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Blocq's disease (medicine)


Blocq's disease -->
astasia-abasia


The inability to either stand or walk in a normal manner; the gait is bizarre and is not suggestive of a specific organic lesion; often the patient sways wildly and nearly falls, but recovers at the last moment; a symptom of hysteria-conversion reaction.

Synonym: Blocq's disease.


mamelon (iou)



mamelon noun. M19.
[French = nipple, formed as MAMELLE.]
A small rounded eminence or hillock. M19.
Zoology. A small rounded structure, esp. the central knob of an echinoid tubercle. L19.
mamelonated adjective covered with rounded protuberances M19.