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81erectile dysfunction — difficulty in achieving or maintaining an erection of the penis; impotence. * * * …
82Intolerance, food — Difficulty in digesting a food. Common offenders include milk products, wheat and other grains that contain gluten, and foods that tend to cause intestinal gas, such as cabbage or beans. Food intolerance is often mistaken for food allergy, but… …
83alexithymia — Difficulty in recognizing and describing one s emotions, defining them in terms of somatic sensations or behavioral reactions. [G. a priv. + lexis, word, + thymia, feelings, passion] * * * alex·i·thy·mia ə .leks i thī mē ə n inability to express… …
84amyostasia — Difficulty in standing, due to muscular tremor or incoordination. [G. a priv. + mys, muscle, + stasis, standing] * * * amyo·sta·sia (a mi″o staґzhə) [a 1 + myo + stasis] a tremor of the muscles, seen especially in locomotor ataxia …
85dyschezia — Difficulty in defecation. [dys + G. chezo, to defecate] * * * dys·che·zia dis kē zē ə, zh(ē )ə; kez ē ə, kezh (ē )ə n constipation associated with a defective reflex for defecation dys·che·zic kē zik, kez ik adj * * * n. a form of constipation… …
86dysmasesis — Difficulty in mastication. [dys + G. masesis, chewing] …
87dysodontiasis — Difficulty or irregularity in the eruption of the teeth. [dys + G. odous, tooth, + iasis, condition] * * * dys·odon·ti·a·sis (dis″o don tiґə sis) [dys + odonto + iasis] imperfect or defective dentition; defective, delayed, or difficult …
88dysphagia, dysphagy — Difficulty in swallowing. SEE ALSO: aglutition. [dys + G. phago, to eat] d. lusoria d. said to be due to compression by the right subclavian artery arising abnormally from the descending aorta and passing behind the esophagus. [coinage from L.… …
89platypnea — Difficulty in breathing when erect, relieved by recumbency. Cf.:orthopnea. [platy + G. pnoe, a breathing] * * * pla·typ·nea (plə tipґne ə) [platy + pnea] dyspnea induced by assumption of the upright position and relieved by assumption… …
90prosopagnosia — Difficulty in recognizing familiar faces. [prosop + G. a priv. + gnosis, recognition] * * * pros·op·ag·no·sia .präs əp ag nō zhə n a form of visual agnosia characterized by an inability to recognize faces * * * proso·pag·no·sia (pros″o pag… …