| HLP | hepatic lipoperoxidation; hind leg paralysis; holoprosencephaly; hyperkeratosis lenticularis perstan... |
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| HOKPP | hypokalemic periodic paralysis |
| HYPP | hyperkalemic periodic paralysis |
| LROP | lower radicular obstetrical paralysis |
| PA | panic attack; pantothenic acid; paralysis agitans; paranoia; passive aggressive; pathology; patient'... |
| glossopharyngeolabial paralysis | One of the subgroups of motor neuron disease; a progressive degenerative disorder of the motor neurons of primarily the brainstem, manifested as weakness (and wasting) of the various bulbar muscles, resulting in dysarthria and dysphagia-fluid regurgitation is an outstanding symptom and can cause aspiration; tongue weakness and wasting is usually evident, and often the fasciculation potentials are present in the tongue and facial muscles. Synonym: glossopalatolabial paralysis, glossopharyngeolabial paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vocal cord paralysis | Paralysis of one or both of the vocal cords. (12 Dec 1998) |
| central paralysis | Paralysis due to a lesion in the brain or spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Chastek paralysis | A disease of foxes and mink caused by feeding on raw fish of certain types which contain an enzyme destructive of thiamin; the thiamin deficiency causes loss of appetite, emaciation, and finally paralysis and death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| periodic paralysis | Term for a group of diseases characterised by recurring episodes of muscular weakness or flaccid paralysis without loss of consciousness, speech, or sensation; attacks begin when the patient is at rest, and there is apparent good health between attacks. See: hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis, hypokalaemic periodic paralysis, normokalaemic periodic paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peripheral facial paralysis | A condition that involves the facial nerve (VII cranial nerve) and results in the paralysis of one side of the face. Bell's (facial nerve palsy) can be differentiated from a central (stroke) deficit by the inability to raise the eyebrow on the affected side. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Gubler's paralysis | <syndrome> A form of alternating hemiplegia characterised by contralateral hemiplegia and ipsilateral facial paralysis. Synonym: Gubler's paralysis, Millard-Gubler syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mimetic paralysis | Paralysis of the facial muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mixed paralysis | Combined motor and sensory paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wasting paralysis | A serious neurologic disease that results from the progressive degeneration of the motor neurons. (27 Sep 1997) |
| motor paralysis | Loss of the power of muscular contraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compression paralysis | Paralysis due to external presure on a nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculospiral paralysis | Paralysis of the muscles of the forearm due to injury of the radial (musculospiral) nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coonhound paralysis | A polyradiculoneuritis of dogs (especially raccoon-hunting breeds) following a raccoon bite and characterised by weakness, hindlimb hyporeflexia, and a flaccid symmetrical tetraplegia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| myogenic paralysis | Inflammation of the anterior cornua of the spinal cord; an acute infectious disease caused by the poliomyelitis virus and marked by fever, pains, and gastroenteric disturbances, followed by a flaccid paralysis of one or more muscular groups, and later by atrophy. Synonym: acute atrophic paralysis, myogenic paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |