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Crocodile tears syndrome
Spontaneous tearing in parallel with the normal salivation of eating. The crocodile tears syndrome occurs most often following facial paralysis when nerve fibers destined for a salivary gland are damaged and by mistake regrow into a tear…
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- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) is one of the commonly prescribed drugs for treating…
- Clone bank Synonym for Genomic library.
- Dissection, aortic See: Aortic dissection
- Syndrome, acute respiratory distress Better known as ARDS. See: ARDS
- Evert To turn outward or turn inside out. To evert the foot is to move its forepart away from the midline of the…
- Syndrome, patellofemoral (PFS) The commonest cause of chronic knee pain, PFS characteristically causes vague discomfort of the inner knee…
- HDV Hepatitis D virus
- Microhematuria Hematuria means blood in the urine and microhematuria refers to hematuria that is visible only under a…
- Chapped lips >Do not lick or bite the lips. >Use a chapstick or lipstick on the lips before going outside. Reapply it…
- Magnetic resonance elastography An imaging technique used to measure the elasticity of tissue by gently shaking the tissue in a magnetic…
- Blindness, night Impaired vision in dim light and in the dark, due to impaired function of specific vision cells (namely, the…