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Smell, inability to
No sense of smell is called anosmia. It can be due to loss of the sense of smell or failure for it to develop. Loss of the sense of smell can be due to a number of things including swelling within the nose that prevents odors from gaining…
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- Iron poisoning Iron supplements meant for adults (such as pregnant women) are a major cause of poisoning in children. Care…
- Syndrome, Landau-Kleffner See Landau-Kleffner syndrome
- SIDS with dysgenesis of testes Abbreviated SIDDT. For more, see: SIDDT
- Artery spasm, coronary See: Coronary artery spasm
- Kalemia The presence of potassium in the blood. The word 'kalemia' is seldom used today although it is the basis for…
- Prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) An enzyme that is normally present only in small amounts in the blood, but that may be found at higher…
- Primary HIV infection The first few months after infection with HIV (the human immunodeficiency virus). During primary HIV…
- CEPT Cholesterol ester transfer protein
- Endometriosis uterina Also known as adenomyosis (pronounced ad-den-o-mi-o-sis), this is a common benign condition of the uterus in…
- Chlortetracycline The first drug of the tetracycline family, to be introduced (in 1948). For more information, see: Tetracycline
- Medicine, legal See: Legal medicine