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- Pronation A type of foot that rolls far inward during the weight-bearing phase of the stride. This type of foot is…
- Eschar The scab formed when a wound or skin is sealed by the heat of cautery or burning. Also the dark crusted ulcer…
- Metastasize The spread from one part of the body to another. When cancer cells metastasize and cause secondary tumors…
- Health for All A global health movement undertaken by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the late 20th century. In 1977…
- Tendon The tissue by which a muscle attaches to bone. A tendon is somewhat flexible, but fibrous and tough. When a…
- Reflex, Babinski An important neurologic test based, believe it or not, upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot…
- Paraneoplastic syndrome The collective signs and symptoms caused by a substance emanating from a tumor or in reaction to a tumor…
- Colpo- A group of diagnostic and therapeutic disciplines that are used together with conventional medicine. An…
- Fear of solitude An abnormal and persistent fear of solitude, of being alone. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety…
- Subacute spongiform encephalopathy See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Brainstem implant A type of hearing aid that bypasses the cochlea in the middle ear and the auditory nerve and is implanted in…