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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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- TVS Abbreviation for 'transvaginal ultrasound,' a technique in which sound waves are sent out by an ultrasound…
- Magic bullet Or, sometimes, silver bullet. 1. The perfect drug to cure a disease with no danger of side effects. The term…
- Bridge A set of one or more false teeth supported by a metal framework, used to replace one or more missing teeth…
- Bovine Having to do with cows and cattle, as in bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease), bovine…
- Juvenile chronic arthritis, systemic-onset See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
- Women's hospital A hospital for the exclusive use of women. The first hospital called by that name was the Woman's Hospital of…
- West Nile fever Fever: A febrile disease caused by the West Nile virus that is transmitted from birds to the common Culex…
- Cardiac myocyte A heart muscle cell. Sometimes called a myocyte when it is understood that it is in the heart. See also…
- Chemosensory Pertaining to the sensing of chemicals, as by olfaction (the sense of smell). Diabetes and Parkinson's…
- Recessive, autosomal A genetic condition that appears only in individuals who have received two copies of an autosomal gene, one…
- Homogentisic acid oxidase deficiency Alkaptonuria