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Heatliness
A characteristic of certain foods or other substances believed to cause emotional or physical reactions associated with temper, fever, passion, and excess. Coolness and heatliness are the yin and yang of a principle of Chinese philosophy…
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- Syndrome, KID Acronym for the Keratitis- Ichthyosis-Deafness syndrome, a genetic disorder. See…
- Pathologist, speech-language See: Speech-language pathologist
- Trimester The nine months of pregnancy is traditionally divided into three trimesters: distinct periods of roughly…
- Ragweed Any of a number of weedy composite herbs that produce a pollen that is a frequent cause of allergies. Of all…
- Whiplash injury Hyperextension (over-extension) injury to the neck, often the result of being struck from behind, as by a…
- Recur To occur again. To return. Any symptom (such as fatigue), any sign (such as a heart murmur), or any disease…
- Polio vaccine, live See: Polio vaccine, oral
- Chemotherapy-related cognitive dysfunction See: Chemobrain
- Acid, amino One of the 20 building blocks of protein. The sequence of amino acids in a protein and, hence, the function…
- Left atrium The upper right chamber of the heart. The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps it…
- Cone dystrophy A disease of the cones, the specialized light-sensitive cells that act as photoreceptors in the retina of the…