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Akinetic mutism
A state in which a person is unspeaking (mute) and unmoving (akinetic). A textbook on clinical neurology observes that a person with akinetic mutism has 'sleep-waking cycles but, when apparently awake, with eyes open, lies mute. immobile…
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Show more- Echocardiography, transesophageal A diagnostic test which is done through the esophagus and which employs ultrasound waves to make images of…
- Ectodermosis erosiva pluriorificialis See: Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
- Sumycin See: Tetracycline
- Pollinosis 1. Hay fever in response to pollen. 2. Hay fever in response to any allergen. See: Hay fever.
- High blood sugar An elevated level of the sugar glucose in the blood. Also called hyperglycemia. High blood sugar is a finding…
- EMG, surface Surface EMG
- Electroshock therapy See Electroconvulsive therapy
- Staging, laparoscopic See: Laparoscopic staging
- Provigil Brand name of the drug modafinil. See: Modafinil
- Entamoeba histolytica The agent of amebic dysentery, a disorder with inflammation of the intestine and ulceration of the colon…
- Musset sign See: de Musset sign
- Canavan disease Canavan disease: A severe progressive inherited (genetic) disorder of the central nervous system (CNS). The…