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Benign intracranial hypertension
Increased pressure within the brain in the absence of a tumor. Symptoms may include headache, nausea, vomiting, pulsating intracranial noises, singing in the ears, double vision, loss of visual accuracy, and even blindness. It is most…
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- Functional food Functional foods are 'those foods that encompass potentially healthful products including any modified food…
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography Abbreviated ERCP. A procedure done to diagnose and treat problems in the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, and…
- Translocation, reciprocal A type of chromosome rearrangement involving the exchange of chromosome segments between two chromosomes that…
- Clitoridectomy See Clitorectomy
- Domain In molecular biology, a discrete portion of a protein with its own function. The combination of domains in a…
- Suppurative arthritis The part of the larynx above the glottis (where the vocal cords are located). The supraglottic larynx…
- Polyuria The excessive passage of urine (at least 2.5 liters per day for an adult) resulting in profuse urination and…
- Debilitate To impair the strength or to enfeeble. A chronic progressive disease may debilitate a patient. So may…
- Scarification The making of many small, superficial scratches in the skin. Scarification may be done in giving a smallpox…
- PROMM Proximal myotonic myopathy. See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Lentigo, senile See: Senile lentigo