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Neuroscientist
A scientist who studies the nervous system, including the neural basis of behavior; parts of the nervous system such as the visual or auditory systems; the function of groups of neurons (nerve cells); what individual neurons do; what…
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Show more- Scorbutus Scurvy. Ascorbic acid was so-named because it prevents scorbutus (scurvy). See also: Paprika
- Macrovascular Pertaining to the macrovasculature, the portion of the vasculature of the body comprising the larger vessels…
- Atrial fib Atrial fibrillation
- Glucuronosyltransferase, UDP- A liver enzyme essential to the disposal of bilirubin (the chemical that results from the normal breakdown of…
- Tick-borne disease >Babesiosis (a malaria-like infection) >Colorado tick fever (generally in the western US) >Ehrlichiosis >Lyme…
- Breast pain Pain in the breast or mammary gland, known medically as mastalgia. From the Greek masto-, breast + algos, pain
- EDS (excessive daytime sleepiness) A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep. Also known as…
- Shock syndrome, dengue A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage…
- Acne vulgaris The common form of acne seen most often in teenagers or young adults, acne vulgaris is the result of…
- Oral surgeon A dentist with special training in surgery of the mouth and jaw.
- Otitis media, acute See: Acute otitis media
- Down syndrome Down syndrome: A common chromosome disorder due to an extra chromosome number 21 (trisomy 21). Down syndrome…