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Achalasia (/eɪkəˈleɪʒə/; a- and -chalasia no relaxation) is a failure of smooth muscle fibers to relax which can cause a sphincter to remain closed and fail to open when needed. […]

Genital warts (or condylomata acuminata venereal warts anal warts and anogenital warts) are symptoms of a highly contagious sexually transmitted disease caused by some types of human papillomavirus (HPV). It […]

Macropsia (also known as megalopia) is a neurological condition affecting human visual perception in which objects within an affected section of the visual field appear larger than normal causing the […]

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a DNA virus from the papillomavirus family that is capable of infecting humans. Like all papillomaviruses HPVs establish productive infections only in keratinocytes of the skin […]

Arteriosclerosis is the thickening hardening and loss of elasticity of the walls of arteries. The word arteriosclerosis is a general term describing any hardening (and loss of elasticity) of medium […]

A cyst is a closed sac having a distinct membrane and division compared to the nearby tissue. Basically a cyst is a cluster of cells that have grouped together to […]

Reinke’s edema also known as polypoid degeneration is the swelling of the vocal folds due to fluid collection (edema) in superficial lamina propria of vocal folds (Reinke’s space). It is […]

Brain death is the complete and irreversible loss of brain function (including involuntary activity necessary to sustain life). Brain death is one of the two ways of determination of death […]

Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder in which a person is excessively preoccupied with personal adequacy power prestige and vanity mentally unable to see the destructive damage they […]

Loa loa filariasis (also known as loiasis loaiasis Calabar swellings Fugitive swelling Tropical swelling and African eyeworm) is a skin and eye disease caused by the nematode worm loa loa. […]