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Fear of work
An abnormal and persistent fear of work. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety about the workplace environment even though they realize their fear is irrational. Their fear may actually be a combination of fears, such fear of…
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- Sulfonylurea sensitivity Sensitivity to the hypoglycemic effects of the oral hypoglycemic agents in the sulfonylurea class
- Pregnancy, alcohol in The consumption of alcohol during pregnancy carries the danger of damaging the fetus and causing fetal…
- Aluminum A naturally occurring element that makes up about 8% of the surface of the earth and is always found combined…
- Meningocele (MM) Protrusion of the membranes that cover the spine and part of the spinal cord through a bone defect in the…
- Delta-storage pool disease See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
- Phenol 1. A poisonous corrosive compound obtained by the distillation of coal tar that, in dilute solution, is an…
- Colorectal adenoma and carcinoma 1 Abbreviated CRAC1. Also known as hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome. See: Hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome
- Lockjaw See Tetanus
- Spastic dysphonia See: Spasmodic dysphonia
- Gigantism Excessive growth both in height and specific body parts. Gigantism with extreme height may be associated with…
- Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) A disorder of the muscles and joints of older persons characterized by pain and stiffness, affecting both…