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Senile
1. Pertaining to old age. 2. Pertaining to the physical decline associated with old age. 3. Pertaining to the mental decline once associated with old age but now known to be due to dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease or cerebral…
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- Binge drinking The dangerous practice of consuming large quantities of alcoholic beverages in a single session. Binge…
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- Lymphatic filariasis A parasitic disease caused by the African eye worm, a microscopic thread-like worm. The adult worms can only…
- Macular vision The macula is a special area in the center of the retina, the light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of…
- Ocular prosthesis 1. An artificial replacement for an eyeball. In other words, an artificial eye, a globe of glass or plastic…
- Strontium An earth element and metal with atomic no. 38, atomic wt. 87.62 that is used in a radioactive form for…
- Collapsed lung Failure of full expansion of a once fully expanded lung. Medically called atelectasis. The word comes from…
- Warshaw, Joseph (1936-2003) Eminent American pediatrician and pioneer in human developmental biology. Warshaw used…
- Factitious disease by proxy See: Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Pulmonary vein One of four vessels that carry aerated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. (The four are…