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Spasmodic dysphonia
A voice disorder caused by involuntary movements of one or more muscles of the larynx or voice box. People who have spasmodic dysphonia may have occasional difficulty saying a word or two or they may experience sufficient difficulty to…
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- Valine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A dietary essential amino acid, valine is required…
- Syndrome, Pickwickian The combination of obesity, somnolence (sleepiness), hypoventilation (underbreathing), and plethoric (red)…
- Fibrosis, pulmonary See: Pulmonary fibrosis
- Clinical 1. Having to do with the examination and treatment of patients. 2. Applicable to patients. A laboratory test…
- DNA, coding A sequence of DNA that codes for protein. Coding DNA sequences are separated by long regions of DNA called…
- Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome Failure from birth of central nervous system control over breathing while asleep. There are usually no…
- Suicide, assisted See: Assisted suicide
- Neurosyphilis, tabes Also known as tabes dorsalis, the slowly progressive degeneration of the spinal cord that occurs in the late…
- Barotrauma Trauma caused by rapid or extreme changes in air pressure, especially affecting enclosed cavities within the…
- Medical jurisprudence The branch of the law that deals with the application of law to medicine or, conversely, the application of…
- Glaucoma, low tension See: Glaucoma, normal tension