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- DOE Department of Energy, U.S. One of the agencies contributing to the Human Genome Project
- Patient A person under health care. The person may be waiting for this care or may be receiving it or may have…
- Disease, Stein-Leventhal >Irregular or no periods >Acne >Obesity, and >Excess hair growth. All women with PCO have irregular or no…
- BPD Stands for Borderline Personality Disorder, a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability…
- Papillomatosis A disorder with numerous papillomas wart growths). For example, laryngeal papillomatosis is the presence of…
- AOM Acute otitis media, a middle ear infection of abrupt onset
- Sickness, acute mountain (AMS) Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the illness that results from being at high altitude. AMS is common at very…
- Laryngectomy, partial A surgical procedure on the voice box designed to preserve the voice. The surgeon removes part of the voice…
- Myoclonic seizure A seizure characterized by jerking (myoclonic) movements of a muscle or muscle group, without loss of…