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Focal dystonia due to blepharospasm
The involuntary forcible closure of the eyelid due to spasms. The first symptoms may be uncontrollable blinking. Only one eye may be affected initially, but eventually both eyes are usually involved. The spasms may leave the eyelids…
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Show more- National Institute on Aging (NIA) One of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). The mission of the National Institute on Aging is to 'lead…
- Anterior cruciate ligament A ligament in the knee that crosses from the underside of the femur (the thigh bone) to the top of the tibia…
- Infection, ear (acute middle) Acute middle ear infection, medically called acute otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear. Acute…
- Invasive cervical cancer Cancer that has spread from the surface of the cervix to tissue deeper in the cervix or to other parts of the…
- Adenosine triphosphate An important carrier of energy in cells in the body and a compound that is important in the synthesis (the…
- Agent, antiviral An agent that kills viruses or suppresses their replication and, hence, inhibits their capability to multiply…
- Insomnia, chronic Insomnia that occurs most nights and lasts a month or more. The treatment of chronic insomnia consists of: >…
- Galton, Sir Francis English advocate of eugenics, the idea of improving the physical and mental makeup of the human species by…
- Aniso- Unequal, unlike, or dissimilar. As in anisocoria, anisocytosis, and anisometropia. From the Greek anisos…
- Central fovea See: Fovea.
- Aux- Prefix indicating growth or increase
- Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile A riot control agent or 'tear gas.' See: Riot control agent poisoning