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Paroxysm
In medicine, a paroxysm is a violent attack. It may be due to the sudden occurrence of symptoms or the acute exacerbation (the abrupt worsening) of preexisting symptoms. You may have 'a paroxysm of coughing' as opposed, for example, to 'a…
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- Severe tropical cyclone A regionally specific name for a strong tropical cyclone in the Southwest Pacific Ocean west of 160E or…
- Kashin-Bek disease See: Kashin-Beck disease
- Memory, anterograde See: Anterograde memory
- Wart, genital A wart that is confined primarily to the moist skin of the genitals. These warts are due to viruses belonging…
- Shunt, ventriculoatrial A shunt that drains fluid from the cerebral ventricle into the right atrium of the heart
- Axillary hyperhidrosis Hyperhidrosis: Excessive sweating from the armpits. Excessive underarm perspiration tends to start in late…
- Hereditary amyotrophic lateral sclerosis See: Familial ALS
- PLP See: Proteolipid protein
- Fear of blood An abnormal and persistent fear of blood. Sufferers of this very common phobia dread the sight of their own…
- Body mass index A key index for relating a person's body weight to their height. The body mass index (BMI) is a person's…
- Axilla The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and the body, better known as the armpit. The word 'axilla' was…