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Passive-aggressive
Pertaining to behavior in which feelings of aggression are expressed in passive ways as, for example, by stubbornness, sullenness, procrastination, or intentional inefficiency. The term passive-aggressive behavior was coined by military…
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- Dizygotic twin A twins who have shared a common uterine environment with its twin but is due to a different fertilized ovum…
- Elbow pain Elbow pain: Elbow pain is most often the result of tendinitis, which can affect the inner or outer elbow…
- Vertical transmission Passage of a disease-causing agent (a pathogen) vertically from mother directly to baby during the perinatal…
- Interstitial cystitis (IC) Disease that involves inflammation or irritation of the bladder wall. This inflammation can lead to scarring…
- Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia, for short.) A group of bacteria found in soil and water that are often resistant to common…
- PTCA A winglike triangular membrane. Although a pterygium can be anywhere, including behind the knee, it commonly…
- Vitamin A deficiency Deficiency of niacin, one of the B-complex vitamins, causes pellagra. See: Pellagra.
- Syndrome, deafness-ichthyosis-keratitis See Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome
- Ankle The ankle joint is complex. It is made up of two joints: the true ankle joint and the subtalar joint: > >The…
- Meningitis, cryptococcal Inflammation of the meninges due to infection with the fungal organism cryptococcus neoformans, which is…
- Explant 1. The original meaning: to transfer tissue from the body and place it in a culture medium for growth; and…