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Tassinari syndrome
Taste belongs to our chemical sensing system, or the chemosenses. The complicated process of tasting begins when molecules released by the substances stimulate special cells in the mouth or throat. These special sensory cells transmit…
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Show more- Meralgia paresthetica Meralgia paresthetica: Entrapment or pinching of the nerve that supplies sensation to the outer portion of…
- Clinical social worker, licensed See: Licensed clinical social worker
- Infectious hepatitis See Hepatitis A
- Anterograde memory Loss of short-term memory with retention of memories from the distant past (long-term memory)
- Human neutrophil peptide See: Defensin
- Hepatitis E A form of liver disease characterized by inflammation of the liver due to infection with the hepatitis E…
- Syndrome, Marfan See: Marfan syndrome
- Tachycardia, ventricular An abnormally rapid heart rhythm that originates from a ventricle, one of the lower chambers of the heart…
- Hepatoblastoma A malignant tumor of the liver. Hepatoblastoma occurs almost exclusively in young children, more commonly in…
- Naturopathic medicine See: Naturopathy
- Cranial nerve X The tenth cranial nerve, and one of the most important, is the vagus nerve. All twelve of the cranial nerves…
- Icterus Jaundice. At least one medical dictionary defines icterus as the presence of jaundice seen in the sclera of…