| ASCI | acute spinal cord injury; American Society for Clinical Investigation |
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| ASH | aldosterone-stimulating hormone; American Society of Hematology; alkylosing spinal hyperostosis; ant... |
| ASIA | American Spinal Injury Association |
| ASP | abnormal spinal posture; acute symmetric polyarthritis; African swine pox; aged substrate plasma; al... |
| ASS | acute serum sickness; acute spinal stenosis; anterior superior spine; argininosuccinate synthetase |
| jake paralysis | Neuropathy produced by drinking synthetic Jamaican ginger (or "jake" in the vernacular) containing triorthocresylphosphate. Synonym: ginger paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| facial paralysis | Paralysis of the facial muscles, usually unilateral, due to either a lesion involving the nucleus or the facial nerve peripheral to the nucleus (peripheral facial paralysis) or a supranuclear lesion in the cerebrum or upper brainstem (central facial paralysis). With latter, facial weakness is usually partial and the upper portion of the face is relatively spared, due to bilateral cortical connections. (12 Dec 1998) |
| familial periodic paralysis | <neurology> A rare inherited disorder, affecting men more often than women, characterised by intermittent episodes of muscle weakness or paralysis. One form, known as hypokalaemic periodic paralysis, is an autosomal recessive disorder that is characterised by bouts of muscle weakness (or paralysis) accompanied by low serum potassium levels. Inheritance: autosomal recessive. Incidence: 1 in 100,000. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Zenker's paralysis | Paresthesia and paralysis in the area of the external popliteal nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| faucial paralysis | Paralysis of the velum pendulum palati and the muscles forming the anterior pillars of the fauces. Synonym: faucial paralysis, isthmoplegia. Origin: G. Isthmos, isthmus, + paralysis (05 Mar 2000) |
| Klumpke's paralysis | A type of brachial birth palsy in which there is paralysis of the muscles of the distal forearm and hand (all ulnar innervated muscles, plus more distal radial and median-innervated muscles), due to a lesion of the lower trunk of the brachial plexus, or of the C8 and T1 cervical roots. Synonym: Dejerine-Klumpke palsy, Dejerine-Klumpke syndrome, Klumpke's paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flaccid paralysis | Paralysis with a loss of muscle tone. Compare: spastic diplegia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lambing paralysis | A highly fatal metabolic disease of well-nourished ewes in the late stages of pregnancy, especially in ewes carrying twin lambs; it is caused by carbohydrate depletion of the blood and tissues, and is characterised by hypoglycaemia, ketonuria, fatty infiltration of the liver, rapid emaciation, coma, and a high death rate. Synonym: lambing paralysis, lambing sickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Landry's paralysis | <neurology, syndrome> Acute infective polyneuritis that results in a form of peripheral neuropathy with temporary loss of movement and sensation due to inflammation of multiple nerves and loss of myelin. The exact cause is unknown but has been associated with an abnormal immune response to viral infection, particularly cytomegalovirus infection, in which there is cell-mediated immunity to a component of myelin. The disease may be autoimmune in origin and complete recovery can take up to six months. Synonym: Guillain-Barre syndrome (12 Jul 2000) |
| fowl paralysis | See: avian lymphomatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lead paralysis | Paralysis of the extensor muscles of the wrist causing wrist-drop; occurs in lead poisoning. Synonym: lead paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory portion of spinal accessory nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The roots of the accessory nerve which arise from the medulla; the nerve fibres of the cranial root join the intracranial portion of the vagus nerve and are distributed to the pharyngeal plexus, providing the motor innervation of the soft palate (except the tensor veli palati) and the pharynx. Synonym: pars vagalis nervi accessorii, radices craniales, accessory portion of spinal accessory nerve, cranial roots, vagal part of accessory nerve, vagal part. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute spinal cord compression | <radiology> Signs and symptoms of cord compression show progression within 24 hours or less: pain, weakness, autonomic dysfunction, sensory loss, ataxia Diagnostic considerations: Primary or secondary malignancy of epidural space or vertebrae, Trauma, Inflammatory process, Osteoarthritis REF: MacNeil BJ, Abrams HL. Brigham and Women's Hospital Handbook of Diagnostic Imaging. Chapter 35. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anterior median fissure of spinal cord | A deep median fissure on the anterior surface of the spinal cord. Synonym: fissura mediana anterior medullae spinalis, anteromedian groove, sulcus ventralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior spinal artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, intracranial part of vertebral; distribution, spinal cord and pia mater; anastomoses, spinal of intercostal and lumbar arteries. Synonym: arteria spinalis anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |