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Absinthe
Once a major medical hazard, absinthe is an emerald-green liqueur flavored with extracts of the wormwood plant, licorice and aromatic flavorings in a alcohol base. Absinthe was manufactured, commercialized and popularized in France in the…
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Show more- Stillbirth The tragic birth of a dead baby, the delivery of a fetus that has died before birth. There is no possibility…
- Lindau-von Hippel syndrome See Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
- Fever, cat scratch A bacterial infection due to a cat scratch seen most often today in people with HIV. The disease…
- Obverse The opposite, the opposite side, the counterpart. For example, mania is thought of as the obverse of…
- Fever, five-day Fever, five-day: Also called trench fever, this is a disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in…
- Expression, gene See: Gene expression
- Trans- (prefix) From the Latin meaning 'across, over, or beyond.' Medical terms containing 'trans- ' as a prefix include…
- Anomaly, Klippel-Feil See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Skin Diseases, National Institute of... Is and Musculoskeletal and (NIAMS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. As its somewhat…
- Gooseflesh A temporary local change in the skin when it becomes rougher due to erection of little muscles, as from cold…
- Cerebral fornix An arching fibrous band in the brain connecting the two lobes of the cerebrum. (The cerebrum is the largest…
- Black eye Bruising of the eyelid and/or under- eye area as a result of trauma to the eye. Colloquially called a shiner