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Syncope, coughing
The temporary loss of consciousness upon coughing. Syncope is the temporary loss of consciousness or, in plain English, fainting. The situations that trigger this reaction are diverse and include having blood drawn, straining while…
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- Male breast cancer Male breast cancer: See: Breast cancer, male.
- Homicide 1. The killing of a person. 2. Strictly speaking, the killing of a man. femicide. From the Latin meaning…
- Coffin-Lowry syndrome An X-linked form of mental retardation in which the affected males have short stature and characteristic…
- Medication, anti-platelet Platelet-blocking drugs. Drugs that, like aspirin, reduce the tendency of platelets in the blood to clump and…
- Alexander disease A slowly progressive and ultimately fatal brain disorder that most commonly occurs in children. The infantile…
- Marasmus Wasting away, as occurs with children who have kwashiorkor. Also called cachexia, is usually a result of…
- Human herpesvirus 1 (HHV-1) A herpes virus that causes cold sores and fever blisters in and around the mouth. Here is a depiction of a…
- Temporal lobe epilepsy See: Epilepsy, temporal-lobe
- CD10 A cell surface enzyme with neutral metalloendopeptidase activity. CD10 is also known as CALLA (common acute…
- Ear, foreign object in There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The inner…
- Benjamin Spock See: Spock, Benjamin