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Pediculosis
Infested with lice. See also: Head lice; Pubic lice
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Show more- Plegia Suffix meaning paralysis or a stroke. As in cardioplegia (paralysis of the heart), hemiplegia (paralysis of…
- Virus, Marburg See: Negative-strand RNA virus.
- Cancer antigen 125 Taking care of cancer. When cancer is suspected, a biopsy is usually performed and the tissue is sent to a…
- Syndrome, prune belly Partial or complete absence of the abdominal muscles so that the outlines of the intestines are visible…
- Hemoglobin, carbon monoxide See: Carboxyhemoglobin
- Blade bone Familiar term for the scapula, also called the shoulder blade or wing bone, the flat triangular bone at the…
- Hirudin An anticoagulant ('bloodthinner'). Hirudin is the active principle in the salivary secretion of leeches. The…
- Zygomatic bone The part of the temporal bone of the skull that forms the prominence of the cheek. The zygomatic bone is also…
- PROMM Proximal myotonic myopathy. See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Neurosis A chronic disorder featuring irritability of the nervous system (nervousness) and characterized by anxiety…
- Therapy, constraint-induced movement A form of intensive physical therapy aimed at reorganizing and reprogramming the brain after a stroke, a…
- Parkinson disease Parkinson disease: A slowly progressive neurologic disease characterized by a fixed inexpressive face, a…