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Bulimia susceptibility gene
A gene that determines the susceptibility to developing bulimia, one disorder in the spectrum of eating disorders. There is now a substantial literature showing that bulimia is strongly familial and that the pronounced familial nature of…
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Show more- Blood sugar Blood glucose. See also: High blood sugar; Low blood sugar
- Ornithophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of birds. Sufferers from ornithophobia experience undue anxiety about…
- Colostrum A sticky white or yellow fluid secreted by the breasts during the second half of pregnancy and for a few days…
- Syphilis test, RPR Rapid plasma reagin, a blood test for syphilis that looks for an antibody that is present in the bloodstream…
- Heterochromatin, facultative Heterochromatin that need not always be heterochromatic but which has the faculty to return to the normal…
- Pediatrics 'Pediatrics is concerned with the health of infants, children and adolescents, their growth and development…
- Amer College of Ob and Gyn (ACOG) Gynecologists (ACOG): The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is an organization concerned…
- Eye Institute, National (NEI) One of the US National Institutes of Health, NEI's mission is to 'conduct and support research, training…
- Pulmonary embolism Pulmonary embolism: The obstruction of the pulmonary artery or a branch of it leading to the lungs by a blood…
- Hashimoto thyroiditis Thyroiditis: A progressive disease of the thyroid gland characterized by the presence of antibodies directed…
- Runny nose Rhinorrhea is the medical term for this common problem. From the Greek words 'rhinos' meaning 'of the nose'…
- Aplastic anemia Anemia due to failure of the bone marrow to produce blood cells, including red and white blood cells as well…