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Robin syndrome is a condition occurring in infants characterized by the presence of some facial abnormalities that include a very small lower jaw, tongue that tends to fall back and downward, and presence of cleft soft palate. It is also known as Pierre Robin complex or sequence.

A feeling of nightmare is a dream occurring during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep that brings out strong fear, terror, distress, or extreme anxiety. Nightmares are usually in the latter part of the night and wake up the sleeper, who is able to remember the content of the dream.

Masturbation means self-stimulation to derive sexual excitement. The term masturbation indicates that a person is manually stimulating his or her private parts in order to get sexual pleasure and orgasm. Studies say that 95 percent males and 85 percent females masturbate. This is increasingly common in teens as well. However let us assure you that this is a normal phenomenon

An inherited congenital condition affecting both sexes characterized by cataracts, impaired vision, supernumerary central incisor (mesiodens), incisor diastemas, narrowed incisal edges, anteverted pinnae and short fourth metacarpals. In some patients, developmental delay, and mental retardation. It is transmitted as an X-linked trait.

Nail biting is a stereotypic movement type disorder a very common habit that mostly affects kids but it can be present in adults and older people too manifested by biting one's fingernails or toenails during periods of nervousness, stress or boredom. It can be a sign of mental or emotional disorder but is commonly seen in intellectuals. Often starting in childhood, nail biting can persist in some adults and become an irritating and unsightly nuisance. Some nail biters experience the habit with such severity that their nails are constantly bitten down to the maximum and bleeding, causing pain, baldness of nails and often embarrassment.