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Histamine cephalalgia
A distinctive syndrome of headaches, also known as cluster headache or migrainous neuralgia. The common pattern of cluster headache is termed 'episodic' and is characterized by 1-3 short attacks of pain each day around the eyes, clustered…
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- Parenteral nutrition Intravenous feeding. Also called parenteral alimentation
- X, factor A coagulation factor, a substance in blood essential to the normal clotting process. Production of factor X…
- Xeroradiography The process of making a type of dry x-ray in which a picture of the body is recorded on paper rather than on…
- CC chemokine receptor 5 See: CCR5
- Roundworm A type of parasitic worm that hatches in the intestines and lives there. The eggs of the roundworm usually…
- CSF 1. Cerebrospinal fluid.2. Colony-stimulating factor
- Mitochondrial Referring to mitochondria. The mitochondria are normal structures called organelles in cells. They are…
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- Psychosis, intensive care unit A disorder in which patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) or a similar hospital setting may experience…
- Forensic Dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings as, for example…