(medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease; "there were no signs of asphyxiation"
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Dysarthria
impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature
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(medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another)
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (‘phr…
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (‘phr…
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.loss of the ability to move a body part
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Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: impaired, articulatory, ability, resulting, defects.the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: impaired, articulatory, ability, resulting, defects.(ophthalmology) impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea; common in nearsighted people
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: impaired, articulatory, ability, resulting, defects.aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: impaired, articulatory, ability, resulting, defects.the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: impaired, articulatory, ability, resulting, defects.An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: impaired, articulatory, ability, resulting, defects.aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: impaired, articulatory, ability, resulting, defects.the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: impaired, articulatory, ability, resulting, defects.A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: impaired, articulatory, ability, resulting, defects.a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: impaired, articulatory, ability, resulting, defects.Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ ou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: impaired, articulatory, ability, resulting, defects.epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking
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