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- Inflammation, bladder See: Bladder inflammation
- Subscapular Under the scapula, like the subscapularis muscle, which originates beneath the scapula.
- Glioma, visual pathway See Visual pathway glioma
- Altitude illness >If possible, don't fly or drive to high altitude. Start below 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) and walk up. >If…
- Clonic seizure A seizure in which there are generalized clonic contractions with the entire body jerking, but without a…
- Electro-oculography EOG. A type of electrophysiologic retinal testing done to measure the difference in the electrical potential…
- Myostatin A growth factor that regulates the size of muscles beginning in early embryonic development and continuing…
- Melomania A singular passion for music that is beyond all reason. From the French melomanie, from the Latin melos, song…
- Anemic Relating to anemia, the condition of having less than the normal number of red blood cells or less than the…
- Rad Radiation absorbed dose, a measure for a dose of ionizing radiation
- Dementia, hereditary multi-infarct See CADASIL