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Homeopathic medicine
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- Piles 1. A term in use since the 15th century for hemorrhoids. 2. A street name for crack cocaine
- Dumping syndrome A group of symptoms that occur when food or liquid enters the small intestine too rapidly. These symptoms…
- Vasodepressor syncope The temporary loss of consciousness in a particular kind of situation. (Syncope is temporary loss of…
- Radiation therapy Radiation therapy: The use of high-energy rays to damage cancer cells, stopping them from growing and…
- TPH2 Tryptophan hydroxylase 2, also known as neuronal tryptophan hydroxylase (NTPH), the key rate-limiting enzyme…
- Schizophrenia Schizophrenia: One of several brain diseases whose symptoms that may include loss of personality (flat…
- Cadaver A dead human body that may be used by physicians and other scientists to study anatomy, identify disease…
- Prayer of Maimonides A prayer that is said to have been written by the 12th-century physician-philosopher Moses Maimonides. Like…
- Genome, roundworm See: Yeast genome.
- Flu vaccine, nasal-spray See: Nasal flu vaccine