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Cyanogen chloride
See: Cyanide
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- Macular (skin) Adjective referring to macules which are circumscribed changes in the color of skin that are neither raised…
- Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) A rare but dramatic genetic disorder that turns muscles, tendons and ligaments into bone, threatening to…
- Schistosomiasis Diseases of liver, gastrointestinal tract and bladder caused by schistosomes, trematode worms that parasitize…
- Triskaidekaphobia Fear of the number 13. Written reference to this fear dates to the late 1800s. The term triskaidekaphobia…
- Congestive heart failure Congestive heart failure: Inability of the heart to keep up with the demands on it and, specifically, failure…
- Mastectomy, double Removal of both breasts
- Parry's disease Toxic multinodular goiter. Named for the English physician Caleb Hillier Parry (1755-1822). also called…
- Psychodynamic medication See: Psychotropic medication
- Benign melanoma See: Melanoma, benign
- Anxiety disorder, social Excessive fear of embarrassment in social situations that is extremely intrusive and can have debilitating…