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Bradyphrenia
Slowed thought processes. Can be a side effect of certain psychiatric medications
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Show more- Septic Infected, or denoting infection. For example, septic shock is shock caused by infection.
- Cross training Doing two or more aerobic activities such as jogging, bicycling, and swimming on a regular basis
- Skeleton, bones of the The human body has 206 bones. These consist of 80 axial (head and trunk) bones and 126 appendicular (upper…
- Beijerinck, Martinus W. (1851-1931) Dutch microbiologist who was the first person to use the term 'virus' for the invisible…
- Social anxiety disorder Excessive fear of embarrassment in social situations that is extremely intrusive and can have debilitating…
- CB2 See: Cannabinoid receptor 2.
- Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APLS): An immune disorder characterized by the presence of abnormal…
- Bug, kissing See: Kissing bug
- Womyn Woman. A late 20th century feminist creation to avoid the suffix man
- IVF In vitro fertilization, a laboratory procedure in which sperm are placed with an unfertilized egg in a Petri…
- Auditory disease, central A condition in which there is an inability to differentiate, recognize or understand sounds while both the…
- Thrombin A key clot promoter, thrombin is an enzyme that presides over the conversion of a substance called fibrinogen…