| Addiction addiction" is used in many contexts to describe an obsession, compulsion, or excessive psychological dependence, such asdrug addiction (e.g. alcoholism), video game addiction, crime, money, work addiction, compulsive overeating, problem gambling, computer addiction, nicotine addiction, pornography addiction, plastic surgery addiction, etc.In medical terminology, an addiction is a state in which the body depends on a substance for normal functioning and may occur along with physical dependence, as in drug addiction. Addiction
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| Mumps Mumps or epidemic parotitis is a viral disease of the human species, caused by the mumps virus. Prior to the development of vaccination and the introduction of a vaccine, it was a common childhood disease worldwide, and is still a significant threat to health in the third world.Painful swelling of the salivary glands (classically the parotid gland) is the most typical presentation. Mumps
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| Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma is a cancer originating in glandular tissue. This tissue is also part of a larger tissue category known as epithelial. Epithelial tissue includes skin, glands and a variety of other tissue that lines the cavities and organs of the body. Epithelium is derived embryologically from ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm. Adenocarcinoma
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| University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (Connecticut or UConn) is the State of Connecticut's land-grant university. It was founded in 1881 and serves more than 28,000 students on its six campuses, including nearly 8,000 graduate students in multiple programs.UConn's main campus is in Storrs, Connecticut. The university's president is Dr. Michael J. Hogan, noted historian and former provost of the University of Iowa. University_of_Connecticut
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| Lipoma A lipoma is a benign tumor composed of fatty tissue. These are the most common form of soft tissue tumor. Lipomas are soft to the touch, usually moveable, and are generally painless. Many lipomas are small (under one centimeter diameter) but can enlarge to sizes greater than six centimeters. Lipoma
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| Blah In English, blah is a word that is sometimes used to express words or feelings where the specifics are not considered important to the speaker or writer for emotions. It is not often seen in formal writing, except when transcribing speech. It differs from a speech disfluency such as "um" or "er" in that blah is a word used deliberately to represent other words, rather than as an accidental or temporary interjection into speech. Blah
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| Tanning bed A tanning bed or sunbed is a device emitting ultraviolet radiation (typically 95% UVA and 5% UVB, +/-3%) used to produce a cosmetic tan. Regular tanning beds use several fluorescent lamps that have phosphor blends designed to emit UV in a spectrum that is somewhat similar to the sun. Smaller, home tanning beds usually have 12 to 28 100 watt lamps while systems found in salons can run from 24 to 60 lamps, each consuming 100 to 200 watts. Tanning_bed
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| Clear-cell ovarian tumor Clear cell ovarian tumors are part of the surface epithelial-stromal tumor group of ovarian cancers, accounting for 6% of these cancers. Clear cell tumors are also associated with the pancreas and salivary glands. Benign and borderline variants of this neoplasm are rare, and most cases are malignant. Clear-cell_ovarian_tumor
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| Jim Calhoun James C. Calhoun (born May 10, 1942 in Braintree, Massachusetts) is the coach of the University of Connecticut's men's basketball team. He has made it to the final four three times in 1999, 2004, and 2009. He won two national championships, the 1999 and 2004 NCAA titles, the 1988 NIT championship, and 6 Big East tournament championships in 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, and 2004. Jim_Calhoun
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| University of Connecticut Health Center University of Connecticut Health Center is located on the site of the old O'Meara farms in the Farmington Heights section of Farmington, Connecticut. It is home to the University of Connecticut's schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and a graduate school in biomedical science. University_of_Connecticut_Health_Center
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| Minimal change disease Minimal change disease or nil disease (lipoid nephrosis) is a disease of the kidney which causes nephrotic syndrome and usually affects children (peak incidence at 2–3 years of age).Minimal change disease is most common in very young children, but can occur in older children and adults. Minimal_change_disease
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| Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a cause of nephrotic syndrome in children and adolescents, as well as an important cause of kidney failure in adults.It is also known as "focal glomerular sclerosis" or "focal nodular glomerulosclerosis". Focal_segmental_glomerulosclerosis
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| SH2 domain The SH2 (Src Homology 2) domain is a structurally conserved protein domain contained within the Src oncoprotein and in many other intracellular signal-transducing proteins. SH2_domain
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| Anion gap anion gap is used to aid in the differential diagnosis of metabolic acidosis.Although the term "anion gap" usually implies "serum anion gap", the Urine anion gap is also a clinically useful measure. Anion_gap
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| Motivational interviewing Motivational_interviewing
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| Mixed disorder of acid-base balance In a mixed disorder of acid-base balance more than one of the four primary acid base disorders is occurring in the patient at the same time. Mixed_disorder_of_acid-base_balance
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| Ultravoice UltraVoice is a speaking device for laryngectomees, people who have had their larynx removed because it was cancerous or other medical reasons. A miniature battery powered radio is placed in the mouth of the patient who holds a radio transmitter in their hand. Under their control the transmitter sends the basic voice sound into their mouth which they form into speech by moving their tongue, lips and jaw the same way they would had they not undergone surgery. Ultravoice
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