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Bisexual
An individual who engages in both heterosexual and homosexual sexual relations. Bisexual can also refer to the corresponding lifestyle. In physical biology, the term 'bisexual' refers to an individual who was born with gonadal tissue of…
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- Curse, Ondine's Failure from birth of central nervous system control over breathing while asleep. There are usually no…
- Noonan syndrome (NS) Noonan syndrome (NS): A multifaceted genetic disorder characterized by a series of birth defects (congenital…
- Paroxysmal sleep Sleep: A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep. Also known as…
- Agent, anti-infective Something capable of acting against infection, by inhibiting the spread of an infectious agent or by killing…
- Fear of work An abnormal and persistent fear of work. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety about the workplace…
- Paterson-Kelly syndrome See: Plummer-Vinson syndrome
- Gage, Phineas The most famous patient to have survived severe damage to the brain and the first from whom something was…
- Neisseria Group of bacteria that includes the cause of gonorrhea.
- Eosinophil A type of leukocyte (white blood cell) with coarse round granules of uniform size within its cytoplasm and…
- Cat scratch disease Cat scratch disease: A bacterial infection due to a cat scratch seen most often today in people with HIV. The…
- Disease, Forestier A severe form of hemorrhagic fever which affects both humans and non-human primates. Caused by a genetically…