Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by immoderate food restriction inappropriate eating habits or rituals obsession with having a thin figure and an irrational fear of weight gain as […]
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Arthropod assault
Arthropod assault is a medical term describing a skin reaction to an insect bite characterized by inflammation and eosinophilic response.
Riga–Fede disease
Riga–Fede disease (or syndrome) is an oral condition found albeit rarely in newborns that manifests as an ulceration on the ventral surface of the tongue or on the inner surface […]
Cyclothymia
Cyclothymia also called cyclothymic disorder is a type of chronic mood disorder widely considered to be a milder or subthreshold form of bipolar disorder.
Chronic diarrhea of infancy
Chronic diarrhea of infancy also called toddler’s diarrhea is a common condition typically affecting children between ages 6–30 months usually resolving by age 4. Symptoms include multiple loose bowel movements […]
Panophthalmitis
Panophthalmitis is the inflammation of all coats of the eye including intraocular structures.
Substance use disorder
A substance use disorder is a disorder in which the use of one or more substances leads to a clinically significant impairment or distress.
Herpes esophagitis
Herpes esophagitis is a viral infection of the esophagus caused by Herpes simplex virus (HSV). While the disease most often occurs in immunocompromised patients including post-chemotherapy immunosuppression with organ transplants […]
Hyperthecosis
Hyperthecosis is hyperplasia of the theca interna of the ovary. It is when an area of luteinization occurs along with stromal hyperplasia. The luteinized cells produce androgens which may lead […]
Swyer–James syndrome
Swyer–James syndrome (SJS also called Swyer–James–Macleod’s syndrome) is a rare lung disorder found by English chest physician William Mathiseon Macleod and (simultaneously) by physician Paul Robert Swyer and radiologist George […]