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Baby blues
A common temporary psychological state right after childbirth when a new mother may have sudden mood swings, feeling very happy, then very sad, cry for no apparent reason, feel impatient, unusually irritable, restless, anxious, lonely and…
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Show more- Koch's postulates In 1890 the German physician and bacteriologist Robert Koch set out his celebrated criteria for judging…
- Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome (PGA) A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…
- Membrane, epiretinal See: Macular pucker
- Veterinary medicine The medical science concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases in animals. Aside from…
- Hormone, thyroid Chemical substance made by the thyroid gland which is located in the front of the neck. The thyroid gland…
- Scale, Fahrenheit Thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 32°F and the boiling point of water 212°F. The…
- Influenza Influenza: The flu is caused by viruses that infect the respiratory tract which are divided into three types…
- Incontinence Inability to control excretions. Urinary incontinence is inability to keep urine in the bladder. Fecal…
- Viral infection Infection caused by the presence of a virus in the body. Depending on the virus and the person's state of…
- Section, Cesarian The obstetrical procedure is often spelled this way in the U.S. with just an 'e'although the Roman emperor…
- Fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase deficiency Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…
- ELISA ELISA stands for 'enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.' This is a rapid immunochemical test that involves an…