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Chinese restaurant syndrome
A syndrome first described in 1968 in people who had eaten Chinese food on which MSG (monosodium glutamate) had been lavished. The syndrome only seems to occur in some people. Their symptoms may include headache, throbbing of the head…
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Show more- Maturity onset diabetes of the young Diabetes mellitus that has early onset (usually before the age of 25), is non-insulin-dependent, and is…
- Peptidase An enzyme that can break down a peptide into its component amino acids
- Circulatory Having to do with the circulation, the movement of fluid in a regular or circuitous course. Although the…
- Kubler-Ross See: Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
- Tapeworm, pork Taenia solium
- Fournier's gangrene Gangrene: A horrendous infection of the genitalia that causes severe pain in the genital area (in the penis…
- Aden- See: Adeno-
- Colonoscopy Colonoscopy: A procedure in which a long flexible viewing tube (a colonoscope) is threaded up through the…
- Diabetes, labile A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…
- Papillary muscle Small muscles within the heart that anchor the heart valves. The anchor ropes are the chordae tendineae…
- Virus, lymphadenopathy-associated Another name for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS. Please see: Virus, human…
- Holandric inheritance Inheritance of genes on the Y chromosome. Since only males normally have a Y chromosome, Y-linked genes can…