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The excessive and uncontrollable use of foul or obscene language, including words related to feces (bowel waste). Coprolalia is a typical symptom of Tourette syndrome, a condition that has its onset in childhood and is characterized by…
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- Hexosaminidase A deficiency See: Tay-Sachs disease
- Sperm stem cell A cell that is incapable of fertilizing an egg cell but can give rise to cells that develop into sperm. Sperm…
- Melanoma, superficial spreading One of the four clinical types of malignant melanoma, the most common type in whites, typically presents as a…
- Celebrity diets Celebrity diets are weight loss plans that are reportedly endorsed by or used by celebrities. There are many…
- Tuber A lump or bump. The backward protrusion of the heel is called the tuber calcanei or, alternatively, the…
- Disc, cervical A disk shaped piece of specialized tissue that separates the vertebral bones of the spinal column in the…
- Birth control, emergency See: Emergency contraception
- Dermatofibroma A common type of benign skin tumor that is small, slow-growing, typically firm, red-to-brown and most often…
- Spongiform encephalopathy and cerebral amyloidosis See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Pork tapeworm infection Known medically as cysticercosis, an infection caused by Taenia solium (the pork tapeworm). Infection occurs…