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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
Spontaneous tearing in parallel with the normal salivation of eating. The crocodile tears syndrome occurs most often following facial paralysis when nerve fibers destined for a salivary gland are damaged and by mistake regrow into a tear…
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Show more- Epigenetic Something that affects a cell, organ or individual without directly affecting its DNA. An epigenetic change…
- Respiratory therapist A person who has graduated from an approved respiratory therapist program and is qualified to provide…
- Hypothyroidism, infantile Hypothyroidism (subnormal activity of the thyroid gland) that starts after birth and is manifest by features…
- AHD Abbreviation for alveolar hydatid disease; American Hospital Directory; and atherosclerotic heart disease
- Dengue fever Dengue fever: An acute mosquito- borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course…
- Cholangitis Inflammation of the bile duct. From cholangi-, pertaining to a bile duct + -itis, inflammation. See also…
- Pancreatic Having to do with the pancreas, a spongy, tube-shaped organ about 6 inches long. It is located in the back of…
- Carpal bone One of the wrist bones. There are eight carpal bones that are arranged in two rows. The carpal bones…
- Hyperventilation Overbreathing. This can cause dizziness, lightheadedness, weakness, shortness of breath, a sense of…
- Film, tear See: Tear film
- Forensics, DNA DNA:See: DNA forensics
- Louise Brown See: Brown, Louise.