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Phobia
An unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a relatively common type of anxiety disorder. For example, extreme fear of spiders is called arachnophobia, and fear of being outside is known as agoraphobia…
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Show more- Veterinary medicine The medical science concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases in animals. Aside from…
- Bougienage A procedure involving the use of a bougie. A bougie is a thin cylinder of rubber, plastic, metal or another…
- Buffalo chest A single chest cavity with no anatomic separation of the two hemithoraxes due, for example, to tension…
- Dorian Gray effect Sudden aging, an abrupt change from seeming youthfulness to the reality and ravages of age, as can occur…
- Tzanck smear See Tzanck test
- Pathologist, speech-language See: Speech-language pathologist
- Excimer laser A laser that emits very concentrated light in the ultraviolet (UV) region of the spectrum. Excimer lasers are…
- Nephron A key unit, both anatomically and functionally, of the kidney.
- Sensipar Trade name for cinacalcet, a drug that acts as a calcimimetic. For more information, see: Calcimimetic
- SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus) A chronic inflammatory condition caused by an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease occurs when the…
- Gastrectomy Surgery to remove part of all of the stomach.
- Fear of flowers An abnormal and persistent fear of flowers. Sufferers experience undue anxiety even though they realize they…