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Petit mal
A form of epilepsy with very brief, unannounced lapses in consciousness. A petit mal seizure involves a brief loss of awareness, which can be accompanied by blinking or mouth twitching. Petit mal seizures have a very characteristic…
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Show more- Chlortetracycline The first drug of the tetracycline family, to be introduced (in 1948). For more information, see: Tetracycline
- Fear of self An irrational fear of oneself, an intense self-fear that is groundless. Fear of oneself is termed…
- Trip-hammer pulse See: Pulse, water hammer
- Disc, cervical A disk shaped piece of specialized tissue that separates the vertebral bones of the spinal column in the…
- Natriuretic Causing natriuresis, the excretion of an excessively large amount of sodium in the urine. A hybrid of the…
- Jejunal Having to do with the jejunum.
- Guarding, abdominal Involuntary tensing of the abdominal wall muscles to guard inflamed organs within the abdomen from the pain…
- Therapy, salvage See: Salvage therapy
- Calabresi, Paul Italian-born American oncologist who was a leader in developing and testing drugs to treat Hodgkin's…
- Facultative 1. In general, not obligatory but rather capable of adapting to different conditions. The opposite of…
- Radiomimetic Imitating radiation. A radiomimetic drug is one that imitates the effects of radiation as in the case of…
- Developmental dyspraxia A pattern of delayed, uneven, or aberrant development of physical abilities during childhood development. The…