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Motor neurone disease
Motor neuron disease. 'His suffering from motor neurone disease (MND) was finally over because he had chosen to die.' (article by Lesley Close in The Guardian, May 25, 2004
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Show more- Hereditary essential tremor See: Essential tremor
- Pachydermatous 1. Thick-skinned like a pachyderm (an elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus). 2. By extension, insensitive
- Headache, Hogwarts See: Hogwarts headache
- Henna A coloring made from the leaves of the Egyptian privet, Lawsonia inermis. Approved only for use as a hair…
- PSP Progressive supranuclear palsy, a neurologic disorder of unknown origin that gradually destroys cells in many…
- Machine, heart-lung A machine that does the work both of the heart (pump blood) and the lungs (oxygenate the blood). Used, for…
- Hypermobility syndrome Hypermobility syndrome: A common benign childhood condition involving hypermobile joints (that can move…
- Ataxia telangiectasia mutated See: ATM
- Osler's nodes These are small (the size of split peas), tender, transient nodules in the pads of fingers and toes and the…
- Surgery, YAG laser The use of a YAG (yttrium-aluminum-garnet) laser to do surgery. One use for a YAG laser in surgery is to…
- RTS See Rett syndrome.
- Rate, neonatal mortality The number of children dying under 28 days of age divided by the number of live births that year. The…