(medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease; "there were no signs of asphyxiation"
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Erb's palsy
paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth)
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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.impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature
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
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childbirth during which the mother is encouraged to be an active participant
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: paralysis, resulting, injury, brachial, plexus.(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: paralysis, resulting, injury, brachial, plexus.A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: paralysis, resulting, injury, brachial, plexus.Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be received in satisfa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: paralysis, resulting, injury, brachial, plexus.To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to black…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: paralysis, resulting, injury, brachial, plexus.The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: paralysis, resulting, injury, brachial, plexus.Pertaining or belonging to the arm; as, the brachial artery; the brachial nerve.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: paralysis, resulting, injury, brachial, plexus.any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease; "bed sores are a common complication in case…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: paralysis, resulting, injury, brachial, plexus.any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: paralysis, resulting, injury, brachial, plexus.During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: paralysis, resulting, injury, brachial, plexus.regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abd…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: paralysis, resulting, injury, brachial, plexus.regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abd…
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