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Bell's palsy
Paralysis of the facial nerve, the nerve that supplies the facial muscles on one side of the face. Bell's palsy is also called facial nerve paralysis. The cause of facial nerve paralysis is often not known, but is thought to be due to a…
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Show more- Atrial septum The wall between the two upper chambers (the right and left atrium) of the heart
- Recurrent abortion The occurrence of 3 or more miscarriages (which are medically termed 'spontaneous abortions') with no…
- Intervertebral foramen An opening between vertebrae through which nerves leave the spine and extend to other parts of the body. Also…
- Charles Darwin See: Darwin, Charles
- Zomig Brand name for zolmitriptan, a triptan drug for the treatment of migraine
- Dystrophy, muscular One of a group of genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal or…
- Veterinary medicine The medical science concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases in animals. Aside from…
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome A form of congenital heart disease in which the whole left half of the heart (including the aorta , aortic…
- Parasplenic Located near or alongside of the spleen. The spleen is an organ located in the upper left part of the abdomen…
- Syndrome, superior vena cava The symptoms that result from compression of the large vein that carries blood down to the heart. The…
- Cataract with poikiloderma atrophicans Also known as the Rothmund-Thomson syndrome, this is an hereditary disease characterized by progressive…
- Quadriceps stretch An exercise to stretch the quadriceps muscle, the large muscle in the front of the thigh. To do this…