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Charcot-Wilbrand syndrome
Loss of dreaming after a stroke. In more technical terms the syndrome is characterized by visual agnosia and the inability to revisualise images. Named for the French founder of modern neurology Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) and the…
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Show more- Parenteral Entering the body not by the alimentary tract but rather by another means (such as the subcutaneous, the…
- Cyto (combining form) Rm denoting a cell. Derived from the Greek 'kytos' meaning 'hollow, as a cell or container.' From the same…
- Rate, heart Number of heart beats per minute. The normal resting adult heart beats regularly at an average rate of 60…
- Jacksonian epilepsy See: Epilepsy, Jacksonian
- Fainting (syncope) Fainting (syncope): Partial or complete loss of consciousness with interruption of awareness of oneself and…
- Dry eye A deficiency of tears. The main symptom is usually a scratchy or sandy feeling as if something is in the eye…
- Scanning electron microscope Abbreviated SEM. A microscope in which a finely focused beam of electrons is scanned across a specimen, and…
- Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Abbreviated vCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent…
- Starttheweekendearlyitis See: Fridayitis
- IL-2 Interleukin-2
- Riley-Day syndrome Eponym for familial dysautonomia. See: Familial dysautonomia.
- Klinefelter syndrome Klinefelter syndrome: A chromosome condition in boys and men that is usually due to 47 chromosomes with XXY…