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Psychopathic personality
Ee: Antisocial personality disorder
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- Transport defect Within the body, many molecules are able to pass across the membranes that surround cells. These molecules…
- Fear of water An abnormal and persistent fear of water. Sufferers of aquaphobia experience anxiety even though they realize…
- Syndrome, Sjogren-Larsson The Sjogren-Larsson syndrome is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a triad of clinical…
- Cramping leg pain A serious disease characterized by inflammation of the walls of the blood vessels (vasculitis). The vessels…
- Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy A technique for shattering stones such as kidney stones or gallstones with a shock wave produced outside the…
- Expression, gene See: Gene expression
- Persantine thallium scan A type of myocardial perfusion scan done to disclose any areas of the heart muscle that may not be getting…
- NINR The National Institute of Nursing Research, one of the National Institutes of Health
- Transmission distortion Distortion in the transmission of genes or chromosomes to the offspring, resulting in a significant…
- Synapse The point of connection usually between two nerve cells. Specifically, a synapse is a specialized junction at…
- Avastin The first drug in a new class designed to treat cancer by compromising its blood supply. Avastin…