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Medicalize
To identify a condition as a disorder requiring medical treatment. The term 'medicalize' is usually used in a pejorative or disparaging sense. For example, 'The recommendation that all women take folic acid during the childbearing years…
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Show more- Anal fissure Anal fissure: Common tear in the anal canal. Anal fissure is a common cause of red blood in the stool.
- GFAP Glial fibrillary acidic protein. The degenerative brain condition called Alexander disease is caused by…
- Sneeze 1. As a verb, to suddenly expel air through the nose and mouth by an involuntary contraction of the muscles…
- Gregarious Living in the company of others. A gregarious parasite is one whose nutritional requirements are such that…
- Disease, Fahr This syndrome described in 1930 by T. Fahr is a genetic (inherited) neurological disorder characterized by…
- Steatohepatitis Fatty inflammation of the liver, usually in alcoholics. Steato- refers to fat and -hepatitis to inflammation…
- Anastomosis The connection of normally separate parts or spaces so they intercommunicate. An anastomosis may be naturally…
- UAA A triplet consisting of uracil, adenine, adenine, in that order, that acts as a stop codon in messenger RNA…
- Piles 1. A term in use since the 15th century for hemorrhoids. 2. A street name for crack cocaine
- Fever, dengue hemorrhagic (DHF) A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage…
- Histamine Substance that plays a major role in many allergic reactions. Histamine dilates blood vessels and makes the…
- Manic Refers to a mood disorder in which a person seems 'high', euphoric, expansive, sometimes agitated…