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Keratectomy
Removal of part of the cornea. This can be done by surgical excision or by laser. One such laser procedure is PRK (photorefractive keratectomy)
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Show more- Prostatic hyperplasia, benign See: Benign prostatic hyperplasia.
- Local therapy Treatment that affects only a tumor and the area close to it.
- Syndrome, Gustavson A disorder first reported in 1999 by Gustavson and colleagues as a new X-linked mental retardation syndrome…
- Dystonia, writer's cramp A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during handwriting…
- GOLD-2 One of the stages of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), according to the Global Initiative for Chronic…
- Pacemaker Pacemaker: A system that sends electrical impulses to the heart in order to set the heart rhythm. The…
- Fistula An abnormal passageway in the body. The fistula may go from the body surface into a blindpouch or into an…
- LFCN Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. See also: Meralgia paresthetica
- Dementia Dementia: Significant loss of intellectual abilities such as memory capacity, severe enough to interfere with…
- MDI 1. Metered-dose inhaler; 2. Multiple daily injections; 3. Mental developmental index, as in 'the Bayley…
- Membranous Pertaining to a membrane. As in acute membranous gingivitis, membranous nephropathy, and pseudomembranous…
- Kussmaul breathing Air hunger.