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Major depression
A disease with certain characteristic signs and symptoms that interferes with the ability to work, sleep, eat, and enjoy once pleasurable activities. The characteristic signs and symptoms of major depression include loss of interest in…
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- Plantar response The plantar response, also known as the Babinski response, is an important neurologic examination based upon…
- Principal investigator In biomedical research, the person who directs a research project or program. The principal investigator (the…
- Soft palate The muscular part of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is directly behind the hard palate. It lacks bone…
- Manic Refers to a mood disorder in which a person seems 'high', euphoric, expansive, sometimes agitated…
- Laparoscopic 1. Pertaining to the procedure of laparoscopy.2. Pertaining to a laparoscope, the instrument by which…
- Papilla of Vater See: Ampulla of Vater
- Short hairpin RNA See: shRNA
- Body image obsession Excessive concern about one's appearance. Some concern about one's appearance is normal. But an obsession…
- Mania, mixed See: Mixed mania
- Cradle cap A form of seborrheic dermatitis. of the scalp in infants. It is characterized by flaking or scaling of the…