

~ Macrognathia; generally referred to as prognatism 

~ Macrosomia; 

~ Macula; skin blemish

~ Malar; cheek bone or zygoma, see zygote 

~ Male; in humans the sex (sector of population) capable of producing sperm.
   Consider a poetic potential link with muscle.

~ Malformation; a failure of morphogenesis (studied by Dysmorphology)

~ Malrotation; 

~ Mania; manic thinking implying "tied" thinking to one prevalent thought, action, or
   behaviour 

~ Manicomium; asylum for the mentally insane, a term (offensive) no longer in use            BONUS

~ Maxillar; vernacular for jaw, cheek bone or malar from Latin "mala" 

~ Megalo...; prefix for enlarged as in megalomania 

~ Megalocephaly; see Macrocephaly

~ Melanoma; neoplasia of melanic cells (melanocytes), mostly in the skin 

~ Melia; root denoting limb (also melic) as in mesomelia or meromelia 

~ Melic; root (also melia) enoting limb as in rhizomelic dwarfism 

~ Mellitus; as in see Diabetes mellitus

~ Meninges; from Greek "meninges" meaning membrane, in this instance cerebro-spinal
   membrane 

~ Mero; prefix, generally meaning implying minimal or merely, see meromelia  

~ Meromelia; partial absence of a limb (congenital "amputations")   

~ Meso; prefix for middle or central, see mesomelia 

~ Mesomelia; middle or central parts of a limb, see melia 

~ Metabolism; 

~ Micro; small as in micro-x,y,z 

~ Microcephaly; reduced head size, or rather cranial circumference, by at least -2 or more
   standard deviations  

~ Micrognathia; reduced size mandible or chin 

~ Microphthalmia; implies existence of an under-developed and immature ocular globe.
   Note that anophthalmia (absence of an ocular globe) requires an autopsy to distinguish
   from severe instances of microphthalmia.  

~ Microtia; 

~ Monozygotic; origin from a single zygote; see Zygote

~ Morphine;

~ Morphogenesis; in medicine it denotes a developmental stage following fertilization of an
   ovum > its division into a sphere of 16 cells (morula) > development of a gastrula or a
   blastula (cavitation of the sphere) > development of an inner-layer of cells that will grow
   and flatten (plate-like) > above the plate will form a cavity separating it from the other
   layer (the flattened plate will be between the upper and lower cavity) > the plate is now
   an embryonic plate, from which will emerge morphogenesis of the primordia of all
   components of an organism > once completed, the next stage is maturation (evolution)
   and growth that will form the fetus. Best see a graphic perspective.

~ Morphology; shape, proportions 

~ Morula; a sphere-like cluster of cells, similar to a mulberry (mora in Spanish)

~ Mucopolysaccharide;

~ Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS);

~ Muscle; contractile tissue. Note poetry in muscle - masculine - muzh (in Ukrainian
   males) - mus emerges from mouse and the notion that muscle bundles, when
   contracting, raise the skin, as if little mice were running under - in Ukrainian "myshi"
   means "mice". 

~ Mutagen; agent that alters genetic codes, heritable or not 

~ Mutation;

~ Narcissism;

~ Narcolepsy;

~ Narcotic; any agent that alters the mental status - probably the political force of 
   the alcohol beverages corporations, an additional point was added - "consumed 
   illegally" (the intent reflects a process that shields corporations selling alcoholic 
   spirits from being branded as narcotic merchants). Under this corrupting political 
   influence, oxycodeine, a synthetic opioid that causes thousands of death yearly, is 
   not a narcotic. 

~ Natural history;

~ Nature; all living, see life

~ Navel; see umbilicus, a ship is tied to the shore, the baby (ship) is tied to the placenta
   (attached to the mother) 

~ Neural tube anomalies; often referred to an arbitrary grouping of developmental
   anomalies (DA) of the neural tube (groupings of DA of unknown nature may be
   convenient but conducive to obscuring facts) 

~ Neuroblast; blast implies source of cells 

~ Neoplasia; new tissue, by implication abnormal or distinct from the original 

~ Neurilation; extremely important concept denoting the complex evolution of cells that
   become organized as a neural plate and evolve into a neural tube, a precursor of the
   brain-spinal cord. During this period the embryo is called Neurula. In general, it refers to
   the generation of neurons. It is critical to remember that there are two neurilation
   periods, the first derived from the neural tube, and the second in sequence derived from
   the neural cord … (consult textbooks)

