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Brachial neuritis
Inflammation of nerves in the arm causing muscle weakness and pain
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- Acute tubular necrosis A severe form of acute renal failure that develops in people with severe illnesses (such as sepsis) or with…
- Congenital arthrogryposis Nonprogressive congenital contractures that develop before birth and are evident at birth (congenital). The…
- Tophus A nodular mass of uric acid crystals. Tophi are characteristically deposited in different soft tissue areas…
- PLP See: Proteolipid protein
- Occlude 1 To close, obstruct, or prevent the passage. To occlude an artery is to occlude the flow of blood. 2 To…
- Anesthetic, local An anesthetic that causes loss of feeling in a small part of the body
- Prothrombin 20210A mutation See: Prothrombin mutation G20210A
- Vertigo Aside from being the name of a classic 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film (with Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak), vertigo…
- Skittles Street name for dextromethorphan (DXM)
- Antisense drug A medication containing part of the non-coding strand of messenger RNA (mRNA), a key molecule involved in the…
- Periphery 1. The outside or surface of a structure; the portion outside the central region. 2. The circumference of a…