 | Term | Definition |
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insidious |
developing so gradually as to be well established before becoming apparent |
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ataxia |
an inability to coordinate voluntary muscular movements that is symptomatic of some nervous disorders |
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dysphagia |
difficulty in swallowing |
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myalgia |
pain in one or more muscles |
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hepatosplenomegaly |
enlargement of the liver and spleen |
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erythema |
abnormal redness of the skin |
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lymphadenopathy |
disease of the lymph nodes |
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proprioception |
the reception of stimuli produced within the organism |
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hyperesthetic |
unusual or pathological sensitivity of the skin or of a particular sense to stimulation |
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motor |
of, relating to, concerned with, or involving muscular movement |
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muscle tone |
a state of partial contraction that is characteristic of normal muscle, is maintained at least in part by a continuous bombardment of motor impulses originating reflexly, and serves to maintain body posture |
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dorsiflexor |
muscle causing flexion in a dorsal direction |
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extensor |
a muscle serving to extend a bodily part (as a limb) |
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intrinsic |
originating and included wholly within an organ or part -- used especially of certain muscles |
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reflex |
an automatic and often inborn response to a stimulus that involves a nerve impulse passing inward from a receptor to the spinal cord and thence outward to an effector (as a muscle or gland) without reaching the level of consciousness and often without passing to the brain |
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coordination |
the harmonious functioning of parts (as muscle and nerves) for most effective results |
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hyperpigmentation |
excess pigmentation in a bodily part or tissue (as the skin) |
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axillae |
the cavity beneath the junction of the arm or anterior appendage and shoulder or pectoral girdle containing the axillary artery and vein, a part of the brachial plexus of nerves, many lymph nodes, and fat and areolar tissue |
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groin |
the fold or depression marking the juncture of the lower abdomen and the inner part of the thigh; |
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hyperkeratotic |
hypertrophy of the stratum corneum layer of the skin |
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erythematous |
relating to or marked by erythema |
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plaque |
a localized abnormal patch on a body part or surface and especially on the skin |
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macrocyte |
an exceptionally large red blood cell occurring chiefly in anemias |
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anemia |
a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume |
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hematocrit (1) |
the percent of the volume of whole blood that is composed of red blood cells as determined by separation of red blood cells from the plasma usually by centrifugation |
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hematocrit (2) |
an instrument for determining usually by centrifugation the relative amounts of plasma and corpuscles in blood |
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eosinophil |
a white blood cell or other granulocyte with cytoplasmic inclusions readily stained by eosin |
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basophil |
a white blood cell with basophilic granules that is similar in function to a mast cell |
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stippling |
the appearance of spots |
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peripheral |
of, relating to, affecting, or being part of the peripheral nervous system |
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smear |
material spread on a surface (as of a microscopic slide) |
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transaminase |
an enzyme-promoting transamination |
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transamination |
a reversible oxidation-reduction reaction in which an amino group is transferred typically from an alpha-amino acid to the carbonyl carbon atom of an alpha-keto acid |
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neuropathy |
an abnormal and usually degenerative state of the nervous system or nerves |
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peripheral neuropathy |
a disease or degenerative state of the peripheral nerves in which motor, sensory, or vasomotor nerve fibers may be affected and which is marked by muscle weakness and atrophy, pain, and numbness |
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lesion |
an abnormal change in structure of an organ or part due to injury or disease |
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skin |
the 2-layered covering of the body consisting of an outer ectodermal epidermis that is more or less cornified and penetrated by the openings of sweat and sebaceous glands and an inner mesodermal dermis that is composed largely of connective tissue and is richly supplied with blood vessels and nerves |
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onset |
the initial existence or symptoms of a disease |
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complaint |
a bodily ailment or disease |
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numbness |
reduced sensibility to touch |
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tingling |
to feel a stinging or prickling sensation |
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symmetric |
having, involving, or exhibiting symmetry: as a : affecting corresponding parts simultaneously and b : exhibiting symmetry in a structural formula |
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incontinence |
inability of the body to control the evacuative functions |
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confusion |
disturbance of consciousness characterized by inability to engage in orderly thought or by lack of power to distinguish, choose, or act decisively |
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diarrhea |
abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools |
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multivitamin |
containing several vitamins and especially all known to be essential to health |
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vitamin |
any of various organic substances that are essential in minute quantities to the nutrition of most animals and some plants |
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prescription |
a written direction for the preparation, compounding, and administration of a medicine |
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arsenic |
a trivalent and pentavalent solid poisonous element that is commonly metallic steel-gray, crystalline, and brittle |
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toxicity |
the quality, state, or relative degree of being toxic or poisonous |
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toxic |
of, relating to, or caused by a poison or toxin |
