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Seizure, Jacksonian
See: Jacksonian seizure
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Show more- Hemorrhage Bleeding or the abnormal flow of blood. The patient may have an internal hemorrhage that is invisible or an…
- Superior A large vein that receives blood from the head, neck, upper extremities, and thorax and delivers it to the…
- Crease, single transverse palmar See: Simian crease
- Fornix In anatomy, a vaultlike or arched structure. For example: > >The fornix in the brain -- a fibrous arching…
- Eruptive xanthoma The sudden eruption on the skin of crops of pink papules (firm pea-sized bumps) with a creamy center. They…
- Monocyte chemotactic and activating factor See: MPC1
- Anatomical snuffbox A hollow seen on the radial aspect (the thumbside) of the dorsum (the back) of the wrist when the thumb is…
- Edwards syndrome Trisomy 18 syndrome. Children with the syndrome have an extra chromosome 18 with a characteristic pattern of…
- Syndrome, antiphospholipid antibody An immune disorder characterized by the presence of abnormal antibodies in the blood associated with abnormal…
- Onychogryposis Abnormally thick curved fingernails or toenails. From the Greek onyx, nail + gryposis, curvature
- Takayasu arteritis Inflammation of aorta and its branches. See: Takayasu disease
- Annexins The annexins are a family of proteins first described in 1990. All of the annexin proteins share the property…