~ Neurofibromatosis; a systemic multi-tissue defect due to a single autosomal gene
   mutation 

~ Night;

~ Nightmare;

~ Noctambulist;

~ Nomenclature; clue given by a name 

~ Norm; feature observed in the majority (95%) of subjects 

~ Normal, norm; prevalent, optimal 

~ Nosocomial; acquired in a hospital 

~ Nosology; categorization of ailments akin but not identical to natural history 

~ Nostalgia; remembrances with yearning, longing, a sense of loss 

~ Nostology; mental deterioration resulting from senility 

~ Nostril; nares, nasal external opening 

~ Novocaine;

~ Noxa;

~ Noxious;

~ Nutrient; 

~ Obesity;

~ Obsession; unwanted intrusive compelling persistent recurring ideas and feelings 
    may be a prodrome of zeal, mania, madness 

~ Order; best fit, health 

~ Omphal-;

~ Omphalocele; herniated abdominal contents through undeveloped central area of the
   anterior body wall (above or below the umbilical cord)

~ Omphalon; implies "central" 

~ Oncogene; gene increasing carcinogenesis risk 

~ Opioid;

~ Organ; combination of tissues 

~ Orgasm; seizure or climax from stimulation of erotic zones perceived as pleasure 

~ Otic; pertaining to the auditory system, meaning can be linited to "ear" 

~ Overdosis;

~ Oxycodone;

~ Palpebral fissure; implies “eye opening size” Parlance; professional jargon 

~ Paralysis;

~ Paternity;

~ Pathos; implies development of a "sense" or "feeling"

~ Pathogenesis; in Medicine, mechanism generating an anomaly 

~ Pathology; 

~ Pectus; shield, sternum, see pectus-carinatum/excavatum 

~ Pectus carinatum; keel, ridged sternum 

~ Pectus excavatum: cavity, trench, sunken sternum

~ Penetrance; proportion of individuals expressing an inherited gene 

~ Phacomatosis; mostly neuro-cutaneous and/or vascular reflecting neoplastic growth of
   hamartomatous tissues (see hamartoma) 

~ Philtrum; concavity (fossa) under the nose 

~ Phobia;

~ Phobos; 

~ Phoca; or phoca, in Greek and Latin - seal or foca in Spanish, see phocomelia 

~ Phocomelia; foca (seal), melia (limbs), implies underdevelopment of all 4 limbs 

~ Phrenia; mind, as in oligophrenia

~ Phrenology; study of the mind 

~ Physiognomy; study of facial signals

~ Piggery; enterprise of breading swine (often a resource for Teratology investigations

~ Placenta; a flat, round, and brittle fetal organ (resembling a cheesecake) attached to
   the uterus and connected per an umbilical cord to a fetus surrounded by membrane  

~ Plas-;

~ Plastos; element in dysplasia, metaplasia, aplasia, ... in Greek - implies "molding" as in
   "shaping" thus proportions, organization ...  

~ Pleotropism; plethora (multiplicity) of signs caused by a gene mutation 

~ Polycyesis; multiple concurrent gestations

~ Polydactyly; additional digits 

~ Polymath; highly-knowledgeable person; learned individual in a large number of
   disciplines

~ Prevalence;

~ Primacy; most important 

~ Proboscis; tube like nose or snout 

~ Prognathism; prominent jaw or macrognathia 

~ Prolabium; central part of the upper lip 

~ Psyche; includes elements of erotica, lust, sex, cupidity, love, affection, tenderness, ...  
~ Psychic; the central notion is "alienation" meaning dissociated from reality. 
~ Psychology; medical specialty focused on alterations of the psyche 
~ Psychotic; clinical term for alterations of the psyche, of which the patient is unaware. 
                   In contrast, neurosis are such disturbance, of which the patient is conscious.
   BONUS - 
   BONUS - 

~ Ptosis; fallen 

~ Race; 

~ Rachischisis; spine - split

~ Radiation; energy emitted in waves of subatomic particles 

~ Radionuclide; a chemical element that releases radiation 

~ Recessive: implies impacts of both alleles (see alternative in "dominant");

~ Regeneration; restoration of destroyed cells with minimal or no flaws

~ Rhino; root for words referring to nose 

~ Rhizo; prefix for proxima or root of 

~ Rhizomelia; abnormality of the proximal or root of limbs (melia) 

~ Rudiment; preferred term to underdeveloped, etc. 

