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Seizure, myoclonic
See: Myoclonic seizure
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- White matter The part of the brain that contains myelinated nerve fibers. The white matter is white because it is the…
- Prostatitis, chronic bacterial Prostatitis, chronic bacterial: Longstanding bacterial infection of the prostate gland superimposed on a…
- C3 (cervical vertebra) The third cervical (neck) vertebra from the top
- HCV Hepatitis C virus
- Anomia A problem with word finding. Impaired recall of words with no impairment of comprehension or the capacity to…
- Left hepatic duct The duct that drains bile from the left half of the liver and joins the right hepatic duct to form the common…
- Chickenpox rash Chickenpox rash: Chickenpox is characterized by a rash, often the first sign of the disease. The rash of…
- Lavage Washing out. Gastric lavage is washing out the stomach, for example, to remove drugs or poisons
- Generalized tonic-clonic seizure See: Grand mal
- Normal growth rate The speed with which normal growth occurs in length before birth and in height after birth. Fetal growth is…
- Finished DNA sequence A DNA sequence in which the bases are identified to an accuracy of no more than 1 error in 10,000 and are…