Real Words Without Definition
This one is a judgement call.
A scientific or medical word built out of Greek and Latin roots. This is the biggest group in the list, about a third of everything.
Medicine gives us anconitis, inflammation of the elbow, and adenalgy, pain in a gland. Chemistry gives us acetylsalicylic. Anatomy, botany and zoology all do the same thing.
Once you know the roots they are completely predictable, which is why no dictionary lists them all. You can keep making new ones forever.
18,355 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | Field and meaning |
|---|---|
| mycetozoon | biology, a slime mould (Mycetozoa) |
| mycocyte | biology, a fungal cell |
| mycodermatoid | mycology, resembling Mycoderma |
| mycodermatous | mycology, of a mycoderma (yeast film) |
| mycodermitis | medical, fungal inflammation of a membrane |
| mycodesmoid | mycology, resembling fungal bands |
| mycodomatium | botany, plant cavity housing fungi |
| mycogastritis | medical, fungal gastritis |
| mycohaemia | medical, fungi in the blood |
| mycohemia | medical, fungi in the blood |
| mycomycete | mycology, a fungus of the Mycomycetes |
| mycomycetous | mycology, of the Mycomycetes |
| mycomycin | chemistry, an antibiotic from Nocardia |
| mycophyte | botany, a fungal plant |
| mycosozin | biochemistry, an antifungal plant substance |
| mycostat | an agent that checks fungal growth |
| mycosymbiosis | biology, symbiosis with fungi |
| mycteric | anatomy, of the nostrils |
| mydatoxine | chemistry, a ptomaine of putrefaction |
| mydine | chemistry, a ptomaine of putrefying matter |
| mydriasine | chemistry, alkaloid causing mydriasis |
| mydriatine | chemistry, a mydriatic alkaloid |
| myectomize | surgery, to excise part of a muscle |
| myectopia | medical, displacement of a muscle |
| myectopy | medical, displacement of a muscle |
| myelalgia | medical, pain in the spinal cord |
| myelapoplexy | medical, hemorrhage into the spinal cord |
| myelatrophy | medical, atrophy of the spinal cord |
| myelauxe | medical, enlargement of the spinal cord |
| myelemia | medical, marrow elements in the blood |
| myelic | anatomy, of the spinal cord |
| myelinogeny | medical, formation of myelin |
| myelobrachium | anatomy, arm-like tract of the cord |
| myelocerebellar | anatomy, of spinal cord and cerebellum |
| myelocyst | medical, cyst of the spinal cord |
| myelocystic | medical, of a myelocyst |
| myelocystocele | medical, cystic spinal-cord hernia |
| myelocythaemia | medical, myelocytes in the blood |
| myelocythemia | medical, myelocytes in the blood |
| myelodiastasis | medical, disintegration of the cord |
| myeloganglitis | medical, inflammation of cord ganglia |
| myelogenetic | medical, of marrow/cord origin |
| myelogonium | medical, primitive marrow cell |
| myelographically | medical, by means of myelography |
| myelolymphangioma | medical, marrow lymph-vessel tumor |
| myelolymphocyte | medical, marrow-derived lymphocyte |
| myelomatoid | medical, resembling a myeloma |
| myelomenia | medical, vicarious spinal-cord bleeding |
| myeloneuritis | medical, cord and nerve inflammation |
| myeloparalysis | medical, paralysis of spinal origin |
| myelopetal | anatomy, conducting toward the cord |
| myeloplast | medical, bone-marrow cell |
| myeloplastic | medical, of myeloplasts |
| myelorrhagia | medical, hemorrhage into the cord |
| myelorrhaphy | surgery, suture of the spinal cord |
| myelosarcoma | medical, sarcoma of the marrow |
| myelospasm | medical, spasm of spinal origin |
| myelospongium | embryology, spongy cord framework |
| myelosyphilosis | medical, syphilis of the spinal cord |
| myelosyringosis | medical, cavity formation in the cord |
| myelotherapy | medical, treatment with bone marrow |
| myelozoan | zoology, of the Myelozoa |
| myentasis | surgery, stretching of a muscle |
| myesthesia | medical, muscle sense |
| mygaloid | zoology, like the spider genus Mygale |
| myiferous | entomology, fly-bearing |
| myiodesopsia | medical, floating spots in vision |
| myliobatine | zoology, of the eagle rays Myliobatidae |
| mylohyoidean | anatomy, of the mylohyoid muscle |
| myoalbumin | chemistry, albumin of muscle |
| myoalbumose | chemistry, albumose from muscle |
| myoatrophy | medical, muscular atrophy |
| myocardiogram | medical, tracing of heart-muscle action |
| myocellulitis | medical, muscle and cellular tissue inflam. |
| myocoel | embryology, cavity of a muscle plate |
| myocoele | embryology, cavity of a muscle plate |
| myocoelom | embryology, muscle-plate coelom |
| myocolpitis | medical, inflam. of vaginal muscle coat |
| myodiastasis | medical, separation of muscles |
| myodynamic | physiology, of muscular force |
| myodynamiometer | instrument measuring muscular force |
| myoedema | medical, muscle mounding on percussion |
| myofibrilla | histology, Latin sing. of myofibrillae |
| myographically | medical, by means of a myograph |
| myographist | medical, user of the myograph |
| myohematin | chemistry, respiratory pigment of muscle |
| myohemoglobinuria | medical, muscle hemoglobin in urine |
| myoidema | medical, mounding of muscle on percussion |
| myoliposis | medical, fatty degeneration of muscle |
| myomalacia | medical, softening of muscle |
| myomantic | of myomancy, divination by mice |
| myomelanosis | medical, black pigmentation of muscle |
| myomohysterectomy | surgery, uterus removal for myoma |
| myomorphic | zoology, of the mouse-like Myomorpha |
| myomotomy | surgery, incision of a myoma |
| myonema | biology, contractile fibril of a cell |
| myoneuralgia | medical, neuralgia in a muscle |
| myoneurasthenia | medical, muscular nervous exhaustion |
| myoneure | anatomy, a motor nerve cell |
| myoneurosis | medical, neurosis affecting muscle |
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