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Diabulimia
Patients with type 1 diabetes attempt to control body weight by minimizing insulin dosages. Since insulin encourages fat storage, sometimes patients attempt to manipulate their insulin, often skipping doses, in an attempt to reduce weight…
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- Therapy, pulmonary Exercises and treatments designed to help patients maintain and recover lung function, such as with cystic…
- Prune belly syndrome Partial or complete absence of the abdominal muscles so that the outlines of the intestines are visible…
- Parasitic Having to do with a parasite, as in a parasitic infection; or acting like a parasite by taking nourishment…
- Mediterranean anemia Better known today as thalassemia (or as beta thalassemia or thalassemia major). The clinical picture of this…
- Achilles tendonitis Inflammation of the Achilles tendon, the tough sinew that attaches the calf muscle to the back of the…
- Blastomycosis Infection with a fungus called Blastomyces dermatitidis. The infection causes symptoms in about 50% of cases…
- Developmental disorder One of several disorders that interrupt normal development in childhood. They may affect a single area of…
- Clamydia A common misspelling of Chlamydia
- Chinese medicine See: Traditional Chinese medicine
- Bursa A closed fluid-filled sac that functions to provide a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues of…
- Subdural Below the dura, the outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes (meninges) covering the…