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scapulohumeral(medicine)
scapulohumeral atrophy(medicine)
scapulohumeral reflex(medicine)
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scapulohumeral muscular dystrophy(medicine)
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scapulohumeral reflex (medicine) and leptology (medicine)


scapulohumeral reflex (medicine)


scapulohumeral reflex
Contraction of muscles of the shoulder girdle and arm caused by tapping the lower part of the unilateral border of the scapula; the muscles which respond vary according to their degree of stretching at the time.

Synonym: scapuloperiosteal reflex.


leptology (medicine)


leptology
<study> A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.

Origin: Gr.; small, subtile + discourse.

Source: Websters Dictionary