| LGS | Langer-Giedion syndrome; Lennox-Gastaut syndrome; limb girdle syndrome |
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| PULSES | physical condition, upper limb function, lower limb function, sensory component, excretory function,... |
| AICA | anterior inferior cerebellar artery; anterior inferior communicating artery |
| IO | incisal opening; inferior oblique; inferior olive; internal os; interorbital; intestinal obstruction... |
| PICA | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; Porch Index of Communicative Abilities; posterior in... |
| girdle sensation | A sensation as if a cord were drawn around the body, constricting it. Synonym: cincture sensation, girdle sensation, strangalesthesia. Origin: G. Zone, girdle, + aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pectoral girdle | shoulder girdle |
| pelvic girdle | The bony ring formed by the hip bones and the sacrum, to which the lower limbs are attached. Synonym: cingulum membri inferioris. Shoulder girdle, the bony ring, incomplete behind, that serves for the attachment and support of the upper limbs. It is formed by the manubrium sterni, the clavicles, and the scapulae. Synonym: cingulum membri superioris, pectoral girdle, thoracic girdle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hitzig's girdle | An analgesic or hypalgesic zone in the proximal thoracic region, found in tabetic neurosyphilis. Synonym: analgesic cuirass, Hitzig's girdle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| shoulder-girdle syndrome | A neurological disorder, of unknown cause, characterised by the sudden onset of severe pain, usually about the shoulder and often beginning at night, soon followed by weakness and wasting of various forequarter muscles, particularly shoulder girdle muscles; both sporadic and familial in occurrence with the former much more common; often preceded by some antecedent event, such as an upper respiratory infection, hospitalization, vaccination, or non-specific trauma; usually attributed to a brachial plexus lesion, because the nerve fibres involed are most often derived from the upper trunk, but actually multiple proximal mononeuropathies. Synonym: acute brachial radiculitis, brachial plexitis, brachial plexus neuropathy, Parsonage-Turner syndrome, shoulder-girdle syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Neptune's girdle | A wet pack applied around the abdomen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic girdle | shoulder girdle |
| inferior dental branches of inferior dental plexus | Branches passing from the inferior dental plexus to the roots of the teeth of the lower jaw. Synonym: rami dentales inferiores plexus dentalis inferioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior gingival branches of inferior dental plexus | Branches of inferior dental plexus to the gingiva of the lower jaw. Synonym: rami gingivales inferiores plexus dentalis inferioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carpal joints | The synovial joints between the carpal bones. Synonym: articulationes intercarpeae, carpal joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carpometacarpal joints | The synovial joints between the carpal and metacarpal bones; these are all plane joints except that of the thumb, which is saddle-shaped. Synonym: articulationes carpometacarpeae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metacarpophalangeal joints | The spheroid synovial joints between the heads of the metacarpals and the bases of the proximal phalanges. Synonym: articulationes metacarpophalangeae, metacarpophalangeal articulations, MP joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metatarsophalangeal joints | The spheroid synovial joints between the heads of the metatarsals and the bases of the proximal phalanges of the toes. Synonym: articulationes metatarsophalangeae, metatarsophalangeal articulations, MP joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phalangeal joints | The hinge synovial joints between the phalanges of the fingers. Synonym: articulationes interphalangeae manus, digital joints, interphalangeal articulations, phalangeal joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Clutton's joints | Symmetrical arthrosis, especially of the knee joints, in cases of congenital syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |