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Dysthymia
Dysthymia: A type of depression involving long-term, chronic symptoms that are not disabling, but keep a person from functioning at 'full steam' or from feeling good. Dysthymia is a less severe type of depression than what is accorded the…
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- Aphrasia The inability to speak or understand phrases
- Infection, middle ear Acute middle ear infection, medically called acute otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear. Acute…
- Volume, stroke Stroke: The amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle of the heart in one contraction. The stroke volume…
- Neuralgia, ciliary A distinctive syndrome of headaches, better known today as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- Myeloencephalitis Inflammation of both the spinal cord and the brain. Myeloencephalitis (also called encephalomyelitis) can be…
- Recommended Daily Allowance Popular name for the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
- Calcaneal spur A bony spur projecting from the back or underside of the heel bone (the calcaneus) that often makes walking…
- Genital Pertaining to the external and internal organs of reproduction. (Not to be confused with genetic.)
- Diseases, Musculoskeletal, Nat'l Inst Al Institute of Arthritis and (NIAMS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. As its somewhat…
- Placental stage of labor The part of labor from the birth of the baby until the placenta (afterbirth) and fetal membranes are…
- Dyspnoea Difficult or labored breathing; shortness of breath. Dyspnoea is a sign of serious disease of the airway…