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Failure from birth of central nervous system control over breathing while asleep. There are usually no breathing problems while awake. The involuntary (autonomic) control of respiration is impaired, but the voluntary control of ventilation…
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Show more- Alvit Trade name of the insecticide dieldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
- Hospice care Care designed to give supportive care to people in the final phase of a terminal illness and focus on comfort…
- Posteroanterior In anatomy, posteroanterior (PA) means from back-to-front. For example, a PA X-ray of the chest is taken from…
- Insufficiency, mitral See: Mitral insufficiency
- Rhinitis, vasomotor Inflammation of the nose (rhinitis) due to abnormal neuronal (nerve) control of the blood vessels in the…
- Penis, cancer of the Cancer of the penis is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells originate in the tissues of the penis…
- Red-green colorblindness A form of colorblindness in which red and green are perceived as identical. This is the most common type of…
- Saffron An extremely costly yellow spice derived from the dried stigmas of the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus)…
- Gingivitis, phagedenic This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Breakbone fever An acute mosquito-borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache…
- Zoophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of animals. A phobia is an unreasonable fear that can cause avoidance and…
- Bernstein test A test to find out if heartburn is caused by acid in the esophagus and so to diagnose GERD (gastroesophageal…