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Tooth, cracked, syndrome
A toothache caused by a broken tooth (tooth fracture) without associated cavity or advanced gum disease. Biting on the area of tooth fracture can cause severe sharp pains. These fractures are usually due to chewing or biting hard objects…
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- Tomo- Or tom- before a vowel. A combining form meaning a cut, section, or layer, as might be achieved by cutting or…
- Rooting reflex A reflex seen in newborn babies, who automatically turn their face toward the stimulus and make sucking…
- Familial tremor See: Essential tremor
- Acute abdomen The abrupt (acute) onset of abdominal pain. A potential medical emergency, an acute abdomen may reflect a…
- Amuck See: Amok
- Auditory acuity The clarity or clearness of hearing, a measure of how well a person hears. Auditory acuity is what is…
- Synesthesia A condition in which normally separate senses are not separate. Sight may mingle with sound, taste with…
- Injection snoreplasty To harm, hurt, or wound. The word injure may be in physical or emotional sense. Treadmill machines may injure…
- Fourth ventricle >Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres, one in each hemisphere. Each…
- Cancer anorexia Loss of desire to eat due to cancer. Cancer anorexia contributes to malnutrition, increases morbidity…