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Optometrist
A health care professional who is licensed to provide primary eye care services: > >to examine and diagnose eye diseases such as glaucoma, cataracts, and retinal diseases and, in certain states in the U.S., to treat them; >to diagnose…
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- CCR5 A chemokine receptor found on monocytes and lymphocytes that serves as the coreceptor for HIV. HIV strains…
- Eustachian tube The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx. The function of the Eustachian tube is to protect…
- Paralysis, sleep Sleep: A frightening form of paralysis that occurs when a person suddenly finds himself or herself unable to…
- Immunization, influenza Influenza: See Immunization, flu
- Aphasia, amnesic See Anomia
- Genetic immunodeficiency disease See: Primary immunodeficiency disease
- HBIG Hepatitis B immune globulin, which contains antibodies to hepatitis B virus and offers prompt but short lived…
- Culture A culture is the propagation of microorganisms in a growth media. Any body tissue or fluid can be evaluated…
- Calf The belly or fleshy hind part of the leg below the knee. The calf is made up mainly of the gastrocnemius…
- Feeding tube See: Enteral nutrition
- Morning sickness Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. Morning sickness is a misnomer, because it can occur at any time of the day…