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Street name for dextromethorphan (DXM)
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Show more- Hip, developmental dislocation of the (DDH) The abnormal formation of the hip joint in which the ball at the top of the thighbone (the femoral head) is…
- Pigmentation The coloring of the skin, hair, mucous membranes, and retina of the eye. Pigmentation is due to the…
- Fear of nudity An abnormal and persistent fear of nudity is called gymnophobia. Sufferers of this phobia experience undue…
- Visual field The entire area that can be seen when the eye is directed forward, including that which is seen with…
- ETM1 A gene for essential tremor, uncontrollable shaking of the hands and head and sometimes other parts of the…
- Rule out A term much used in medicine, meaning to eliminate or exclude something from consideration. The ACB (albumin…
- Otitis externa Otitis externa: Infection of the skin covering the outer ear canal that leads in to the ear drum, usually due…
- Laryngeal palsy Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve (a long and important nerve that…
- Agoraphobia Agoraphobia: An abnormal and persistent fear of public places or open areas, especially those from which…
- Endoscopic sphincterotomy An operation to cut the muscle between the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct. The operation uses a…
- CCL5 See: RANTES
- Progestational hormone A synonym for the hormone progesterone. See: Progesterone