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Show more- Condyloma A wartlike growth around the anus, vulva, or glans penis. There are three major types of condylomas, each of…
- Substance 1. Material with particular features, as a pressor substance.2. The material that makes up an organ or…
- Medicine, naturopathic See: Naturopathy
- Activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule See: ALCAM
- GI tract Short for gastrointestinal tract. See: Gastrointestinal tract
- Lyme disease Lyme disease: Lyme disease is a bacterial illness caused by a bacterium called a 'spirochete.' Lyme disease…
- DHA 1. Docosahexaenoic acid, an essential fatty acid, thought to be important to the development of infants…
- CPEO with myopathy See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Palate The roof of the mouth. The front portion is bony (hard palate), and the back portion is muscular (soft palate)
- Grief therapy >Develop the ability to experience, express, and adjust to painful grief-related changes. >Find effective…
- Rickettsial diseases The infectious diseases caused by the rickettsiae fall into 4 groups:(1) typhus: epidemic typhus…
- Seizure, automatic See: Automatic seizure