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Ephelis
A form of freckle. A flat red or light-brown spot on the skin that typically appears during the sunny months and fades in the winter. They are most often found in people with light complexions and in some families, they are an hereditary…
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Show more- Autosomal dominant A pattern of inheritance in which an affected individual has one copy of a mutant gene and one normal gene on…
- Ayurveda India's traditional, natural system of medicine that has been practiced for more than 5,000 years. Ayurveda…
- Obtunded Mentally dulled. A person may be obtunded due to head trauma. To obtund is to dull or blunt. From the Latin…
- Chronic bacterial prostatitis Prostatitis: Longstanding bacterial infection of the prostate gland superimposed on a defect in the prostate…
- Macrocephaly An abnormally large head. The opposite of macrocephaly is microcephaly (an abnormally small head)
- Naturopathy A system of therapy based on preventative care, and on the use of heat, water, light, air, and massage as…
- Arcus senilis A cloudy opaque arc or circle around the edge of the eye, often seen in the eye of the elderly.
- Aqueduct of the midbrain A canal that communicates between the third and fourth ventricles in a system of four communicating cavities…
- Vasectomy Vasectomy: A vasectomy is a surgical procedure designed to make a man sterile by cutting or blocking both the…
- Nerve, glossopharyngeal The glossopharyngeal nerve is the ninth cranial nerve. The 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve…
- Complications, postoperative Postoperative problems affecting patients after surgery. Postoperative complications may (or may not) be…
- Ergotism Ergotism could be called a 'cereal killer' for its cause, ergot, comes from cereals such as rye and wheat and…