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June cold
A popular term for hay fever. Although the symptoms of a 'June cold' may be quite similar to those of a real cold, the term 'June cold' is a misnomer. Unlike a real cold, it is not caused by a virus, but by allergy. It is therefore also…
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Show more- Munchhausen syndrome (This is an alternate entry to Munchhausen syndrome. Münchhausen has an umlaut over the u but it is sometimes…
- Exercise, passive Movement of the body, usually of the limbs, without effort by the patient. The patient is passive
- Muscle, cardiac A type of muscle with unique features only found in the heart. The cardiac muscle is the muscle of the heart…
- Cystinosis A genetic disease characterized by the widespread deposition of the amino acid cystine in cells due to a…
- Xeromammography Xeroradiography of the breast. Xeroradiography is a photoelectric method of recording an x-ray image on a…
- Taphephobia Fear of being buried alive. A phobia is an unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic…
- Amygdala 1. The amygdaloid nucleus in the brain. 2. The tonsils. These structures were so named because they appeared…
- Acaricide An agent, usually a chemical, that kills mites. This class of pesticides is large and includes antibiotic…
- Dicysteine Cystine
- Skute barbata See: Scutellaria barbata
- Parkinsonism 1. Parkinson disease. 2. A syndrome similar to Parkinson disease, for example, as a side effect of an…
- Gm (gram) The abbreviation gm stands for gram, a unit of measurement of weight and mass in the metric system. In…