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- quadriplegia
- paralysis affecting all four extremities due to unjury at cerivcal level of the spinal cord
- presbyopia
- physiological loss of accomodation in eyes due to advancing age
- lithotomy
- incision into an organ/duct for removal of a calculus
- anosmia
- loss of sense of smell
- anesthesia
- loss of sensation
- paravertebral
- alongside or near a vertebra or vertebral column
- astereogenesis
- inability to recognize objects by touch alone
- diapedesis
- passage of blood cells through the unruptured walls of capillaries into the tissue spaces
- tympanitis
- inflammation of the tympanic membrane
- algesimeter
- instrument used for measuring degree of sensitivity to a painful stimulus
- salpingostomy
- establishment of an artificial opening in a utering tube, primarily as surgical treatment
- osmometer
- instrument for measuring osmotic pressure
- otitis
- inflammation of the ear
- hyperacusis
- abnormally acute sensitivity to sound
- myxedema
- accumulation of mucus-like mkaterial under the skin
- kinesiology
- science or study of movement
- myringoscope
- instrtument for examining tympanic membrance
- salpingotomy
- incision into uterine tube
- cardiodynia
- pain in the heart
- mucus
- viscous fluid secreted by mucuos membrance
- mucoenterities
- inflammation or the intestinal mucosa
- mycetism
- poisoning by certain species of mushrooms
- paraplegia
- paralysis of both lower extremities and generally the lower trunk due to lumbar spinal cord injury
- mycosis
- any disease induced by fungus
- endometrium
- mucous membrance that lines the inner wall of the uterus
- kinesthesia
- sense that allows brain to be constantly aware of the position and movement of muscles in different parts of the body
- audiology
- aka ostology, study of hearing disorders through identification and measurement of loss of hearing function as well as the rehabilitation of people with hearing impairments
- hemiplegia
- paralysis of one side of teh body, due to brain injury on opposite side
- kinesia
- any form or motion sickness
- tinnitus
- noises in the ears
- tympanoplasty
- surgical correction of a damaged middle ear
- hypermetria
- condition in which voluntary movements overreach their goal, due to an inability to control the distance, power, and speed of the movement
- aphasia
- disorder of language in which the generation and comprehension of speed is impaired or absent
- hemisphere
- half of any spherical structure; lateral half of the cerebrum or of the cerebellum
- carniometry
- measurement of the skull
- myringoplasty
- surgical repair of a damaged tympanic membrance
- otitis media
- inflammation ofthe middle ear
- vertigo
- disabling sensation in which the patient feels that either himself or his surroundings are in a state of constant movement (spinning)
- olfactometer
- instrument for tesiting sense of smell
- ataxia
- inability to coordinate muscle activity during voluntary activity