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Retinal
Pertaining to the retina, the extraordinary layer of neurons (nerve cells) that line the back of the eye, which can sense light and create impulses capable of voyaging through the optic nerve to the brain where the impulses are recognized…
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Show more- Zona 1. A synonym for shingles. 2. Any zone or encircling area. 3. Any area with a specific boundary. Zona, Latin…
- Delirium A sudden state of severe confusion and rapid changes in brain function, sometimes associated with…
- Zoophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of animals. A phobia is an unreasonable fear that can cause avoidance and…
- Resistance, aspirin See: Aspirin resistance
- Brittle diabetes A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…
- Superior vena cava A large vein that receives blood from the head, neck, upper extremities, and thorax and delivers it to the…
- Toxemia A condition in pregnancy, also known as pre-eclampsia (or preeclampsia) characterized by abrupt hypertension…
- Discharge, breast See: Breast discharge
- Typhus, classic See: Typhus, epidemic
- Clotbuster An informal term for a drug that can dissolve a clot. See: Thrombolytic agent
- Glutathione S-transferase omega-1 An enzyme that remarkably influences the age of onset of symptoms of two common degenerative brain disorders…
- Schizophrenia Schizophrenia: One of several brain diseases whose symptoms that may include loss of personality (flat…