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Cushingoid
Having the constellation of symptoms and signs caused by an excess of cortisol hormone: that is, Cushing syndrome. While facial puffiness and weight gain are typical features of a Cushingoid appearance, cushing syndrome is an extremely…
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- DM2 Myotonic dystrophy type 2. See also: Myotonic dystrophy
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- Beard The hair that normally grows on the male face after puberty. Testosterone, the most potent of the naturally…
- Diathesis In medicine, a 'diathesis' is an elegant term for a predisposition or tendency. Thus, a hemorrhagic diathesis…
- Biomarker A biochemical feature or facet that can be used to measure the progress of disease or the effects of treatment
- Stress Stress: Forces from the outside world impinging on the individual. Stress is a normal part of life that can…
- Athlete foot See: Athlete's foot
- Photic sneeze reflex A disorder, also known as the achoo syndrome, characterized by nearly uncontrollable paroxysms of sneezing…
- Liver fluke Fasciola hepatica
- Somatic cell nuclear transfer The transfer of the nucleus from a somatic cell into an egg from which the nucleus has been removed
- Yersinia pestis The bacteria that causes the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the Black Death) and later in the…