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Paraphilia
Paraphilia: One of several complex psychiatric disorders that are manifested as deviant sexual behavior. For example, in men the most common forms are pedophilia (sexual behavior or attraction toward children) and exhibitionism (exposing…
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- Cortical Having to do with the cortex, the outer portion of an organ. The outer portion of the adrenal gland is called…
- Helper cell A type of T cell that participates in the immune response by recognizing foreign antigens and secreting…
- Dilation, pupil (test) This examination enables your eye care professional to see more of your retina, the light-sensitive layer of…
- Disease, Lobstein's Osteogenesis imperfecta type I. An inherited, generalized connective tissue disorder featuring bone fragility…
- Steroid A general class of chemical substances that are structurally related to one another and share the same…
- XX gonadal dysgenesis with sensorineural deafness See Perrault syndrome
- Drain, JP See: JP drain
- Child Health and . . . (NICHD) National Institute of (NICHD): One of the US National Institutes of Health, NICHD is in a sense the NIH for…
- Senile chorea A relatively mild and uncommon disorder that occurs in elderly adults and is characterized by choreic…
- Transaminase biochemistry The transaminases are enzymes that catalyze chemical reactions in the body in which an amino group is…
- Syndrome, Turner-Kieser See Nail-patella syndrome