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Bacillophobia
An abnormal and persistent fear of bacilli (bacteria). A phobia is an unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a relatively common type of anxiety disorder. Phobias can be treated with cognitive behavioral…
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Show more- Crocodile tears syndrome Spontaneous tearing in parallel with the normal salivation of eating. The crocodile tears syndrome occurs…
- Pericardial Referring to the pericardium, the sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart. The inner surface of the…
- Atresia Absence of a normal opening or failure of a structure to be tubular. Atresia can affect many structures in…
- Wolhynia fever Fever: Also known as trench fever, a disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of…
- Fever, chikungunya See: Chikungunya
- Hyposmia A reduced ability to smell and to detect odors. Some people have anosmia and can detect no odors
- Desmoplasia This term refers to the growth of fibrous or connective tissue. Some tumors elicit a desmoplastic reaction…
- Hedonophobia An abnormal, excessive, and persistent fear of pleasure. Sufferers with this most puritanical of phobias…
- Reduction mammaplasty See: Breast reduction
- Venule A little vein. Venules go from capillaries to veins, vessels that carry blood low in oxygen content from the…
- Monosodium glutamate MSG, a sodium salt of the amino acid glutamic acid that enhances the flavor of certain foods. Originally…
- Informatics The application of computers and statistics to the management of information. For example, in the Human…