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Trichotillomania
Compulsive hair pulling. A disorder characterized by the repeated urge to pull out scalp hair, eyelashes, eyebrows or other body hair. It is believed to be related to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Treatment may include cognitive-behavior…
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- Polle syndrome The Munchhausen syndrome by proxy. Polle was the fictional Baron Munchausen's only child and died at a year…
- Polony A tiny colony of DNA, about one micron in diameter. The word 'polony' is a contraction of 'polymerase…
- Proteome The complete set of proteins expressed and modified following their expression by the genome. The term…
- Dual X-ray absorptometry See: DXA
- Medical etymology The origin of medical words and terms. Etymology is an account of the origins and the developments in the…
- Pseudomonas cepacia Bacterium now known as Burkholderia cepacia. See: Burkholderia cepacia
- Leukoreduction A process used to filter and remove white blood cells from whole blood before transfusion. The reason why…
- Traction, orthopedic The use of a system of weights and pulleys to gradually change the position of a bone. It may be used in…
- Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease A disease that is virtually identical to Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) but without a mutation in the…
- Caspase-3 See: Caspase 3
- Leper 1. Someone with leprosy (Hansen disease). The term leper is now in disfavor. 2. By extension, a pariah. A…