Category: B

Loss of function due to nerve injury during delivery. Trauma to the baby during delivery may result in damage to the brachial nerves, facial nerves, or diaphragm. Asymmetrical movements or reflexes of the affected part are present. Prognosis depends on the amount of nerve damage sustained; permanent damage is rare. Most newborn paralyses resolve without…

Disordered thinking and communication of thought in which delusions, bizarre thoughts, hallucinations, and regressive behavior are absent. Affected patients are not severely incapacitated.  

The basis of stereoscopic vision; the difference in the angles formed by the lines of sight to two objects at different distances from the eyes. This is important in depth perception.  

Palsy caused by degeneration of the nuclear cells of the lower cranial nerves. This causes progressive muscular paralysis. Bulbar palsy refers to the weakness of the muscles responsible for speech and swallowing, leading to symptoms such as slurred speech, hoarseness, difficulty in swallowing, and a risk of choking on food and beverages. This condition can…

Pain experienced in heat burns, superficial skin lesions, herpes zoster, and circumscribed neuralgias.  

Pain caused near a joint affected with neuralgia when the skin is folded near it.  

Piercing, used to describe pain felt deep within the body.  

A device for bubbling oxygen through the blood during extracorporeal circulation.  

The aroma or fragrance emanating from the human body. It may be derived from sweat gland secretions, urine, feces, expiration, saliva, breasts, skin, and sex organs. The major sources are the eccrine and apocrine sweat glands. Sebaceous gland secretions from the skin contribute to these odors. Eating garlic or onions or taking certain drugs may…

An erectile, easily compressible, bluish, cavernous hemangioma that is present in the skin and gastrointestinal tract.