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pseudocomanoun(medicine, neurology) The neurological disorder more commonly referred to as locked-in syndrome.
pseudoclubbingnoun(medicine) A condition resembling clubbing of the nails that is not true clubbing.
pseudoparalysisnounvoluntary restriction or inhibition of motion because of pain, incoordination, orgasm, etc., not due to actual muscular paralysis
pseudoarthrosisnounAlternative form of pseudarthrosis. [(pathology) A bony, flexible structure, resembling a joint, sometimes found after a poorly united fracture]
pseudostatusnoun(medicine, informal) Ellipsis of pseudostatus epilepticus. [(medicine) An episode of prolonged seizure which presents similarly to status epilepticus, but is of nonepileptic (and often psychogenic) origin.]
lockjawnoun(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
pseudosclerosisnoun(pathology) A disease resembling multiple sclerosis but in which the characteristic lesions are absent
pseudostatus epilepticusnoun(medicine) An episode of prolonged seizure which presents similarly to status epilepticus, but is of nonepileptic (and often psychogenic) origin.
pseudohypertensionnoun(medicine) A falsely elevated blood pressure or blood pressure reading, often as a result of age-related arterial stiffness.
pseudopseudoseizurenoun(medicine) An epileptic seizure manifesting in a manner that makes it prone to be misdiagnosed as a psychogenic nonepileptic seizure.
ankylosisnoun(medicine) The stiffening of a joint as the result of such abnormal fusion.
pseudotetanusnounA group of symptoms resembling those of tetanus, but not actually caused by tetanus.
pseudogoutnoun(medicine) A medical condition with symptoms resembling gout but caused by precipitation of calcium pyrophosphate crystals in the joints instead of monosodium urate crystals.
locked-in syndromenoun(medicine, neurology) A rare, severe physical disorder in which a person cannot speak and is paralyzed—with the possible exception of some voluntary eye movement—while their mental faculties remain fully intact.
pseudomyotonianoun(pathology) An abnormally slow contraction and relaxation of muscles in response to mechanical or electrical stimulation but, unlike myotonia, it is silent on electromyography.
pseudosyncopenoun(biology, medicine) A condition clinically similar to syncope but not truly syncopal in nature, being caused psychogenically; thus, apparent fainting but without concomitant hemodynamic and electroencephalographic changes.
pseudohypoparathyroidismnoun(medicine) A condition caused by resistance to the parathyroid hormone.
pseudopseudogoutnoun(medicine) Hydroxyapatite arthropathy.
pseudopseudohypoparathyroidismnoun(medicine) A mild inherited condition in which the sufferer has symptoms similar to those of pseudohypoparathyroidism.
pseudotetanynounpseudotetanus

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