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Erotomania
The false but persistent belief that one is loved by a person (often a famous or prominent person), or the pathologically obsessive pursuit of a disinterested object of love. Erotomania can be a symptom of schizophrenia or other…
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Show more- Optic nerve pathways The left and right branches of the optic nerves join behind the eyes, just in front of the pituitary gland…
- Finger prick A procedure in which a finger is pricked with a lancet to obtain a small quantity of capillary blood for…
- Dilatate To enlarge or expand. For example, to dilatate the eye is to enlarge the pupil temporarily with special…
- Fever, quintan Fever, quintan: Quintan means recurring every 5 days, the characteristic duration of trench fever. Quintan or…
- Patent (adjective) Open, unobstructed, affording free passage. Thus, for example, the bowel may be patent (as opposed to…
- Fecundity The ability to have children, usually lots of them with ease. Etymology:'Fecundity' comes from the Latin…
- Signature 1) That part of the prescription that contains the doctor's directions to the patient. For example, the…
- In vivo In the living organism, as opposed to in vitro (in the laboratory).
- Sociophobia Fear of social gatherings, fear of socializing, fear of embarrassment in social situations that is extremely…
- Ague A fever (such as from malaria) that is marked by paroxysms of chills, fever, and sweating recurring regular…
- Subscapular Under the scapula, like the subscapularis muscle, which originates beneath the scapula.
- Urine hemoglobin The presence of free hemoglobin in the urine, an abnormal finding, that may make the urine look dark…