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>If possible, don't fly or drive to high altitude. Start below 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) and walk up. >If you do fly or drive, do not over-exert yourself or move higher for the first 24 hours. >If you go above 10,000 feet (3,048 meters)…
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Show more- Aplasia of the breast Breast: A rare condition wherein the normal growth of the breast or nipple never takes place. They are…
- Evidence based medicine See: Evidence-based medicine
- Hematophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of blood is called hematophobia. Sufferers of this very common phobia dread…
- Flatulent Pertaining to flatulence, the generation of excess gas in the intestinal tract. From the Latin flastus…
- Imperforate anus A congenital malformation (a birth defect) in which the rectum is a blind alley (a cul-de-sac) and there is…
- Neurosis, hypochondriacal See: Hypochondriasis
- Quinine The original antimalarial agent, quinine took its name from the Peruvian Indian word 'kina' meaning 'bark of…
- Bummed out Slang term for depression. For more, see: Depression
- System, cardiovascular The circulatory system which comprises the heart and blood vessels. The system carries nutrients and oxygen…
- Subacute spongiform encephalopathy See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Heterokaryon A cell with two separate nuclei formed by the experimental fusion of two genetically different cells…
- Disease, Parry's Toxic multinodular goiter, a condition in which the thyroid gland contains multiple lumps (nodules) that are…