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Krukenberg tumor
A tumor of the ovary caused by the spread of stomach cancer. When the stomach cancer spreads to an ovary, the tumor in the ovary is called a Krukenberg tumor. (This tumor, named for a doctor, is not a different disease; it is metastatic…
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Show more- Coloboma A congenital malformation (birth defect) in which part of the eye does not form due to failure of fusion of…
- Aneuploidy One or a few chromosomes above or below the normal chromosome number. For example, three number 21…
- Polygenic disease A genetic disease caused by the combined actions of two or more genes. Examples of polygenic diseases include…
- Diabetes, non-insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2.
- Gertie F. Marx See: Marx, Gertie F.
- Involuntary Done other than in accordance with the conscious will of the individual. The opposite of voluntary. The terms…
- Fear of travel An irrational and unreasonable fear of travel is called agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is a very complex phobia. It…
- Acanthamoeba A microscopic organism, an amoeba, found in soil, dust and fresh water (lakes, rivers, hot springs and hot…
- Fetishism Fetishism is a problem in which a person has sexual urges associated with non-living objects. The person…
- Appendiceal rupture Rupture of appendix
- Alcoholism Physical dependence on alcohol to the extent that stopping alcohol use will bring on withdrawal symptoms. In…
- RWI Recreational water illness