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Clinophobia
An abnormal and persistent fear of going to bed. Sufferers from clinophobia experience anxiety even though they realize that going to bed normally should not threaten their well-being. However, because they worry about having nightmares or…
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Show more- SNP A change in which a single base in the DNA differs from the usual base at that position. These single base…
- Overgrowth Just what it sounds like: excessive growth
- Endoscopic gastrostomy, percutaneous (PEG) A surgical procedure for placing a feeding tube without having to perform an open laparotomy (operation on…
- Wolhynia fever Fever: Also known as trench fever, a disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of…
- BWS See: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
- Fracture, spiral A fracture, sometimes called a torsion fracture, in which a bone has been twisted apart. NTER> A fracture is…
- Kb Abbreviation for kilobase
- Caution codes, drug Abbreviations on medications that indicate caution. While not a part of the historical heritage of ancient…
- Sesquipedalian A long polysyllabic word that means having many syllables or using long words, as is all too often the case…
- Video-assisted resection Surgery that is aided by the use of a video camera that projects and enlarges the image on a television…
- NGF Nerve growth factor
- AKA (above the knee amputation) In general usage, this would be read to mean 'also known as.' For example, William Jefferson (aka 'Bill')…