Subdural
Below the dura, the outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes (meninges) covering the brain and the spinal cord. An subdural hematoma is a collection of blood beneath the dura.
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When they do cause problems, the incident that caused the bleeding is often long past. Symptoms include increasing daily headache, fluctuating drowsiness or confusion, and mild weakness on one side of the body. Subdural hematomas are more common in alcoholics and patients over 50 years of age. In infants, subdural hematomas can cause the fontanel […]
- Subglottis
The lower part of the larynx, the area from just below the vocal cords down to the top of the trachea.
- Subjacent
Just beneath or underneath. The opposite of subjacent is superjacent. Other related terms include adjacent and circumjacent. From sub-, under + the Latin jacere, to lie = to lie under.
- Subject
1. A branch of learning that forms a course of study. In medical school, one of the subjects traditionally studied in the first year is anatomy. 2. A matter that is studied or otherwise considered. Death is a subject often avoided by doctors in talking with patients. 3. The object of observation,, treatment, or research. […]
- Sublingual gland
A salivary gland that is located under the floor of the mouth, close to the midline. The sublingual gland is the smallest of the three major salivary glands (the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands).