12-Letter Words Ending in A

Absence of hydrochloric acid in the gastric secretions of the stomach.

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Plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chloroplasts.

Pl. chromonemata (-m -t ) The spirally coiled central filament of a chromatid along which the chromomeres are aligned.

Difficult and painful menstruation.

Pl. endotheliomata (-m -t ) or endotheliomas Any of various neoplasms derived from endothelium.

An increase in the number of eosinophils in the blood.

Pl. epiphenomena (-n ) A secondary phenomenon that results from and accompanies another: "Exploitation of one social class or ethnic group by another [is] an epiphenomenon of real differences in power between social groups" (Harper's).

Excessive flow of milk from the breasts during lactation.

""Pl. hemangiomas also hemangiomata (-m -t ) A benign skin lesion consisting of dense, usually elevated masses of dilated blood vessels.""

""Body, Human a condition of the body in which muscular movement is abnormally agitated. ; hyperkinetic ,""

""LIPEMIA excessive fat in the blood, also LIPAEMIA""

""A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease.""

High body temperature

An abnormally low concentration of calcium in the blood.

Feeling sick in the head (wordplay)

Feeling virtually sick (wordplay)

Thinking ill of oneself (wordplay)

""GLYCEMIA glucose in the blood, also GLYCAEMIA""

The fish of a particular region.

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""Pl. mesotheliomata (-m -t ) or mesotheliomas A usually malignant tumor of mesothelial tissue, especially that of the pleura or peritoneum.""

""Pl. metencephala (-l ) The anterior part of the embryonic hindbrain, which gives rise to the cerebellum and pons.""

""Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period.""

Structures in cells that produce energy

In cell cytoplasm, organelles which store and release energy

Nervous condition

Nervous debility

What could make you uneasier than debilitation (wordplay)

Normal body temperature.

""Body, Human , Perception""

Pl. perichondria (-dr - ) The fibrous membrane of connective tissue covering the surface of cartilage except at the endings of joints.

American dopes lie on the sheets in this

Stock of drugs

The excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine.

A condition marked by an abnormally large number of red blood cells in the circulatory system.

""Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic. Sclerotic.""

Drama ()

Sensation crossing over between different senses

""Fear of or aversion to technology, especially computers and high technology.""

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""(Medicine / Pathology) a hereditary disease, common in many parts of the world, resulting from defects in the synthesis of the red blood pigment haemoglobin Also called Cooley's anaemia [ˈkuːlɪz] [New Latin, from Greek thalassa sea + -aemia , from it being esp prevalent round the eastern Mediterranean Sea]""

Pl. trapezohedrons or trapezohedra (-dr ) Any of several forms of crystal with trapeziums as faces.

""Pl. zooxanthellae (-th l ) Any of various yellow-green algae that live symbiotically within the cells of other organisms, such as those of certain radiolarians and marine invertebrates.""