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121Sign — Any abnormality that indicates a disease process, such as a change in appearance, sensation, or function, that is observed by a physician when evaluating a patient. * * * 1. Any abnormality indicative of disease, discoverable on examination of… …
122Tremor — A tremor is an abnormal repetitive shaking movement of the body. Tremors have many causes and can be inherited, related to illnesses * * * 1. Repetitive, often regular, oscillatory movements caused by alternate, or synchronous, but irregular… …
123astasia — Inability, through muscular incoordination, to stand. [G. unsteadiness, from a priv. + stasis, standing] * * * asta·sia ə stā zh(ē )ə n muscular incoordination in standing compare ABASIA * * * n. an inability to stand for which no physical cause… …
124ataxiameter — SYN: ataxiagraph. * * * atax·i·am·e·ter ə .tak sē am ət ər n an instrument for measuring involuntary tremor and unsteadiness (as the swaying of the whole body in the erect posture) * * * atax·i·am·e·ter (ə tak″se amґə tər)… …
125gait — Manner of walking. antalgic g. a characteristic g. resulting from pain on weightbearing in which the stance phase of g. is shortened on the affected side. ataxic g. SYN: cerebellar g.. calcaneal g. a g. disturbance, characterized by walking on… …
126phenytoin — An anticonvulsant used in the treatment of generalized tonic clonic and complex partial epilepsy. Also available as p. sodium, with the same uses as p.. SYN: 5,5 diphenylhydantoin. * * * phe·nyt·o·in fə nit ə wən n an anticonvulsant used in the… …
127syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …
128Dandy–Walker syndrome — Classification and external resources ICD 10 Q03.1 ICD 9 742.3 …
