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Rotator cuff
Rotator cuff: A group of four tendons that stabilize the shoulder joint. Each of the four tendons hooks up to a muscle that moves the shoulder in a specific direction. The four muscles whose tendons form the rotator cuff are: > >The…
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- Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome A genetic disease characterized by: > >hemangioblastomas (benign blood vessel tumors) in the brain, spinal…
- Snort Take in a drug by inhalation. For example, snorting cocaine is inhaling cocaine powder through the nose where…
- Adduction Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body. The opposite of adduction is abduction. An adductor muscle…
- Angioedema, hereditary A genetic form of angioedema. (Angioedema is also referred to as Quinke's disease.) Persons with it are born…
- Sibling A brother or sister
- First and second branchial arch syndrome The olfactory nerve, the nerve that permits the sense of smell. See: Olfactory nerve.
- Pressor Causing a rise in blood pressure. A pressor base is a substance (chemically classified as a base) capable of…
- Laminectomy A surgical procedure in which the posterior arch of a vertebra is removed. Laminectomy is done to relieve…
- Zebra The term 'zebra' in medicine does not refer to the striped African animal but to an unlikely diagnostic…
- Tube, ear A small plastic tube inserted into the eardrum to keep the middle ear aerated for a prolonged period of time…
- Breast absence Breast absence: A rare condition wherein the normal growth of the breast or nipple never takes place. They…