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Paroxysmal lacrimation
See: Crocodile tears syndrome
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- Pork tapeworm Taenia solium
- HTR1A A gene on chromosome 5 that encodes a type of receptor for serotonin. See: 5-HT1A
- Hershey-Chase experiment An extraordinarily important experiment in 1952 that helped to convince the world that DNA was the genetic…
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): A classic motor neuron disease. Motor neuron diseases are progressive…
- Pathobiology Pathology, with emphasis on the pathophysiological and pathogenetic mechanisms underlying human disease
- Deficiency, lactase Not enough of an enzyme called lactase in the small intestine to digest lactose, a prominent component of…
- Whitmore-Jewett staging system A staging system for prostate cancer. See Jewett staging system
- Six fingers or toes The presence of an extra sixth finger or toe, a very common congenital malformation (birth defect). This…
- Migrainous neuralgia A distinctive syndrome of headaches, today better known as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- MAB Or mab. Abbreviation for monoclonal antibody. At the end of a generic drug name, -mab indicates that the drug…