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Bell's palsy
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Bell's palsy An unexplained episode of facial muscle weakness or paralysis that begins suddenly and steadily worsens.
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Muscle
Tissue made up of bundles of long, slender cells that contract when stimulated.
Paralysis
Inability to move parts of the body.
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Bone marrow aspiration
The removal and examination of bone marrow cells.
Bone marrow donor
A person who donates healthy bone marrow to a patient who has had high-dose cancer treatment. The patient is given the donor's healthy marrow during a bone marrow transplant.
Bone marrow harvest
A procedure to collect healthy bone marrow which will be stored and used in a future bone marrow transplant.
Bone marrow transplant (BMT)
A procedure to replace a patient's diseased or treatment-damaged bone marrow with healthy marrow. The new marrow can be marrow that has been previously removed from the patient and stored until needed (autologous transplant); or marrow that is donated either from a genetically matched relative or unrelated donor (allogeneic transplant) or from the patient's genetically identical twin (syngeneic transplant).
Basal ganglia
Several large clusters of nerve cells, including the striatum and the substantia nigra, deep in the brain below the cerebral hemispheres.
Bell's palsy
Blink rate
The number of times per minute that the eyelid automatically closes -- normally 10 to 30 per minute.
Blood-brain barrier
The protective membrane that separates circulating blood from brain cells.
Bradykinesia
Slowness of movement.
Bradyphrenia
Slowness of thought processes.
Brain attack
Also called "stroke". Happens when brain cells die because of inadequate blood flow.
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Muscle
Tissue made up of bundles of long, slender cells that contract when stimulated.
Paralysis
Inability to move parts of the body.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
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PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Bone marrow aspiration
The removal and examination of bone marrow cells.
Bone marrow donor
A person who donates healthy bone marrow to a patient who has had high-dose cancer treatment. The patient is given the donor's healthy marrow during a bone marrow transplant.
Bone marrow harvest
A procedure to collect healthy bone marrow which will be stored and used in a future bone marrow transplant.
Bone marrow transplant (BMT)
A procedure to replace a patient's diseased or treatment-damaged bone marrow with healthy marrow. The new marrow can be marrow that has been previously removed from the patient and stored until needed (autologous transplant); or marrow that is donated either from a genetically matched relative or unrelated donor (allogeneic transplant) or from the patient's genetically identical twin (syngeneic transplant).
Basal ganglia
Several large clusters of nerve cells, including the striatum and the substantia nigra, deep in the brain below the cerebral hemispheres.
Bell's palsy
Blink rate
The number of times per minute that the eyelid automatically closes -- normally 10 to 30 per minute.
Blood-brain barrier
The protective membrane that separates circulating blood from brain cells.
Bradykinesia
Slowness of movement.
Bradyphrenia
Slowness of thought processes.
Brain attack
Also called "stroke". Happens when brain cells die because of inadequate blood flow.
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