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Disorder, anxiety
A chronic condition characterized by an excessive and persistent sense of apprehension with physical symptoms such as sweating, palpitations, and feelings of stress. Anxiety disorders have biological and environmental causes. Anxiety…
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- Clinical depression Depression that meets the DSM-IV criteria for a depressive disorder. The term is usually used to denote…
- Internal genitalia, male See: Male internal genitalia
- Suicide, physician-assisted See: Physician-assisted suicide
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- Acute epiglottitis A very rapidly progressive infection causing inflammation of the epiglottis (the flap that covers the…
- Coprolalia The excessive and uncontrollable use of foul or obscene language, including words related to feces (bowel…
- Emboli Something that travels through the bloodstream, lodges in a blood vessel and blocks it. Examples of emboli…
- Pulse The rhythmic contraction and expansion of an artery due to the surge of blood from the beat of the heart. The…