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mesoarium (medicine) and Erb palsy (medicine)


mesoarium (medicine)


mesoarium
<anatomy> The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the dorsal wall of the body cavity.

Origin: NL, from Gr. Middle +, dim. Of an egg.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Erb palsy (medicine)


Erb palsy


A type of brachial birth palsy in which there is paralysis of the muscles of the upper arm and shoulder girdle (deltoid, biceps, brachialis, and brachioradialis muscles) due to a lesion of the upper trunk of the brachial plexus or of the roots of the fifth and sixth cervical roots.

Synonym: Duchenne-Erb paralysis, Erb paralysis.