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Diabetic eye disease
1. A disease of the small blood vessels of the retina of the eye in people with diabetes. The vessels swell and leak liquid into the retina, blurring the vision and sometimes leading to blindness. Also called diabetic retinopathy. 2. Any…
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- Nerve block See: Neuron.
- Steele-Richardson-Olszewksi syndrome A hormonal problem that causes women to have various symptoms, including irregular or no menstruation, acne…
- Pneumonitis, radiation Inflammation of the lungs as a result of radiation. Although the radiation can be from various sources…
- Estrogen-associated hypercoagulability >esterified estrogens >esterified estrogens and methyltestosterone >estradiol >estrogens (conjugated) and…
- Spina bifida cystica A bony defect in the vertebral column that causes a cleft in that column. The meningeal membranes that cover…
- Staph Very commonly used shortened form of Staphylococcus, a very common and important group of bacteria. See…
- Esophagram A series of x-rays of the esophagus. The x-ray pictures are taken after the patient drinks a solution that…
- Meibomian cyst A cyst of the little glands called Meibomian glands that are located in the eyelids and make a lubricant they…
- Cancer survivor Someone who has received the diagnosis of a potentially fatal form of cancer and is therefore forced to face…
- Fear of work An abnormal and persistent fear of work. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety about the workplace…
- Heterophyes The replacement of normal tissue of the body by abnormal tissue or by malpositioned normal tissue, a tissue…