Inability
121fructose intolerance — inability to metabolize fructose, as in fructose 1,6 bisphosphatase deficiency …
122glucose intolerance — inability to properly metabolize glucose, a type of carbohydrate intolerance; see also impaired glucose tolerance, under tolerance, and diabetes mellitus …
123locked knee — inability to extend the lower limb fully as a result of tear of the medial semilunar cartilage …
124paracusia loci — inability to locate correctly the origin of sounds …
125paralysis of gaze — inability to focus the gaze with either lateral or vertical eye movements, due to pathological processes that usually involve the supranuclear oculomotor centers or pathways. Called also ocular apraxia …
126Anghelescu sign — inability to bend the spine while lying on the back so as to rest on the head and heels alone, seen in tuberculosis of the vertebrae …
127Plummer sign — inability to step up onto a chair or to walk up steps, seen in Graves disease and other forms of hyperthyroidism …
128radialis sign — inability to close the fist without marked dorsal extension of the wrist, seen in hemiplegia; called also StrÑŒmpell s …