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Sensory integration
A form of occupational therapy in which special exercises are used to strengthen the patient's sense of touch (tactile), sense of balance (vestibular), and sense of where the body and its parts are in space (proprioceptive). It appears to…
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- Epiphysis The growth area near the end of a bone.
- Genitalia, male internal See: Male internal genitalia
- Five-lipoxygenase-activating protein See: FLAP
- Nyctalopia Night blindness, impaired vision in dim light and in the dark, due to impaired function of certain…
- Disease, Stein-Leventhal >Irregular or no periods >Acne >Obesity, and >Excess hair growth. All women with PCO have irregular or no…
- Sclerosis Localized hardening of skin
- Y (in chemistry) The symbol for the element yttrium, an ultrarare metal named after Ytterby in southern Sweden. Yttrium has…
- Vertebrae, cervical The cervical (neck) vertebrae are the upper 7 vertebrae in the spinal column (the vertebral column). They are…
- Tandem repeat sequences Multiple copies of the same DNA base sequence on a chromosome; used as a marker in physical mapping of the…
- Corpse A dead body. The term corpse is more often used in in mystery stories than in medicine which, for obscure…
- Spider bites Bites from spiders. These are usually irritating, but not poisonous. Localized reddening and swelling are…