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Cone dystrophy
A disease of the cones, the specialized light-sensitive cells that act as photoreceptors in the retina of the eye, providing sharp central vision and color vision. The cone dystrophies are a form of genetic macular degeneration…
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- Suppressant, cough A drug used to control coughing, particularly with a dry, nagging, unproductive cough
- Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 A rare but dramatic genetic disorder that turns muscles, tendons and ligaments into bone, threatening to…
- C-reactive protein A plasma protein that rises in the blood with the inflammation from certain conditions. C-reactive protein…
- Usher syndrome Usher syndrome: A genetic disorder characterized by hearing impairment and an eye disorder called retinitis…
- Vomer A triangular bone in the nasal septum. The bone was so named because it was thought to look like a…
- Therapy, interpersonal See: Interpersonal therapy
- Admission Entry. As a patient admission (into a hospital). The opposite of admission in this context is discharge
- Chemosis Swelling around the iris (the colored circle that surrounds the pupil) due to edema (swelling) of the bulbar…
- Electromagnetic field therapy See: Magnet therapy
- Pathophysiology Deranged function in an individual or an organ that is due to a disease. A pathophysiologic alteration is a…
- VWM Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter, an inherited brain disease that occurs mainly in children…