Jumping disease
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jumping disease — any of several culture specific disorders characterized by exaggerated responses to small stimuli, muscle tics including jumping, automatic obedience even to dangerous suggestions, and sometimes coprolalia or echolalia. It is unclear whether they … Medical dictionary
jumping Frenchmen of Maine syndrome — a form of jumping disease observed in a group of lumbermen of French Canadian descent working in a remote area of Maine; affected individuals had exaggerated startle responses, automatic obedience, and often echolalia. It is believed to have… … Medical dictionary
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
Jumping plant louse — Taxobox name = Psyllidae image caption = Psylla alni image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hemiptera subordo = Sternorrhyncha superfamilia = Psylloidea familia = Psyllidae subdivision ranks = Genera… … Wikipedia
Disease, Osgood-Schlatter — A condition involving inflammation and sometimes tearing of ligaments within the knee and lower leg. Treatment is by rest, casting if necessary, and sometimes surgery. Osgood Schlatter disease is caused by repetitive stress or tension on a part… … Medical dictionary
jumping — jump·ing (jumpґing) 1. the skipping of several steps in a series; moving forward quickly. 2. see under disease … Medical dictionary
Navicular Disease — is a soundness problem in horses, more accurately called navicular syndrome as opposed to disease. It most commonly describes an inflammation or degeneration of the navicular bone and its surrounding tissues, usually on the front feet. It can… … Wikipedia
Osgood-Schlatter disease — A condition involving inflammation and sometimes tearing of ligaments within the knee and lower leg. Treatment is by rest, casting if necessary, and sometimes surgery. Osgood Schlatter disease is caused by repetitive stress or tension on a part… … Medical dictionary
Infectious disease — Classification and external resources A false colored electron micrograph shows a malaria sporozoite migrating through the midgut epithelia. ICD 10 … Wikipedia
Osgood–Schlatter disease — Osgood Schlatter condition Classification and external resources Lateral radiograph of the knee demonstrating fragmentation of the tibial tubercle with overlying soft tissue swelling. ICD 10 M … Wikipedia
