| dysbasia lordotica progressiva | An affection characterised by lordoscoliosis of the lower portion of the vertebral column, occurring when the patient stands or walks and usually disappearing when the patient lies down. Synonym: torsion neurosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dysbasia | 1. Difficulty in walking. 2. The difficult or distorted walking that occurs in persons with certain mental disorders. Origin: dys-+ G. Basis, a step (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dysbasia angiosclerotica | Dysbasia angiospastica, obsolete terms meaning intermittent difficulty in walking due to peripheral vascular causes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| poliodystrophia cerebri progressiva infantilis | Familial progressive spastic paresis of extremities with progressive mental deterioration, with development of seizures, blindness and deafness, beginning during the first year of life, and with destruction and disorganization of nerve cells of the cerebral cortex. Synonym: Alpers disease, Christensen-Krabbe disease, progressive cerebral poliodystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| myositis ossificans progressiva | <radiology> Progressive skeletal fusion, ossification of ligaments, nuchal ligament, pelvic entheses, asymptomatic at birth, 90% have short great toes (12 Dec 1998) |
| ophthalmoplegia progressiva | Progressive upper bulbar palsy, due to degeneration of the nuclei of the motor nerves of the eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| leukodystrophia cerebri progressiva | <radiology> Type of dysmyelinating disease, hereditary, peripheral nervous system unaffected in some disorders Specific diseases: adrenoleukodystrophy, metachromatic leukodystrophy, spongy degeneration (Canavan), globoid cell (Krabbe) leukodystrophy, Alexander disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, Cockayne syndrome (12 Dec 1998) |