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Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia: An abnormal and persistent fear of public places or open areas, especially those from which escape could be difficult or help not immediately accessible. Persons with agoraphobia frequently also have panic disorder. People…
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- Amini, Fariborz Iranian-born American psychiatrist (1930-2004), at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), known…
- Placental BMP See: MIC-1
- Caudate nucleus In each hemisphere of the brain, the most medial of the four basal ganglia, partly responsible for body…
- Curettement Curettage
- Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy See: Muscular dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
- Alternating hemiplegia syndrome See: Alternating hemiplegia of childhood
- Cancer, lymphoma, non-Hodgkin A lymphoma is a cancer that develops in the lymphatic system. The most common symptom of non-Hodgkin…
- Hexenmilch See: Witch's milk
- Retinal artery, central The blood vessel that carries blood into the eye and supplies nutrition to the retina. The counterpart to the…
- Dizziness Dizziness: Painless head discomfort with many possible causes including disturbances of vision, the brain…
- Phenylalanine An essential amino acid. (The human body cannot make it so it is essential to the diet.) Phenylalanine that…