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Fear of animals
An abnormal and persistent fear of animals termed 'zoophobia. A phobia is an unreasonable fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a relatively common type of anxiety disorder. Phobias can be treated with cognitive behavioral…
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- Syndrome, MASA MASA stands for mental retardation, aphasia, shuffling gait, and adducted thumbs. Features of the syndrome…
- Pregnancy radiation exposure See: Prenatal radiation exposure
- BRCA1 breast cancer susceptibility gene A mutated (changed) version of the BRCA1 gene that makes a person susceptible to developing breast cancer…
- Iatric Relating to medicine or a physician. Iatric systems are medical systems. From the Greek iatrikos (medical)…
- Charles Darwin See: Darwin, Charles
- Cranial nerve VII The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge…
- Occiput The back of the head. A direct borrowing of the Latin word for the part of the head opposite the front
- Rickets A disease of infants and children that disturbs normal bone formation (ossification). Rickets is a failure to…
- Coffin-Lowry syndrome An X-linked form of mental retardation in which the affected males have short stature and characteristic…
- Granuloma annulare The definition of granuloma annulare in one of the standard print medical dictionaries begins: 'a benign…
- Hippocratic Oath One of the oldest binding documents in history, the Oath written by Hippocrates is still held sacred by…