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Migraine, ocular
Migraine involving the eyes, with or without headache. Ocular migraines usually affect only one eye at a time. Image distortion generally begins in the center of the image and then moves to one side. Images 'grey out' or look wavy, and…
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- Incubator In biotechnology. an apparatus in which environmental conditions can be set and controlled. Incubators are…
- Spondylolisthesis Forward movement of one of the building blocks (vertebrae) of the spine in relation to an adjacent vertebra…
- Submandibular gland The second largest of the three major salivary glands. It is located deep to the mandible (jaw bone).
- EGF Epidermal growth factor. A polypeptide (small protein) that is a powerful mitogen. (It stimulates cells to…
- Choanal atresia Blockage of the choana, the passageway from the back of one side of the nose to the throat. The choana is…
- Hashimoto thyroiditis Thyroiditis: A progressive disease of the thyroid gland characterized by the presence of antibodies directed…
- Alprazolam Alprazolam: A benzodiazepine sedative that causes dose-related depression of the central nervous system…
- Factor VIII Factor eight, a key factor in the process of blood coagulation (clotting). Lack of normal factor VIII causes…
- VHF Viral hemorrhagic fever