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Hypomania
A condition similar to mania but less severe. The symptoms are similar with elevated mood, increased activity, decreased need for sleep, grandiosity, racing thoughts, and the like. However, hypomanic episodes differ in that they do not…
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Show more- Coprophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of feces (bowel waste). Sufferers of coprophobia experience anxiety even…
- Arteriohepatic dysplasia Also known as Alagille syndrome, this ia a genetic disorder characterized by jaundice in the newborn period…
- Page kidney Chronic longstanding compression of the kidney resulting in hypertension. The kidney is compressed, most…
- Cerebral aneurysm A localized widening of a vessel within the brain. See: Berry aneurysm
- Ear puncture Puncture of the ear drum may be due to an accident for example when something is stuck into the ear. Or it…
- Prion A disease-causing agent that is neither bacterial nor fungal nor viral and contains no genetic material. A…
- Kyphoplasty A procedure similar to vertebroplasty, but with the intent of expanding the collapsedvertebra. A surgical…
- Cytoskeleton The scaffolding structure of the cell cytoplasm. The cytoskeleton consists of intermediate filaments, actin…
- Catalepsy The state of persisting in unusual postures or facial expressions, regardless of outside stimuli, as is seen…
- Munchausen syndrome (This is an alternate entry to Munchhausen syndrome with two h's in Munchhausen. Whole medical reports have…
- Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy See: Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
- Systemic lupus erythematosus Systemic lupus erythematosus: A chronic inflammatory condition caused by an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune…