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Hypochondria
1. Synonym for the disorder officially called hypochondriasis. 2. The plural of hypochondrium, referring to both sides of upper abdomen just below the rib cage.The ancients believed hypochondiasis was due to disturbed function of the…
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- Gluten A protein found in wheat or related grains and many foods that we eat. Gluten can be found in a large variety…
- Pneumocystis pneumonia One of the cells lining the alveoli (the air sacs) in the lung. The alveoli are, in fact, lined with two…
- Meconium ileus Obstruction of the intestine (ileus) due to overly thick meconium, the dark sticky stuff that is normally…
- Gregarious Living in the company of others. A gregarious parasite is one whose nutritional requirements are such that…
- Beals, Rodney K. The hair that normally grows on the male face after puberty. Testosterone, the most potent of the naturally…
- CBC A commonly used abbreviation in medicine that stands for complete blood count, a set values of the cellular…
- Facial muscle One of the 43 muscles in the human face. The facial muscles convey basic human emotions such as anger…
- Syncephaly Conjoined twins whose heads are joined together. From syn-, together + -cephaly, head = heads together. Also…
- Tenth cranial nerve The tenth cranial nerve, and one of the most important, is the vagus nerve. All twelve of the cranial nerves…
- Base excision repair A process of DNA repair in which an altered base is excised (removed) by a DNA glycosylase enzyme, followed…
- Hypochondriacal neurosis See: Hypochondriasis