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Acathisia
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- Familial Parkinson disease type 5 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to mutation in the UCHL1…
- Kidney Dis, Nat'l Inst of Diabetes and Digestive Igestive and (NIDDK): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name…
- MALT lymphoma A low grade type of malignancy that arises in cells in mucosal tissue which are involved in antibody…
- Thyroid storm Thyroid storm is a severe, life-threatening condition caused by an excess of thyroid hormone. A number of…
- Heterosexuality Sexuality directed toward someone of the opposite sex
- Environmental tobacco smoke Abbreviated ETS. Secondhand smoke. See: ETS.
- ABR (auditory brainstem response) Abbreviation for auditory brainstem response. See: ABR test
- Pharmacology The study of drugs, their sources, their nature, and their properties. Pharmacology is the study of the…
- Aspirin A good example of a tradename that entered into the language, Aspirin was once the Bayer trademark for…