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Syndrome, Raeder's
A distinctive syndrome of headaches, also known as cluster headache or migrainous neuralgia. The common pattern of cluster headache is termed 'episodic' and is characterized by 1-3 short attacks of pain each day around the eyes, clustered…
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Show more- Linkage The tendency for genes and other genetic markers to be inherited together because of their location near one…
- Diaphragm pacing A procedure to help patients with spinal cord injuries to breathe. Their breathing is helped by setting the…
- Four-finger crease See: Simian crease
- Lung cancer, familial Lung cancer that recurs in families. Lung cancer can occur sporadically in people with no known family…
- Syndrome, chromosome 4p- The 4p- syndrome or Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, is a chromosome disorder due to partial deletion of the short…
- Palmar Pertaining to the palm (the grasping side) of the hand. The ancient Romans used the word 'palma' for the…
- Skullcap See: Scutellaria barbata
- Prenatal care During pregnancy, women should receive regular health care from an obstetrician or midwife. Services needed…
- Temporal bone A large irregular bone situated at the base and side of the skull. The temporal bone is connected with the…
- Hard palate The bony part of the roof of the mouth. The hard palate is the front of the palate and is in front of the…
- Topoisomerase A class of enzymes that alter the supercoiling of double-stranded DNA. (In supercoiling the DNA molecule…
- Fear of pleasure An abnormal, excessive, and persistent fear of pleasure. Sufferers with this most puritanical of phobias…