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Mastalgia
Pain in the breast or mammary gland. From the Greek masto-, breast + algos, pain
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- Synesthete A person with synesthesia, a condition in which the normally separate senses are not separate. Sight may…
- Frontal lobe The part of each hemisphere of the brain located behind the forehead that serves to regulate and mediate the…
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- Croup Croup: A respiratory problem that occurs mainly in children, particularly from 2 to 4 years of age, due to an…
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