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Duypuytrens contracture
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Duypuytrens contracture Fixed flexion deformity of finger(s) due to thickening, nodularity and contracture of palmar aponeurosis.
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Flexion
The process of bending or the state of being bent. Flexion of the fingers results in a clenched fist.
Contracture
Deformity caused by abnormal shortening of the muscles.
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Diastrophic dwarfism
Short stature, cleft palate, thick pinnae and other features. Autosomal recessive inheritance.
Disc prolapse
Condition in which an intervertebral disc is damaged and some of it protrudes. May cause sciatica if it does so in the vicinity of a major nerve in the spine.
DISH
Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis. Florid new bone formation at entheses results in spinal stiffness. May be confused with ankylosing spondylitis. (Forestier's disease, Ankylosing hyperostosis)
DMARD
Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug.
Dowager's hump
Severe thoracic kyphosis in an elderly lady with osteoporosis.
Duypuytrens contracture
DXA
See DEXA. A means of measuring bone density to detect osteoporosis.
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Denavir
A cream used in the treatment of recurrent herpes labialis (cold sores).
Deseril
A medicine used in the treatment of migraines. Based on methysergide and produced by Novartis.
Desferal
A medicine used in the treatment of acute iron intoxication.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Flexion
The process of bending or the state of being bent. Flexion of the fingers results in a clenched fist.
Contracture
Deformity caused by abnormal shortening of the muscles.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Diastrophic dwarfism
Short stature, cleft palate, thick pinnae and other features. Autosomal recessive inheritance.
Disc prolapse
Condition in which an intervertebral disc is damaged and some of it protrudes. May cause sciatica if it does so in the vicinity of a major nerve in the spine.
DISH
Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis. Florid new bone formation at entheses results in spinal stiffness. May be confused with ankylosing spondylitis. (Forestier's disease, Ankylosing hyperostosis)
DMARD
Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug.
Dowager's hump
Severe thoracic kyphosis in an elderly lady with osteoporosis.
Duypuytrens contracture
DXA
See DEXA. A means of measuring bone density to detect osteoporosis.
Doctor search
Device allowing the public to find a specific medical doctor within the introduced parameters, normally online.
Denavir
A cream used in the treatment of recurrent herpes labialis (cold sores).
Deseril
A medicine used in the treatment of migraines. Based on methysergide and produced by Novartis.
Desferal
A medicine used in the treatment of acute iron intoxication.
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