~ Schisis; cut, separation, division, gap, see cleft 

   BONUS - see vast perspective of this notion 

~ Schizophrenia; double or split mind (reality - visions - delirium) 

   BONUS - see vast perspective of this notion 

~ Sedative;

~ Semiology; 

~ Sensitive period (during embryogenesis); evolution of embryogenesis primordium during
   which teratogens can disrupt the process (prior to the SP teratogens can only cause
   agenesis, and after the SP teratogens cannot impact morphogenesis, but can cause
   growth deficits and other alterations)

~ Sex; implies physical characteristics of male vs female, in contrast to Gender, which in
   general parlance implies an emphasis on psychology

~ Sialorrhea; 

~ Sibling; full sibling = individuals, irrespective of sex, with mother and father in common;
   half-sibling = individuals sharing one parent (maternal or paternal), maternal or paternal
   half-siblings

~ Sign; objective evidence of an event 

~ Signal; significance or interpretation of a sign 

~ Simian crease; single transverse palmar flexion crease 

~ Sinciput; see next 

~ Sinciputal; in brief, anterior area of the forehead (site of frontal encephaloceles) 

~ Singleton; strictly implies "solely one"; in medical parlance, the meaning is dual, an
   individual birth or a gestation and birth of a single individual - birth outcomes of plural
   concurrent pregnancies (polycyesis) may produce a pseudo "singleton" if the co-twin or
   other multiples adelphi individuals (those gestated concurrently) died and were resorbed
   ("disappeared"); the process of such "reduction" of polycyesis pregnancies due to the
   demise of flawed embryos is, in medical parlance, referred to as teratothanasia.
   See: Polycyesis, Adelphi, and Teratothanasia

~ Skull; cranium, calvarium (from Latin "skull"), cephalon  implies vertex or top 

~ Sleep; as if "slip away"; cyclic relative inactivity of cerebral and other components of
   the nervous system expressed mainly as consciousness and muscle tone. During sleep
   there is a shift away from a daylight mode to a night mode from the homeostasis
   regulated by the autonomic-endocrine systems. Shifts include urinary excretion and
   body temperature, among other parameters. 

~ Soma; 

~ Somnambulism;

~ Somnolence;

~ Somnulent;

~ Somnus;

~ Soporific;

~ Spina bifida;

~ Sporadic;

~ Squint; strabismus - in medical parlance deviated eye/eyes 

~ Sterile; infertile 

~ Stability; see Homeostasis 

~ Stigma; a signal or mark generally negative 

~ Stocada - in Spanish a thrust of a sword from "estoque" (during duels the site where a
   sword may wound an opponent was relatively random).

~ Stochastics - "learned guess", from stokhos in Greek for "guess"; informally implying
   "random"; a statistical notion of a better definition of randomness in a particular scale, a
   process based on probability theory analysis of random variables in a defined probability
   space inclusive of time and sequence. Often a basis of mathematical models of random
   events. 

~ Strabismus; or heterotopia. In essence, it indicates that the axis of the ocular globes
   are not parleo or cannot converge (focus) on an object. In vernacular referred to as 
   squint or deviated eye or eyes, see esotropia etc. 

   BONUS - to remember; adult oneset - occular nerve palsy (paralysis) 

~ Stress;

~ Stupid;

~ Stupor;

~ Suicide;

~ Sydney crease; proximal palmar flexion crease reaching the ulnar border 

~ Symmetry;

~ Symptom; perceived sensations by an individual capable of describing and transmitting
   them for a physician to interpret to what extend symptoms qualify as a sign (see sign)

~ Syn; root for together, joined, confluent as in symphony

~ Syndrome; concurrent characteristic consistent symptoms and signs

~ Synophris; convergent eyebrows  

~ Telorism; distance between paired structures, see hyper-telorism 

~ Teratoblastoma; teratoma cancer or malignancy; see Teratoma

~ Teratogen; any cause of developmental disruptions. A common error is to limit the notion
   "Teratogen" to external factors (ecology-environment) - in fact, inherited or de-novo,
   mutations of the genome can also be teratogenic. See Disruption

