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1. in tabes dorsalis, insensibility to pressure over the Achilles tendon
2. exophthalamic goiter, spasm of levator palpebrae superioris |
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| premature termination of the professional treatment relationship by the health care provider without adequate notice or patient's consent |
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1. motor incoordination in walking
2. Inabailiy to walk due to impairment of coordination |
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| abasia-astasia OR astasia-abasia |
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| lack of motor coordination with inability to stand or walk |
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| abasia in which the leg muscles are paralyzed |
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| paroxysmal trepidant abasia |
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| abasia caused by trembling and sudden stiffening of the legs on standing, making walking impossible |
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1. to lessen or decrease
2. to cease or cause to cease |
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1. not within the axis of a body or part
2. at the opposite end of a body or part |
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Abbe-Wharton-McIndoe Operation
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McIndoe Operation |
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| a surgical procedure performed to create a vagina in patients who do not have one |
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| a treatment for scoliosis that is no longer used, in which a series of plaster jackets were applied to straighten the spine |
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| intolerance or avoidance of drugs or chemicals |
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| the portion of the trunk between the thorax and plevis |
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| acute abdomen OR surgical abdomen |
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| abnormal condition in where there is sudden, abrupt onset of severe pain |
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| abdomen with folds of fatty tissue that drape over the pubis |
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| abdomen that on examination appears hollowed, sunken, or emaciated |
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| puncture of the abdomen with an instrument for withdrawal of fluid from the abdominal cavity |
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| pertaining to the abdomen and perineum |
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| pertaining to the abdomen and urinary bladder |
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| drawing away from the midline of the body |
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| to draw away from the median plane |
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1. movement of a limb away from the median plane
2. movement of a digit away from the median plane of the limb
3. movement of an eye away from the nose |
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1. deviation from normal
2. imperfect refraction of light rays |
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| unequal refraction of different wavelengths of light through a lens, producing a colored image |
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| an abnormality in chromosomes regarding number of chromosomal material |
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| refractive error that cannot be corrected by bending light into the eye with eye-glasses or lenses |
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| deviation of a ray from the focus measured on a line perpendicular to the axis |
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| deviation of a ray from the direction parallel to the optic axis |
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| aberration or distortion of an image due to rays entering the peripheral portion of a spherical mirror or lens being refracted differently from those closer to the center |
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| the measurement of refractive errors of the eye |
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amyloid-beta1-42
biomarker in cerebrospinal fluid for Alzheimer disease |
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| inherited disorder marked by absence of beta lipoproteins in the blood and low levels of cholestrol, fatty acids, etc. |
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| a temporary suspension of activity, sensation, or pain |
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| a wedge-shaped area in the region of the cementoenamel junction of the tooth |
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| premature loss of vitality or degeneration of tissues and cells with consequent loss of endurance and resistance |
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| cessation of milk secretion |
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| to destroy, excise, remove |
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| removal of a body part, a pathway, or a functionas by chemical or physucal destructuin or by surgery |
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| pertaining to ablation especially by surgery |
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| searchable Internet database |
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| the washing of one's body |
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| anything that is used to cause an abortion |
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| a fetus born before 20 weeks' gestation |
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| congential absence of arms |
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| congential absence of arms and head |
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| release of emotion by consciously recalling or acting out a painful experience that had been forgotten |
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| a powerful cellular toxin derived from the seeds of the jequirty pea |
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| sudden, premature, partial, or complete detachment of the placenta from a normal uterine site of implantation |
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| localized collection of pus in any body part |
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| horizontal line in a graph of a 2D coordinate |
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| concering the effect of radiationon tissues |
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| prolonged or repeated absence |
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| genus of pathogenic fungi |
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| bitter, green, distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored spirit |
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| measurement of dissipation of x-rays |
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| abortion performed in 2nd-3rd trimester |
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| dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry |
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| technique used to measure average density of mineral concentration of bone |
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| going without something voluntarily |
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| absence of or decreased ability to exercise willpower or intiative to make decisions |
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| any of the large genus of trees native to the warm regions of the world |
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| learning or speech disorder characterized by inability to perform simple arithmetic operations |
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| inflexibility of joints of a limb |
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1. the spine
2. a vertebral spinous process |
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| a genus of amoeba, found in soil and fresh water |
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| a sensation as of a pinprick |
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| phylum of parasitic worms |
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| abnormal red blood cell with spikes or thorns |
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| acanthocytes in the blood |
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| hypertrophy of the horny portion of skin |
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| disease of the skin accompanied by degeneration of cohesive elements |
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| acanthoma adenoides cysticum |
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| cystic tumor occuring on chest and face and in the axillary regions |
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| skin disorder in which dark brown or gray plagues appear on the skin |
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