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Habit disorder
A tension-discharging phenomenon such as head banging, body rocking, thumb sucking, nail biting, hair pulling, tics, or teeth grinding, usually beginning in childhood. The habit’s importance depends upon its etiology and persistence. Almost all children will demonstrate one or more of these disorders during their development, but if it does not interfere with function it…
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Masticatory habit
An individual’s sequence and pattern of jaw movement in chewing. It is influenced by the type of food, occlusal problems or missing teeth, personal habits, or state of mind and may be unilateral or bilateral. Under some conditions it would be recognized as a clenching or bruxing habit.
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Haber-Weiss reaction
The generation of toxic oxygen and hydroxyl radicals from hydrogen peroxide and superoxide. These radicals contribute to cell injury in many diseases, e.g., in the brain or heart after a stroke or heart attack.
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Habenular trigone
A depressed triangular area located on the lateral aspect of the posterior portion of the third ventricle. It contains a medial and lateral habenular nucleus.
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Habenular commissure
A band of transverse fibers connecting the two habenular areas.
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Habenula urethralis
One of two whitish bands between the clitoris and meatus urethra in young females.
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Habenula
A frenum or any reinlike or whiplike structure.
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Haab’s reflex
Contraction of pupils without alteration of accommodation or convergence when gazing at a bright object. It may indicate a cortical lesion.
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Temporal gyrus
A gyrus of the temporal lobe; the largest are the superior, middle, and inferior.
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Supramarginal gyrus
A gyrus of the parietal lobe, enclosing the posterior end of the sylvian fissure.
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