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Diverticulum, pharyngoesophageal
See: Zenker diverticulum
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- Vision, binocular See: Binocular vision
- Duplication Part of a chromosome in duplicate, a particular kind of mutation (change) involving the production of one or…
- Chemofog See: Chemobrain
- Baldness Medically known as alopecia. There are many types of baldness, each with a different cause. Baldness may be…
- Fear of sexual intercourse An abnormal and persistent fear of male-female sexual intercourse. Sufferers of this fear experience undue…
- Whitmore-Jewett staging system A staging system for prostate cancer. See Jewett staging system