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Doraphobia
An abnormal and persistent fear of fur. Sufferers of this fear avoid fur-bearing animals such as dogs, cats, foxes, beavers and rabbits because fur is repulsive to them. Perhaps some of these phobics associate fur with childhood stories…
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- PYY A hormone concerned with hunger and the lack of hunger (satiety). Soon after eating, PYY is secreted into the…
- Disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Abbreviated vCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine spongiform…
- Thermometer, ear A thermometer that registers body temperature via the ear canal. The ear thermometer was invented in 1964 by…
- Female urethral opening The urethra is the transport tube leading from the bladder to discharge urine outside the body. In females…
- Syndrome, Frey Sweating on one side of the forehead, face, scalp, and neck occurring soon after ingesting food as a result…
- Apophysitis calcaneus Also called Sever's condition, this disorder is due to inflammation of the growth plate of the calcaneus, the…
- Idiopathy A disease or medical condition of unknown origin or which has no apparent cause. As in the idiopathy of…
- ESRD End-stage renal disease
- Herpes simplex type 1 A herpes virus that causes cold sores and fever blisters in and around the mouth. Here is a depiction of a…
- Lamarckism The theory of acquired characteristics put forth by Jean-Baptiste P.A. Lamarck (1744-1829), a French…
- Drain, JP See: JP drain