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Dystonia, oromandibular
Oromandibular dystonia affects the muscles of the jaw, lips, and tongue. The jaw may be pulled either open or shut, and speech and swallowing can be difficult
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- Auditory acuity The clarity or clearness of hearing, a measure of how well a person hears. Auditory acuity is what is…
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- Synesthete A person with synesthesia, a condition in which the normally separate senses are not separate. Sight may…
- Adhesion The union of two opposing tissue surfaces (often in reference to the sides of a wound). Also refers to scar…
- Transcription Making an RNA copy from a sequence of DNA (a gene). Transcription is the first step in gene expression