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Orthoscopic
Having correct vision or producing it. Orthoscopic, in other words, is free from optical distortion or designed to correct distorted vision. This fits with the prefix 'ortho', meaning straight or erect, and with 'scopic' from the Greek…
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Show more- Ferroniere A jewel held to the forehead by a chain worn by women in France and Italy in the 16th century to hide the…
- Asymptomatic Without symptoms. For example, an asymptomatic infection is an infection with no symptoms
- Designer estrogen An engineered drug that possesses some, but not all, of the actions of estrogen. Designer estrogens are…
- Hand-foot-and-mouth syndrome Hand-foot-and-mouth syndrome: A clinical pattern consisting of a rash on the hands and feet and in the mouth…
- Event, adverse See: Adverse event
- Presentation, footling There are single-footling or double-footling presentations depending upon whether the presenting part of the…
- Acuity, auditory The clarity or clearness of hearing, a measure of how well a person hears and monitoring the ability to hear…
- Dominant, autosomal See: Fredrickson, Donald.
- Elbow, golfer's The inner portion of the elbow is a bony prominence called the medial epicondyle. Tendons from the muscles…
- Restenosis Renarrowing, as in restenosis of a coronary artery after angioplasty. From the Greek 'stenos' meaning narrow
- Tendon, Achilles See: Achilles tendon
- HT1A See: 5-HT1A