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Bleeding from the uterus not accompanied by the usual changes in the endometrium.  

A condition resembling the symptoms of meningitis without the meningeal inflammation.  

Discoloration of the tissues after death. The post-mortem discoloration of body tissues caused by blood pigments.  

A psychosis in which patients falsely accuse themselves of crimes that they think they have committed.  

Falsification in writing or in speech, a form of pathological lying.  

Seemingly of the same color; colors used in charts testing for color blindness.  

False hypocalcemia; that is, low serum calcium levels that result either from low albumin levels or from the administration of some magnetic resonance imaging agents containing gadolinium.  

The observation of elevated blood pressure when taken by conventional means (i.e., sphygmomanometer), that is in reality not elevated when compared with the actual pressure in the artery when determined by more accurate methods. Accurate blood pressure may be obtained with an intra-arterial catheter. Pseudohypertension usually is found in elderly persons, who may have arterial…

Inflammation in the scrotal area resembling a hernia. An inflamed hernia sac that resembles a strangulated hernia.