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Angry
Pertaining to anger, an emotional state that may range in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and rage. Anger has physical effects; it raises the heart rate and blood pressure and the levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline, and…
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- Corpse A dead body. The term corpse is more often used in in mystery stories than in medicine which, for obscure…
- Kidney stone Kidney stone: A stone in the kidney (or lower down in the urinary tract). Kidney stones are a common cause of…
- Somnambulist Sleep talking. Talking in one's sleep is considered a normal phenomenon that is of no medical or…
- Cockles of the heart The ventricles of the heart. If a cup of tea or coffee warms the cockles of your heart, it gives you a…
- Croup Croup: A respiratory problem that occurs mainly in children, particularly from 2 to 4 years of age, due to an…
- Growth in height See: Normal growth
- Patellofemoral syndrome (PFS) Patellofemoral syndrome (PFS): The commonest cause of chronic knee pain, PFS characteristically causes vague…
- Anemic Relating to anemia, the condition of having less than the normal number of red blood cells or less than the…
- Peri-appendiceal See: Periappendiceal
- Anus The opening of the rectum to the outside of the body. The word 'anus' comes straight from the Latin. It…
- Barbat skullcap See: Scutellaria barbata