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Alexander technique
A process that teaches how to properly coordinate body and mind to release harmful tension and to improve posture, coordination and general health. The technique is named for the Australian Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869-1955) who…
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- Vibration white finger The original name for a painful and potentially disabling condition of the fingers, hans, and arms due to…
- Quadriplegic Pertaining to quadriplegia (paralysis of all four limbs -- both arms and both legs), as from a high spinal…
- Narcan Brand name for naloxone
- Gonarthritis Inflammation of the knee joint
- Intrathecal chemotherapy Chemotherapy: Treatment with drugs that are injected into the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord…
- Optician A specialist in fitting eyeglasses and making lenses to correct vision problems. An optometrist performs eye…
- Eye bleed Medically called a subconjunctival hemorrhage. A very common cause of a painless bloody eye usually first…
- Pseudoexfoliation syndrome An eye condition that often leads to glaucoma. Called the pseudoexfoliation syndrome because deposits on the…
- Grand mal A form of epilepsy characterized by tonic-clonic seizures. involving two phases -- the tonic phase in which…
- Orbit In medicine, the bony cavity in which the eyeball sits together with its associated muscles, blood vessels…