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Show more- Cranial nerve, tenth The tenth cranial nerve, and one of the most important, is the vagus nerve. All twelve of the cranial nerves…
- Torticollis, congenital A deformity of the neck that is evident at birth. It is due to shortening of the neck muscles. Congenital…
- Palliation To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely…
- Yeast rash A slightly raised pink-to-red rash caused by proliferation of yeast, usually in a moist area such as the…
- Palate, hard The bony part of the roof of the mouth. The hard palate is just in front of the soft palate
- Somnolent Sleepy or tending to cause sleep. 'Somnolent' came from French. It descends from the Latin 'somnus' meaning…
- Great pox Syphilis. An old name to distinguish it from the smallpox
- Patellar tendon reflex See: Knee jerk
- Galactose A sugar contained in milk. Galactose makes up half of the sugar called lactose that is found in milk. Lactose…
- Epidemic hemorrhagic fever A number of diseases characterized by an abrupt onset of high fever and chills, headache, cold and cough, and…
- Otitis media, acute See: Acute otitis media
- Parathyroid adenoma A small tumor of the parathyroid gland and the most common disorder of the gland. Parathyroid adenomas are…