Category: S

A parasite that requires a specific host in order to complete its life cycle,  

The delusion that one’s body is malodorous, infested with an internal or external parasite, or misshapen or ugly.  

Temporary muscular rigidity when one first tries to walk, as in Parkinson’s disease.  

Paralysis resulting from disorders in pathways or centers above the nuclei of origin.  

Loss of sensation due to a structural or functional disorder of the sensory end organs, sensory nerves, conducting pathways of the spinal cord or brain, or the sensory centers in the brain.    

Paralysis due to prolonged ischemia of the musculospiral nerve incident to compressing an arm against a hard edge. It occurs if the patient has been comatose or in a stupor or has fallen asleep with the arm hanging over the edge of a bed or chair. Sometimes called “Saturday night paralysis” because in some cultures…

In the embryo, the palate formed from the maxillary arches and frontonasal processes.  

A sharp stitch-like pain occurring during breathing caused, for example, by an abscess or tumor beneath the diaphragm. When the breath is held, the pain ceases. Pressure against the lower rib cage eases the pain.  

A pain accompanied by muscular spasm during the early stages of sleep.  

Standards for the Relief of Acute Pain and Cancer Pain developed by the American Pain Society.