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Vertigo
Aside from being the name of a classic 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film (with Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak), vertigo is a feeling that you are dizzily turning around or that things are dizzily turning about you. Vertigo is usually due to a…
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Show more- Hemorrhagic cyst This type of functional cyst occurs when bleeding occurs within a cyst. Symptoms such as abdominal pain on…
- Arteriosclerotic retinopathy Retinal disease caused by arteriosclerosis. In this condition, the arterioles (small arteries) in the retina…
- Septum A word borrowed from the Latin 'saeptum' meaning a 'dividing wall or enclosure.
- Horror autotoxicus Literally, the horror of self-toxicity. A term coined by the great German bacteriologist and immunologist…
- Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin): Aspirin is a good example of a tradename that has entered into the language…
- Body fat monitor See: Bioelectric impedance analysis
- AKU Alkaptonuria
- American Academy of Pediatrics AAP. Its member pediatricians 'dedicate their efforts and resources to the health, safety and well-being of…
- Palpebra The eyelid. The plural is palpebrae and the adjective is palpebral, as in palpebral fissure
- Stat See: STAT
- Tocolytic Relating to the inhibition of labor, delaying or halting labor
- Aase-Smith syndrome I A syndrome of congenital malformations (birth defects) characterized by hydrocephalus, cleft palate, and…