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Acarophobia
An unusual fear of mites or ticks. Abnormal fear of small objects such as pins, needles, worms, mites, and other small insects. A psychological condition marked by an irrational fear of contracting scabies. In more severe cases, this fear may extend to small insects, spiders, or even tiny non-living objects.
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Acaricide
A substance which kills mites or ticks. Any chemical agent used for destroying mites and ticks.
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Acariasis
The presence of mites or ticks on the skin. Infestation with mites (e.g., the itch mite, which causes scabies); also called acaridiasis, acariosis. An infestation of mites and tick and the symptoms, for example allergy and dermatitis, that their presence may provoke.
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Acanthosis
A disease of the prickle cell layer of the skin, where warts appear on the skin or inside the mouth. Overdevelopment and thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the outer skin, as in psoriasis. Breakdown or separation of the prickle-cell layer of the epidermis leading to cellular degeneration. Increased thickness of the prickle cell layer…
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Abstainer
A person who does not drink alcohol.
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Absorbent cotton
A soft white material used as a dressing to put on wounds.
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Absorbable suture
A suture which will eventually be absorbed into the body, and does not need to be removed.
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Absorb
To take up or soak up something, especially a liquid, into a solid. To take in or soak up substances like heat, light, liquids, and gases.
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Abreact
To release unconscious psychological tension by talking about or regularly remembering the events that caused it.
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Abortus
A fetus which is expelled during an abortion or miscarriage. Fetus whose weight is below ½ kilogram (a little more than 1 pound) at the time it is removed or expelled from the mother’s body. A fetus, weighing less than 400 g, that is expelled from the mother’s body either dead or incapable of surviving.…
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