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Osteitis deformans
Better known today as Paget disease, this is a chronic bone disorder that typically results in enlarged, deformed bones due to excessive breakdown and formation of bone tissue that can cause bones to weaken and may result in bone pain…
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Show more- Cranial nerve, third The third cranial nerve is the oculomotor nerve. The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull (the…
- Delay, developmental Behind schedule in reaching milestones of early childhood development.
- Yeast diaper rash Rash: Infection in the diaper area caused by a yeast formerly called Monilia and now called Candida. These…
- Gas, laughing Nitrous oxide, a gas capable of causing general anesthesia. Today nitrous oxide is sometimes given in the…
- Induration Induration: Localized hardening of soft tissue of the body. The area becomes firm, but not as hard as bone
- Eyes, glaucoma Glaucoma: Disease (there is more than one type) characterized by increased pressure within the eye. Glaucoma…
- Frotteurism Frotteurism is a problem where the focus of the person's sexual urges is related to touching or rubbing his…
- Royal Society, the Nerable scientific society in England which in 1665 published one of the first 2 scientific journals in the…
- Musicotherapy See: Music therapy
- Germ line 1. The sequence of cells which develop into eggs and sperm. 2. Inherited material that comes from the eggs or…
- Bony tarsus The bony tarsus is made up of 7 bones that are situated between the bones of the lower leg and the metatarsus…
- Angle-closure glaucoma, acute Increased pressure in the front chamber (anterior chamber) of the eye due to sudden (acute) blockage of the…