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Babinski sign
An important neurologic examination based upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot is stimulated. If the big toe goes up, that may mean trouble. The Babinski sign is obtained by stimulating the external portion (the outside) of…
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- Tarsal tunnel syndrome A type of compression neuropathy (nerve disease due to compression of the nerve) in the ankle and foot…
- Subclinical disease An illness that stays below the surface of clinical detection. A subclinical disease has no recognizable…
- Stirrup The stapes, one of the three bones in the middle ear. See: Stapes
- Quarantine The period of isolation decreed to control the spread of infectious disease. Before the era of antibiotics…
- NCEP The National Cholesterol Education Program. See: National Cholesterol Education Program
- Oswald Theodore Avery See: Avery, Oswald Theodore
- Interpersonal therapy A form of psychotherapy in which the focus is on a patient's relationships with peers and family members and…
- Federal Emergency Management Agency Better known as FEMA, an agency of the US government dedicated to rapid response to disasters, both man-made…
- Conization Surgery to remove a cone-shaped piece of tissue from the cervix and cervical canal. Conization may be used to…
- Nerve, second cranial Also known as the optic nerve. This nerve connects the eye to the brain and carries the impulses formed by…
- Klippel-Feil phenotype See: Klippel-Feil sequence