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Induced disease by proxy
See: Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
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- Anaptic Suffering from an impaired sense of touch, (a state called anaphia) or tactile anesthesia. An anaptic person…
- Sleeplessness Insomnia. See also Fatal familial insomnia
- Chronic myelocytic leukemia See: Chronic myelogenous leukemia
- Steal, subclavian See: Subclavian steal
- Snot A popular, perjorative, and somewhat offensive term for nasal mucus (mucus produced in the nose)
- Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor See: Cox-2 inhibitor
- Gunnar B. Stickler See: Stickler, Gunnar B.
- DNA repair gene, Med1 A gene that codes for one of the key enzymes involved in repairing DNA. The DNA in genes is constantly…
- Defect, atrial septal (ASD) A hole in the septum, the wall, between the atria, the upper chambers of the heart. Commonly called an ASD…
- Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation: A new technique in which stem cells are obtained from a patient's…