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Antean
Exceptionally strong or large. A multi-vitamin pill may, for example, be of Antean proportions. After Antaeus, the mythological Greek giant. The son of the earth mother Gaia, Antaeus challenged anyone he encountered to wrestle and always…
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Show more- Enteropathy Any pathology (disease) of the intestine.
- Fear of sexual intercourse An abnormal and persistent fear of male-female sexual intercourse. Sufferers of this fear experience undue…
- Immunization, mumps Mumps: See Immunization, MMR
- Diabetes Association, American (ADA) The American Diabetes Association (ADA) states: 'The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading…
- Tumor, desmoid See: Desmoid tumor
- C1 (cervical vertebra) C1 is the first cervical (neck) vertebra which is called the atlas. It supports the head. The atlas bone is…
- Cyanotic Showing cyanosis (bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to not enough oxygen in the…
- Mutation, null A mutation (a change) in a gene that leads to its not being transcribed into RNA and/or translated into a…
- Muscular atrophy, post-polio (PPMA) Late muscle wasting that occurs as part of the post-polio syndrome (PPS), a constellation of symptoms and…
- Intussusception Intussusception: Telescoping (prolapse) of a portion of the intestine within another immediately adjacent…
- MDR Minimal daily requirement. Multidrug resistant
- Spinocerebellar ataxia Ataxia with malfunction of the cerebellum