Category: A
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Apodal
Without feet.
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Aphronia
Mental deficiency.
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Aphrenia
Apparent lack of intellect in mental illness. Failure of development of the intellectual faculties.
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Aphonic
Loss of voice.
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Aphilopony
Dread of work.
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Aphasic
Loss or impairment of speech.
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Aphalangia
Absence of fingers or toes. The innate absence of one or more fingers or toes.
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Aphakia
Absence of eye lens. The condition in which the crystalline lens is absent from the eye, usually as a result of surgery. Absence of the natural lens of the eye, as when a cataract has been surgically removed. Absence of the natural lens of the eye. In the normal eye, the lens is a clear,…
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Aperistalsis
Absence of the wormlike contractions normal to tubular organs, especially of the digestive system. A lack of the peristaltic movement in the bowel.
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Apepsinia
Absence of pepsin, a protein-splitting enzyme, in stomach juice. Absence of pepsin in the gastric juice.