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- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) A balance disorder that results in the sudden onset of dizziness, spinning, or vertigo when moving the head
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- Penis, inflammation of the head of the Inflammation of the rounded head (the glans) of the penis is called balanitis. In the uncircumcised male…
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