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Fear of dust
An abnormal and persistent fear of dust. Sufferers of this fear experience anxiety even though they realize dust poses no threat. Fear of dust is termed 'amathophobia,' a word derived from the Greek 'amathos' (sand) and 'phobos' (fear).
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- Gingivitis, Vincent This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Inferolateral Below and to one side. Both inferior and lateral. In anatomy, there are many such compound terms. For a more…
- Rebound Return of the original symptoms when maneuvers or treatment is discontinued
- Disease, Brill-Zinsser Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent that causes epidemic typhus…
- VHF Viral hemorrhagic fever
- Disease names See: Disease nomenclature
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- Iatric Relating to medicine or a physician. Iatric systems are medical systems. From the Greek iatrikos (medical)…