Definition that contains most often
- paraplegia paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)
- slipped disc a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
- herniated disc a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
- parainfluenza virus a virus that causes upper respiratory infection (including the common cold and bronchiolitis); most often in children
- tropical medicine the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases that are found most often in tropical regions
- leiomyosarcoma sarcoma of smooth muscle; occurs most often digestive tract or uterus or bladder or prostate
- pick's disease a progressive form of presenile dementia found most often in middle-aged and elderly women and characterized by degeneration of the frontal and temporal lobes with loss of intellectual ability and transitory aphasia
- dowager's hump abnormal spinal curvature that results when osteoporosis causes the spine to collapse; seen most often in elderly women
- minuartia mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit; most often placed in genus Arenaria: sandworts
- ruptured intervertebral disc a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region