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Hypochondriac
A person who has hypochondriasis, a disorder characterized by a preoccupation with body functions and the interpretation of normal body sensations (such as sweating) or minor abnormalities (such as minor aches and pains) as portending…
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Show more- Serotype The kind of microorganism as characterized by serologic typing (testing for recognizable antigens on the…
- Wildervanck syndrome A syndrome characterized by the combination of congenital deafness, Duane syndrome (eye retraction), and…
- Wing bone See: SAD.
- Monosomy Missing one chromosome from a pair. For example, if a female has one X chromosome (X monosomy) rather than…
- Deoxyhemoglobin The form of hemoglobin without oxygen, the predominant protein in red blood cells. Hemoglobin forms an…
- Enzyme defect A disorder resulting from a deficiency (or functional abnormality) of an enzyme. In 1902 Archibald Garrod…
- Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) A technique in which the male and female germ cells required to begin formation of a human embryo are…
- Black American See: African American
- Exocrine Pertaining to the secretion of a substance out through a duct. The exocrine glands include the salivary…
- John La Montagne See: La Montagne, John
- Intestinal villus A tiny projection from the surface of the small intestine which helps absorb nutrients and fluids
- White spots on the nails Very small semi-circular white spots on the nails. These spots may be found on the fingernails and…