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Nose picking
Rhinotillexomania, one of the more obscure and exotic terms in medicine. 'Rhinotillexomania' has drawn attention because of the habit to which it refers. It is 'a recent term coined to describe compulsive nose picking' according to…
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Show more- Lab result The result of a test done in a laboratory
- Low blood pressure Low blood pressure: Any blood pressure that is below the normal expected for an individual in a given…
- Poly- 1) Prefix meaning much or many For example, polycystic means characterized by many cysts. 2) Short form for…
- Female genitalia The genital organs of the female. These are usually separated by convention into the external and internal…
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome A type of compression neuropathy (nerve disease due to compression of the nerve) in the ankle and foot…
- Zollinger-Ellison syndrome A rare disorder caused by a tumor called a gastrinoma, most often occurring in the pancreas. The tumor…
- Human genome All of the DNA that a person possesses. The human genome is made up of all of the DNA in our chromosomes as…
- USFDA The United States Food and Drug Administration (best known as the FDA) is an agency within the U.S. Public…
- MRI, endorectal An MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) done from inside the rectum. To do such as MRI, a surface coil within an…
- Alloerotic Having to do with sexual excitement toward the same sex. The opposite is heteroerotic
- Vein, great saphenous The larger of the two saphenous veins, the principal veins that run up the leg superficially (near the…
- Aneurysmal bruit A blowing sound heard over an aneurysm, a widening of a vessel. Bruit is French for noise