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Enuresis
Involuntary urination, which may be caused by a variety of factors. These include disorders of the kidneys, bladder, or ureter; and poor control of the muscles that control release of urine. Enuresis is also occasionally associated with…
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- Fixative A medium such as a solution or spray that preserves specimens of tissues or cells. Most biopsies and…
- Fear of women An abnormal, irrational and persistent fear of women. Sufferers experience undue anxiety even though they…
- Bursopathy Disease involving a bursa, a closed fluid-filled sac that supplies a gliding surface to reduce friction…
- Ophthalmopathy Any eye disease. External ophthalmopathy may refer to any disease of the eyelid, cornea, conjunctiva, or eye…
- Diseases, Infectious, Nat'l Inst of Allergy & Allergy and (NIAID): This is one of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. In formal terms, the…
- Abortive polio Abortive polio is a minor illness. It accounts for 80-90% of clinically apparent cases of polio infection…
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Baker's yeast. The simplest single-cell organism that operates in a manner similar to a human cell and…
- Hypertonia Increased tightness of muscle tone. Untreated hypertonia can lead to loss of function and deformity…
- Recombinant tPA Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. See: Tissue plasminogen activator
- Iatrogenic Due to the action of a physician or a therapy the doctor prescibed. An iatrogenic disease may be…
- Third degree burn See: Burn, third degree