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Convulsion
An abnormal, involuntary contraction of the muscles most typically seen with certain seizure disorders. The term convulsion is sometimes used as a synonym for seizure, but not all seizures are characterized by convulsions. A person having…
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- Cowper's gland Painful muscle spasms in the abdomen, arms, or legs following strenuous activity. The skin is usually moist…
- Birth rate The birth rate is usually given as the number of live births divided by the average population (or the…
- Cryoelectron microscopy See: Cryo-electron microscopy
- Smooth muscle One of the three types of muscle tissue in the body (skeletal, smooth, cardiac). Generally forms the…
- Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth (1926-2004) Swiss-born American psychiatrist whose work with and teching about terminally ill patients helped…
- Sleep-disordered breathing A condition characterized by repeated episodes of hypopnea (underbreathing) and apnea (not breathing) during…
- TLSO Thoracolumbosacral orthosis. This is one of two main types of braces used to correct the lateral (sideways)…
- Drug, generic >The chemical name of a drug. >A term referring to the chemical makeup of a drug rather than to the…
- Delivery, footling There are single-footling or double-footling deliveries depending upon whether the presenting part of the…
- Vesicate A substance that causes tissue blistering. Also referred to as a vesicant.
- Plague, black In the 14th century the victims of the 'black plague' had bleeding below the skin (subcutaneous hemorrhage)…