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American Psychiatric Association
A medical specialty society with over 35,000 US and international member physicians who 'work together to ensure humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental disorder, including mental retardation and substance-related…
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- Bogorad's syndrome Named after the Russian neuropathologist who described the syndrome of crocodile tears. See: Crocodile tears…
- Tactile Having to do with touch
- NIMH Stands for the National Institute of Mental Health, one of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S…
- Hormone, mineralocorticoid A group of hormones, the most important being aldosterone, that regulate the balance of water and…
- Shock, cardiogenic Shock caused by heart failure. The heart fails to pump blood effectively. For example, a heart attack (a…
- Triplet One of three, as: 1. One of three babies in a multiple birth. Or three animals gestated together. 2. In…
- Category 1 storm See: Category two hurricane.
- Mourning The process by which people adapt to a loss as, for example, the death of someone near and dear. Mourning is…
- Subclavian steal An illness that stays below the surface of clinical detection. A subclinical disease has no recognizable…
- Drug, antibiotic A drug used to treat bacterial infections. The original definition of an antibiotic was a substance produced…