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Hoarding, pathological
Hoarseness is a term referring to abnormal voice changes. Hoarseness may be manifested as a voice that sounds breathy, strained, rough, raspy, or a voice that has higher or lower pitch. There are many causes of hoarseness, including viral…
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Show more- Placental stage of labor The part of labor from the birth of the baby until the placenta (afterbirth) and fetal membranes are…
- Knee-jerk Adjective meaning readily predictable to the point of being automatic. Knee-jerk often has a negative…
- Dyad The word 'dyad' comes from the Greek 'dyas' meaning the number two. In psychology, a dyad refers to a pair of…
- PUVA PUVA stands for psoralen (P) and ultraviolet A (UVA) therapy in which the patient is exposed first to…
- Distance healing Healing in which people seek to help patients simply with the power of the mind. Distance healing can include…
- Thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome See TAR syndrome
- Coitus Sexual union of a male and a female; also called sexual intercourse. Coitus begins when the male inserts his…
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis.
- Capsule of Glisson See Glisson's capsule
- MDR Minimal daily requirement. Multidrug resistant
- Monaural Relating to one ear. Hearing aids may be monaural (for one ear) or binaural (for both ears). From monos…
- Calcimimetic A drug in a class of orally active, small molecules that decrease the secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH)…