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Ape hand
A deformity of the hand in which the thumb is permanently extended, usually caused by a median nerve injury. Paralysis and atrophy of the thenar muscles result. An abnormality in the hand that is observed in cases of progressive muscular atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Hamulus pterygoideus
The hook-like process at the tip of the medial pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone.
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Outer hamstring
A tendon of the biceps femoris muscle along the back of the thigh.
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Inner hamstring
One of the tendons of the semimembranosus, semitendinosus, and gracilis muscles (the pes anserine muscle group).
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Reflex hammer
A hammer used for tapping body parts such as a muscle, tendon, or nerve in order to test nerve function.
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Percussion hammer
A hammer with a rubber head used for tapping surfaces of the body in order to produce sounds for diagnostic purposes.
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Dental hammer
A mallet or motor-driven hammer used for condensing direct-filling gold or silver amalgam during the placement of fillings in teeth.
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Hammer
An instrument with a head attached crosswise to the handle for striking blows.
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Multiple hamartoma
A congenital malformation that presents a slowly growing mass of abnormal tissue in multiple sites. The tissues are appropriate to the organ in which the hamartomas are located but are not normally organized. They may appear in blood vessels as hemangiomata, and in the lung and kidney. They are not malignant but cause symptoms because…
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Halzoun
An allergic reaction in the mouth and nasopharynx in persons who have eaten incompletely cooked food infested with the parasite Linguatula serrata. Typical symptoms include hoarseness, difficulty swallowing, cough, headache, and rash. The causative parasite is geographically limited to the Middle East, where its primary host is the dog.
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