Category: E

The study of epilepsy.  

A specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of seizures.  

The neurilemma of small branches of nerve filaments.  

To extract the hair by the roots. Eliminating hair by targeting and destroying its roots.  

Suture of an abdominal wound in the epigastric area.  

Contraction of the upper portion of the rectus abdominis muscle when the skin of the epigastric region is scratched.  

A polyphenol compound present in green tea that inhibits the growth of cancer cells in the laboratory. Its effect on patients with cancer is unknown.  

Inflammation of the hair follicles of the scalp.  

The insertion of a fiberoptic scope into the epidural space that surrounds the spinal cord to diagnose and treat chronic back pain.  

A spinal x-ray examination that uses injected contrast to provide an outline of compressed nerve roots. This study is sometimes used in the evaluation of back pain.