encephalitis that resembles apoplexy due to blood extravasation
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a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
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common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Immunology, General medicine, Rheumatology.inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (‘phr…
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Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Rheumatology.a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Immunology, General medicine, Rheumatology.a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Immunology, General medicine, Rheumatology.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, Rheumatology.an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular w…
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Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Rheumatology.encephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horse
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Rheumatology.common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Rheumatology.common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Rheumatology.an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular w…
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Rheumatology.inflammation of the white matter of the brain
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Rheumatology.a chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine; sometimes leads to ankylosis
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A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chronic, progressive, nervous, disorder, involving.a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (‘psychopathic pe…
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chronic, progressive, nervous, disorder, involving.A cerebroside is any of various organic lipid compounds containing glucose or galactose and glucose; it occurs in the myelin sheath of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chronic, progressive, nervous, disorder, involving.a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chronic, progressive, nervous, disorder, involving.a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chronic, progressive, nervous, disorder, involving.a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fe…
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