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A type of aphasia in which words are seen but not identified with respect to their meaning. A brain disorder characterized by aphasia or other word-related deficiencies of the central nervous system.  

A continuously kept record of important events, such as medical records or progress notes.  

A type of sarcoidosis characterized by extensive involvement of hilar lymph nodes, erythema nodosum, and joint pains, especially around the ankles. The syndrome has a better prognosis than other forms of sarcoidosis.  

Endocarditis associated with hypereosinophilia and fibroplastic thickening of the endocardium.  

A central nervous system nucleus on either side of the midline under the fourth ventricle in the pontine part of the brainstem. This small nucleus contains pigmented neurons that send noradrenergic axons unusually widely, throughout the brain, and may play a key role in broad cortical activation from the reticular formation of the brainstem. A…

A poisonous plant from the bean family that causes behavioral, visual, and gait disturbances, usually in cattle.  

A paralytic condition, superficially resembling coma, in which a person has no voluntary control over somatic muscles but nonetheless remains awake and alert. The locked-in state is usually the result of a lesion of the brainstem, especially the pons. Because in some patients eye blinking is  reserved, communication with locked-in patients is occasionally possible.  

A thin, watery postpartum vaginal discharge.  

The bloody postpartum vaginal discharge.