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Lycanthropy
The delusion that one has become a wolf or the werewolf transformation. Werewolf myths were associated with the phases of the moon. The werewolf was thought to take over when the moon was full. The word 'lycanthropy' is from the Greek…
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- Node, AV AV node: The AV node (AV stands for atrioventricular) is an electrical relay station between the atria (the…
- Diabetes skin condition See: Diabetic skin disease
- Implicit memory Memory characterized by a lack of conscious awareness in the act of recollection. By contrast, explicit…
- Juvenile chronic arthritis, systemic-onset See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
- VWM Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter, an inherited brain disease that occurs mainly in children…
- Pulse, Corrigan A pulse that is full and then suddenly collapses. Named for the Irish physician Dominic John Corrigan…
- Barbat skullcap See: Scutellaria barbata
- Disto- Distal
- Arthralgia Pain in the joints. There are many possible causes of pain in a joint. The Greek 'algos' means 'pain.
- Kerato- Inflammation of the eye involving both the cornea and the conjunctiva. Keratoconjunctivitis can be due to…
- Chromosome 11 childhood leukemia A new type of childhood leukemia in which a piece of chromosome 11 has been translocated (broken off and…