| amyotonia | Generalised absence of muscle tone, usually associated with flabby musculature and an increased range of passive movement at joints. Origin: G. A-priv. + mys, muscle, + tonos, tone (05 Mar 2000) |
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| amyotonia congenita | Atonic pseudoparalysis of congenital origin (neither familial nor hereditary), observed especially in infants and characterised by absences of muscular tone only in muscles innervated by the spinal nerves. Synonym: congenital atonic pseudoparalysis, myatonia congenita, Oppenheim's disease, Oppenheim's syndrome. An indefinite term for a number of congenital neuromuscular disorders that cause generalised myotonia in young children, and that have a benign course (static or regressive). (05 Mar 2000) |
| amyotrophia | A type of diabetic neuropathy that causes muscle weakness and wasting. (09 Oct 1997) |
| amyotrophic | Relating to muscular atrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | A serious neurologic disease that results from the progressive degeneration of the motor neurons. (27 Sep 1997) |
| amyotrophy | A type of diabetic neuropathy that causes muscle weakness and wasting. (09 Oct 1997) |
| amyotropic lateral sclerosis | A chronic progressive disease of motor neurons (the nerves that come from the spinal cord to supply electrical energy to the muscles). (12 Dec 1998) |
| amyous | <medicine> Wanting in muscle; without flesh. Origin: Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| amytal | A barbiturate that inhibits respiration. (18 Nov 1997) |
| amyxorrhoea | Absence of the normal secretion of mucus. Origin: G. A-priv. + myxa, mucus, + rhoia, flow (05 Mar 2000) |
| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, ALS causes degeneration of the nerve cells in certain regions of the brain and spinal cord that control the muscles.
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| amygdala |
(uh-MIG-duh-luh). A part of the brain that regulates emotions and triggers response to danger.
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| amylase |
(AM-uh-lays). A digestive enzyme produced by the pancreas and salivary glands that breaks down starches, a type of carbohydrate.
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| amylase |
Enzyme that breaks down starch.
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| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
(noun) a rare progressive degenerative fatal disease affecting the spinal cord, usually beginning in middle age, and characterized especially by increasing and spreading muscular weakness -- called also Lou Gehrig's disease. He was a well-known athlete whose life ended because of this disease
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