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Aerophobia
An abnormal and persistent fear of flying. Sufferers experience severe anxiety even though they usually realize that the flying does not pose a threat commensurate with their fear. Aerophobia also means an irrational fear of fresh air or…
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Show more- Olefactory Common misspelling of olfactory
- Sigmoidoscopy Inspection of the rectum and lower colon using a thin lighted tube called a sigmoidoscope. Samples of tissue…
- Tapeworm, beef See Taenia saginata.
- Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National BI): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NHLBI's mission is to 'provide leadership for…
- Case-to-infection proportion See: Case-to-infection ratio
- Hepatic vein One of the veins which drains blood from the liver
- Morgue A place where bodies of the dead are kept before autopsy, funeral, or burial. The first Morgue was in Paris…
- Beau's lines Transverse lines or grooves across the fingernails; transverse depressions in the nail plate. Beau's lines…
- Palate, soft The muscular part of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is directly behind the hard palate. It lacks bone…
- Ophthalmoscopy Examination of the interior of the eye, including the lens, retina and optic nerve, by indirect or direct…
- Spinal cord The major column of nerve tissue that is connected to the brain and lies within the vertebral canal and from…
- Jackson See: Hughlings Jackson, John