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Show more- Hyperhidrosis Hyperhidrosis: Excessive sweating. Hidrosis meaning sweating, so hyperhidrosis is too much sweating.
- Subclinical disease An illness that stays below the surface of clinical detection. A subclinical disease has no recognizable…
- Resectable Able to be removed (resected) by surgery
- Medicine, Chinese See: Traditional Chinese medicine
- Calcinosis An abnormal deposit of calcium salts in body tissues, as is seen in some forms of disease
- Frankenfood Perjorative term for genetically modified food whether it be derived from genetically engineered plants or…
- Alimentary canal The digestive tract. See: Gastrointestinal tract
- Saffron An extremely costly yellow spice derived from the dried stigmas of the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus)…
- Oncologist A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. A clinical oncologist is usually…
- Gtt. Abbreviation meaning drops (from the Latin 'guttae', drops). One of a number of hallowed abbreviations of…
- Fahr syndrome This syndrome described in 1930 by T. Fahr is a genetic (inherited) neurological disorder characterized by…
- Tuberculosis treatment Treatment of tuberculosis (TB), depends upon the status of the infection and differs for dormant and active…