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Angina, Vincent
Angina, Vincent: This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums. Certain germs (including fusiform…
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- Paralysis Loss of voluntary movement (motor function). Paralysis that affects only one muscle or limb is partial…
- Oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia See: Goldenhar syndrome
- Muscular dystrophy, oculopharyngeal A form of muscular dystrophy that begins in the muscles of the eyes and throat. It usually appears between…
- Test, visual field A test which measures the extent and distribution of the field of vision. The visual field test may be done…
- Treacle A medicinal compound once in wide use as an antidote to poisons. Treacle was a kind of salve. It was reputed…
- Cloacal exstrophy A birth defect involving the pelvic area that is termed a malformation sequence and involves the cloaca. A…
- Braxton Hicks contractions Irregular contractions of the womb (the uterus) occurring towards the middle of pregnancy in the first…
- Aortic atresia Congenital absence of the normal valvular opening from the left ventricle of the heart into the aorta…
- Hereditary progressive arthro-ophthalmopathy See: Stickler syndrome
- Tunica albuginea The whitish membrane within the penis that surrounds the spongy chambers (corpora cavernosa) in the penis and…
- Aerosinusitis Sinus troubles, particularly with pain, due to changing atmospheric pressures, as when going up or down in a…