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Swollen Head Syndrome

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Avian metapneumovirus (aMPV) causes turkey rhinotracheitis also known as avian pneumovirus infection of turkeys, which is an acute respirato...

Rebecca Syndrome

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The Rebecca Syndrome is also known as Retroactive jealousy. It is the pathological emergence of jealousy towards an ex-partner of the curren...

Morton's Foot Syndrome

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Morton's Foot Syndrome is known under a plethora of other names, such as Morton's toe, Morton's foot, Greek foot or Royal Foot. ...

Todestrieb or Thanatos Urge

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In classical Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the Todestrieb ('death drive') is the unconcious drive towards your own death and dest...

Koala Immune Deficiency Syndrome

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Koala Immune Deficiency Syndrome (KIDS) is caused by the Koala retrovirus (KoRV). An infection with this syndrome results an AIDS-like immun...

Tiara Syndrome

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The Tiara Syndrome is about women being too reluctant to apply for promotions even when they are well deserved, simply believing good job pe...

Grey Gorilla Syndrome

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Assessment and decision-making skills are considered inherent to nursing, but what the underlying cognitive process involves or how it is de...

Immigration Delay Disease

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Immigration Delay Disease is the somewhat jocular name of a genetic disorder called adermatoglyphia. This is an extremely rare genetic diso...

Barbed Wire Disease

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The Swiss physician Adolf Lukas Vischer (1884–1974) was an observer of the impact of the First World War on the human condition. In 1918 Vis...

Bromism

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Bromism is the syndrome that results from the long-term consumption of bromine, usually through bromine-based sedatives such as potassium br...

Sèvres Syndrome

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Turkey has managed to consistently choose the wrong side of history over the last 200 years. This meant that the country supported the Germa...

Bald Sea Urchin Disease

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Bald Sea Urchin Disease is a bacterial disease known to affect several species of sea urchins in the Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic and a...

Wild Boar Paradox

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On April 26, 1986, the Number Four RBMK reactor at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, Ukraine, went out of control during a test at low-p...

Flight Shame (or Flygskam)

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Like Greta Thunberg, flight shame (or flygskam ) is an anti-flying social movement that originated in Sweden. The aim of this movement is to...

Lost Key Syndrome

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The official designation of the Lost Key Syndrome is Dysexecutive Syndrome. It consists cf a group of symptoms, usually resulting from brain...

Female Inconsistency Syndrome

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The Female Inconsistency Syndrome describes a very specific type of character, known as Mary Sue. A Mary Sue is a character archetype in fi...

Hypochondria Paradox

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Once called hypochondriasis, it has now a new designation: illness anxiety disorder. It was added as a separate disorder in the fifth editio...

Newyorkitis

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Newyorkitis is an affliction generally seen in people living in New York, and especially in Manhattan. It was first described by surgeon Joh...

Parental Alienation Syndrome

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Getting divorced is never a happy occasion, but responsible parents always want to make sure that their children suffer as little as possibl...

Autumn Sneezing Syndrome

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Hay fever is a seasonal type of allergic rhinitis. It is a type of inflammation in the nose that occurs when the immune system overreacts to...

Fish Odour Syndrome

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If your doctor decides you are afflicted with Fish Odour Syndrome, he might soften the blow by claiming you have a condition called Trimethy...

Olfactory Reference Syndrome

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Olfactory Reference Syndrome is characterized by a distressing or impairing belief by a person that they emit a foul or offensive body odour...

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

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Suppose you need to be prescribed antipsychotic drugs. You (or your loved ones) obviously hope that these drugs will have the desired effect...

Great Sheep Panics

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The Great Sheep Panic is also known as the 'Great Sheep Panic of 1888' or the 'Mysterious Oxfordshire Sheep Panic of 1888'. ...

Galileo Syndrome

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The Galileo Syndrome is also called the Galileo Fallacy, and is best known for its use by conspiracy theorists and anti-vax adherents. The...

Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome

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Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome is also known as misophonia or sound-rage. It is a disorder of decreased tolerance to specific sounds o...

E-cigarette or Vaping-use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI)

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EVALI is the acronym of E-cigarette or Vaping-use Associated Lung Injury. It is a serious inflammatory condition that damages your lungs. It...

Green Flash Phenomenon

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Most of you have heard of the Green Flash Phenomenon via the movie 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' (2007). Green ...

Solipsism Syndrome

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Well, that's an interesting syndrome, you might think. If only I knew that 'Solipsism' meant. Soplipsism is a word that is coine...