| forme fruste | <biology> A partial, arrested, or inapparent form of disease. Origin: Fr. Unfinished form (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Becker type tardive muscular dystrophy | Muscular dystrophy of late onset, often in the second or third decade, with relatively mild course; X-linked recessive inheritance; perhaps allelic with Duchenne's dystrophy, but milder and not a genetic lethal. Compare: Duchenne dystrophy. Synonym: Becker type tardive muscular dystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tardive | Marked by lateness, late, said of a disease in which the characteristic lesion is late in appearing. Origin: Fr. Tardy = late (18 Nov 1997) |
| tardive cyanosis | cyanose tardive |
| tardive dyskinesia | A syndrome of potentially irreversible, involuntary, dyskinetic movements that may develop in patients who have been treated with antipsychotic medications (for example phenothiazines) longer-term. Other drugs known to cause tardive dyskinesia include: tricyclic antidepressants, selegiline, clozapine, levamisole and metoclopramide. (27 Sep 1997) |