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Peeping tom
Eurism): Peeping tom (voyeurism) is a disorder that involves achieving sexual arousal by observing an unsuspecting and non-consenting person who is undressing or unclothed, and/or engaged in sexual activity. This behavior may conclude with…
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Show more- Gastroenterologic disease Any disease of the digestive system. Gastroenterologic disorders include Barrett's esophagus, bile duct…
- ZIP code, protein An informal name for a molecular cell biology system of signals or 'address tags' that guide the movement of…
- Tubular vision A centrally constricted field of vision that is like what you can see through a tube. Also called tunnel…
- Hepatic vein One of the veins which drains blood from the liver
- AAMC (Ass Am Medical Colleges) The American Association of Medical Colleges, a nonprofit association of the 125 accredited U.S. medical…
- Code, emergency While there is no formal definition for a 'Code,' doctors often use the term as slang to refer to a patient…
- Pyrophosphate arthropathy Joint damage due to deposition of calcium pyrophosphate. Pyrophosphate arthropathy most commonly affects the…
- Genotoxin A poisonous substance which damages DNA. A genotoxin can cause mutations in DNA (and so be a mutagen), it can…
- Connexon A special type of protein composed of an assembly of six subunits that are called connexins. A connexon of…
- Treatment, palliative To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely…
- Vasa previa A condition in which blood vessels within the placenta or the umbilical cord are trapped between the fetus…
- Y sex-determining region A region on the Y chromosome that determines the sex of the individual. This region goes by the symbol SRY…