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Maturity onset diabetes of the young
Diabetes mellitus that has early onset (usually before the age of 25), is non-insulin-dependent, and is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. Abbreviated MODY. MODY is often considered a subtype of type 2 diabetes but it is unlike the…
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- Spider fear See: Arachnophobia
- Trichuris trichiura A nematode (roundworm) also called the human whipworm. The third most common round worm of humans. Occurs…
- Disease, Osgood-Schlatter Disease, Osgood-Schlatter: A condition involving inflammation and sometimes tearing of ligaments within the…
- Septum, atrial The wall between the two upper chambers (the right and left atrium) of the heart
- Acrophobia An abnormally excessive and persistent fear of heights. Sufferers experience severe anxiety even though they…
- Sarcoma, Kaposi Sarcoma, Kaposi: A relatively rare type of skin malignancy that tends to afflict elderly people or…
- Typhus, European See: Typhus, epidemic
- Tension 1) The pressure within a vessel, such as blood pressure: the pressure within the blood vessels. For example…
- Lipodystrophy A disorder of adipose (fatty) tissue characterized by a selective loss of body fat. Patients with…
- Medication, generic Drugs that act as blood vessel dilator (vasodilators) and open vessels by relaxing their muscular walls). For…
- Health outcomes research The measurement of the value of a particular course of therapy. Health outcomes research is based on the…