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Cutaneous allodynia
Pain resulting from an innocuous stimulus to normal skin or scalp. The stimulus that triggers allodynia is not normally painful. The pain can be provoked by combing or brushing the hair, shaving, showering, wearing glasses or earrings. The…
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- Sub- Prefix meaning meaning under, below, less than normal, secondary, less than fully. As in subacute, subaortic…
- Anal fistula An opening in the skin near the anus that leads into a blind pouch or may connect through a tunnel with the…
- Acid indigestion Excessive secretion of hydrochloric acid by the stomach cells. Medically known as hyperchlorhydria. Sometimes…
- Nonsyndromic Not part of a syndrome. Hearing loss, for instance, can be syndromic or nonsyndromic
- Involution 1. Literally, a turning inward or rolling inward.2. A decrease in size, usually after an increase. The uterus…
- Schistosome A parasitic trematode worm contracted from infested water that is capable of causing liver, gastrointestinal…
- Spherocytosis, hereditary (HS) A genetic disorder of the red blood cell membrane clinically characterized by anemia, jaundice (yellowing)…
- Colon syndrome, nervous A common gastrointestinal disorder involving an abnormal condition of gut contractions (motility)…
- Type 2 diabetes See Diabetes, type 2.
- Cerebrum The largest part of the brain. It is divided into two hemispheres, or halves. The word 'cerebrum' is the…
- Stillbirth The tragic birth of a dead baby, the delivery of a fetus that has died before birth. There is no possibility…