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Excessive fear of embarrassment in social situations that is extremely intrusive and can have debilitating effects on personal and professional relationships. Also called social phobia. Phobias are persistent, irrational fears of certain…
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- Vaccines Microbial preparations of killed or modified microorganisms that can stimulate an immune response in the body…
- Warburg's yellow enzyme A key respiratory enzyme discovered by the German biochemist Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883-1970), a pioneer in…
- Biochemistry The chemistry of biology, the application of the tools and concepts of chemistry to living systems…
- Epidermal growth factor EGF
- Osteoarthropathy Any disease of the bones and joints. From osteo-, bone + -arthro-, joint, + pathy, disease
- Gastric emptying study Gastric emptying study: A gastric emptying study evaluates the emptying of food from the stomach. For a…
- Upper leg The upper leg is the superior (top) segment of the leg: the part above the knee. As compared to the lower leg…
- Split-hand/split-foot malformation A genetic malformation syndrome of the limbs with syndactyly, median clefts of the hands and feet, and…
- Olfactory nerve A nerve that registers smells by carrying the impulses for the sense of smell from the nose to the brain…
- Labia, vaginal The two pairs of labia (lips) at the entrance to the vagina. Together they form part of the vulva, the female…