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Degeneration, macular
Degeneration, macular: A disease that progressively destroys the macula, the central portion of the retina, impairing central vision. Macular degeneration rarely causes blindness because only the center of vision is affected. However…
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Show more- Solar keratosis Synonymous with actinic keratosis. See: Keratosis, actinic
- Obstetrical forceps An instrument with two blades and a handle designed to aid in the vaginal delivery of a baby. Forceps may be…
- Artery, vertebral A key artery located in the back of the neck that carries blood from the heart to the brain
- Campion, Thomas (1567-1620) English physician, poet, and composer. Campion first studied law, but had little sympathy with…
- Thoracotomy An operation to open the chest
- AFAP Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis
- Bag, air A bag that fills with air, designed for frontal impact crashes, the kind of crashes which account for more…
- Putamen An area in the brain within a structure called the lentiform nucleus. The putamen may decrease in size as a…
- Curettement Curettage
- Sleep, paroxysmal Sleep, paroxysmal: A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep…
- Hereditary spastic paraplegia, autosomal dominant A degenerative disorder of nerves with progressive spasticity of the legs. Abbreviated as AD-HSP. Spasticity…
- Peter Mansfield See: Mansfield, Peter