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June cold
A popular term for hay fever. Although the symptoms of a 'June cold' may be quite similar to those of a real cold, the term 'June cold' is a misnomer. Unlike a real cold, it is not caused by a virus, but by allergy. It is therefore also…
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Show more- Sweating, gustatory Sweating on the forehead, face, scalp, and neck occurring soon after ingesting food. Some gustatory sweating…
- MELD Acronym for Model End Stage Liver Disease. A disease severity scoring system for adults with liver disease…
- Facies A direct borrowing from the Latin, facies means face.
- Atresia Absence of a normal opening or failure of a structure to be tubular. Atresia can affect many structures in…
- Meniscus injury Injuries to the crescent-shaped cartilage pads between the two joints formed by the femur (the thigh bone)…
- Mismatch repair A system within the cell for correcting errors in DNA that works by detecting and replacing bases in the DNA…
- Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder A personality disorder characterized by a pervasive preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and…
- Calipers, skin See: Skin calipers
- Mycet- Prefix that denotes a relationship to fungus. From the Greek mykes, meaning fungus
- Athetosis Involuntary writhing movements particularly of the arms and hands.
- Horripilation Better known as goose bumps, a temporary local change in the skin when it becomes rougher due to erection of…
- Medication, anti-platelet Platelet-blocking drugs. Drugs that, like aspirin, reduce the tendency of platelets in the blood to clump and…