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Pickwickian syndrome
The combination of obesity, somnolence (sleepiness), hypoventilation (underbreathing), and plethoric (red) face. The syndrome is so named because of the 'fat and red-faced boy in a state of somnolency' that Charles Dickens described in his…
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- Sexploitation The exploitation of sex, often for commercial purposes. The term is a mid-20th century merger of sex and…
- OAE Acoustic emission test) : OAE is an abbreviation for 'otoacoustic emission test' which measures an acoustic…
- Esophagoscopy Examination of the esophagus using a thin, lighted instrument
- Wagner's syndrome See: Stickler syndrome
- Nicotinic acid Deficiency of nicotinic acid (also known as niacin), one of the B-complex vitamins, causes pellagra. Pellagra…
- Cell lineage A genealogic pedigree of cells related through mitotic division
- Amylase An enzyme produced in the pancreas and salivary glands that helps in the digestion of starches. Elevation of…
- Angina pectoris Chest pain that is typically severe and crushing with a feeling just behind the breastbone (the sternum) of…
- Child Health and . . . (NICHD) National Institute of (NICHD): One of the US National Institutes of Health, NICHD is in a sense the NIH for…
- Humor, aqueous In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally…
- Disorder, mathematics A condition characterized by math skills that are significantly below normal, given the person's age…