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  2. Medically unexplained physical symptoms - Wikipedia

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    A large Canadian community survey revealed that the most common medically unexplained symptoms are musculoskeletal pain, ear, nose, and throat symptoms, abdominal pain and gastrointestinal symptoms, fatigue, and dizziness. [4] The term MUPS can also be used to refer to syndromes whose etiology remains contested, including chronic fatigue ...

  3. ACDC (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    ACDC (medicine) Arterial calcification due to deficiency of CD73 (ACDC) is a rare genetic disorder that causes calcium buildup in the arteries and joints of the hands and feet, and other areas below the waist. [1] Although patients exhibiting these symptoms have been identified as early as 1914, this disorder had not been studied extensively ...

  4. Misophonia - Wikipedia

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    Misophonia. Misophonia (or selective sound sensitivity syndrome, sound-rage) is a disorder of decreased tolerance to specific sounds or their associated stimuli, or cues. These cues, known as "triggers", are experienced as unpleasant or distressing and tend to evoke strong negative emotional, physiological, and behavioral responses that are not ...

  5. Shiv Nadar University - Wikipedia

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    Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence is a private deemed university located in Greater Noida, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. [1] [2] It was founded in 2011 as part of a series of initiatives launched by the Shiv Nadar Foundation, a private philanthropic foundation founded by Shiv Nadar, the founder and chairman of HCL. [3] [4] [5]

  6. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - Wikipedia

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    Silicosis is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in the form of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs. It is a type of pneumoconiosis and is known in the United Kingdom and eastern United States as the "black lung".

  7. Breast tax - Wikipedia

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    The "breast tax" ( mulakkaram or mula-karam in Malayalam) was a head tax imposed on the Nadars, Ezhavars and lower caste communities by the Kingdom of Tranvancore (in present-day Kerala state of India ). [2] [web 1] [web 2] [note 1] In 19th century Kingdom of Travancore, all persons from lower castes were expected to pay poll tax when they ...

  8. Foreign accent syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Foreign accent syndrome is a rare medical condition in which patients develop speech patterns that are perceived as a foreign accent [1] that is different from their native accent, without having acquired it in the perceived accent's place of origin. Foreign accent syndrome usually results from a stroke, [1] but can also develop from head ...

  9. Lana Cantrell - Wikipedia

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    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Alma mater. Marymount Manhattan College. Fordham University. Occupations. Musician. lawyer. Lana Eleanor Cantrell [1] AM (born 7 August 1943) [2] is an Australian-American singer and entertainment lawyer. [3] She was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in the Grammy Awards of 1968.