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Fear of horses
An abnormal and persistent fear of horses. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even when a horse is known to be gentle and well trained. They usually avoid horses entirely rather than risk being kicked, bitten or thrown. They…
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- Artificial abortion An abortion that is brought about intentionally. Also called an induced or therapeutic abortion. As opposed…
- Iatrapistic A lack of faith in doctors. Entirely from the Greek: 'iatr-' indicating a relationship to a physician or…
- Skin biopsy Skin biopsy: Removal of a piece of skin for the purpose of further examination in the laboratory using a…
- Presbycusis Age-related hearing loss with gradually progressive inability to hear, especially high frequency sounds…
- Pubic symphysis The joint between the pubic bones in the front of the pelvis. Also called the symphysis pubis
- Scrub in To wash the hands and forearms very thoroughly, as for surgery. To scrub in implies the use of a brush (and…
- Glucose tolerance test See: Impaired glucose tolerance.
- Quinacrine An antimalarial drug and, in cytogenetics, a fluorescent dye used to stain chromosomes. The Y chromosome…
- Infiltrate To penetrate. If an IV infiltrates, the IV fluid penetrates the surrounding tissue.
- Eicosanoid A lipid mediator of inflammation derived from the 20-carbon atom arachidonic acid (20 in Greek is 'eicosa')…
- Ejaculatory duct A canal in the male formed by union of the vas deferens and the duct from the seminal vesicle. The…