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Schadenfreude
Pleasure from the misfortune of others. The word entered English in 1895 from the German 'Schade', harm, + 'Freude,' joy = joy (over) harm (suffered by another)
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- Three day fever See: Sandfly fever
- Hereditary kidney cancer Kidney cancer due to a gene than can be transmitted from parent to child. The vast majority of kidney cancer…
- Chondrocalcinosis Calcium in cartilage, usually in a joint, as in osteoarthritis
- Doxycycline Doxycycline: Brand name: Vibramycin. A synthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from tetracycline…
- Electrophysiologic testing of the retina See: Electrophysiologic retinal testing
- HPE Holoprosencephaly
- Antiinfective Something capable of acting against infection, by inhibiting the spread of an infectious agent or by killing…
- Jackson-Pratt drain See: JP drain
- Migrainous neuralgia A distinctive syndrome of headaches, today better known as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- Diachronic The word 'diachronic' is from the Greek dia-, through + chronos, time = through time. As opposed to…