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Visceral kinesioneurosis
Kinesioneurosis affecting muscles of internal organs.
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Vascular kinesioneurosis
Kinesioneurosis of the vasomotor system.
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External kinesioneurosis
Kinesioneurosis affecting external muscles.
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Kinesioneurosis
A functional disorder marked by tics and spasms.
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Kinesimeter
An apparatus for determining the extent of movement of a part.
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Kinesigenic
Said of certain involuntary body movements, triggered by voluntary muscular activity.
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Kinescope
A device for testing the refraction of the eye. A slit of variable width moves as the patient observes a fixed object.
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Tyrosine kinase
Any of a group of enzymes that influence signaling between cells, especially as relates to cell growth and death, cellular adhesion and movement, and cellular differentiation. Abnormalities in tyrosine kinases are found in some human diseases, including chronic myeloid (myelogenous) leukemia.
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Myosin light chain kinase
An enzyme in smooth muscle cells that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate group from adenosine triphosphate to myosin, which initiates contraction.
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Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome
A syndrome that may develop in patients in whom diabetes mellitus has been present for several years. Hypertension, glomerulonephrosis, edema, and retinal lesions are present; arteriosclerosis of the renal artery is a common complication.
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