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Diabetic xanthoma
See: Eruptive xanthoma
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Show more- DHEA Dehydroepiandrosterone
- Duane syndrome See: Okihiro syndrome.
- Midbrain aqueduct A canal that communicates between the third and fourth ventricles in a system of four communicating cavities…
- Deficiency, zinc According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Recommended Dietary Allowances of zinc are 12 milligrams…
- Short bowel syndrome A condition due to loss of half or more of their small intestine removed because of surgical removal or…
- ANUG (acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis) This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Spanish flu A pandemic of influenza A (H1N1) in 1918-19 that caused the highest number of known flu deaths. More than…
- Polymox See: Amoxicillin
- Fear of cold An abnormal and persistent fear of cold, including cold weather and cold objects. Sufferers of this fear…
- Gy Abbreviation for gray
- Aromatase inhibitor A drug that inhibits the enzyme aromatase and by that means lowers the level of the estrogen estradiol…
- Yawn Involuntary opening of the mouth, often caused by suggestion. Yawning is characterized by breathing first…