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Motion sickness
Motion sickness: Motion sickness is a very common disturbance of the inner ear that is caused by repeated motion such as from the swell of the sea, the movement of a car, the motion of a plane in turbulent air, etc. In the inner ear (which…
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- Hepatitis E virus The agent responsible for hepatitis E. Abbreviated HEV. For more information, see: Hepatitis E
- Fever, valley A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of…
- Anatripsis The use of friction as a treatment modality for a medical condition. Anatripsis may or may not also involve…
- Sexploitation The exploitation of sex, often for commercial purposes. The term is a mid-20th century merger of sex and…
- Temporal-lobe epilepsy Epilepsy that is characterized by abnormal electrical activity in the temporal lobe of the brain. This…
- Syndrome, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker This condition is a primary problem of platelets in which the platelets lack the ability to stick adequately…
- Resistance, pulmonary The opposition of the respiratory tree to air flow
- FLAP A gene that helps make a leukotriene, a signal that activates the white blood cells involved in inflammation…
- RNA virus, positive-strand See: Positive-strand RNA virus
- Syndrome, Tourette Syndrome, Tourette: A tic disorder characterized by the presence of chronic vocal and motor tics, probably…
- Attenuated FAP Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis