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Baldness
Baldness Baldness (formally alopecia) is the state of lacking hair where it usually would grow, especially on the head. The most common form of baldness is a progressive hair-thinning condition that occurs in adult humans and many other ape species. Stress factors such as a regular lack of sufficient sleep may be able to accelerate the onset of hair loss in genetically prone individuals.
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Baldness
Baldness (formally alopecia) is the state of lacking hair where it usually would grow, especially on the head. The most common form of baldness is a progressive hair-thinning condition that occurs in adult humans and many other ape species. Stress factors such as a regular lack of sufficient sleep may be able to accelerate the onset of hair loss in genetically prone individuals.
Condition
The term "condition" has a number of biomedical meanings including the following: 1.An unhealthy state, such as in "this is a progressive condition." 2.A state of fitness, such as "getting into condition." 3.Something that is essential to the occurrence of something else; essentially a "precondition." 4.As a verb: to cause a change in something so that a response that was previously associated with a certain stimulus becomes associated with another stimulus; to condition a person, as in behavioral conditioning.
Stress
Mental or physical tension that results from physical, emotional, or chemical causes.
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Baldness, patchy
Patchy baldness. Also referred to as alopecia areata. Alopecia means baldness and areata means occurring in patches. This process typically begins with patchy hair loss on the scalp and sometimes progresses to complete baldness and even loss of body hair. The hair loss tends to be rather rapid and asymmetrical and is different than male pattern baldness.
Baldwin Health Center Inc
The Baldwin Health Center Inc is a hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Baldwin Park Hospital
The Baldwin Park Hospital is a hospital in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Benzyl
The hydrocarbon radical of benzyl alcohol and various other compounds.
Back pain
Acute or chronic pain located in the posterior regions of the trunk, including the thoracic, lumbar, sacral, or adjacent regions.
Bedwetting
Involuntary discharge of urine after the age at which urinary control should have been achieved; often used alone with specific reference to involuntary discharge of urine occurring during sleep at night (bed-wetting; nocturnal enuresis).
Benign prostatic hypertrophy
Enlargement or overgrowth of the prostate gland as a result of an increase in the number of its constituent cells.
Blepharospasm
Excessive winking; tonic or clonic spasm of the orbicularis oculi muscle.
Baldness
B lymphocyte
The precursors of antibody-forming plasma cells; these cells carry immunoglobulin and class II MHC (major histocompatibility complex) antigens on their surfaces.
B cell
The precursors of antibody-forming plasma cells; these cells carry immunoglobulin and class II MHC (major histocompatibility complex) antigens on their surfaces.
Basophil
A polymorphonuclear leukocyte., whose basophils granules contain heparin, histamine and other vasoactive amines. Within tissues, these cells are known as mast cells q.v.
Blocking antibody
A functional term for an antibody molecule capable of blocking the interaction of antigen with other antibodies or with cells.
Bursa of Fabricius
An outpouching of the cloaca in birds; site of development of B cells in birds.
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