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Heatliness
A characteristic of certain foods or other substances believed to cause emotional or physical reactions associated with temper, fever, passion, and excess. Coolness and heatliness are the yin and yang of a principle of Chinese philosophy…
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Show more- Healthy 1. Enjoying good health, as she is healthy. 2. Evidencing good health, as her skin is healthy. 3. Conducive…
- Agent, antimicrobial See: Antimicrobial agent
- Numb Numb, or numbness is a loss of the sensation of feeling in an area of the body. Numbness results from damage…
- Sign, Kernig A clinical hallmark of meningitis, inflammation of the meninges, the membranes covering the brain and spinal…
- EMG Electromyogram
- Lithotripsy, extracorporeal shock wave See: Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
- Heterotaxy The abnormal placement of organs due to failure to establish the normal left-right patterning during…
- Mycobacterium A large family of bacteria that have unusually waxy cell walls that are resistant to digestion. The…
- Mimetic The adjective for 'mimesis' -- imitation or mimicry. A radiomimetic drug is one that imitates the effects of…
- Amyloidosis, secondary Amyloidosis, secondary : One of a group of diseases (called amyloidosis) in which protein deposits (amyloid)…
- Family history of colorectal cancer See: Colon cancer family history
- Dystonia, dopa-responsive (DRD) Dystonia, dopa-responsive (DRD): A condition that typically begins in childhood or adolescence with…