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Babinski sign
An important neurologic examination based upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot is stimulated. If the big toe goes up, that may mean trouble. The Babinski sign is obtained by stimulating the external portion (the outside) of…
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Show more- Retic count Short for reticulocyte count
- DSCR See: Down syndrome critical region
- Sliding hiatal hernia Hiatal hernias are categorized as being either sliding or para-esophageal. Sliding hiatal hernias are those…
- Lipoidosis, sphingomyelin Also called Niemann-Pick disease, this is a disorder of the metabolism of a lipid (fat) called sphingomyelin…
- Olfactory bulb A key part of the olfactory apparatus consisting of a bulbous enlargement of the end of the olfactory nerve…
- Gait, steppage See Steppage gait
- Stool occult blood test A test to see whether there is blood in the bowel movement. Also called a fecal occult blood test: A test to…
- Hump, dowager An outward curvature of the vertebrae of neck, creating a hump at the back of the neck, once thought to be a…
- Syndrome, Werner A premature aging disease that begins in adolescence or early in adulthood and results in apparent old age by…
- Machine, heart-lung A machine that does the work both of the heart (pump blood) and the lungs (oxygenate the blood). Used, for…
- Martinus W. Beijerinck See: Beijerinck, Martinus W.
- Bone, temporal See: Temporal bone