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BIID
Body integrity identity disorder
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Show more- Thorax The area of the body located between the neck and the abdomen that contains the lungs, the heart and part of…
- Burkitt's lymphoma See: Burkitt lymphoma
- Dizziness, pre-syncopal Dizziness before fainting. Some symptoms of dizziness such as wooziness, feeling about to black out, and…
- Heredity Genetic transmission from parent to child.
- Vaccination, H. flu This immunization is designed to prevent disease due to Haemophilus influenzae (H. flu), specifically…
- Shunt, Spitz-Holter See Spitz-Holter valve
- Spider telangiectasia Spider veins.
- Glutathione S-transferase A family of enzymes that utilize glutathione in reactions contributing to the transformation of a wide range…
- Hyperhidrotic Pertaining to hyperhidrosis, excessive sweating. Hidrosis meaning sweating, so hyperhidrosis is too much…
- Heterochromia iridis A difference of color between the iris of one eye and the other. (A person with one brown and one blue eye…
- Section 1) In anatomy, a slice of tissue. A biopsy obtained by surgery is usually sectioned (sliced), and these…
- Vitamin Q10 See: Coenzyme Q10