| Cochlear implants |
| Cochlear implants are devices inserted under the skull that directly translate sound into electrical impulses in the auditory nerves, and can help people hear when conventional hearing aids are no help. |
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| bariatrics |
| a branch of medicine concerned with the medical or surgical management of obesity and associated diseases |
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| ballismus |
| a type of involuntary movement affecting the limbs, sometimes only affecting one side of the body |
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| barotitis media |
| inflammation of mucous membrane of middle ear caused by rapid changes in altitude and air pressure |
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| balantidiasis |
| a disease caused by Balantidium coli; with symptoms of diarrhoea, dysentery, abdominal pain, and weight loss |
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| anthropology |
| the science devoted to study of the origin and development of humans in all their physical, social and cultural relationship |
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| anhedonia |
| absence of pleasure from the performance of activities that would ordinarily be pleasurable |
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| alice in wonderland syndrome |
| a syndrome of distorted space, time and body image. The patient with this syndrome has a feeling that their entire body, or parts of it have been altered in shape and size. The syndrome is usually associated with visual hallucinations. The disorder has been closely linked to migraine headaches |
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| acystia |
| congenital absence of urinary bladder |
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| acromegaly |
| a disease caused by excessive secretion of somatotropin hormone leading to bony enlargement of face, head, hands and feet. Also, known as gigantism |
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| acardia |
| congenital absence of the heart; a condition occurring in one member of monozygotic twins or in one member of conjoined twins when one of the pair partner monopolises the placental blood supply; can also occur in triplet pregnancies |
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| glandular fever |
| Glandular fever is an infectious disease caused by the Epstein-Barr virus small amounts of which are present in the saliva |
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| sunscreen |
| are cream based products that help prevent overexposure to the sun's invisible rays that can cause skin damage |
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| fasciculation |
| spontaneous contraction of bundles of skeletal muscle fibres resulting in a localized twitching which can be seen under the skin but does not produce movement at a joint |
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| pessaries |
| a device that is placed intravaginally to support the uterus or other pelvic structures |
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| lymphocytes |
| a leukocyte of blood, bone marrow, and lymphatic tissue that play a role in both cellular and humoral immunity |
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| intertrigo |
| erythema or eczema that affects apposed skin surfaces |
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| incubation period |
| the development of an infectious disease in a host from the time the infecting agent is introduced in the body until the first clinical features manifest themselves |
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| spur |
| a part abruptly projecting from a surface, as of bone. |
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| Osteophytes |
| Osteophytes are extra bone the body produces and deposits in an arthritic joint to stop its movement. |
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| Lumbar canal stenosis |
| Lumbar canal stenosis (LCS) is the narrowing of the spinal canal or the tunnels through which nerves and other structures communicate with that canal. |
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| endemic |
| Where the disease is present in the community |
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| epidemic |
| A widespread occurrence of a disease in a community at a particular time |
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| Phimosis |
| It is the inability to retract the foreskin fully. Narrowness of the openings of the prepuce, preventing its being drawn back over the glans. |
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