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Myopathy
Any and all disease of muscle. Or any type of damage to muscle. There are many different kinds of myopathies. The most common form of muscular dystrophy, for example, is an inherited myopathy; it is due to mutation of a gene on the X…
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Show more- Nervous system, sympathetic A part of the nervous system that accelerates the heart rate, constricts blood vessels, and raises blood…
- Antigen A substance that is capable of causing the production of an antibody. Antigens may or may not lead to an…
- Hypertension, gestational High blood pressure that develops during pregnancy and may subside after delivery. Women who have experienced…
- Acute illness A disease with an abrupt onset and usually a short course
- Serratus One of several muscles of the back and thorax. that have interdigitating slips that ressemble the notches on…
- Palatine bone A bone behind the maxilla which enters into the formation of the hard palate (hence, the name 'palatine')…
- Brain biopsy Biopsy of the brain. Removal of a small piece of tissue from the brain for diagnostic purposes. One way the…
- Syndactyly A condition in which two or more of the fingers or toes are joined together. This joining can involve the…
- Placenta, low Location of the placenta in the lower part of the uterus (womb) so that the placenta partially or completely…
- Vaccination, rubella See Immunization, MMR.
- Sacroiliac joint dysfunction (SI Joint Pain) : Pain arising from abnormalities or
- Neuroendocrine Having to do with neuroendocrinology: the interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system