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Psychomotor retardation (also known as psychomotor impairment or motormental retardation) involves a slowing-down of thought and a reduction of physical movements in an individual. Psychomotor retardation can cause a visible […]

Ebstein anomaly is a congenital heart defect in which the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve is displaced towards the apex of the right ventricle of the heart.

In orthopedics a valgus deformity is a condition in which a bone or joint is twisted outward from the center of the body. The opposite deformation where the twist is […]

In orthopedics a varus deformity is a term for the inward angulation of the distal segment of a bone or joint. The opposite of varus is called valgus.Easy to remember […]

A nasal voice is a type of speaking voice characterized by speech with a nasal quality to it. It can also occur naturally because of genetic variation. Nasal speech can […]

Goodpasture syndrome (GPS; also known as Goodpasture’s disease anti-glomerular basement antibody disease or anti-GBM disease) is a rare autoimmune disease in which antibodies attack the lungs and kidneys leading to […]

Dysarthria (from Ancient Greek δυσ- dys hard difficult bad and ἄρθρωσις arthrosis articulation) is a motor speech disorder resulting from neurological injury of the motor component of the motor-speech system […]

A vestibular schwannoma often called an acoustic neuroma is a benign primary intracranial tumor of the myelin-forming cells of the vestibulocochlear nerve (8th cranial nerve). A type of schwannoma this […]

Achlorhydria /eɪklɔərˈhaɪdriə/ or hypochlorhydria refers to states where the production of gastric acid in the stomach is absent or low respectively. It is associated with various other medical problems.

Hereditary multiple exostoses (HME or MHE) also known as Diaphyseal aclasis is a rare medical condition in which multiple bony spurs or lumps (also known as exostoses or osteochondromas) develop […]