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Fear of work
An abnormal and persistent fear of work. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety about the workplace environment even though they realize their fear is irrational. Their fear may actually be a combination of fears, such fear of…
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Show more- Baldness, patchy Baldness, patchy: Patchy baldness. Also referred to as alopecia areata. Alopecia means baldness and areata…
- Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve syndrome See: Meralgia paresthetica
- Hypomnesia Abnormally poor memory of the past. As compared to hypermnesia and amnesia. From hypo- + the Greek mneme…
- Hyperhidrosis Hyperhidrosis: Excessive sweating. Hidrosis meaning sweating, so hyperhidrosis is too much sweating.
- Diarrhea and dermatitis, zinc deficiency Diarrhea and dermatitis, zinc deficiency: Among the consequences of zinc deficiency, dermatitis (skin…
- Nerve, twelfth cranial See: Twelfth cranial nerve
- Menorrhagia Excessive uterine bleeding occurring at the expected intervals of the menstrual periods. The bleeding from…
- Abruptio (abruptio placentae) Premature separation of the placenta from the wall of the uterus. Abruption is a potentially serious problem…
- Vaccine, inactivated polio See: Polio vaccine, inactivated
- Reactive arthritis Reactive arthritis: A chronic form of arthritis featuring the following three conditions: (1) inflamed…
- Myringotomy A surgically placed tiny incision in the eardrum. Any fluid behind the eardrum can then drain and usually…
- Cell fusion The melding of two or more cells into one cell called a heterokaryon. A heterokaryon may reproduce itself for…