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Bell, Charles
(1774-1842) Renowned surgeon, anatomist and artist, who discovered Bell's palsy, paralysis of the facial nerve, the nerve that supplies the facial muscles on one side of the face. Bell waa a great neurologist and made many of the early…
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- Ectomy A surgical suffix referring to the removal of something. For example, a lumpectomy is the surgical excision…
- N-nitroso-fenfluramine A variant of fenfluramine. See: Fenfluramine
- Forensic anthropology The application of the science of physical anthropology to the legal process. Forensic anthropology includes…
- Contraction, uterine The tightening and shortening of the uterine muscles. During labor, contractions accomplish two things: (1)…
- Cranial nerves Nerves that emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from…
- Secondary amenorrhea The abnormal cessation of menstruation. Amenorrhea is conventionally divided into primary and secondary…
- Ear, malrotated See Ear, slanted
- Angioneurotic edema, hereditary Edema, hereditary: A genetic form of angioedema. (Angioedema is also referred to as Quinke's disease.)…
- Supertaster A supertaster has an unusually large density of taste buds, each surrounded by pain fibers
- Abs Commonly used slang for the abdominal muscles, the muscles running up and down in the abdominal wall. The…
- Valetudinarian Someone with a weak or sickly constitution, especially someone whose chief concern is being or becoming a…