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Hypomanic
Affected by hypomania, a condition similar to mania but less severe. Hypomanic episodes may resemble manic episodes in symptoms. But hypomanic episodes do not cause significant distress or greatly impair one's work, family, or social life…
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- Colonic 1. See: Colonic (adjective). 2. See: Colonic (noun)
- Sleep, rapid eye movement Sleep, rapid eye movement: REM sleep is the portion of sleep when there are rapid eye movements (REMs)…
- Syndrome, fish-odor An inborn error of metabolism associated with an offensive body odor, the smell of rotting fish, due to the…
- An- Prefix very much employed in medicine and all of the health sciences, indicating 'not, without, or -less.'…
- Labia, vaginal The two pairs of labia (lips) at the entrance to the vagina. Together they form part of the vulva, the female…
- EMT A rash inside the body. An example: the spots in measles (Koplik's spots) inside the mouth that look like a…
- Culture A culture is the propagation of microorganisms in a growth media. Any body tissue or fluid can be evaluated…
- Deltoid An adjective and a noun. Adjective: In the shape of delta, the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet. A capital…
- Peptidase An enzyme that can break down a peptide into its component amino acids
- Sweat A colorless transparent acidic fluid with a distinctive odor secreted by the small tubular sudoriferous…
- Hypertensive Having abnormally high blood pressure (hypertension). See also: Hypotensive; Normotensive