Bipolar disorder also known as bipolar affective disorder manic-depressive disorder or manic depression is a mental illness characterized by episodes of an elevated mood known as mania usually alternating with […]
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Brain abscess
Brain abscess (or cerebral abscess) is an abscess caused by inflammation and collection of infected material coming from local (ear infection dental abscess infection of paranasal sinuses infection of the […]
Blindness
Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors. Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness. Total […]
Arteriovenous malformation
Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is an abnormal connection between arteries and veins bypassing the capillary system. This vascular anomaly is widely known because of its occurrence in the central nervous system […]
Amputation
Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma prolonged constriction or surgery. As a surgical measure it is used to control pain or a disease process in the […]
Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages usually to the detriment of the drinker’s health […]
Albinism
Albinism (from Latin albus white; see extended etymology also called achromia achromasia or achromatosis) is a congenital disorder characterized by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin […]
Aphasia
Aphasia (/əˈfeɪʒə/ /əˈfeɪziə/ or /eɪˈfeɪziə/) is a disturbance of the comprehension and formulation of language caused by dysfunction in specific brain regions. This class of language disorder ranges from having […]
Arthritis
Arthritis (from Greek arthro- joint + -itis inflammation; plural: arthritides) is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints.There are over 100 different forms of […]
Abscess
An abscess (Latin: abscessus) is a collection of pus (neutrophils) that has accumulated within a tissue because of an inflammatory process in response to either an infectious process (usually caused […]