Category: X

Inflammation of the eye caused by a foreign body.  

Alteration in accent and intonation of a person’s voice resulting from a speech defect. A change in the pitch or timbre of the voice.  

An ectoparasite of a weakened animal, one that would not normally serve as a host. An organism that typically does not act as a parasite, but causes disease in a host due to the host’s decreased resistance.  

A gaseous element; atomic weight, 131.29; atomic number, 54. Xenon can be used as an (expensive) anesthetic agent. It is neither explosive nor inflammatory, and it is analgesic and hypnotic. It has no teratogenic effects, does not suppress cardiac function, and has a short recovery time.  

Menstruation from a part of the body other than the uterus.  

Caused by a foreign body.  

Obtained from a different species. Antigenieally foreign.  

A yellow pigmentation seen in certain cancers and degenerating tissue.  

A yellow substance produced by heating proteins with nitric acid.  

A form of xanthoma that may appear on the neck, shoulders, trunk, or extremities, consisting of small elastic and yellowish nodules.