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MCI
Mild cognitive impairment
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- Unstable diabetes A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…
- Fear of fur An abnormal and persistent fear of fur is called doraphobia. Sufferers of this fear avoid fur-bearing animals…
- Mind That which thinks, reasons, perceives, wills, and feels. The mind now appears in no way separate from the…
- Prostatitis, acute bacterial Prostatitis, acute bacterial: Inflammation of the prostate gland of sudden (acute) onset due to bacterial…
- RV (rotavirus) Rotavirus):Aside from recreational vehicle, RV is an abbreviation for rotavirus, a leading cause of severe…
- Dizziness, pre-syncopal Dizziness before fainting. Some symptoms of dizziness such as wooziness, feeling about to black out, and…
- Syndrome, superior vena cava The symptoms that result from compression of the large vein that carries blood down to the heart. The…