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Popcorn worker's lung
A form of bronchiolitis obliterans, a severe obstructive lung disease, in workers who mix and package flavored microwave-popcorn or are involved in other flavoring manufacturing. In a typical case, a 40-year-old woman began work on a…
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Show more- HUGO Acronym for the Human Genome Organisation, the international organization of scientists involved in the Human…
- Palindromic Pertaining to a palindrome. A DNA sequence that reads the same in both directions is a palindromic sequence
- Gln Glutamine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Licensed clinical social worker A social worker trained in psychotherapy who helps individuals deal with a variety of mental health and daily…
- Periphery 1. The outside or surface of a structure; the portion outside the central region. 2. The circumference of a…
- ALS3 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 3
- Homeopathic Pertaining to homeopathy
- Watermelon stomach Parallel red sores in the stomach that look like the stripes on a watermelon. Frequently seen with cirrhosis…
- Infant, post-term An overly mature baby that has not been born until well after the usual term pregnancy. A post-term baby is…
- Fear of age An abnormal and persistent fear of growing old is termed gerascophobia. Sufferers of gerascophobia feel undue…
- Transient global amnesia A passing episode of short-term memory loss without other signs or symptoms of neurological impairment. In…
- Hyperthermia : Overheg of the body. This may be due to extreme weather conditions. Unrelieved hyperthermia can lead to…