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Amnesia
Lack of memory. Amnesia after trauma can be antegrade or retrograde, depending upon whether the lack of memory relates to events occurring after or before the trauma. Amnesia is as compared to hypermnesia and hypomnesia. From a- + the…
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- Liver An organ in the upper abdomen that aids in digestion and removes waste products and worn-out cells from the…
- Nail In medicine, there are two types of nails. One is just a plain old metal nail used to hold 2 or more pieces…
- Food security When people do not need to live with hunger or fear starvation
- NIOSH The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a US Federal agency responsible for conducting…
- NIDCD Stands for National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, one of the US National…
- Autoimmune thyroid disease Disease of the thyroid gland due to autoimmunity in which the patient's immune system attacks and damages…
- Aortic valve, bicuspid Whereas the normal aortic valve in the heart has three flaps (cusps) that open and close, a bicuspid valve…
- Oculocraniosomatic syndrome See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Parvovirus B19 See: Fifth disease
- Algia Word ending indicating pain, as in arthralgia (joint pain), cephalgia (headache), fibromyalgia, mastalgia…
- Osteomyelitis Inflammation of the bone due to infection, for example by the bacteria salmonella or staphylococcus…