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Obsolete medical terms
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The list Obsolete medical terms includes
Neurosis, Hysteria, Dementia praecox, Lunatic and Bright's disease.
The list consists of 10 members
and 1 sublist.
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Neurosis
American post-metal band
Overview: Neurosis is an American avant-garde metal band from Oakland, California, United States. It was formed in 1985 by guitarist Scott Kelly, bassist Dave Edwardson, and drummer Jason Roeder, initially as a ...
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Melancholia
mood disorder of non-specific depression
Overview: Melancholia or melancholy (from Greek: µέλαινα χολή melaina chole, meaning black bile) is a concept found throughout ancient, medieval, and premodern medicine in Europe that describes a condition char ... 0
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Hysteria
Album by Katharine McPheeOverview: Hysteria, in its colloquial use, describes unmanageable emotional excesses. The fear can be centered on a body part, or most commonly, on an imagined problem with that body part. Disease is a common c ... 0
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Insanity
Abnormal mental or behavioral patterns
Overview: Insanity, madness, and craziness are terms that describe a spectrum of individual and group behaviors that are characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. Insanity can be manifest ... 0
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Apoplexy
Bleeding within internal organOverview: Apoplexy (from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplexia), meaning 'a striking away') is bleeding within internal organs and the accompanying symptoms. For example, ovarian apoplexy is bleeding in the ovaries ... 0
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Blackwater fever
Medical conditionOverview: Blackwater fever is a complication of malaria infection in which red blood cells burst in the bloodstream (hemolysis), releasing hemoglobin directly into the blood vessels and into the urine, frequently ... 0
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Lunatic
Antiquated adjective epithet of one given to lunacy
Overview: Lunatic is an antiquated term referring to a person who is seen as mentally ill, dangerous, foolish, or crazy—conditions once attributed to "lunacy." The word derives from lunaticus meaning "of the moon" ... 0
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Bright's disease
historical classification of nephritis
Overview: Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that are described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. It was characterized by swelling and the presence of albumin in the ... 0
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Deaf-mute
A person who is both unable to hear and speakOverview: Deaf-mute is a term which was used historically to identify a person who was either deaf and used sign language or both deaf and could not speak. The term continues to be used to refer to deaf people who ... 0
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Dementia praecox
Obsolete medical term for the schizophrenia and autism spectrums
Overview: Dementia praecox (a "premature dementia" or "precocious madness") is a disused psychiatric diagnosis that originally designated a chronic, deteriorating psychotic disorder characterized by rapid cognitive ... 0
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