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Constraint-induced movement therapy
A form of intensive physical therapy aimed at reorganizing and reprogramming the brain after a stroke, a traumatic brain injury, or spinal cord damage
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- Memory, short-term A system for temporarily storing and managing information required to carry out complex cognitive tasks such…
- Aqueduct of the midbrain A canal that communicates between the third and fourth ventricles in a system of four communicating cavities…
- Yersinia pestis genome See: Plague bacterium genome
- Dorsal The back or posterior side of a structure. "Dorsum" is the Latin word for the back. Something pertaining to…
- Rupture, uterine A tear of the uterus, an uncommon but very serious situation that may result in hysterectomy, urologic injury…
- Eight-day measles Measles: An acute highly contagious viral disease with fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes, and a spreading…
- Contact healing Another name for the alternative medicine practice of laying on of hands. See: Laying on of hands. See also…
- Off-label use In the United States, the regulations of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permit physicians to…
- Flexural psoriasis A form of psoriasis found in the armpits, groin, under the breasts and in other flexion creases (skin folds)…
- Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS) A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…