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Release, carpal tunnel
A surgical procedure to relieve pressure exerted on the median nerve within the carpal tunnel (the carpal tunnel syndrome). The median nerve is pinched in the wrist as it passes through the carpal tunnel. The buildup of scar tissue inside…
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Show more- Calefacient 1. (noun) Anything that warms. 2. (noun) A substance that produces a feeling of warmth when it is applied to…
- Thallium scan A method of examining the heart to obtain information about the blood supply to the heart muscle. In the…
- Attention getting Attention getting is not a simple automatic act. It requires complex active thought processing. The types of…
- Arcuate nucleus A collection of neurons (nerve cells) in the hypothalamus of the brain. Some arcuate neurons contain dopamine…
- Triptan A class of drugs introduced in the 1990s for the treatment of migraine that act as agonists for…
- Inspissate To thicken. Inspissated bile is thickened bile
- CADASIL Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy. An inherited form…
- Anophthalmia Absence of the eye, as a result of a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the globe. Anophthalmia…
- Laryngectomy, total A surgical procedure in which the whole voice box is removed, and the stoma opening into the larynx is…
- Cryptosporidium See: Cryptosporidiosis
- Antifreeze poisoning Poisoning from antifreeze which today is usually ethylene glycol -- a clear, colorless, odorless liquid with…
- Ataxia, cerebellar See: Ataxia