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Psychologist, clinical
A professional specializing in diagnosing and treating diseases of the brain, emotional disturbance, and behavior problems. Psychologists can only use talk therapy as treatment; you must see a psychiatrist or other medical doctor to be…
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Show more- Hemiparesis Weakness on one side of the body.
- Dipsophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of drinking alcohol. Sufferers of dipsophobia experience undue anxiety about…
- EMT A rash inside the body. An example: the spots in measles (Koplik's spots) inside the mouth that look like a…
- Stop codon A set of three adjacent bases in the DNA or their complementary bases in messenger RNA that specifies the end…
- Valve, aortic One of the four valves in the heart, this valve is situated at exit of the left ventricle of the heart where…
- Carcinoma, basal cell Carcinoma, basal cell: The most common type of skin cancer, a disease in which the cancer cells resemble the…
- Warshaw, Joseph (1936-2003) Eminent American pediatrician and pioneer in human developmental biology. Warshaw used…
- Klippel-Feil syndrome See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Keratotic scabies See crusted scabies
- Therapy, electroshock See Electroconvulsive therapy
- Toxic shock syndrome A grave condition occurring predominantly in menstruating women using tampons, toxic shock is characterized…
- Fibronectin, fetal See: Fetal fibronectin