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Pneumoconiosis is an occupational lung disease and a restrictive lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust often in mines.

Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPW) is one of several disorders of the conduction system of the heart that are commonly referred to as pre-excitation syndromes. WPW is caused by the presence of […]

Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a potentially fatal illness caused by a bacterial toxin. Different bacterial toxins may cause toxic shock syndrome depending on the situation. The causative bacteria include […]

An epispadias is a rare type of malformation of the penis in which the urethra ends in an opening on the upper aspect (the dorsum) of the penis. It can […]

Chordee (/ˈkɔrdiː/) is a condition in which the head of the penis curves downward or upward at the junction of the head and shaft of the penis. The curvature is […]

Hypospadias /haɪpoʊˈspeɪdɪəs/ is a birth defect of the urethra in the male that involves an abnormally placed urinary meatus (the opening or male external urethral orifice). Instead of opening at […]

Trichophagia (Greek: τριχοφαγία from τρίχα tricha “hair” + φάγειν phagein “to eat”) is the compulsive eating of hair associated with trichotillomania (hair pulling). In trichophagia people with trichotillomania also ingest […]

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD deficiency) is an X-linked recessive hereditary disease characterized by abnormally low levels of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase a metabolic enzyme involved in the pentose phosphate pathway especially important […]

Laryngeal cancer may also be called cancer of the larynx or laryngeal carcinoma. Most laryngeal cancers are squamous cell carcinomas reflecting their origin from the squamous cells which form the […]

Post-polio syndrome (PPS or post-poliomyelitis syndrome or post-polio sequelae) is a condition that affects approximately 25–50% of people who have previously contracted poliomyelitis—a viral infection of the nervous system—after the […]