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Neurogenic shock
A type of shock (a life-threatening medical condition in which there is insufficient blood flow throughout the body) that is caused by the sudden loss of signals from the sympathetic nervous system that maintain the normal muscle tone in…
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Show more- Automatism An unconscious movement that may resemble simple repetitive tics or may be a complex sequence of…
- Conservative mutation A change in a DNA or RNA sequence that leads to the replacement of one amino acid with a biochemically…
- Pseudorubella Synonymous with Roseola infantum, a viral disease of infants sudden onset of high fever which lasts several…
- Synchronic study A study done at a single point in time rather than over the course of a period of time (longitudinally)
- CA 19-9 A tumor marker initially found in colorectal cancer patients, but subsequently also identified in patients…
- Nasal prosthesis An artificial device to replace part or all of a missing nose
- Clonic seizure A seizure in which there are generalized clonic contractions with the entire body jerking, but without a…
- Phrenology The study of variations in size, shape, and proportion of the cranium. Phrenology was a pseudoscience of the…
- Manorexia A term that has been used to refer to anorexia nervosa in males. This is not an officially recognized medical…
- Nocturnal enuresis Bedwetting at night. From the Greek 'enourin' meaning 'to urinate in.'
- Headache, febrile A headache associated with fever. Because this can sometimes indicate inflammation of the brain, as in…
- Roux-en-Y gastric bypass Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: A surgical procedure which may be done for severe obesity. The procedure involves…