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A miscarriage is the natural death of an embryo or fetus in the womb. It takes place in the early stages of prenatal development prior to fetal viability (the stage […]

The Jerusalem syndrome is a group of mental phenomena involving the presence of either religiously themed obsessive ideas delusions or other psychosis-like experiences that are triggered by a visit to […]

A gas chamber is an apparatus for killing humans or animals with gas consisting of a sealed chamber into which a poisonous or asphyxiant gas is introduced. The most commonly […]

Peritonitis is an inflammation of the peritoneum the thin tissue that lines the inner wall of the abdomen and covers most of the abdominal organs. Peritonitis may be localized or […]

African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease of humans and other animals. It is caused by protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei. There are two types that infect […]

Dwarfism /ˈdwɔrfɪzəm/ occurs when an individual person or animal is short in stature resulting from a medical condition caused by abnormal (slow or delayed) growth. In humans dwarfism is sometimes […]

Periodontitis /ˌpɛrioʊdɒnˈtaɪtɪs/ or pyorrhea /ˌpaɪəˈriə/ is a set of inflammatory diseases affecting the periodontium i.e. the tissues that surround and support the teeth. Periodontitis involves progressive loss of the alveolar […]

Scoliosis (/ˌskɒlɪˈoʊsɪs/; from Ancient Greek: σκολίωσις skoliosis “obliquity bending”) is a medical condition in which a person’s spine is curved from side to side.

A delusion is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary. As a pathology it is distinct from a belief based on false or incomplete information […]

Infectious mononucleosis (IM; also known as mono glandular fever Pfeiffer’s disease Filatov’s disease and sometimes colloquially as the kissing disease (from its oral transmission) is an infectious widespread viral disease […]