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Test, visual acuity
This test measures how well you see at various distances. It is the familiar eye chart test. The eye chart itself -- the usual one is called Snellen's chart -- is imprinted with block letters that line-by-line decrease in size…
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- BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo) A balance disorder that results in the sudden onset of dizziness, spinning, or vertigo when moving the head
- Paul M. Zoll See: Zoll, Paul M.
- Doraphobia An abnormal and persistent fear of fur. Sufferers of this fear avoid fur-bearing animals such as dogs, cats…
- Compress 1. As a noun, a cloth or another material applied under pressure to an area of the skin and held in place for…
- PLGF Placental growth factor
- Living donor liver transplantation An option for patients who need a liver transplant. In this procedure, a healthy person (usually a family…
- Muscular dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss Abbreviated EDMD. A form of muscular dystrophy that begins in childhood or adolescence as a slowly…
- Seedrin Trade name of the insecticide aldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
- Kawasaki disease Kawasaki disease: A disease that has nothing to do with the motor bike of the same name but is a syndrome of…
- Acute bacterial prostatitis Prostatitis: Inflammation of the prostate gland of sudden (acute) onset due to bacterial infection. The…
- Pediatric cystitis Bladder infection in a child. See: Urinary tract infection in children