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Bell, Charles
(1774-1842) Renowned surgeon, anatomist and artist, who discovered Bell's palsy, paralysis of the facial nerve, the nerve that supplies the facial muscles on one side of the face. Bell waa a great neurologist and made many of the early…
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- Vaginosis, bacterial See: Bacterial vaginosis
- Godfrey Hounsfield See: Hounsfield, Godfrey
- Fear of vomiting An abnormal and persistent fear of vomiting. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even though they…
- LAMB syndrome Acronym for Lentigines, Atrial myxomas, Mucocutaneous myxomas, and Blue nevi. Now included in the Carney…
- Disease, His Named for the Swiss physician Wilhelm His, Jr. (who also described the bundle of His in the heart), this is a…
- HMS1 Homosexuality 1. An alleged gene for human male homosexuality. See: Gay gene
- Aqueduct A channel for the passage of fluid.
- Ear, outer There are three sections of the ear. They are the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The outer ear…
- Nomenclature of diseases See: Disease nomenclature