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Paralysis, sleep
Sleep: A frightening form of paralysis that occurs when a person suddenly finds himself or herself unable to move for a few minutes, most often upon falling asleep or waking up. Sleep paralysis is due to an ill-timed disconnection between…
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- Disease, Fong See Nail-patella syndrome
- Reporting, named In public health, named reporting is the reporting of infected persons by name to public health departments…
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- APOA-I Apolipoprotein A-I
- Low vision A visual impairment, not corrected by standard glasses, contact lenses, medicine, or surgery, that interferes…
- Cell, rod A type of specialized light-sensitive cell (photoreceptor) in the retina of the eye that provides side vision…
- NICHD A silver-white metallic element. Long-term exposure to nickel, such as from jewelry, can cause a form of…
- Macrobiotic Macrobiotic refers to the macrobiota, a region's living organisms (or flora and fauna) large enough to be…