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Valsalva
1. The Valsalva maneuver in which a person tries to exhale forcibly with a closed glottis (windpipe) so that no air goes out through the mouth or nose.2. The renowned Italian anatomist, pathologist, physician, and surgeon Antonio Maria…
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- Dystonia musculorum deformans (DMD) Also called torsion dystonia, this is a fortunately rare, generalized dystonia (a state of abnormal -- either…
- Striopallidodentate calcinosis Striopallidodentate (SPD) calcinosis, a condition first described in 1930 by T. Fahr and therefore called…
- Meuse fever Fever: Named for the Meuse River area, one of the great battlegrounds of World War I. Also known as trench…
- Bronchoscopy L ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Bronchoscopy Main…
- Ovary, polycystic See: Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Eye, lazy See: Lazy eye
- Brushfield's spots Speckled iris. Little white spots that slightly elevated on the surface of the iris arranged in a ring…
- Genetic Having to do with genes and genetic information.
- Genome, rice The first commercially important plant to have its genome sequenced. This feat, completed early in 2001, is…
- June cold A popular term for hay fever. Although the symptoms of a 'June cold' may be quite similar to those of a real…