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Fear of flowers
An abnormal and persistent fear of flowers. Sufferers experience undue anxiety even though they realize they face no threat from flowers. Any genus or species of flowers can instill fear, as can any flower part, such as a petal or stem…
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Show more- Tophaceous gout A chronic form of gout. Nodular masses of uric acid crystals (tophi) are deposited in different soft tissue…
- Nutrition Nutrition: 1) The science or practice of taking in and utilizing foods. 2) A nourishing substance, such as…
- Infection, urinary tract (UTI) An infection in the urinary system that begins when microorganisms cling to the opening of the urethra (the…
- Germ line 1. The sequence of cells which develop into eggs and sperm. 2. Inherited material that comes from the eggs or…
- Homeobox gene A gene containing a short DNA sequence of about 180 base pairs referred to as a homeobox. Homeobox genes…
- Attenuated virus To attenuate is to weaken or to make (or become) thin. The word derives from a combination of the Latin…
- HBV Hepatitis B virus. A virus which primarily causes inflammation of the liver. The hepatitis B virus can be…
- Hidradenitis suppurativa This is an illness characterized by multiple abscesses that form under the arm pits and in the groin area
- Cancer, melanoma A skin cancer that begins in cells called melanocytes that can grow together to form benign (not cancerous)…
- Hospital It may seem unnecessary to define a 'hospital' since everyone knows the nature of a hospital. A hospital…
- Preexcitation In cardiology, the premature activation of part of the ventricle due to transmission of impulses along an…
- Virus, pox See: Orthopox