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Chromesthesia
A type of synesthesia in which which a nonvisual stimulus causes the individual to perceive color. Color hearing is a form of chromesthesia. In color hearing a musical tone elicits a color. One well-studied case involved an art teacher who…
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Show more- Pollinosis 1. Hay fever in response to pollen. 2. Hay fever in response to any allergen. See: Hay fever.
- PSA See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis.
- Kidney disease screening Screening (looking) for early kidney disease in people who are not already known to have it. Kidney disease…
- Sulfa drug One of the sulfonamides, the sulfa-related antibiotics which are used to treat bacterial and some fungal…
- Fear of water An abnormal and persistent fear of water. Sufferers of aquaphobia experience anxiety even though they realize…
- Test, treadmill A test (sometimes called the exercise treadmill test or exercise test) in which a continuous…
- Heel spur A bony spur projecting from the back or underside of the heel that often makes walking painful. Spurs at the…
- Jail fever See: Typhus, epidemic
- Robust In statistics, a term applied to a test or procedure that is not seriously disturbed by violations of the…
- Palate The roof of the mouth. The front portion is bony (hard palate), and the back portion is muscular (soft palate)
- Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute One of the National Institutes of Health, NIAAA's mission is to 'conduct research focused on improving the…
- Hydrocephalus, congenital Hydrocephalus present at birth