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Corneal dystrophy, epithelial basement
A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows grayish fingerprint lines, geographic map-like lines, and dots (or microcysts) on examination with a slit-lamp that focuses a high intensity light beam as a…
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Show more- Prognostic 1. (adjective) In medicine, relating to the prognosis of a disease. For example, a favorable prognostic…
- Duodenitis Inflammation of the duodenum. (The duodenum is the first part of the small intestine.
- Calcium channel blocker A drug that blocks the entry of calcium into the muscle cells of the heart and the arteries. It is the entry…
- Urban typhus of Malaya Murine typhus, an acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder…
- Technology, recombinant DNA A series of procedures used to join together (recombine) DNA segments. A recombinant DNA molecule is…
- Glenoid labrum A ring of fibrocartilage that runs around the cavity of the scapula (wingbone) in which the head of the…
- Tendonitis, patellar See: Patellar tendonitis
- Isoleucine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A dietary essential amino acid, isoleucine is needed…
- Tuber A lump or bump. The backward protrusion of the heel is called the tuber calcanei or, alternatively, the…
- Synaptic cleft The tiny space between two nerve cells across which the neurotransmitter acetylcholine diffuses
- Surgery, off-pump See: Off-pump surgery
- Shoulder A structure made up of two main bones: the scapula (shoulder blade) and the humerus (the long bone of the…