Physical Conditions
- paracervical block
- regional anesthesia resulting from the injection of a local anesthetic on each side of the cervix; used during labor and childbirth
- myelocytic leukemia
- a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood
- autosomal recessive defect
- a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome
- Tay-Sachs disease
- a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood
- inhalation anesthesia
- general anesthesia achieved by administration of an inhalation anesthetic
- rhabdomyoma
- benign tumor of striated muscle
- nervous breakdown
- a severe or incapacitating emotional disorder
- anthrax
- a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia
- duodenal ulcer
- a peptic ulcer of the duodenum
- ED
- impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
- crud
- an ill-defined bodily ailment
- skin tumor
- a neoplasm originating in the epidermis
- immunodeficiency
- immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
- Q fever
- an acute disease resembling influenza
- comminuted fracture
- fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed
- psammoma
- a tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles
- bronchitis
- inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes
- multiple personality
- a relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emerge
- sensory epilepsy
- focal epilepsy initiated by somatosensory phenomena
- autosomal dominant disease
- a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome
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