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MS Dictionary

This is our Medical Dictionary, obviously mainly concentrating on Multiple Sclerosis Medical terms and definitions, Multiple Sclerosis as a disease, is quite often very similar to many other Neurological problems, this makes MS very difficult to diagnose definitively. Note: These Dictionary definitions are sourced from many places mostly on the web, please do your own research or check with your GP/Neuro before taking these defintions as gospel!

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Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Allodynia [Medical Terms]

Allodynia (Al-oh-DIN-ee-ah) is pain from something that shouldn't be painful," such as "a soft touch, the weight of bed covers, or even a cool breeze."...
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Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Avonex [Medical Terms]

Avonex (Interferon beta-1a)
is a once a week intramuscular injection using a 27 gauge needle (thicker than Rebif). It is produced by the Biogen Idec biotechnology company. Originally it was under competition protection in the US under the Orphan Drug Act.
Avonex was approved in USA in 1996, and in Europe in 1997, and is registered in more than 80 countries worldwide. It is the leading M...
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Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Babinski sign [Medical Terms]

Extension of the great toe when the lateral aspect of the sole is stroked sharply, as seen in neurological conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis...
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Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Balo concentric sclerosis [Medical Terms]

Balo concentric sclerosis is one of the borderline forms of multiple sclerosis.
Balo concentric sclerosis is a demyelinating disease similar to standard Multiple sclerosis, but with the particularity that the demyelinated tissues form concentric layers. Scientists used to believe that the prognosis was similar to Marburg multiple sclerosis, but now they know that patients can survive, o...
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Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Betaferon Betaseron [Medical Terms]

Betaferon (also called Betaseron) (Interferon-1b)
is a drug in the interferon family used to treat multiple sclerosis. It is administered by sub-cutaneous injection and has been shown to slow the advance of the affliction as well as reduce the frequency of attacks. Betaseron is manufactured by Berlex Corporation.
It is believed that Interferon-Beta based drugs achieve their beneficial e...
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Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) [Medical Terms]

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), Liquor cerebrospinalis, is a clear bodily fluid that occupies the subarachnoid space and the ventricular system around and inside the brain.
More specifically the CSF occupies the space between the arachnoid mater (the middle layer of the brain cover, meninges) and the pia mater (the layer of the meninges closes to the brain). Moreover it constitutes the conte...
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Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Chronic (medicine) [Medical Terms]

In medicine, a chronic disease is a disease that is long-lasting or recurrent. The term chronic describes the course of the disease, or its rate of onset and development....
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Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Clonus [Medical Terms]

Clonus (from the Greek for "violent, confused motion") is a series of involuntary muscular contractions due to sudden stretching of the muscle. Clonus is a sign of certain neurological conditions, and is particularly associated with so-called upper motor neuron lesions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), stroke, multiple sclerosis or spinal cord damage. Unlike the small, sponta...
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Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Copaxone [Medical Terms]

Copaxone (Glatiramer Acetate)or glatiramer (GA; trademark Copaxone® by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.) is licensed in much of the world for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS). In early trials of the drug, it was known as Copolymer-1 and Cop-1.
Glatiramer reduces the average relapse rate in people with the relapsing-remitting (RRMS) form MS. The formation of new MS-related...
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Print in friendly format Send this term to a friend Crohn’s disease [Medical Terms]

Crohn's disease (also known as regional enteritis) is a chronic, episodic, inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by transmural inflammation (affecting the entire wall of the involved bowel) and skip lesions (areas of inflammation with areas of normal lining in between).
Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and can affect any part of...
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