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Panic
A sudden strong feeling of fear that prevents reasonable thought or action. From the Greek woodland god Pan who was a frightening figure, part human, part goat, and whose pet caprice was to terrify people who ventured into rural areas…
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- Nuchal Referring to the back of the neck (nape). For example, nuchal rigidity is a stiff neck, sometimes a symptom…
- Housemaid's knee See Prepatellar bursitis
- Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia Elevation of the bilirubin level in the blood of the newborn, which results in yellowish staining of the skin…
- Concussion Concussion: A traumatic injury to tissues of the body such as the brain as a result of a violent blow…
- Myeloproliferative Referring to the proliferation of the bone marrow cells that give rise to red blood cells, granulocytes (a…
- Rheumatism Rheumatism is an older term, used to describe any of a number of painful conditions of muscles, tendons…
- Asphyxia Impaired or impeded breathing.
- Neglect, child Child neglect is the most frequently reported form of child abuse (60% of all cases) and the most lethal…
- Eyelid The lid or cover of the eye, a movable fold of skin and muscle that can be closed over the eyeball or opened…
- Nephrology The art and science of the care of the kidney.
- CNP Copy number polymorphism