~ Teratology; discipline concerned with teratogens (see above)

   BONUS - see further perspectives 

   BONUS - laws and principles 

~ Teratoma; a tumor composed of cells derived from each of the three embryonal layers 
   (ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm), implies an independently growing disorganized 
   mass of cells or may partially organize “normal” body parts (fetus-in-fetu) – the less
   organized are the tissues the more likely are malignant transformations into cancer.
   In most instances, teratomas do not develop a vertebral column (a lack of body axis) is,
   according to experts, a key difference differentiating fetus-in-fetu from a fetus-teratoma
   associations.   

~ Teratos;

~ Teratothanasia; spontaneous embryonal or fetal demise, usually followed by their
   resorption

~ Thanatophoric;

~ Thelarche; onset of postnatal breast (mammary) development usually at puberty (in 
   Greek thele is nipple) 

~ Therapist;

~ Therapy;

~ Therm-;

~ Thermia;

~ Thyroid; 

~ Tissue; combination of cells 

~ Tone;

~ Tongue; germanic word, in Medicine note GLOSSA and LINGUA incorporated into
   terms like MACROGLOSSIA or LINGUAL; tongue denotes a fleshy muscular oral organ
   (implying composed of a variety of tissues) necessary for tasting, licking, sucking,
   swallowing, and articulation of speech. 

~ Torticollis; implies torsion or twisted neck, related to tort, contort, torture, etc.

~ Torsion; see torture

~ Torture; methods to produce pain inducing contortions 

~ Toti-potential cells; a critical notion is that totipotent cells originate prior or during the
   integration of maternal with paternal genomes often called spores or zygotes and
   implying the capacity to evolve into a fully developed fetus - abnormalities may evolve
   into Teratomas or Fetus-in-fetu as well as Cancer and Sarcoma. 

~ Toxin; poison, a cause of death or illness, from organic or inorganic source, implies
   impacts from miniscule or modest doses (virtually all substances at high doses are toxic,
   including oxygen) 

~ Tragus; in Greek points to he-goat, as in tragedy 

   BONUS - see ear landmarks

   BONUS - see protruding ears of an Emperor

~ Trichosis; pertaining hair, see hypo-hyper, alopecia 

~ Trisomy; three bodies, here denotes a chromosome in triplicate 

~ Troph-; in Greek food or nourishment; see Atrophy vs Agenesis 

~ Tuberous sclerosis;

~ Tumor;

~ Tumorogenesis;

~ Twin monozygotic; one of two individuals from the same fertilized egg; see Zygote

~ Umbilicus; or navel, the center of an individual, in humans the attachment site of the
   placental cord, see navel

~ Usual; among the most frequent, customary, implies "normal" 

~ Vanishing twin syndrome; See Teratothanasia 

~ Variant; "different", rare but within the 95% considered as "normal" 

~ Venal; prone to be corrupted, linked to venal, venereal, Venus

~ Venereal; pertaining to genesis, genitals, gene, points toward Venus, implies desire,
   reproductive organs, etc.   

~ Vermillion; red color, in medicine visible mucosa of lips 

~ Vermin;

~ Volar (skin); ridged skin (dermatoglyphic ridges), *see cutis, not implication in "volar" or
   "to fly in Spanish" - primates who "fly" between trees have areas of prehensible areas
   of the skin that are ridged (hands, feet, tails) – the study of patterns of ridged volar
   areas is the concern of the science of Dermatoglyphics 

~ X-linked; implies loci on the X chromosome 

~ Y-linked; implies loci on the Y chromosome 

~ Zygoma (cheek or malar bone); facial bone linking, joining, or conjugating. See Zygote 

~ Zygote, from the root “zoi” - to enliven. When the sperm fertilizes an egg (sperm-egg
   conjugated), the cell becomes “enliven”, or a Zygote and start dividing rapidly. See
   Morula, Zodiac, Zone, Zoo … also see Zygoma

   BONUS - Zodiac (overview) 

   BONUS - Zodiac (emblems)