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Chromesthesia
A type of synesthesia in which which a nonvisual stimulus causes the individual to perceive color. Color hearing is a form of chromesthesia. In color hearing a musical tone elicits a color. One well-studied case involved an art teacher who…
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- Bed bug A blood-sucking bug in the Cimex family that lives hidden in bedding or furniture, coming out at night to…
- Fibrous dysplasia, monostotic Excessive growth of hard fibrous tissue that replaces normal bone tissue in a single bone. Symptoms may…
- Marker gene A detectable genetic trait or segment of DNA that can be identified and tracked. A marker gene can serve as a…
- Borborygmi Rumbling sounds caused by gas moving through the intestines (stomach 'growling'). Pronounced BOR-boh-RIG-mee…
- Fear of flying An irrational fear of flying is called aerophobia. Aerophobia also refers to irrational fear of fresh air or…
- Nonocular type Stickler syndrome Stickler syndrome, type III. See: Stickler syndrome
- Furuncle Nothing more nor less than a 'boil' with a fancy name. A boil is a collection of pus. Antibiotics are often…
- Anesthetist 1. In the US, a nurse or technician trained to administer anesthetics.2. In the UK, the same as an…
- Silencing, gene A mechanism by which cells shut down large sections of chromosomal DNA. Gene silencing is done by…
- Autotransplantation The process of transplanting tissue from one part of the body to another in the same individual. The…