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Agitated depression
A major depressive disorder with restlessness and motor excitement. Agitated depression was once called melancholia agitata. It is now also known as mixed mania
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- Thyroglossal cyst A fluid-filled sac present at birth in the midline of the neck. A thyroglossal cyst is a congenital…
- Tandem MS Abbreviation for tandem mass spectrometry. See: Tandem mass spectrometry
- Epiphysis The growth area near the end of a bone.
- Tamoxifen (Nolvadex) An antiestrogen (a drug that blocks the effects of estrogen) which competes with estrogen for binding sites…
- Gene markers Detectable genetic traits or distinctive segments of DNA that serve as landmarks for a target gene. Markers…
- Histoplasmosis A disease caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. Most people with histoplasmosis have no symptoms…
- Radiosensitive Sensitive to X-rays and other forms of radiant energy. For example, a tumor may be radiosensitive, and…
- Genital wart A wart in the moist skin of the genitals or around the anus. Genital warts are due to a human papillomavirus…
- Hamartoma, hypothalamic A benign tumor of the hypothalamus, the area of the brain that controls body temperature, hunger, and thirst…
- Mast cell tumor A mastocytoma
- Bulimia nervosa See Bulimia