Author: Glossary

Impairment in sensory and motor response, mental representation, and spatial attention of the body and the corresponding environment characterized by inattention to one side and over attention to the opposite side. Left side neglect is more severe and persistent than ride side neglect.  

Concerning a single ovum or germ.  

Having a single cavity.  

The spatula-shaped extremity of the terminal phalanx that supports the nails of fingers and toes.  

A continuous wavelike motion or pulsation. An undulating motion.  

Rising and falling like waves, or moving like them.  

An alteration in cell character to a more embryonic type or toward a malignant state.  

A connective tissue disease that does not fully meet the criteria for any of the well-defined rheumatological conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren’s syndrome, or systemic lupus erythematosus. Signs and symptoms of connective tissue disease must be present for several years. These may include polyarticular arthritis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, pleuritis, or pericarditis, among others. The patient…

The displacement of the great toe underneath the others.