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medial medullary syndrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
me-di-al medullary syn-drome
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of alternating hemiplegia characterized by a set of clinical features resulting from occlusion of the anterior spinal artery and consequent infarction of the medial part of the medulla oblongata.

Uncountable

Usage

Synonyms

inferior alternating syndrome hypoglossal alternating hemiplegia lower alternating hemiplegia Dejerine syndrome

Questions

What does medial medullary syndrome mean?
A type of alternating hemiplegia characterized by a set of clinical features resulting from occlusion of the anterior spinal artery and consequent infarction of the medial part of the medulla oblongata.

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