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MASA syndrome
MASA stands for mental retardation, aphasia, shuffling gait, and adducted thumbs. Features of the syndrome include: > >neurologically: mental retardation and aphasia (lack of speech); >limbs: adducted (clasped) thumbs, absent extensor…
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Show more- Anastomosis The connection of normally separate parts or spaces so they intercommunicate. An anastomosis may be naturally…
- Somatic 1. Relating to the body. a. As distinguished from the mind (the psyche). b. As distinguished from the gonads…
- Beau's lines Transverse lines or grooves across the fingernails; transverse depressions in the nail plate. Beau's lines…
- Coughing syncope The temporary loss of consciousness upon coughing. Syncope is the temporary loss of consciousness or, in…
- Fat 1 Along with proteins and carbohydrates, one of the three nutrients used as energy sources by the body. The…
- Naprelan See: Naproxen
- Costal margin The lower edge of the chest (thorax) formed by the bottom edge of the rib cage
- Acute kidney failure See: Acute renal failure
- Audiologist A health care professional who is trained to evaluate hearing loss and related disorders, including balance…
- Intra-arterial pressure The pressure of the blood within an artery, the arterial pressure. Also called the arterial tension
- Epicondylitis, lateral See: Tennis elbow
- Quaque die (on prescription) Seen on a prescription, qd (or, written with periods, q.d.) means one a day (from the Latin quaque die). The…