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Pressure neuropathy
Neuropathy: 'Pinching' a nerve by putting too much pressure on it. For example, the sciatic nerve may be painfully compressed by a ruptured disc in the lower spine, causing sciatica. Pressure neuropathy is also called nerve compression. In…
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- VHL Von Hippel-Lindau. See Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
- Hemorrhagic fever, epidemic A number of diseases characterized by an abrupt onset of high fever and chills, headache, cold and cough, and…
- Midwife, empirical See: Empirical midwife.
- Gene markers Detectable genetic traits or distinctive segments of DNA that serve as landmarks for a target gene. Markers…
- Epilation Removal of body hair, including the hair root, by means of electrical device, tweezer, or wax. Epilation may…
- Mismatch repair A system within the cell for correcting errors in DNA that works by detecting and replacing bases in the DNA…
- Hexosaminidase A deficiency See: Tay-Sachs disease
- Cramp, writer's A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during handwriting…
- Test, radionucleide stress Stress: This procedure involves injecting a radioactive isotope (typically thallium or cardiolyte) into the…