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Heberden disease
>Angina pectoris, chest pain that is often severe and crushing, due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle. >Osteoarthritis of the small joints with nodules (Heberden nodes) in and about the last joint of the finger. Both…
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- Hairball A wad of swallowed hair. Hairballs can sometimes be found to cause blockage of the digestive system…
- Cancer, stomach Cancer of the stomach, the main organ that holds food for digestion. Worldwide, stomach cancer is the second…
- EMSY A novel protein that connects the familial and sporadic forms of breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Some cases…
- Memory, long-term A system for permanently storing, managing, and retrieving information for later use. Items of information…
- Immunity, passive See: Passive immunity
- Sociopathic personality disorder See: Antisocial personality disorder
- Splenectomy An operation to remove the spleen
- Landry ascending paralysis A particularly virulent form of Guillain-Barre syndrome. The disorder often begins with a flu-like illness…
- Triskaidekaphobia Fear of the number 13. Written reference to this fear dates to the late 1800s. The term triskaidekaphobia…
- Infection, group B strep Group B strep: Group B strep are a major cause of infections involving the pregnant woman and her newborn…
- Rape Rape: Forced sexual intercourse; sexual assault; sexual intercourse between an adult and a minor. Rape may be…