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Hematophobia
An abnormal and persistent fear of blood is called hematophobia. Sufferers of this very common phobia dread the sight of their own blood, the sight of the blood of another person or an animal, and sometimes printed or filmed images of…
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- Miller-Dieker syndrome A congenital malformation syndrome characterized by lissencephaly ('smooth brain') and a characteristic…
- Hereditary kidney cancer Kidney cancer due to a gene than can be transmitted from parent to child. The vast majority of kidney cancer…
- Syndrome, paraneoplastic See: Paraneoplastic syndrome
- HAVRIX A vaccine against hepatitis A made of killed hepatitis A virus to stimulate the body's immune system to…
- Monogenic Pertaining to one gene. As opposed to polygenic
- Unicellular Consisting of one cell only. Some organisms, such as bacteria, are unicellular. Unicellular is in contrast to…
- Syndrome, ichthyosis-keratitis-deafness See Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome
- Passive-aggressive personality disorder A personality disorder characterized by passive-aggressive behavior. Passive-aggressive personality disorder…
- Syndrome, Asperger See: Asperger syndrome
- Corticosteroid allergy A delayed allergic reaction to corticosteroid (drugs similar to cortisone). This occurs in 1-4% of people who…
- Galen Greek physician and philosopher (born about 129 AD, died about 210 AD) known among other things for his…