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Pseudodementia
A severe form of depression resulting from a progressive brain disorder in which cognitive changes mimic those of dementia
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- Disease, Ramsay Hunt See: Ramsay Hunt syndrome
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- Inguinal canal A passage in the lower anterior abdominal wall which in the male allows passage of the spermatic cord and in…
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