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Myalgia
Pain in a muscle; or pain in multiple muscles. Myalgia means muscle pain. There are many specific causes of various types of myalgia. Myalgia can be temporary or chronic. Myalgia can be a result of a mild conditions, such as a virus…
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- Sphenopalatine neuralgia A distinctive syndrome of headaches, better known today as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- Effacement The thinning of the cervix which occurs before and while it dilates
- Clostridium botulinum A group of rod-shaped bacteria commonly found in the soil that grow best under low oxygen conditions. The…
- Antegrade Forward-moving. As in blood flow. Sometimes synonymous with anterograde. From the Latin ante- + gradior, to…
- Ethmoid 1. As an adjective: spongy or sievelike. From the Greek ethmos, sieve + eidos, resemblance = like a sieve. 2…
- Ligand A molecule that binds to another. Often, a soluble molecule such as a hormone or neurotransmitter that binds…
- Hiatus An opening, as in the diaphragm. When there is an unusually wide opening in the diaphragm, there can be a…
- Clap Gonorrhea, a bacterial infection transmitted by sexual contact. Gonorrhea is one of the oldest known sexually…
- Pyoderma gangrenosum An ulcerating condition of the skin leading to hollowed-out areas (ulcers) with heaped-up borders and a…
- Ophthalmoscope A lighted instrument, one of the most important tools of the physician, used to examine the interior of the…
- Tumor, Wilms See: Wilms tumor