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Witch's milk
A folk term for the milk that often comes from the breast of a newborn baby. This temporary phenomenon is due to stimulation of the baby's breasts by the mother's hormones that cross the placenta during pregnancy. The ability of the baby's…
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- Wisdom tooth See: Tooth, wisdom
- Disease, Bornholm Bornholm disease is a temporary illness that is a result of virus infection. The disease features fever and…
- Pancreatitis, acute See: Acute pancreatitis
- Polycystic ovary syndrome Abbreviated PCOS. Polcystic ovary syndrome is a condition in women characterized by irregular or no menstrual…
- Colpo- A group of diagnostic and therapeutic disciplines that are used together with conventional medicine. An…
- Antigen, prostate specific See: PSA
- Siamese twin Twin: Identical (monozygotic) twins that did not separate fully from one another but are still partially…
- Candidate gene Any gene thought likely to cause a disease. The gene may be a candidate because it is located in a particular…
- Sclerosis Localized hardening of skin
- Polyneuritis, acute idiopathic Also known as the Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disorder characterized by progressive symmetrical paralysis and…
- Racemose A descriptive term for something that is in a cluster or bunch. From the Latin 'racemus' meaning 'a cluster…