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Multiple personality disorder
A neurosis in which the personality becomes dissociated into two or more distinct parts each of which becomes dominant and controls behavior from time to time to the exclusion of the other parts
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Show more- End-of-the-road disease Guinea worm disease, a parasitic illness caused by infection with the guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis)…
- Deformation A setting of limits; a boundary; marking the limits of, delimiting; setting apart, separating. The word…
- Naming diseases See: Disease nomenclature
- Stenosis, carotid See: Carotid stenosis
- Basal nuclei A region located at the base of the brain composed of 4 clusters of neurons, or nerve cells. This area of the…
- Carditis Inflammation of the heart
- Reabsorption Absorbing again. For example, the kidney selectively reabsorbs substances such as glucose, proteins, and…
- International AIDS Vaccine Initiative See: IAVI
- Human herpesvirus 3 See herpes zoster.
- Xanthoma, disseminatum A type of xanthoma characterized by orange-to-brown nodules on the skin or mucus membranes
- Ft. Abbreviation for foot, a measure of length. For example, 6 ft. is 1.83 meters
- Q.2h On a prescription, every two hours