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Spatter
The distribution of droplets into the air or onto solid surfaces, as a result of injuries to blood vessels (blood spatter) or during dental or surgical procedures. In health care, spatter is a potential source of exposure to infectious body fluids. In forensic medicine, the characteristics of spattered fluids are used to reconstruct crime scenes.…
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Spatial localization disorder
An inability to describe or to find the way even though in familiar surroundings. This neurological condition is usually due to bilateral occipitoparietal lesions of the brain.
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Spatial discrimination
The ability to perceive as separate points of contact the two blunt points of a compass when applied to the skin.
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Spasmogen
Something that causes spasms or constrictions, such as in the bronchospasm associated with asthma.
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Torsion spasm
A spasm characterized by a turning of a part, especially the turning of the body at the pelvis.
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Tonic spasm
Continued involuntary contractions.
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Tetanic spasm
A spasm in which contractions occur repeatedly and without interruption.
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Saltatory spasm
A tic of the muscles of the lower extremity, causing convulsive leaping upon attempting to stand.
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Nodding spasm
A psychogenic condition in adults, causing nodding of the head from clonic spasms of the sternomastoid muscles. A similar nodding occurs in babies, with the head turning from side to side. A head-shaking motion is observed in various medical conditions and is commonly found in infants, where it’s referred to as spasmus nutans. In these…
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Hemifacial spasm
Twitching of facial muscles that usually begins in one eyelid but may generalize after many years to half of the face or even to both sides of it. It usually results from an aneurysm of the vertebral or basilar artery or a tumor of the cerebellopontine angle. In some patients, the twitching can be treated…
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