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Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease
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- Artificial nose See: Nasal prosthesis
- Hypohidrosis Subnormal sweating, less sweating than usual. Hidrosis meaning sweating, so hypohidrosis is literally…
- Lepra 1. Leprosy (Hansen disease) 2. Before the mid 19th century, psoriasis.The acronym LEPRA stands for the…
- Primary amebic meningoencephalitis A rare, but fatal infection of the central nervous system caused by Naegleria fowleri, an ameba that inhabits…
- Hemangioma, hepatic A common benign tumor of the liver made up of small blood vessels. Hepatic hemangioma is the most common…
- Hippophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of horses. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even when a horse…
- Sebaceous cyst A sebaceous cyst is a rounded swollen area of the skin formed by an abnormal sac of retained excretion…
- Swan-Ganz catheter See: Catheter, Swan-Ganz
- Asian cholera A devastating and sometimes lethal disease with intense vomiting and profuse watery diarrhea was discovered…
- Craniosynostosis Premature fusion of the cranial sutures (the fibrous joints between the bones of the skull) in an infant…