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Eagle syndrome
Inflammation of the styloid process, a spike-like projection sticking off the base of the skull. The tissues in the throat rub on this structure during the act of swallowing causing pain. The diagnosis of Eagle syndrome is made by history…
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- White-coat hypertension (White coat hypertension) A rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) in the…
- Thyroid hormones Chemical substances made by the thyroid gland, which is located in the front of the neck. This gland uses…
- Neurectomy The removal of part or all of a nerve
- Chloride The major anion (negatively charged substance) in the blood and extracellular fluid (the body fluid that lies…
- Lightheadedness A feeling you are 'going to faint.' Lightheadedness is medically distinct from dizziness, unsteadiness, and…
- ALS3 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 3
- Abdomen The belly, that part of the body that contains all of the structures between the chest and the pelvis. The…
- Ramus In anatomy, a branch, such as a branch of a blood vessel or nerve. For example, the ramus acetabularis…
- Disease, Bowen's N early stage of skin cancer. Bowen disease is medically the same as 'squamous cell carcinoma in situ.'…
- Fibrates for lowering cholesterol Fibrates are cholesterol-lowering drugs that are primarily effective in lowering triglycerides and, to a…
- Sponge, vaginal contraceptive See: Vaginal contraceptive sponge