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- Melissophobia Fear of bees. A phobia is an unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a…
- Viable Capable of life. For example, a viable premature baby is one who is able to survive outside the womb.
- Morbidity Illness, disease.
- Herpes, febrile A small sore situated on the face or in the mouth that causes pain, burning, or itching before bursting and…
- Lipodystrophy syndrome A disturbance of lipid (fat) metabolism that involves the partial or total absence of fat and often the…
- Moral behavior center An area of the brain in what is known as the prefrontal cortex. Children who suffer damage before 16 months…
- Universal colitis Ulcerative colitis that involves the entire colon (the large intestine). Ulcerative colitis itself is a…
- Kilocalorie The term used to represent the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of a liter of water one…
- Dystonia, Segawa Dystonia, Segawa: An important variant form of dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD). DRD typically begins in…
- Jacksonian epilepsy See: Epilepsy, Jacksonian