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Guillain-Barre syndrome
See: Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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- Adult respiratory distress syndrome Better known as ARDS. See: ARDS
- Alcoholism Physical dependence on alcohol to the extent that stopping alcohol use will bring on withdrawal symptoms. In…
- Dystonia musculorum deformans (DMD) Also called torsion dystonia, this is a fortunately rare, generalized dystonia (a state of abnormal -- either…
- Cranial nerve VI The sixth cranial nerve is the abducent nerve. It is a small motor nerve that has one task: to supply a…
- Disc Shortened terminology for an intervertebral disc, a disk-shaped piece of specialized tissue that separates…
- Aerotitis media See Aerotitis
- Sulci The plural of sulcus
- Cheek The side of the face forming the side wall of the mouth. The cheek bone is part of the temporal bone of the…
- Polyarticular Involving many joints. As opposed to monoarticular (affecting just one joint). From the Latin 'articulus,'…