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One of two bundles of nerve fibers emerging from the spinal cord at each vertebra to join and form a spinal nerve.    

A method of analgesia in which a nerve-destroying agent is injected close to the affected nerve. Injection of anesthetic into peripheral nerves or nerve trunks to interrupt sensation. A method of making an area of the body numb and pain-free by injecting anesthetic medication around the nerves that control sensation in the area. A nerve…

Any disease of the kidney, particularly the type that involves the tubules. Degeneration of the tissue of a kidney. Disease of the kidney, especially a degenerative, non-inflammatory disease. Degenerative renal condition characterized by damage to the renal tubules without inflammation; also called nephrotic syndrome. Malfunctioning of the kidneys that may occur in conjunction with nephritis…

The medical study of the structure, function, and diseases of the kidneys. The study of the kidney and its diseases. Study of the kidney, its development, anatomy, and physiology, and the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting it. The branch of medical study and practice that specializes in the function, diseases, and disorders of the…

Referring to new, abnormal formation of tissue cells.  

In nutrition, the tendency for a person to refuse to eat new and unfamiliar foods.  

Seizures evidenced by alternating contractions of various muscle groups in newborns.  

In sociology, a residence outside the homes of parents of either the husband or wife.  

Theorists who accept the psychoanalytic theory of unconscious conflict but who, in contrast, describe these conflicts in social terms rather than in terms of bodily pleasures or frustrations, and in maintaining that many of these conflicts arise from the specific cultural conditions rather than being biologically established.  

An infection of the hair in which the fungus mycelium develops both inside and outside the hair shaft.