temporomandibular joint dysfunction syndrome

  • 1temporomandibular joint syndrome — n a group of symptoms that may include pain or tenderness in the temporomandibular joint or surrounding muscles, headache, earache, neck, back, or shoulder pain, limited jaw movement, or a clicking or popping sound in the jaw and that are caused… …

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  • 2temporomandibular joint syndrome — noun : a group of symptoms that may include pain in the temporomandibular joint, headache, earache, neck, back, or shoulder pain, limited jaw movement, or a clicking or popping sound in the jaw and that are caused either by dysfunction of the… …

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  • 3Temporomandibular joint disorder — Classification and external resources Temporomandibular joint ICD 10 K07.6 …

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  • 4Temporomandibular joint — Infobox Anatomy Name = Temporomandibular joint Latin = articulatio temporomandibularis GraySubject = 75 GrayPage = 297 Caption = Articulation of the mandible. Lateral aspect. Caption2 = Articulation of the mandible. Medial aspect. Precursor =… …

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  • 5syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …

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  • 6temporomandibular disorder — n TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT SYNDROME abbr. TMD * * * (TMD), temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJD) chronic facial pain associated with dysfunction of some combination of the temporomandibular joint, jaw muscles, and associated nerves. The most… …

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  • 7Dysfunction — Difficult function or abnormal function. There is, for example: Constitutional hepatic dysfunction, (familial nonhemolytic jaundice), Dental dysfunction (abnormal functioning of dental structures), Minimal brain dysfunction (attention deficit… …

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  • 8Chronic fatigue syndrome — This article is about the medical condition Chronic fatigue syndrome. For the symptom chronic fatigue, see Fatigue (medical). Chronic fatigue syndrome Classification and external resources ICD 10 G93.3 ICD 9 …

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  • 9Joseph J. Marbach — Dr. Joseph J Marbach DDS (April 4, 1935 July 22, 2001[1]) was a leader in the field of facial pain. He was a chaired professor at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Marbach was born in Paterson, New Jersey to immigrant parents.… …

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  • 10TMJ — Tempero mandibular joint, the joint that hinges the lower jaw (mandible) to the skull. * * * Colloquial abbreviation for temporomandibular joint dysfunction. * * * temporomandibular joint; trapeziometacarpal joint * * * TMJ abbr temporomandibular …

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