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Fear of sharks
Excessive and persistent fear of sharks is termed galeophobia. Sufferers from this phobia experience anxiety even though they may be safe on a boat or in an aquarium or on a beach. Hollywood films depicting sharks as calculating, vengeful…
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- Alveolar hydatid disease >By directly ingesting food contaminated with stool from foxes or coyotes. This might include grass, herbs…
- Digit A finger or toe
- Joint, shoulder The shoulder has two main bones: the scapula (the shoulder blade) and the humerus (the long bone of the upper…
- Pleuritis Inflammation of the pleura. When the pleura becomes inflamed, it can produce more than the normal amount of…
- Supercilious Arrogant, haughty or disdainful. From the raising of an eyebrow ('supercilium' in Latin). Supercilious is an…
- Syndrome, Pallister-Killian Condition with multiple malformations at birth and mental retardation due to isochromosome 12p mosaicism (an…
- Pick disease Pick disease: A form of dementia characterized by a slowly progressive deterioration of social skills and…
- Intra-arterial pressure The pressure of the blood within an artery, the arterial pressure. Also called the arterial tension
- Lipoprotein A complex of lipid and protein, the way lipids travel in the blood. Cholesterol, a building block of the…
- Colonic (adjective) Relating to the colon, that part of the large intestine that runs from the cecum to the rectum. For a…
- Bunion A bunion is a localized painful swelling at the base of the big toe (the great toe). The joint is enlarged…