Term | Definition |
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Sacral Dimple |
Dimple at the top of the tail bone. |
Schizophrenia |
Severe, persistent, debilitating, and poorly understood psychiatric disorder that includes disturbances in thoughts (or cognitions), mood (or affects), perceptions, and relationships with others. |
Scoliosis |
Crooked spine that curves laterally. |
Secondarily generalized seizures |
Start as a partial seizure (in one limited area of the brain) but then (sometimes so quickly that the partial seizure is hardly noticed) spread throughout the brain becoming "generalized." |
Secondary lymphedema |
Results from an identifiable damage to or obstruction of normally-functioning lymph vessels and nodes. |
Seizure |
Used synonymously with convulsion. |
Sensory Processing Disorder |
A condition that exists when sensory signals don't get organized into appropriate responses. |
Shortness of breath |
Breathlessness; difficulty breathing. |
Sign language |
Language that employs signs made with the hands and other movements, including facial expressions and postures of the body, used primarily by people who are deaf. |
Simple partial seizures |
Seizures which affect only a small region of the brain; there is no impairment of consciousness. |
Single Palmar Crease |
One crease extends across the palm of the hand. |
Skin Tags |
Small, fleshy growths on the skin. |
Sleep Apnea |
Temporary interruption of breathing during sleep. |
Social anxiety |
Anxiety (emotional discomfort, fear, apprehension, or worry) about social situations, interactions with others, and being evaluated or scrutinized by other people. |
Specific phobia |
Generic term for any kind of anxiety disorder that amounts to an unreasonable or irrational fear related to exposure to specific objects or situations. |
SPECT scan |
Noninvasive imaging technique that depicts altered chemical function. |
Spinal tap |
Procedure performed when a doctor needs to look at the cerebrospinal fluid (also known as spinal fluid). also referred to as a lumbar puncture. |
Strabismus |
Wandering eye, the eye seems misaligned. |
Stroke |
An interruption of the blood supply to any part of the brain leading to weakness or other symptoms. |
Subpial transection |
Procedure used to help control seizures that begin in areas of the brain that cannot be safely removed. surgeon makes a series of shallow cuts (transections) in the brain tissue which interrupt the movement of seizure impulses but do not disturb normal brain activity, leaving the person's abilities intact. |
Supernumerary teeth (extra teeth) |
Developmental abnormality resulting in the formation of "extra copies" of one or more teeth. |
Supplements |
Something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole. |
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) |
Fast heart rhythm disorder originating in the atria. |
Swallowing difficulty |
Occurs when there's a problem with any part of the swallowing process. |