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DefinitionWrinkle dysmorphia, also known as dysmorphophobia or body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), is a mental health condition where a person becomes excessively preoccupied with perceived flaws in...
DefinitionWrinkly skin syndrome is a condition that affects the skin’s elasticity, resulting in wrinkles and other symptoms. Wrinkly skin syndrome, also known as cutis laxa, is...
DefinitionWrist arthroscopy has steadily gained prominence as a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure for several wrist and carpal pathologies. Advances in wrist arthroscopy have widened its indications...
DefinitionThe wrist joint connects the two bones of the forearm (ulnar and radius) to the smaller bones of the hand. There are eight carpal bones in...
DefinitionWrist Distal Radius Fracture?/A distal radius fracture?, commonly known as a wrist fracture?, is defined by the involvement of the metaphysis of the distal radius. The...
DefinitionThe Wrist Extensor Muscles make up a significant component of the posterior forearm musculature. In general, these muscles originate on or near the lateral epicondyle and...
DefinitionA wrist fracture? or Distal Radius Fracture is a medical term used to denote a broken wrist. The human wrist comprises 8 small bones which are...
DefinitionWrist Fractures/Colles’ fracture? is an extra-articular distal radius fracture? described by Abraham Colles in 1814. Colles’ fracture is a common fracture presentation in the orthopedic emergency...
DefinitionWrist Ganglion is a fluid-filled or noncancerous lump associated with a joint or tendon? sheath. They most often occur at the back of the wrist followed by the front of the...
DefinitionWrist Joint/The wrist joint also referred to as the radiocarpal joint is a condyloid synovial joint of the distal upper limb that connects and serves as...
DefinitionMenWrist Watches For Men/Even though the trend of wearing a wristwatch has slightly gone down after the phenomenal rise of mobile phones, they are still selling...
