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Manometry
The measurement of pressure using a device called a manometer. Esophageal manometry is done to measure muscle pressure and movements in the esophagus in the evaluation of achalasia. Anal manometry, the measurement of the pressure generated…
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Show more- Farsightedness Farsightedness: Medically termed hyperopia; the ability to see distant objects more clearly than close…
- ECT Electroconvulsive therapy
- Olfactory system See: Olfactory apparatus
- Restriction fragment length polymorphism A difference in DNA between people that can be recognized by the use of a restriction enzyme. Referred to as…
- Radiation therapy, targeted A procedure that uses computers to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in order to target the tumor…
- Ferrocalcinosis, cerebrovascular A condition that was first described in 1930 by T. Fahr and is therefore sometimes called Fahr syndrome, this…
- Pustulosis A highly inflammatory skin condition resulting in large fluid-filled blister-like areas (pustules)…
- Fixation, external A procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of fractured (broken) bones by a splint or cast. External…
- Megalencephaly Also called macrencephaly, a condition in which there is an abnormally large, heavy, and usually…
- Photophobia Painful oversensitivity to light. For example, there is photophobia in measles (rubeola). Keeping the lights…
- HCFA The Health Care Finance Administration, the part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
- Neutrophil A type of white blood cell, specifically a form of granulocyte, filled with neutrally-staining granules, tiny…