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Diabetes, insulin-resistant
An autoimmune form of diabetes, in which the body develops an immune response to its own insulin hormone. This form of diabetes is probably the most difficult type to treat, but it can be done. Treatment includes very careful diet…
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Show more- Schistosoma haematobium A species of trematode worm that parasitizes humans and causes urinary tract disease. See Schistosomiasis
- Catalepsy The state of persisting in unusual postures or facial expressions, regardless of outside stimuli, as is seen…
- Hyperhidrotic Pertaining to hyperhidrosis, excessive sweating. Hidrosis meaning sweating, so hyperhidrosis is too much…
- Perfect pitch The inherent human ability to identify a note or sing it without hearing a reference note beforehand. Since…
- Gyri The plural of gyrus
- Situational syncope The temporary loss of consciousness in a particular kind of situation. The situations that trigger this…
- NvCJD New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine…
- Vision, macular The macula is a special area in the center of the retina, the light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of…
- Beriberi A syndrome characterized by inflammation of multiple nerves (polyneuritis), heart disease (cardiopathy), and…
- Mammogram Mammogram: An X-ray of the breast with the breast in a device that compresses and flattens it. There are two…
- Bone, coccygeal The small tail-like bone at the bottom of the spine very near to the anus. The coccyx is made up of 3-5…
- Calcification, nonarteriosclerotic cerebral This condition described in 1930 by T. Fahr (and therefore called Fahr syndrome) is a genetic (inherited)…