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Oberstleutnant (iou) and wrist-drop (medicine)


Oberstleutnant (iou)



Oberstleutnant noun. M20.
[German, from Oberst colonel (from superl. of ober senior) + Leutnant lieutenant.]
In the German, Austrian, and Swiss armies: a lieutenant colonel.

wrist-drop (medicine)


wrist-drop
Paralysis of the extensors of the wrist and fingers; most often caused by lesion of the radial nerve.

Synonym: carpoptosis, carpoptosia, drop hand.