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Chromatophobia
An abnormal and persistent fear of money. Sufferers experience undue anxiety even though they realize their fear is irrational. They worry that they might mismanage money or that money might live up to its reputation as 'the root of all…
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Show more- Cathexis In psychiatry, the concentration of psychic energy on an idea, object, or other object
- Neuron A nerve cell that sends and receives electrical signals over long distances within the body. A neuron may…
- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) A chronic brain disease of children and adolescents that occurs months to often years after an attack of…
- Disease, Legionnaire A disease due to the bacteria Legionella pneumophila found in plumbing, shower heads and water-storage tanks…
- Presbyopia Presbyopia: The loss of the eye's ability to change focus to see near objects. The reasons for this loss of…
- Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) A bacterium that causes Johne's disease, a form of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in cattle…
- Ligament, patellar See: Patellar tendon
- Antigenic shift A sudden shift in the antigenicity of a virus resulting from the recombination of the genomes of two viral…
- Thoraxes Plural of thorax
- Eye retraction syndrome See: Duane syndrome
- Refraction In ophthalmology, the bending of light that takes place within the human eye. Refractive errors include…
- Sensory neuron A neuron that receives electrical input signals from sensory cells and from other neurons