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Grief
Therapy for people who have unusually serious grief reactions. The goal of grief therapy is to identify and solve problems the mourner may have in separating from the person who died. When separation difficulties occur, they may appear as…
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Show more- Pregnancy, extrauterine A pregnancy that is not in the usual place and is located outside the inner lining of the uterus. A…
- Fissure A cleft or groove. A fissure can be normal or abnormal. A fissure in the cerebral cortex is a normal feature…
- Nephrosis Non-inflammatory, non-neoplastic disease of the kidney. Nephrosis an be caused by kidney disease, or it may…
- History, family The family structure and relationships within the family, including information about diseases in family…
- Tetraethyl lead Tetraethyl lead.
- Femicide The killing of women. For example, AIDS in Africa has been termed 'mass femicide.' Femicide is in contrast to…
- Fever, spotted Fever, spotted: Also known as Rocky Mountain spotted fever. An acute febrile (feverish) disease initially…
- Septate Ided: A septate uterus is a one that is divided
- Cytokine A small protein released by cells that has a specific effect on the interactions between cells, on…
- Normal tension glaucoma See: Glaucoma, normal tension
- Kashin-Beck disease A disorder of the bones and joints of the hands and fingers, elbows, knees, and ankles of children and…
- Haemophilus influenzae type B This kind of immunization is designed to prevent diseases caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), a…