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Drop attack
See: Atonic seizure
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Show more- Ductus A duct or walled passageway suitable for the conveyance of air or, more often in the body, liquids. The term…
- Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension See: Pulmonary hypertension
- Fear of women An abnormal, irrational and persistent fear of women. Sufferers experience undue anxiety even though they…
- Stricture, esophagus, acute A narrowing or closure of the normal opening of the swallowing tube leading to the stomach, usually caused by…
- Neophobia Fear of anything new, of innovation, an irrational fear of new situations, places, or things. In animal…
- Arg Arginine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type II Hunter syndrome, due to deficiency of the enzyme iduronate sulfatase. See also: Mucopolysaccharidosis
- Positive, false A result that is erroneously positive when a situation is normal. An example of a false positive: a…
- Hepatitis C virus A single-stranded RNA virus in the Flaviviridae family that causes hepatitis C. Abbreviated HCV. The HCV…
- Heart septum The septum of the heart is the dividing wall between the right and left sides of the heart. That portion of…
- Chemokine One of a large group of proteins that act as lures and were first found attracting white blood cells. The…
- Mycobacteria Plural of mycobacterium