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Synesthesia
A condition in which normally separate senses are not separate. Sight may mingle with sound, taste with touch, etc. The senses are cross-wired. For example, when a digit-color synesthete sees or just thinks of a number, the number appears…
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- Encephalopathy, mitochondrial (MELAS) MELAS is the acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Strokelike episodes. MELAS is a…
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) A virus that infects 50-85% of adults in the US by age 40 and is also the virus most frequently transmitted…
- Filovirus A family of viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever. Filoviruses have single- stranded RNA as their genetic…
- Cesarian section The obstetrical procedure is often spelled this way in the U.S. with just an 'e' although the Roman emperor…
- Naturopathic medicine See: Naturopathy
- RFA Radiofrequency ablation
- Stickler 1. Stickler, Gunnar B.. 2. Stickler syndrome. 3. With a small s, someone who insists upon some matter such as…
- Laryngotomy Surgical opening of the larynx, the voice box
- Landry ascending paralysis A particularly virulent form of Guillain-Barre syndrome. The disorder often begins with a flu-like illness…
- Palliative treatment To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely…