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Seborrheic dermatitis
A medical name for what is popularly called seborrhea
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- Hemophilia A Classic hemophilia, due to profound deficiency of factor VIII, a blood factor necessary to normal clotting…
- Aesculapius That stick with the snake curled around it is the staff (the rod) of Aesculapius (also called Asklepios), the…
- Calcitonin Calcitonin: A hormone produced by the thyroid gland that lowers the levels of calcium and phosphate in the…
- Echopraxia The involuntary imitation of the movements of another person. Echopraxia is a feature of schizophrenia…
- Chicken genome The genome of the Red Jungle Fowl, Gallus gallus, the ancestor of domestic chickens, comprising about 1…
- Enanthem A rash inside the body. An example: the spots in measles (Koplik's spots) inside the mouth that look like a…
- Heart rhythm disorders Heart rhythm disorders: Abnormal rhythm of the heartbeat due to irregularities in transmission of the…
- Allergic rhinitis, perennial Allergic rhinitis (hay fever) that occurs throughout the year
- Sense, balance Our sense of balance is regulated by a complex interaction of the following parts of the nervous system: >…