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Antrum of Highmore
A hollow space in the cheeks that connects with a nasal passage.
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Heterophthalmia
A condition where each of the two eyes has a distinct color.
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Hemorrhagic abscess
A collection of both blood and pus within an abscess.
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Habit spasm
An involuntary repeated movement of groups of muscles resulting in eye-blinking, shoulder-shrugging, facial grimaces, sniffing, tongue clucking, coughing, throat-clearing, or sighing. Habit spasms are most often seen in childhood, and when the cause is not due to copying an adult, which is frequently the case, then it is due to nervous tension. Studies in Britain…
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Secondary deviation
When the eye with a squint focuses on an object, the otherwise normal eye veers away from that point of focus.
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Dacryocele
A tear sac bulging out, also known as a dacryocystocele.
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Anxiety complex
A type of neurosis marked by anxiety and worry about the consequences of various situations, accompanied by an unhealthy focus on personal health and a persistent sense of looming catastrophe.
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Autotherapy
The natural healing of an illness. The medical practice of treating a disease by utilizing the patient’s own bodily secretions, as seen in autohemotherapy. In the past, this approach was commonly employed in the management of allergic conditions.
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Auto-immunization
Immunity generated through exposure to a disease. An infection originating internally within the body.
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Auricular fibrillation
An entirely erratic heart rhythm resulting from electrical signals originating in the atrium. A heart condition that results in a highly irregular heartbeat, also known as atrial fibrillation.