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Flu, bird
See: Avian influenza
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- Auditory integration training An experimental procedure for reducing painful hypersensitivity to sound. It has proved beneficial for some…
- Neurosteroid A brain steroid, a molecule structurally similar to cortisone, progesterone and the gonadal hormones…
- Somnoplasty Somnoplasty: A surgical treatment to stop snoring. Somnoplasty uses heat energy to remove tissues of the soft…
- Disruption sequence The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as…
- Congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens A condition in males when the tubes that carry sperm from the testes (the vas deferens) fail to develop…
- Type 2 myotonic dystrophy See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Lentigo, senile See: Senile lentigo
- Fear of dust An abnormal and persistent fear of dust. Sufferers of this fear experience anxiety even though they realize…