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Fear of heights
An abnormal and persistent fear of heights. Sufferers experience severe anxiety even though they realize as a rule that heights pose no real threat to them. Fear of heights is termed acrophobia. The word 'acrophobia' is derived from the…
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Show more- Sleep Sleep: The body's rest cycle. Sleep is triggered by a complex group of hormones that are active in the main…
- Nevi The plural of nevus
- Calcific bursitis Calcific bursitis: A bursa is a thin fluid-filled sac that reduces friction forces between tissues of the…
- Vallecula An anatomic term for a crevice, furrow or depression. There are a variety of valleculae including one in the…
- Injury, mower See: Mower injury
- Nail furrows See: Beau's lines
- Lithotriptor A stone crushing machine used to shatter kidney stones and gallstones by physical or other means such as with…
- Disease, Legg-Perthes See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- Pythagoras (Born c. 580 B.C.E.) Greek philosopher and mathematician who promoted health through a special vegetarian diet
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism AA): One of the National Institutes of Health, NIAAA's mission is to 'conduct research focused on improving…
- Urge incontinence A sudden involuntary contraction of the muscular wall of the bladder causing urinary urgency, an immediate…
- AMD Age-related macular degeneration (which may also be abbreviated as ARMD)