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Fear of drinking alcohol
An abnormal and persistent fear of drinking alcohol. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety about addiction to alcohol and the effect this addiction can have on their body. (However, their abstinence from alcohol certainly should…
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- Ophthalmologist An eye doctor. A physician practicing ophthalmology. An ophthalmologist is an M.D.
- Virology The study of viruses
- Scleredema adultorum A misleading term since scleredema can also occur in children. See: Scleredema
- Diffuse toxic goiter Graves disease, the most common cause of hyperthyroidism (overactivity of the thyroid gland), with…
- Areola 1. The small darkened area around the nipple of the breast. 2. The colored part of the iris around the pupil…
- Bone marrow transplant A procedure in which bone marrow that is diseased or damaged is replaced with healthy bone marrow. The bone…
- Mumps in pregnancy Mumps vaccination is not recommended during or shortly before pregnancy because it is a live attenuated…
- Me-too drug A drug that is structurally very similar to already known drugs, with only minor differences. The term…
- Sexual sadism Individuals with sexual sadism disorder have persistent fantasies in which sexual excitement results from…
- Breast, infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the Infiltrating lobular carcinoma is the second most common type of invasive breast cancer next to infiltrating…