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Morton's neuroma
Morton's neuroma: A swollen inflamed nerve in the ball of the foot, usually between the base of the second and third toes (known as the third intermetatarsal space), caused by chronic compression of a branch of the plantar nerve between…
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- Valsalva maneuver A maneuver in which a person tries to exhale forcibly with a closed glottis (the windpipe) so that no air…
- Abscess, skin See: Skin abscess
- Reduction, breast See: Breast reduction
- Stomach, Pavlov A pouch fashioned surgically from part of the stomach (but isolated from the rest of the stomach) that opens…
- Glaucoma, symptoms of At first, there are no symptoms. Vision stays normal, and there is no pain. However, as the disease progress…
- Angioid streaks Tiny breaks in the elastin-filled tissue in the back of the eye (retinae). These abnormalities are visible to…
- Holter monitor A type of portable heart monitor. The Holter monitor is a small portable electrocardiogram (ECG). The device…
- Smith-Magenis syndrome A syndrome of abnormal physical, developmental and behavioral features due to microdeletion of chromosome 17…
- Murray Valley encephalitis A viral encephalitis first recognized in the Murray Valley, in Victoria, Australia, caused by a flavivirus…
- Child abuse, psychological Child abuse, psychological: Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported…
- Hump, dowager An outward curvature of the vertebrae of neck, creating a hump at the back of the neck, once thought to be a…