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Skull, hair-on-end
Thin fine linear extensions radiating out from the skull that look on an X-ray like hair standing 'on-end' from the skull, an appearance associated with hemolytic anemias such as sickle cell disease and thalassemia. The 'hair' represents…
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- Rheumatism, psychogenic Rheumatism in which the patient reports inconsistent pains of muscles and joints that do not correspond to…
- Premature contraction of the heart When a single heartbeat occurs earlier than normal. This phenomenon can be within normal limits or represent…
- Psychiatrist A physician (an M.D.) who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness…
- Pressure wound See: Pressure sore
- Potomania An intense and persistent desire to drink alcohol to excess. Synonymous with dipsomania
- Cockle The ventricle of the heart. The origin of the word cockle in this sense is a matter of conjecture but in…
- Recent memory Short-term memory. Also called working memory. Recent memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing…
- Concordance 1. The presence of any given condition such as HIV in both members of a couple.2. In genetics, the presence…
- STD Sexually transmitted disease
- Meconium ileus Obstruction of the intestine (ileus) due to overly thick meconium, the dark sticky stuff that is normally…
- Paleolithic diet The Paleolithic diet is a weight loss plan based upon the premise of consuming only those foods available…