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Lumbar puncture
Lumbar puncture: A lumbar puncture or 'LP' is a procedure whereby spinal fluid is removed from the spinal canal for the purpose of diagnostic testing. It is particularly helpful in the diagnosis of inflammatory diseases of the central…
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Show more- Liminal In neurolgy, at the threshold of perception to a sensory stimulus. In other words, just barely perceptible to…
- Radiation therapy, conformal A procedure that uses computers to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in order to target the tumor…
- Arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase See:AANAT
- Fasciolopsis buski The giant intestinal fluke. See: Fasciolopsis
- PUVA PUVA stands for psoralen (P) and ultraviolet A (UVA) therapy in which the patient is exposed first to…
- Pachymeninx The dura. From pachy- (thick) + -meninx (membrane). The plural is pachymeninges
- Delusional parasitosis Pertaining to dermatoglyphics -- the study of dermal ridges on the fingers, palms, toes, and soles.
- Lymphatic edema See: Lymphedema>
- Penis, inflammation of the foreskin and glans In the uncircumcised male, balanitis (inflammation of the glans, the rounded head of the penis) and posthitis…
- Gland, sublingual See: Sublingual gland
- Corpora cavernosa Two chambers in the penis which run the length of the organ and are filled with spongy tissue. Blood flows in…
- Neuritis Inflammation of nerves.