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Bone pain or tenderness; Arms; Legs; Pelvis; Spine; Dental deformities; Delayed formation of teeth; Decreased muscle tone (loss of muscle strength) Defects in the structure of teeth; holes in the enamel; Increased cavities in the teeth (dental car...
Source:ADAM
Date:August 1, 2008
Pain is a universal human experience. The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Pain, medically termed "nociception," is a response to noxious stimuli that is conveyed to the brain by sensory neurons . The discomfort signals actual or impending injury to the body. However, pain is more than a sensation, or the physical awaren...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Pain is an unpleasant feeling that is conveyed to the brain by sensory neurons. The discomfort signals actual or potential injury to the body. However, pain is more than a sensation, or the physical awareness of pain; it also includes perception, ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Pain is an unpleasant feeling that is conveyed to the brain by nerves in the body.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Pain is an unpleasant feeling that is conveyed to the brain by sensory neurons. The discomfort signals actual or potential injury to the body. However, pain is more than a sensation, or the physical awareness of pain; it also includes perception, ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
True muscle weakness means that full effort does not produce a normal muscle contraction or movement. A voluntary muscle contraction is generated when the brain sends a signal through the spinal cord and nerves to a muscle.
Source:Healthline
Date:September 30, 2007
Weakness is a reduction in the strength of one or more muscles.
Source:ADAM
Date:August 8, 2009
Bone pain represents one of the most debilitating side effects of the metastases of high-incidence cancers such as breast, prostate, lung, and multiple myeloma (myelomatosis). Severe bone pain is frequent, reported by greater than 65% of patients ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Delayed growth is poor or abnormally slow height or weight gains in a child younger than age 5. See also: Short stature
Source:ADAM
Date:February 27, 2009
Skeletal limb abnormalities refer to a variety of bone structure problems in the arms or legs (limbs.
Source:ADAM
Date:March 14, 2009
Short stature refers to any person who is significantly below the average height for a person of the same age and sex. The term often refers to children or adolescents who are significantly below the average height of their peers.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 13, 2009
Scoliosis is a curving of the spine. The spine curves away from the middle or sideways.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 17, 2009
Scoliosis is a side-to-side curvature of the spine.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Scoliosis is defined as an abnormal side-to-side or front-to-back curvature of the spine.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Abnormal curvature of the spine. Beginning in childhood or adolescence, scoliosis curves the spine so that the shape of the body is distorted. The disease can cause pain, deformity, and other medical problems if not properly treated. Scoliosis is ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Scoliosis is a side-to-side curvature of the spine of 10 degrees or greater.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
Scoliosis is a side-to-side curvature of the spine.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Scoliosis is a side-to-side curvature of the spine of 10 degrees or greater.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
Scoliosis is a side-to-side (lateral) curvature of the spine of 10 degrees or greater.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Pain is an unpleasant sensation triggered in the nervous system that can range from mild discomfort to unbearable agony. Pain receptors located throughout the body send electrical impulses via the spinal cord to the brain.
Source:Healthline
Date:September 30, 2007
Muscle cramps are involuntary and often painful contractions (movements) of the muscles.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 22, 2008
Muscle spasms and cramps are spontaneous, often painful muscle contractions.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Muscle spasms and cramps are spontaneous, often painful muscle contractions.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
The spine is a shaft comprised of over 25 small bones called vertebrae that support the upper body. The cervical spine (C-spine) is the upper portion, comprised of 7 vertebrae.
Source:Healthline
Date:December 31, 2007
Bone pain or tenderness is aching or other discomfort in one or more bones.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 2, 2009
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