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Rhinitis, allergic, perennial
Allergic rhinitis (hayfever) that occurs throughout the year
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- Tamponade, chronic A situation in which a chronic excess of fluid inside the pericardial sac and thickening of the pericardial…
- Operation, Glenn See: Glenn shunt
- Blade bone Familiar term for the scapula, also called the shoulder blade or wing bone, the flat triangular bone at the…
- Vomer A triangular bone in the nasal septum. The bone was so named because it was thought to look like a…
- Deficiency, zinc According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Recommended Dietary Allowances of zinc are 12 milligrams…
- Psychodynamic medication See: Psychotropic medication
- Central catheter See: Catheter, central
- Laryngectomy Surgery to remove part or all of the larynx is a partial or total laryngectomy. In either operation, the…
- Fear of sharks Excessive and persistent fear of sharks is termed galeophobia. Sufferers from this phobia experience anxiety…