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Retrograde amnesia
Amnesia in which the lack of memory relates to events that occurred before a traumatic event. Retrograde amnesia is in contrast to antegrade amnesia in which the lack of memory relates to events that occurred after a traumatic event
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Show more- Naso- Prefix referring to the nose. For example, nasogastric refers to the passage from the nose to the stomach
- Marmoreal Resembling marble. For example, the bone in osteoporosis appears marmoreal. From the Latin noun 'marmor'…
- Endodermal Pertaining to the endoderm or to tissues derived from the endoderm
- Boutonneuse Fievre boutonneuse or African tick typhus, one of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern…
- Germ 1. A cell or group of cells (called a primordium) capable of developing into an organ, a part or an organism…
- AVN Avascular necrosis
- Frostbite Frostbite: Damage to tissues from freezing due to the formation of ice crystals within cells, rupturing the…
- Choroiditis An inflammation of the layer of the eye behind the retina, either in its entirely (multifocal choroiditis) or…
- Chronic kidney failure See: Chronic renal failure
- Immunization, Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB) Immunization designed to prevent diseases caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), a bacteria…
- Buboes The plural of 'bubo'
- Neoplastic Pertaining to a neoplasm or neoplasia. See those terms for more information.