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An obsession with shopping that significantly interferes with the functioning of the individual. The signs are a preoccupation with shopping; anxiety when not shopping; a constant need for a shopping 'fix'; shopping to excess that results…
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Show more- Placenta, supernumerary A succenturiate or accessory placenta
- Semen DNA analysis Surface EMG.
- Vein, portal A large vein that carries blood from the stomach and the intestines to the liver. The portal vein is formed…
- Axillary Pertaining to the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and the body, better known as the armpit. The word…
- Blighted ovum A fertilized ovum (egg) that did not develop or whose development ceased at an early stage, before 6 or 7…
- Senile keratosis Synonymous with actinic keratosis. See: Keratosis, actinic
- Dioxin One of a number of poisonous petroleum-derived chemicals which are produced when herbicides (substances used…
- Birth defect Any defect present in a baby at birth, irrespective of whether the defect is caused by a genetic factor or by…
- Nitrosoureas A group of cancer drugs called alkylating agents because they act by the process of alkylation to inhibit DNA…
- Fructose A sugar that occurs naturally in fruits and honey. Fructose has 4 calories per gram
- Neuralgia, vidian A distinctive syndrome of headaches, better known today as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- Drain, Jackson-Pratt See: JP drain