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Tarantismo
A neurological syndrome characterized by repetitive, involuntary, purposeless movements caused by the long-term use of certain drugs called neuroleptics used for psychiatric, gastrointestinal and neurological disorders such as Parkinson's…
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- Amelioration Not a word confined to medicine but a word used in medicine, amelioration is synonymous with improvement. If…
- History, developmental An account of how and when a person met developmental milestones, such as walking and talking. For adults…
- Cancer of the vulva An uncommon cancer of women in which the malignancy is in the vulva, the outer part of the vagina, that…
- Bilirubin A yellow-orange compound produced by the breakdown of hemoglobin from red blood cells.
- Somatoform disorder See: Body dysmorphic disorder
- Noncompliance The failure or refusal to comply: the failure or refusal to conform and adapt one's actions to a rule or to…
- Colinearity 1. In general, the arrangement of one sequence in the same linear order as another sequence.2. In…
- Menometrorrhagia Excessive uterine bleeding, both at the usual time of menstrual periods and at other irregular intervals…
- Syndrome, renal, with hemorrhagic fever A number of diseases, also known as hemorrhagic fever, characterized by an abrupt onset of high fever and…
- Autochthonous (Pronounced au-toch-tho-nous)1. Native. Poison ivy is an autochthonous plant. 2. Found in the place where it…
- BIID Body integrity identity disorder