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Sensory
Relating to sensation, to the perception of a stimulus and the voyage made by incoming (afferent) nerve impulses from the sense organs to the nerve centers. 'Sensory' also is sometimes used to refer to the senses themselves. 'Sensory' came…
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Show more- Retrospective diagnosis See: Retrodiagnosis
- Strontium ranelate An agent consisting of two atoms of stable strontium and ranelic acid. Strontium ranelate stimulates the…
- Examination, postmortem An autopsy. Also called a necropsy. Postmortem examinations have been done for more than 2,000 years but…
- Endocardial Pertaining to the endocardium, the inside lining of the heart
- Supercentenarian Someone 110 years old or over (no upper limit). This term was coined in 1991. See also: Age by decade
- Fluid, cerebrospinal (CSF) A watery fluid, continuously produced and absorbed, which flows in the ventricles (cavities) within the brain…
- Diaphragmatic hernia Hernia: Passage of a loop of bowel through the diaphragm muscle. This type of hernia occurs as the bowel from…
- Botulism Botulism: An uncommon but potentially very serious illness, a type of food poisoning, that produces paralysis…
- RTS See Rett syndrome.
- Menopause, natural Menopause, natural: Natural menopause occurs when the ovaries naturally decrease their production of the sex…
- Care, hospice See: Hospice care
- Erythema dose The amount of radiation which, applied to the skin, makes it turn temporarily red (erythematous)