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Cigarette
A small roll of finely cut tobacco enclosed in a wrapper of thin paper designed for smoking. 'Cigarettes are the only product sold on the free market that, when used as directed, can kill people.' (L Chasan-Taber & M Stampfer, New Engl…
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Show more- Paresis 1 Incomplete paralysis. 2 A form of neurosyphilis (syphilis affecting the central nervous system -- the brain…
- Juvenile-onset diabetes See Diabetes, type 1
- Sudden infant death with dysgenesis of testes Abbreviated SIDDT. For more, see: SIDDT
- Swelling of the brain See: Cerebral edema
- Hexalen Brand name of altretamine. For more information, see: altretamine
- Fear of having a malformed child An abnormal and persistent fear of bearing a malformed child is termed teratophobia. A phobia is an…
- Melomania A singular passion for music that is beyond all reason. From the French melomanie, from the Latin melos, song…
- Sib Sibling
- Ameba Also amoeba. A single-celled (protozoan) organism that constantly changes shape. The word 'ameba' is from the…
- Lamina A plate or layer. For example, the lamina arcus vertebrae, usually just called the lamina, are plates of bone…
- KHM Keratoderma hereditarium mutilans. See: Vohwinkel syndrome
- Disease, startle A genetic disorder also known as hyperexplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction)…