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Fear of flowers
An abnormal and persistent fear of flowers. Sufferers experience undue anxiety even though they realize they face no threat from flowers. Any genus or species of flowers can instill fear, as can any flower part, such as a petal or stem…
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Show more- CDNA Complementary DNA. cDNA is single-stranded DNA made in the laboratory from a messenger RNA template under the…
- Embryo The organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation from fertilization to, in humans, the…
- Ophthalmic Pertaining to the eye. An ophthalmic ointment is designed for the eye.
- Vision therapy The use of special eye exercises to address eye defects, such as strabismus. Some vision therapists also…
- Poikiloderma Extra pigmentation of the skin demonstrating a variety of shades and associated with widened capillaries…
- Myelinization The formation of the myelin sheath around a nerve fiber. Also known as myelination
- Ectomy A surgical suffix referring to the removal of something. For example, a lumpectomy is the surgical excision…
- Cognitive behavior therapy See: Cognitive therapy
- Deinococcus radiodurans A bacterium that can survives extremely high levels of radiation and therefore has high potential for…
- Tap, joint (aspiration) A procedure whereby a sterile needle and syringe are used to drain joint fluid from the joint. This is…
- Regress To return or go back, particularly to return to a pattern of behavior or level of skill characteristic of a…
- Suicide Suicide: The act of causing ones own death. Suicide may be positive or negative and it may be direct or…