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See: Amygdaloid nucleus
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- Psychologist, clinical A professional specializing in diagnosing and treating diseases of the brain, emotional disturbance, and…
- Reactive arthritis Reactive arthritis: A chronic form of arthritis featuring the following three conditions: (1) inflamed…
- Vesiculitis Inflammation of a vesicle, and particularly of the seminal vesicles behind the male bladder
- Wart, venereal The same as a genital wart, a wart that is confined primarily to the moist skin of the genitals. These warts…
- Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome An infection of the skin with group II Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. The bacteria release toxins, causing…
- Facioauriculovertebral sequence See: Goldenhar syndrome
- Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension See: Pulmonary hypertension
- Thiamine deficiency, infantile See: Infantile beriberi
- Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia Kidney cancer due to a gene than can be transmitted from parent to child. The vast majority of kidney cancer…
- Anesthesia Loss of feeling or awareness. A general anesthetic puts the person to sleep. A local anesthetic causes loss…