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- Demarcation A setting of limits; a boundary; marking the limits of, delimiting; setting apart, separating. The word…
- Noisome Offensive to the senses and especially disgusting, offensive, or harmful to the sense of smell. For example…
- Sprained ankle Sprained ankle: See: Ankle sprain.
- Therapy, hormone replacement (HRT) The combination therapy of estrogen plus progestogen, termed hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Estrogen…
- Dengue shock syndrome A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage…
- Othello psychosis See: Othello syndrome
- Antagonist In biochemistry, an antagonist acts against and blocks an action. For example, insulin lowers the level of…
- Emotional eating Emotional eating: Emotional eating is the practice of consuming large quantities of food -- usually 'comfort'…
- IPV Abbreviation for intelligence quotient, an attempt to measure the intelligence of someone. The IQ score is…
- Sigma Theta Tau The international honor society for nursing. Membership is by invitation to baccalaureate and graduate…
- Scutellaria See: Scutellaria barbata