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Common migraine
Migraine without aura. The most frequent type, accounting for about 80-85% of migraine. See: Migraine
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- Midbrain aqueduct A canal that communicates between the third and fourth ventricles in a system of four communicating cavities…
- Map, physical A map of the locations of identifiable landmarks on chromosomes. Physical distance is measured in base pairs…
- Patent urachus A birth defect involving the urachus, a canal connecting the bladder of the fetus with the allantois, a…
- Naso- Prefix referring to the nose. For example, nasogastric refers to the passage from the nose to the stomach
- Race An ethnic stock or division of humans. Naturalists and ethnographers have long divided humans into a variable…
- Diabetes, labile A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…
- Reflex A reaction that is involuntary. The corneal reflex is the blink that occurs with irritation of the eye. The…
- Pneumoconiosis The deposition of particulate matter such as asbestos and silicon in the lungs. See also: Black lung disease
- Aperient Laxative. Used both as a noun (an aperient is a laxative) and adjective (prunes are an aperient fruit). From…
- B variant GM2-gangliosidosis See: Tay-Sachs disease