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Wymin
An alternate spelling of wimmin
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- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center : The clinical research facility of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S. As a national…
- Quincke's disease This is angioneurotic edema (or angioedema), a form of localized swelling of the deeper layers of the skin…
- Public grief See: Public mourning
- Spanish disease Syphilis. Depending upon someone's thoughts as to where the disease came from, syphilis was also known as the…
- Plasmodium The parasite guilty in the case of malaria (paludism). Plasmodium is a type of protozoa, a single-celled…
- Electroretinography Electroretinography: Abbreviated ERG. A test in which the electrical potentials generated by the retina of…
- Hypotonia Decreased tone of skeletal muscles. In a word, floppiness. Hypotonia is a common finding in cerebral palsy…
- Colorectal adenoma and carcinoma 1 Abbreviated CRAC1. Also known as hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome. See: Hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome
- Silent stroke Stroke: Small strokes that do not cause any symptoms. Silent strokes still damage brain tissue. The most…
- Neuropathy, accessory See: Accessory neuropathy