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Carpal tunnel syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome: A type of compression neuropathy (nerve damage) caused by compression and irritation of the median nerve in the wrist. The nerve is compressed within the carpal tunnel, a bony canal in the palm side of the wrist…
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Show more- Disease, delta-storage pool See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
- Colon The part of the large intestine that runs from the cecum to the rectum as a long hollow tube that serves to…
- Cadaver wart A warty growth on the hand due to tuberculosis, typically of someone doing postmortem examinations. A cadaver…
- Fee for service ): In health care, a payment mechanism in which a provider is paid for each individual service rendered to a…
- Range, normal By convention, the normal range for whatever (a particular test, condition, symptom, behavior, etc.) is set…
- Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Adventitious Coming from an external source or occurring in an unusual place or manner. Not inherent, inherited or innate…
- Enteropathy, gluten See: Gluten enteropathy
- Homozygous Possessing two identical forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent
- AMD Age-related macular degeneration (which may also be abbreviated as ARMD)
- Wesil See: Weasand
- Nebulization, heated Administration of medication via fine spray that has been heated to increase its water content