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Erotomania
The false but persistent belief that one is loved by a person (often a famous or prominent person), or the pathologically obsessive pursuit of a disinterested object of love. Erotomania can be a symptom of schizophrenia or other…
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Show more- PDA Patent ductus arteriosus
- Cogan syndrome Arteritis (also referred to as vasculitis) that involves the ear. This condition is called Cogan syndrome…
- Pre-eclampsia A condition in pregnancy characterized by abrupt hypertension (a sharp rise in blood pressure), albuminuria…
- Failure, autonomic See: Autonomic failure
- Abs Commonly used slang for the abdominal muscles, the muscles running up and down in the abdominal wall. The…
- Arrhythmias, rapid Abnormally rapid heart rhythms, medically termed tachycardia
- Cyst, tarsal Also called a chalazion or a Meibomian cyst, an inflammation of the oil gland of the eyelid.
- Bag, air A bag that fills with air, designed for frontal impact crashes, the kind of crashes which account for more…
- Patellar reflex See: Knee jerk
- Liver biopsy Liver biopsy: A procedure in which a small sample of the liver is removed for the diagnosis of abnormal liver…
- Parasitic worm A worm classified as a parasite. (A parasite is a disease-causing organism that lives on or in a human or…
- Epilepsy, temporal lobe See: Epilepsy, temporal-lobe