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Social phobia
Excessive fear of embarrassment in social situations that is extremely intrusive and can have debilitating effects on personal and professional relationships. The symptoms and signs of social phobia include blushing, sweating, trembling…
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Show more- Borrelia A group of bacteria that are helical spirochetes of the genus Borrelia. Some species of Borrelia cause…
- Oat cell cancer A type of lung cancer in which the cells are small, round and resemble oats. Also called small cell lung…
- Leech therapy The use of leeches in medical treatment. Once used as an almost universal cure, leeches were largely…
- Basophilic leukocyte See: Basophil
- Menopause, surgical Menopause, surgical: Surgical menopause is, not unexpectedly, menopause induced by surgery. Surgical…
- Corticotropin-releasing hormone A hormone made by the hypothalamus that stimulates the release of corticotropin by the anterior pituitary…
- Virilize To cause a female to develop male characteristics such as a deepened voice, an increase in body and facial…
- Tapeworm, beef See Taenia saginata.
- Water pore See: Aquaporin
- Limb The arm or leg.
- Nephropathy Any kidney disease. For example, there is diabetic nephropathy, gouty nephropathy, HIV-associated…
- Sternutator Something that causes a sneeze. From the Latin sternutatio (sneeze). See also: Sternutation