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Progressive supranuclear palsy
Progressive supranuclear palsy: A neurologic disorder of unknown origin that gradually destroys cells in many areas of the brain, leading to serious and permanent problems with the control of gait and balance. The most obvious sign of the…
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- Living will A living will is one form of advance medical directive. Advance medical directives pertain to treatment…
- Telesurgery Surgical procedures carried out at a distance thanks to advances in robotic and computer technology and their…
- Small calorie See: Calorie
- MELAS syndrome MELAS syndrome: MELAS is the acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like…
- Syndrome, Poland A unique pattern of one-sided malformations characterized by a defect of the chest (pectoralis) muscle on one…
- Injury, scooter See: Scooter injury
- Facultative heterochromatin Chromosome material that can be either heterochromatin or euchromatin. The inactive X chromosome is made up…
- Puberty, precocious Precocious puberty is the unusually early development of secondary sexual features. The onset of sexual…
- Axillary hyperhidrosis Hyperhidrosis: Excessive sweating from the armpits. Excessive underarm perspiration tends to start in late…
- Insufficiency, small intestine See: Short bowel syndrome
- Cesarian section, lower segment (LSCS) A Cesarian section in which the surgical incision (cut) is made in the lower segment of the uterus