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Accommodation
In medicine, the ability of the eye to change its focus from distant to near objects (and vice versa). This process is achieved by the lens changing its shape. Accommodation is the adjustment of the optics of the eye to keep an object in…
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Show more- Egg Ovum (plural: ova).
- Body cell mass The total mass of all the cellular elements in the body which constitute all the metabolically active tissue…
- Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) A form of computed tomography (CT) technology for diagnostic imaging. In MDCT, a two-dimensional array…
- Macrosomia Overly large body. A child with macrosomia has significant overgrowth
- Genitourinary (GU) Pertaining to the genital and urinary systems
- Congenital arthrogryposis Nonprogressive congenital contractures that develop before birth and are evident at birth (congenital). The…
- Taenia saginata The beef tapeworm. The most common of the big tapeworms that parasitizes people, contracted from infected raw…
- Esotropia Cross-eyed or, in medical terms, convergent or internal strabismus
- Viral encephalitis Inflammation of the brain as a result of virus infection. There are many viruses that cause viral encephalitis
- Marker, blood A sign of a disease or condition that can be isolated from a blood sample. For example, the monoclonal…
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome Severe acute respiratory syndrome: A severe form of pneumonia. Abbreviated SARS. A term applied to outbreaks…
- Obstetrician/gynecologist An obstetrician is a physician who delivers babies and is in the practice of obstetrics while a gynecologist…