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Psychosomatic
Relating to both the mind and the body or to the mind-body interrelationships. From the Greek words psych(emacr) meaning the organ of thought and judgment + somatikos meaning the body
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- Seizure, local See: Partial seizure
- Genome, mouse All of the genetic information contained in the laboratory mouse (Mus musculus). The genomes of particular…
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- Foot pain Foot pain: Foot pain is the sensation of discomfort in the foot arising from disorders or injury to any of…
- Ophthalmitis Inflammation of the eye. Also known as ophthalmia
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- First and second branchial arch syndrome The olfactory nerve, the nerve that permits the sense of smell. See: Olfactory nerve.
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- Anhidrotic Pertain to anhidrosis, too little sweating. Hidrosis meaning sweating, so an-, too little + hidrosis = too…