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Fear of drinking alcohol
An abnormal and persistent fear of drinking alcohol. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety about addiction to alcohol and the effect this addiction can have on their body. (However, their abstinence from alcohol certainly should…
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Show more- Femoral Having to do with the femur or, less often, the thigh. As in the femoral head (the head of the femur), the…
- Oxyuris A group of intestinal worms that includes pinworm.
- Acid rain Rain resulting from the combination of fossil fuel emissions and water in the atmosphere. The environmental…
- Naris One of the two nares, the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow in and out or, more simply, a…
- Dermopathy Any disease of the skin. Synonymous with dermatopathy.
- Chromosome banding The treatment of chromosomes to reveal characteristic patterns of horizontal bands like bar codes. The…
- Incontinence, urge A sudden involuntary contraction of the muscular wall of the bladder causing urinary urgency, an immediate…
- Ocular histoplasmosis syndrome An eye disease that is a leading cause of vision loss, due to the spread of spores of the fungus Histoplasma…
- Penrose drain A soft tube-shaped rubber or silicone drain. Named for the American gynecologist Charles Bingham Penrose…
- Lectin A complex molecule that contains both protein and sugar. Lectins are made by both animals and plants and are…
- Symbol of medicine A staff or a rod with a snake curled around it; the staff of Aesculapius, also called Asklepios, the ancient…
- Mastectomy, modified radical Removal of the breast tissue and the axillary lymph nodes, which are under the arms