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Fear of self
An irrational fear of oneself, an intense self-fear that is groundless. Fear of oneself is termed 'autophobia' which comes from two Greek words: 'autos' (self) and 'phobos' (fear) = literally, self-fear, fear of oneself. 'Autos' has given…
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- Musicomania A singular passion for music that is excessive and beyond all reason. From the French musicomanie, from music…
- Gallus gallus genome The genome of the Red Jungle Fowl, the ancestor of domestic chickens. See: Chicken genome
- Prenatal radiation exposure The exposure of an unborn baby to radiation. Radiation exposure of the fetus can occur when the mother's…
- Lenz microphthalmia syndrome A genetic disorder characterized by microphthalmia (small eye) or anopthalmia (no eye) associated with…
- Cyt- Prefix used in place of cyto- before a vowel. See: Cyto-
- Zoophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of animals. A phobia is an unreasonable fear that can cause avoidance and…
- Asperger syndrome An autistic disorder most notable for the often great discrepancy between the intellectual and social…
- Hereditary angioedema A genetic form of angioedema. (Angioedema is also referred to as Quinke's disease.) Persons with it are born…
- Drinox Trade name of the insecticide aldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
- Sympathetic ophthalmia An autoimmune eye disease in which a penetrating injury to one eye produces inflammation in the uninjured…
- Pseudoparalysis, spastic Better known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). A dementing disease of the brain. CJD is believed to be due…