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Pityriasis rosea
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.
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Show more- Roofer's knee See prepatellar bursitis.
- Congenital stationary night blindness An inherited eye disorder that is not progressive ('stationary') and principally affects the rod…
- Extremophile An organism that lives under extreme conditions. An example of an extremophile is Methanococcus jannaschii, a…
- Skin, tattooing of the The permanent insertion of ink or other pigments below the skin using a sharp instrument. Humans have done…
- Amnesia Lack of memory. Amnesia after trauma can be antegrade or retrograde, depending upon whether the lack of…
- Borborygmi Rumbling sounds caused by gas moving through the intestines (stomach 'growling'). Pronounced BOR-boh-RIG-mee…
- Intern In medicine, a doctor who has completed medical school and is engaged in a year of additional training at a…
- Sociopath A term once used for someone with what is now called antisocial personality disorder
- Fertile Able to conceive and bear offspring.
- Parry's disease Toxic multinodular goiter. Named for the English physician Caleb Hillier Parry (1755-1822). also called…
- Xanth- (prefix) A colorful prefix relating to a yellow color. 'Xanth-' is related to the word 'xanthic' which has its roots…
- Rotator cuff Rotator cuff: A group of four tendons that stabilize the shoulder joint. Each of the four tendons hooks up to…