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Bipolar disease
Manic-depressive disease. See: Bipolar disorder
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- Proxi- Toward the beginning, the nearer of two (or more) items. For example, the proximal end of the femur is part…
- Peccant Unhealthy. Causing illness or disease. Peccant is one of those rarely used but apt words. The behaviors --…
- Fear of thunder An abnormal and persistent fear of thunder that causes undue anxiety even though sufferers realize that…
- Gingivitis, necrotizing This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Marfan syndrome Marfan syndrome: An inherited disorder of connective tissue characterized by abnormalities of the eyes…
- Meningitis, neoplastic A condition due to cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to the meninges, the tissue…
- Male The traditional definition of male was 'an individual of the sex that produces sperm' (or some such)…
- Coccygeal vertebrae The coccyx, the small tail-like bone at the bottom of the spine near the anus, is made up of 3-5 (average of…
- Cyanogen chloride See: Cyanide