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101Stricture — An abnormal narrowing of a body passage, especially a tube or a canal. The stricture may be due, for example, to scar tissue or to a tumor. Stricture refers to both the process of narrowing and the narrowed part itself. A stricture is also… …
102Tic — A repetitive movement that is difficult, if not impossible, to control. Tics can affect any group of muscles. The most common are facial tics, such as eye blinking, nose twitching, or grimacing. Tics that affect the muscles used to produce speech …
103spastic — SPÁSTIC, Ă, spastici, ce, adj. (med.) Spasmodic. – Din fr. spastique. Trimis de dante, 25.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 SPÁSTIC adj. (med.) convulsiv, spasmodic. (Tre mur spastic.) Trimis de siveco, 05.08.2004. Sursa: Sinonime spástic …
104fitful — adjective Date: 1592 1. obsolete characterized by fits or paroxysms 2. having an erratic or intermittent character ; irregular • fitfully adverb • fitfulness noun Synonyms: fitful, spasmodic …
105jerk — I. noun Etymology: probably alteration of yerk Date: 1575 1. a single quick motion of short duration 2. a. jolting, bouncing, or thrusting motions b. a tendency to produce spasmodic motions 3. a. an involuntary spasmodic muscular movement due to… …
106Dixie Carter — This article is about the actress. For the President of TNA Wrestling, see Dixie Carter Salinas. Dixie Carter Dixie Carter at the 41st Emmy Awards Born …
107Meige's syndrome — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G24.4 ICD 9 333.82 …
108William H. Bennett (surgeon) — Sir William Henry Bennett, FRCS, (1852 1931) was a British surgeon. He introduced London doctors to massage as a treatment modality for new fractures in 1898 [Bennett. Lectures on the use of massage. . . etc. (numerous editions).] and he… …
109river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …
110torticollis — /tawr ti kol is/, n. Pathol. a condition in which the neck is twisted and the head inclined to one side, caused by spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the neck. Also called wryneck. [1805 15; < NL, equiv. to L tort(us) twisted (see TORT) + i… …
