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Occupational disease
A disease due to a factor in a person's occupation. For example, lung disease in miners. Occupational medicine was founded by the Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini (1633-1714). His De Morbis Artificium (On Artificially Caused…
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Show more- Triskaidekaphobia Fear of the number 13. Written reference to this fear dates to the late 1800s. The term triskaidekaphobia…
- Asthenic 1. Weak. Lacking in strength. 2. Having a slender light body. Ectomorphic.See also: Lambert-Eaton myasthenic…
- Menstruation, cessation of Menstruation, cessation of: Menstruation ends naturally in middle age with the onset of the menopause. It can…
- Vertebrae, coccygeal The coccyx, the small tail-like bone at the bottom of the spine near the anus, is made up of 3-5 (average of…
- Angiitis, allergic granulomatous See: Churg-Strauss syndrome
- Shield, nipple See: Nipple shield
- Berylliosis Beryllium poisoning. See: Beryllium
- Epi- A fold of skin that comes down across the inner angle (canthus) of the eye. The epicanthal fold is more…
- Unstable diabetes A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…
- Shunt 1) To move a body fluid, such as cerebrospinal fluid, from one place to another. 2) A catheter (tube) that…
- Lentigo, senile See: Senile lentigo
- Retinoid Retinol is vitamin A. Carotene compounds (found, for example, in egg yolk, butter and cream) are gradually…