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Disease, Minamata
A disorder caused by methyl mercury poisoning that was first described in the inhabitants of Minamata Bay, Japan. Minamata disease resulted from their eating fish contaminated with mercury industrial waste. The disease is characterized by…
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Show more- Autophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of loneliness, of being alone. A fear of solitude. Sufferers from autophobia…
- Human pluripotent stem cell Stem cell: One of the 'cells that are self-replicating, are derived from human embryos or human fetal tissue…
- Fiber, soluble and insoluble Fiber: Fiber (the portion of plants that cannot be digested by the human digestive tract) is classified as…
- Fear of nudity An abnormal and persistent fear of nudity is called gymnophobia. Sufferers of this phobia experience undue…
- Homosexual A person sexually attracted to persons of the same sex. Homosexuals include males (gays) and females…
- Macrocephaly An abnormally large head. The opposite of macrocephaly is microcephaly (an abnormally small head)
- Hormone, parathyroid See Hormone, parathormone
- Osmolarity The concentration of osmotically active particles in solution, which may be quantitatively expressed in…
- Premie Short and slangy for a premature baby. A preterm infant. Also often spelled (for obscure reasons) preemie.
- Emphysema Emphysema: 1) A lung condition featuring an abnormal accumulation of air in the lung's many tiny air sacs, a…
- Great pox Syphilis. An old name to distinguish it from the smallpox
- Lecithinase See: Phospholipase