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Disease, Cushing
The constellation of symptoms and signs caused by an excess of cortisol hormone. Cushing disease (or syndrome) is an extremely complex hormonal condition that involves many areas of the body. Common symptoms are thinning of the skin…
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Show more- Neurotheology The search for the place(s) in the brain where religious beliefs originate. Neurotheology mixes terms and…
- Elidel Brand name of pimecrolimus
- Congenital defect A birth defect.
- Ventricle, left The ventricles are the two lower chambers of the heart. The left ventricle is the chamber that receives blood…
- NIOSH The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a US Federal agency responsible for conducting…
- Activity, drug A measure of the physiological response a drug produces in the body. A less active drug produces less…
- Anorexigenic Causing anorexia (loss of appetite) as, for example, an anorexigenic drug
- Double-jointed Popular term to describe a joint that is unusually flexible. Medically, the joint is said to be…
- Supertaster A supertaster has an unusually large density of taste buds, each surrounded by pain fibers
- Cystinosis A genetic disease characterized by the widespread deposition of the amino acid cystine in cells due to a…
- Depression, agitated See: Agitated depression
- Rib, false One of the last 5 pairs of ribs. A rib is said to be 'false' if it does not attach to the sternum (the breast…