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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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- Chordoma A form of bone cancer that usually starts in the lower spinal column
- Laryngoscope A flexible, lighted tube used to look at the inside of the larynx (the voice box). The laryngoscope is…
- Epicardium The inner layer of the pericardium, a conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the roots of…
- Coccyx The small tail-like bone at the bottom of the spine very near to the anus. The coccyx is made up of 3-5…
- Cys Cysteine. Note that Cys does not stand for cystine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Calculus 1. A stone within the body, such as a stone in the urinary tract. 2. The calcium salt deposits on the teeth…
- Homicide 1. The killing of a person. 2. Strictly speaking, the killing of a man. femicide. From the Latin meaning…
- Retrosternal Behind the sternum (the breastbone)
- Beers list See: Beers criteria
- HELLP syndrome A syndrome featuring a combination of 'H' for hemolysis (the breakdown of red blood cells), 'EL' for elevated…
- LDL cholesterol Lipoproteins which are combinations of lipids (fats) and proteins are the form in which lipids are…