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Paralysis, facial nerve
Loss of voluntary movement of the muscles on one side of the face due to abnormal function of the facial nerve (the 7th cranial nerve) which supplies those muscles. Facial nerve paralysis is also called Bell's palsy. The cause of facial…
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Show more- Hypnosis A part of healing from ancient times. The induction of trance states and the use of therapeutic suggestion…
- Adapter protein A protein acts as a connecting molecule. An adapter protein is critical to intermolecular interactions and…
- EYCL2 A gene for brown eye color. See also: Eye color
- Voiding cystourethrogram A test done to examine the bladder and urethra while the bladder fills and empties. A radiopaque liquid (that…
- MP Abbreviation for mercaptopurine and molecular pathology
- Hyperostosis Overgrowth of bone. Hyperostosis is a nonspecific term that does not refer to any particular condition
- Lingual 1. Having to do with the tongue. 2. Next to the tongue. In dentistry, the tooth surface next to the tongue…
- Hamstring The prominent tendons at the back of the knee. They are the sidewalls of the hollow behind the knee. (This…
- Roofer's knee See prepatellar bursitis.
- Arginine An amino acid, one of the 20 amino acids that serve as the building blocks in protein. Arginine is not an…
- ATP 1. Adenosine triphosphate. 2. Acute thrombocytopenic purpura
- Bubo An enlarged lymph node ('swollen gland') that is tender and painful, particularly in the groin and armpit…