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Red-green colorblindness
A form of colorblindness in which red and green are perceived as identical. This is the most common type of colorblindness. It is inherited in an X-linked recessive manner and affects 6% of males. It is also known as deutan colorblindness…
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Show more- Hematoma, extradural See: Epidural hematoma
- Psychology, clinical A professional specialty concerned with diagnosing and treating diseases of the brain, emotional disturbance…
- Sodium The major positive ion (cation) in fluid outside of cells. The chemical notation for sodium is Na+. When…
- Truncate To shorten, to cut short. A malformation (birth defect) may truncate a limb. A mutation may create a stop…
- Monocular diplopia See: Diplopia, monocular
- I (drug caution code) Abbreviation on a medication that indicates 'interaction' because the medication may interact adversely with…
- Blastocystis hominis The parasitic organism that causes blastocystosis. See Blastocystosis
- Syndrome, mucocutaneous lymph node A syndrome of unknown origin, mainly affecting young children. It causes fever, reddening of the eyes…
- Brain ventricle >Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres. Each lateral ventricle consists…
- NIMH Stands for the National Institute of Mental Health, one of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S…
- Ubidecarenone See: Coenzyme Q10
- Tenosynovitis, De Quervain's 1) The pressure within a vessel, such as blood pressure: the pressure within the blood vessels. For example…