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Lennox syndrome
A severe form of epilepsy that is characterized by the onset in early childhood of frequent seizures of multiple types, developmental delay, a particular brain wave pattern (a slow spike-and-wave pattern), and behavioral disturbances with…
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Show more- Nerve, vestibulocochlear A nerve that is responsible for the sense of hearing and which is also pertinent to balance, to the body…
- Central retinal vein The blood vessel that carries blood away from the retina of the eye. The counterpart to the central retinal…
- Amygdaloid body See: Amygdaloid nucleus
- Elastin degrading enzyme See: Elastase
- Hyperthermia : Overheg of the body. This may be due to extreme weather conditions. Unrelieved hyperthermia can lead to…
- Extrapyramidal system That part of the nervous system that regulates muscle reflexes
- Herpes A family of viruses. Herpes also refers to infection with one of the human herpesviruses, especially herpes…
- Prescription abbreviations A prescription, as is well known, is a physician's order for the preparation and administration of a drug or…
- Atresia, anal Congenital absence of an opening at the bottom end of the intestinal tract. Also called imperforate anus…
- Familial adenomatous polyposis See: MYH.
- Claustrophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of closed spaces, of being closed in or being shut in, as in elevators…
- Western medicine Conventional medicine, as distinct for instance from traditional Chinese medicine