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Glaucoma, angle-closure
Glaucoma, angle-closure: Increased pressure in the front chamber (anterior chamber) of the eye due to sudden (acute) or slowly progressive (chronic) blockage of the normal circulation of fluid within the eye. The block takes place at the…
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- Anion A negatively charged ion. Pronounced an-I-on. An anion is as opposed to a cation, which is a positively…
- Menangle virus A virus that causes a disease first found in a piggery near Sydney, Australia in 1997. The virus was highly…
- Pericardial tamponade A life-threatening situation in which there is such a large amount of fluid (usually blood) inside the…
- Journals, medical In 1665 the Royal Society in England published one of the first 2 scientific journals in the world: the…
- Dobelle, William H. (1941-2004) Pioneer designer of an experimental system of artificial vision for the blind involving the…
- Syndrome, Aarskog-Scott See: Aarskog-Scott syndrome
- Psychosis In the general sense, a mental illness that markedly interferes with a person's capacity to meet life's…
- Three day fever See: Sandfly fever
- Telepathology The use of telecommunications technology to facilitate the transfer of image-rich pathology data between…
- Myoglobin The pigment in muscle that carries oxygen.