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Dissociation
In psychology and psychiatry, a perceived detachment of the mind from the emotional state or even from the body. Dissociation is characterized by a sense of the world as a dreamlike or unreal place and may be accompanied by poor memory of…
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- Barium swallow An upper gastrointestinal series (barium swallow) is an X-ray test used to define the anatomy of the upper…
- McClintock See: McClintock, Barbara
- Generic 1. The chemical name of a drug. 2. A term referring to the chemical makeup of a drug rather than to the…
- Finger stick A procedure in which a finger is pricked with a lancet to obtain a small quantity of capillary blood for…
- Paraneoplastic syndrome The collective signs and symptoms caused by a substance emanating from a tumor or in reaction to a tumor…
- Colon syndrome, nervous A common gastrointestinal disorder involving an abnormal condition of gut contractions (motility)…
- Vitreous type Stickler syndrome Stickler syndrome, type I. See: Stickler syndrome
- RIRS (retrograde intrarenal surgery) Something that increases a person's chances of developing a disease.
- Large cell carcinoma A group of lung cancers in which the cells are large and look abnormal
- Hypoxia-ischemia See hypoxia. Ischemia refers to blood flow to cells and organs that is not sufficient to maintain their…
- Fatty liver of pregnancy, acute Fatty liver of pregnancy, acute: Liver failure in late pregnancy, usually from unknown cause. Acute fatty…