Asphyxia

• asphyxia

  A condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory...

• hypercapnia

  The physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon...

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• abnormality

  An abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental defi...

• upset

  A physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed...

• maternity

  The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries...

• anesthesia

  Loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness.

• good health

  The state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease.

• arousal

  A state of heightened physiological activity.

• sterility

  The state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive;...

• sleep

  A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended...

• drive

  A physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire.

• dilatation

  The state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions.

• wakefulness

  A periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world; "consciousness...

• incompatibility

  (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign...

• obstruction

  The physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction.

• cellularity

  The state of having cells.

• torpidity

  A state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility; "he fell...

• hyperthermia

  Abnormally high body temperature; sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of ...

• pathological state

  A physical condition that is caused by disease.

• hypopigmentation

  Unusual lack of skin color.

• hyperpigmentation

  Unusual darkening of the skin.

• addiction

  Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically...

• anestrus

  Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods...

• suspended animation

  A temporary cessation of vital functions with loss of consciousness resembling...

• emmetropia

  (ophthalmology) the normal refractive condition of the eye in which there is clear focus...

• normothermia

  Normal body temperature.

• hypothermia

  Subnormal body temperature.

• myasthenia

  Any muscular weakness.

• muscularity

  The physiological state of having or consisting of muscle.

• false pregnancy

  Physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not ...

• agalactia

  A condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has...

• bloodiness

  The state of being bloody.

• anhidrosis

  Failure of the sweat glands.

• rigor mortis

  Temporary stiffness of joints and muscular rigidity occurring after death.

• vitalization

  The state of being vitalized and filled with life.

• sleep

  A torpid state resembling deep sleep.

• amyxia

  A condition in which no mucus in produced.

• potency

  The state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse.

• fecundity

  The state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring.

• sedation

  A state of reduced excitement or anxiety that is induced by the administrative of a sedative...

• cold sweat

  The physical condition of concurrent perspiration and chill; associated with fear.

• elastosis

  Breakdown of elastic tissue (as the loss of elasticity in the skin of elderly people that...

• flexion

  The state of being flexed (as of a joint).

• gas

  A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal.

• rut

  Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity.

• angiotelectasia

  Dilation and enlargement of arterioles.

• acathexia

  An inability to retain bodily secretions.

• cryptobiosis

  A state in which an animal's metabolic activities come to a reversible standstill.

• hypocapnia

  A state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal; can result...

• oxygen debt

  A cumulative deficit of oxygen resulting from intense exercise; the deficit must be...