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Pulse, trip-hammer
See: Pulse, water hammer
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- Dyspraxia Impaired or painful function of any organ of the body
- Sensorium The totality of those parts of the brain that receive, process and interpret sensory stimuli. The sensorium…
- Ptosis of the eyelids, adult Drooping of the upper eyelids in adults, most commonly due to separation of the tendon of the lid-lifting…
- Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome See: Doula (the first meaning).
- Typhoon A regionally specific name for a strong tropical cyclone in the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the dateline…
- Broca's area An area of the cerebral motor cortex in the frontal lobe of the brain that is responsible for speech…
- Leprosy See: Hansen disease
- Mansfield See: Mansfield, Peter
- Vascular dementia A common form of dementia in older persons that is due to cerebrovascular disease, usually with stepwise…
- Syncope, vasovagal See: Vasovagal syncope
- Lens, intraocular See: Intraocular lens