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Fibrositis
Also known as fibromyalgia. See: Fibromyalgia
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Show more- Autogenous Self-produced
- Sinus 1. An air-filled cavity in a dense portion of a skull bone. The sinuses decrease the weight of the skull. The…
- Septum A word borrowed from the Latin 'saeptum' meaning a 'dividing wall or enclosure.
- Social worker, clinical See: Licensed clinical social worker
- Syndrome, Menkes See: Menkes syndrome
- Arachnophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of spiders. Sufferers from arachnophobia experience undue anxiety even though…
- Anoxic Pertaining to anoxia, an absence or near absence of oxygen
- Progressive cardiomyopathic lentiginosis See: LEOPARD syndrome
- Severe congenital neutropenia Neutropenia: A genetic disorder of the bone marrow characterized by a lack of neutrophils, white blood cells…
- Valley fever A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of…
- Samaritan See Good Samaritan
- Genesis A suffix referring to the beginning, development, or production of something. For example, gametogenesis is…