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Overcome with emotion, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif left the ring in tears after a resounding victory this weekend. Khelif has faced days of hateful comments and false accusations about her gender ...
Constriction ring syndrome ( CRS) is a congenital disorder with unknown cause. Because of the unknown cause there are many different, and sometimes incorrect names. It is a malformation due to intrauterine bands or rings that give deep grooves in, most commonly, distal extremities like fingers and toes. In rare cases the constriction ring can ...
1 in 5,000–10,000 [ 4] Marfan syndrome ( MFS) is a multi-systemic genetic disorder that affects the connective tissue. [ 6][ 7][ 1] Those with the condition tend to be tall and thin, with long arms, legs, fingers, and toes. [ 1] They also typically have exceptionally flexible joints and abnormally curved spines. [ 1]
Athetosis is a symptom characterized by slow, involuntary, convoluted, writhing movements of the fingers, hands, toes, and feet and in some cases, arms, legs, neck and tongue. [1] Movements typical of athetosis are sometimes called athetoid movements. Lesions to the brain are most often the direct cause of the symptoms, particularly to the ...
Credit - Kevin Voigt—Getty Images. The Paris Summer Olympics opening ceremony has already garnered much attention, from a freshly-decapitated Marie Antoinette —who was still singing—to an ...
As the Supreme Court explained in an 1847 decision, the police power “is not susceptible of an exact limitation.”. As “new and vicious indulgences” emerged, they required “restraints ...
Making oneself bleed, a type of hematolagnia. [ 22] The image of oneself in the form of an infant. [ 19] The image of oneself in the form of a child. [ 23] The image of oneself in the form of a plush. [ 23] The image of oneself in the form of a vampire. [ 24][ 25][ 26] Involves ingesting or seeing one's own blood.
Medical genetics. Amelia is the birth defect of lacking one or more limbs. [ 1][ 2] The term may be modified to indicate the number of legs or arms missing at birth, such as tetra-amelia for the absence of all four limbs. The term is from Ancient Greek ἀ- 'lack of' and μέλος 'limb'.