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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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- Anticoagulant Any agent used to prevent the formation of blood clots. Anticoagulants have various uses. Some are used for…
- Runny nose Rhinorrhea is the medical term for this common problem. From the Greek words 'rhinos' meaning 'of the nose'…
- Meningioma A common type of slow growing, usually benign brain tumor that arises from the dura, one of the meninges, the…
- Cystitis Inflammation of the bladder. Cystitis can be due for example to infection from bacteria that ascend the…
- Botulism Botulism: An uncommon but potentially very serious illness, a type of food poisoning, that produces paralysis…
- AIDS dementia complex Dementia complex: A brain disorder that occurs in people with AIDS that causes the loss of cognitive…
- Syphilis A sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum, a microscopic organism called a spirochete. This…
- Waardenburg, Petrus Johannes See: Stickler syndrome.
- Masklike face An expressionless face with little or no sense of animation, a face more like a mask than a real face. A…
- Prenatal surgery The surgical treatment of the fetus before birth. Also called antenatal surgery or, most often, fetal…
- Appendiceal cancer See: Appendix cancer