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Anxiety disorder, social
Excessive fear of embarrassment in social situations that is extremely intrusive and can have debilitating effects on personal and professional relationships. Also called social phobia. Phobias are persistent, irrational fears of certain…
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- Pleurodynia Also known as Bornholm disease, this is a temporary illness that is a result of virus infection. The disease…
- Blepharoplasty Plastic surgery on the eyelids. Blepharoplasty may be done to correct ptosis (sagging eyelids), remove fatty…
- Lung cancer, oat cell See: Oat cell cancer
- Pancytopenia A shortage of all types of blood cells, including red and white blood cells as well as platelets.
- Physician discontent Dissatisfaction with medical practice. Physician discontent increased substantially in the last quarter of…
- Ring, intrastromal corneal A plastic ring designed to be implanted in the cornea, the transparent structure in the front of the eye. The…
- Carcinoma, basal cell Carcinoma, basal cell: The most common type of skin cancer, a disease in which the cancer cells resemble the…
- Donald Fredrickson See: Fredrickson, Donald
- Vater, papilla of See: Ampulla of Vater
- Sight, day Night blindness. Listed in medical dictionaries under 'Nyctalopia' from the Greek 'nyct' (night) + 'aloas'…
- Antimetabolite A drug that is similar enough to a natural chemical to participate in a normal biochemical reaction in cells…