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Mask of pregnancy
Muddy-brown pigmentation on the cheeks or elsewhere on the face that develops in about half of all women during pregnancy. Some women also develop it outside pregnancy, as do some women on hormone therapy. The pigmentation is worsened by…
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Show more- Virulent Extremely noxious, damaging, deleterious, disease-causing (pathogenic). Marked by a rapid, severe, and…
- Sperm A sperm is the male 'gamete' or sex cell. It combines with the female 'gamete,' called an ovum, to form a…
- SAD A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitting saddle. Also called a saddle sore.
- Pharmacology The study of drugs, their sources, their nature, and their properties. Pharmacology is the study of the…
- Phenotype, Klippel-Feil See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Toxo (toxoplasmosis) Toxo (toxoplasmosis): An infection caused by a single-celled parasite named Toxoplasma gondii that may invade…
- PARK7 Familial Parkinson disease type 7
- Fever, Lassa See: Lassa fever
- Mortality rate A death rate. There are a number of different types of mortality rates as, for examples, the following: >…
- LMP Abbreviation for 'last menstrual period.' By convention, pregnancies are dated in weeks starting from the…
- Fear of dogs An abnormal and persistent fear of dogs. Sufferers of this fear experience anxiety even though they realize…
- Bone cancer Bone cancer: A malignancy in bone. Primary bone cancer, one that begins in bone, is uncommon but it is not…