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Clinical depression
Depression that meets the DSM-IV criteria for a depressive disorder. The term is usually used to denote depression that is not a normal, temporary mood caused by life events or grieving
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Show more- Lamin A Abbreviated LMNA. A gene on chromosome 1 that encodes a protein which is a key component of the membrane…
- Congenital hip dislocation The abnormal formation of the hip joint in which the ball at the top of the thighbone (the femoral head) is…
- Ambulatory Able to ambulate, to walk about, not bed-ridden or hospitalized
- Retrospective diagnosis See: Retrodiagnosis
- Cancer, cervical See: Cervical cancer
- Passage, nasal The walls of the nasal passages are coated with respiratory mucous membranes which contain innumerable tiny…
- Dengue fever Dengue fever: An acute mosquito- borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course…
- Disorder, mathematics A condition characterized by math skills that are significantly below normal, given the person's age…
- APC (immunology) Antigen-presenting cell, a cell that can 'present' antigen in a form that T cells can recognize it. Among the…
- Rh incompatibility The difference in Rh blood group types between an Rh negative mother and her Rh positive baby that leads to…
- Serratus posterior inferior One of the serratus muscles of the back and thorax. The serratus posterior inferior muscle originates…
- Colon cancer family history A family history of colorectal cancer (CRC). First-degree relatives of people with CRC are themselves at a 2…