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Visual contrast sensitivity
The ability to perceive differences between an object and its background
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- Anesthesia Loss of feeling or awareness. A general anesthetic puts the person to sleep. A local anesthetic causes loss…
- Artic health Health in the vast geographic region widely surrounding the North Pole, an area that encompasses all or…
- Histiocytosis X Now called Langerhans cell histiocytosis. This disease is subclassified into eosinophilic granuloma, Letterer…
- Southern tick-associated rash illness A disease characterized by a rash like that in Lyme disease, recognized in the southeastern and south-central…
- Epidemic scorecard A tally of epidemics. The scorecard, based on estimates from the World Health Organization in 2003, reads as…
- Ulcer An area of tissue erosion, for example, of the skin or lining of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Due to the…
- Cleidocranial dysplasia Cleidocranial dysplasia: A genetic (inherited) disorder of bone development characterized by: > >Absent or…
- Torus fracture A fracture in which one side of the bone bends, but does not actually break. Torus fractures normally heal on…
- Artificial nose See: Nasal prosthesis
- Death 1. The end of life. The cessation of life. (These common definitions of death ultimately depend upon the…
- Mouth mirror A little mirror on a rod that is used to examine the teeth and other structures within the mouth