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Equinophobia
An abnormal and persistent fear of horses. Sufferers of equinophobia 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…
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Show more- Count, platelet The calculated number of platelets in a volume of blood, usually expressed as platelets per cubic millimeter…
- Scleroconjunctival Pertaining to both the sclera and the conjunctiva. The sclera, a tough white outer coat that covers most of…
- Fever, puerperal Fever that lasts for more than 24 hours within the first 10 days after a woman has had a baby. Puerperal…
- Cys-Cys Cystine
- Nematodes Roundworms.
- Dental drill A device that dentists use to drill into teeth. Primitive dental drills were used in the 18th and early 19th…
- Sensitivity, analytic See: Analytic sensitivity
- Hypoxemia Abnormally low levels of oxygen in the blood. Hypoxemia may be mild to severe and leads to shortness of…
- Race-based therapy See: Race-based drug
- Myalgia Pain in a muscle; or pain in multiple muscles. Myalgia means muscle pain. There are many specific causes of…
- Td Adult diphtheria and tetanus toxoids. See Td immunization
- S1-S5 (sacral vertebrae) The first sacral vertebra through the fifth sacral vertebra. There are 5 sacral vertebral bones. They are…