See Also: musculus tensor tympani(medicine)
acute African sleeping sickness(medicine)
tensor tympani(medicine)
nerve of tensor tympani muscle(medicine)
saemicanal for tensor tympani muscle(medicine)
African sleeping sickness(health)
african sleeping sickness(medicine)
chronic African sleeping sickness(medicine)
East African sleeping sickness(medicine)
West African sleeping sickness(medicine)

acute African sleeping sickness (medicine) and musculus tensor tympani (medicine)


acute African sleeping sickness (medicine)


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Rhodesian trypanosomiasis


A disease of humans caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in eastern Africa from Ethiopia and Uganda south to Zimbabwe; it is clinically similar to Gambian trypanosomiasis but of shorter duration and more acute in form; patients suffer repeated episodes of pyrexia, become anaemic, and die commonly from cardiac failure.

Synonym: acute African sleeping sickness, acute trypanosomiasis, East African sleeping sickness, East African trypanosomiasis.


musculus tensor tympani (medicine)


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tensor tympani
<anatomy, muscle> Origin, the cartilaginous part of the auditory (eustachian) tube and the walls of its hemi-canal just above the bony portion of the auditory tube; insertion, handle of malleus; action, draws the handle of the malleus medialward tensing the tympanic membrane to protect it from excessive vibration by loud sounds. Nerve supply, branches of trigeminal through the otic ganglion.

Synonym: musculus tensor tympani, tensor muscle of tympanic membrane, Toynbee's muscle.