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Word blindness
A neurological disorder characterized by loss of the ability to read or understand the written word. Word blindness is a complex visual disturbance resulting from disease in the visual-association areas at the back of the brain. Someone…
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- Sapphism Female homosexuality. Named after the poet Sappho who lived on the Greek island of Lesbos (circa 600 BC). She…
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- Optic Having to do with vision.
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- Carotid body A small 'body' of tissue rich in capillaries, at the spot the carotid artery branches in the neck, containing…
- Na (sodium) Na is the chemical symbol for sodium. From natrium, a synonym for sodium. Sodium is the major positive ion…
- SCFE Slipped capital femoral epiphysis.