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Show more- Dysgraphia A specific developmental disability that affects the person's ability to write. Problems may include…
- Andrology The branch of medicine concerned with men's health, particularly male infertility and sexual dysfunction…
- Small inducible cytokine A2 See: MPC1
- Bogorad's syndrome Named after the Russian neuropathologist who described the syndrome of crocodile tears. See: Crocodile tears…
- Sporotrichosis Sporotrichosis: An infection most commonly of the skin caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii. Persons…
- APC (medication) Aspirin, phenacetin, and caffeine (a pill containing all three)
- Lizard bite Only two types of lizards are poisonous: the Gila monster that lives in Arizona and Mexico and the beaded…
- Prograf Brand name of tacrolimus. See: Tacrolimus
- Receptor, visual The layer of rods and cones, the visual cells, of the retina
- Gastric outlet obstruction Any disease that mechanically impedes gastric emptying, the normal emptying of the stomach. There is…
- Ectoparasite A parasite that lives on or in the skin but not within the body. Fleas and lice are ectoparasites…
- Memory, working Short-term (recent) memory. Working memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing the information…