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Psychosis, schizophrenia
The most chronic and disabling of the major mental illnesses. Schizophrenia may be one disorder, or it may be many disorders, with different causes. Because of the disorder's complexity, few generalizations hold true for all people who are…
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- Achromycin See: Tetracycline
- Celiac disease, adult See Celiac sprue
- Thumb The short thick finger situated at an angle to the other fingers so it can be opposed to the them, making it…
- Cellulitus Common misspelling of cellulitis
- Insemination, homologous A procedure in which a fine catheter (tube) is inserted through the cervix (the natural opening of the…
- Differentiation 1 The process by which cells become progressively more specialized; a normal process through which cells…
- Microcephaly Microcephaly: An abnormally small head due to failure of brain growth. In precise terms, microcephaly is a…
- Amygdaloid nucleus A small oval structure in the temporal lobe of the brain that is closely connected to the hypothalamus, the…
- Medulla The innermost part. The adrenal medulla is the innermost part of that gland. The renal medulla is the inner…
- Opisthotonos A great rigid spasm of the body with the back fully arched and the heels and head bent back. Opisthotonos…
- SLV Sapporo-like virus. See: Sapovirus