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Chinese restaurant syndrome
A syndrome first described in 1968 in people who had eaten Chinese food on which MSG (monosodium glutamate) had been lavished. The syndrome only seems to occur in some people. Their symptoms may include headache, throbbing of the head…
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- Lifestyle disease A disease associated with the way a person or group of people lives. Lifestyle diseases include…
- Seizure, local See: Partial seizure
- Sex region Y A region on the Y chromosome that determines the sex of the individual. This region which goes by the symbol…
- HPS 1. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.2. Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
- Elective mutism Complete lack of speech (mutism) that is believed to be volitional (willed) on the part of the patient. True…
- Absinthism The disorder associated with the habitual abuse of absinthe. The symptoms included hallucinations…
- Knee phenomenon See: Knee jerk
- Fornix vaginae See: Vaginal fornix
- Ketone body A chemicals that the body makes when there is not enough insulin in the blood and it must break down fat…
- Tube, Eustachian The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx. The function of the Eustachian tube is to protect…
- Contraceptive, combined oral Commonly called 'the pill,' combined oral contraceptives are the most commonly used form of reversible birth…