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Dol
A unit of measurement of pain. The term dol was invented by James Hardy and his research colleagues Herbert Wolff and Helen Goodell at Cornell University where from 1950 to 1959, they carried out pioneering experiments on pain. Hasrdy…
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Show more- Hippophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of horses. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even when a horse…
- Joint, ball-and-socket A ball-and-socket joint is one in which the round end of a bone fits into the cavity of another bone. The hip…
- Herbicide A chemical pesticide designed to control or destroy plants, weeds, or grasses. Herbicides tend to have…
- Response, Babinski A neurologic reflex that constitutes an important medical examination based, believe it or not, upon what the…
- Cranial nerve I The first nerve to emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium). (There are twelve cranial nerves.) The first…
- Malaria Malaria: An infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites from the Plasmodium family that can be…
- Tuna A fish about which there are several health concerns. One concern involves carbon monoxide that prevents the…
- Parasitic worm A worm classified as a parasite. (A parasite is a disease-causing organism that lives on or in a human or…
- Hydrazine Hydrazine sulfate, an alternative medicine that has been claimed to be a treatment for cancer. It has been…
- Pinguecula A yellow spot on the white of the eye, usually toward the inside (nose side) of the eye, associated with…
- HAART Stands for highly active antiretroviral therapy. Treatment with a very potent drug 'cocktail' to suppress the…
- Uterine bleeding See: Menstruation. See also Menometrorrhagia; Menorrhagia; Metrorrhagia