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Galeophobia
An abnormally large and persistent fear of sharks. 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 diabolical…
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Show more- Chronic phase Refers to the early stages of chronic myelogenous leukemia. The number of immature, abnormal white blood…
- Reduction mammaplasty See: Breast reduction
- Scleredema adultorum A misleading term since scleredema can also occur in children. See: Scleredema
- Cushing syndrome Cushing syndrome: The constellation of symptoms and signs caused by an excess of cortisol hormone. Cushing…
- Ramus of the mandible One of the two prominent, projecting back parts of the horseshoe-shaped lower jaw bone
- Ascariasis Infection with Ascaris lubricoides, the intestinal roundworm, the most common worm infection in humans…
- Karyotyping The preparation, analysis, and interpretation of a karyotype
- Thrive, failure to (FTT) Refers to a child whose physical growth is significantly less than that of peers. There is no official…
- Nephron A key unit, both anatomically and functionally, of the kidney.
- Female gonad The female gonad, the ovary or 'egg sac', is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. They are located…
- Papilloma, intraductal A benign, wart-like growth that occurs in breast ducts
- Wolhynia fever Fever: Also known as trench fever, a disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of…