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Psychology, clinical
A professional specialty concerned with 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…
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Show more- Hyperpigmentation Dark spots on the skin. Hyperpigmentation is primarily a cosmetic concern that can be covered with make-up…
- Foramen, intervertebral See: Intervertebral foramen
- Disease, Conor and Bruch African tick typhus, one of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere similar to Rocky…
- Heat syncope Sudden dizziness, feeling faint ans sometimes fainting experienced after exercising in the heat. The skin…
- Diabetes, non-insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2.
- In vitro fertilization In the living organism, as opposed to in vitro (in the laboratory).
- Decortication Removal of part or all of the outer surface of an organ such as the lung, kidney, or brain
- Popliteal pterygium syndrome An inherited condition with a web behind the knee. (A pterygium is a winglike triangular membrane). The…
- Health, public >The assessment and monitoring of the health of communities and populations at risk to identify health…
- Chromosome, acrocentric An abnormal chromosome that is distinctive in appearance but not fully identified. A marker chromosome is not…
- BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo) A balance disorder that results in the sudden onset of dizziness, spinning, or vertigo when moving the head
- Phage Short for bacteriophage, a virus that lives within a bacteria. A virus for which the natural host is a…