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periodic paralysis (medicine) and paramastoid (medicine)


periodic paralysis (medicine)


periodic paralysis
Term for a group of diseases characterised by recurring episodes of muscular weakness or flaccid paralysis without loss of consciousness, speech, or sensation; attacks begin when the patient is at rest, and there is apparent good Health between attacks.

See: hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis, hypokalaemic periodic paralysis, normokalaemic periodic paralysis.


paramastoid (medicine)


paramastoid
<anatomy> Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.

Origin: Pref. Para- + mastoid.

Source: Websters Dictionary