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Sign, Tinel's
An examination test that is used by doctors to detect an irritated nerve. Tinel's sign is performed by lightly banging (percussing) over the nerve to elicit a sensation of tingling or 'pins and needles' in the distribution of the nerve…
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Show more- Enterospasm A painful, intense contraction of the intestine
- Newborn test, Brazelton A widely used test of the newborn baby as to their neurologic status and developmental progress. The…
- Myocardial bridge Literally a bridging of heart muscle over one of the major arteries to the heart (usually the left anterior…
- Beard ringworm Ringworm: A superficial fungal infection of the skin, affecting the bearded area of the face and neck, with…
- Mycelium An array of fungal filaments which was thought to resemble a display of decorative nails. From the Greek…
- Thrombocytosis See thrombocythemia
- Mudslide injury See: Landslide injury
- Esophageal speech Speech produced with air trapped in the esophagus and forced out again. People with a laryngectomy (for…
- Alternating hemiplegia of childhood A rare neurological disorder with frequent temporary episodes of paralysis of one side of the body…
- Genome, Bos taurus See: Bovine genome
- Midwife, empirical See: Empirical midwife.
- Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia Kidney cancer due to a gene than can be transmitted from parent to child. The vast majority of kidney cancer…