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Storm surge
The onshore rush of sea or lake water caused primarily by the high winds that are associated with a landfalling hurricane, typhoon, or tropical cyclone and secondarily by the low pressure of the storm. The term tidal surge is often…
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- Mydriasis Dilation of the pupils induced by eyedrops. The opposite of miosis.
- APC APC has several very different meanings in medicine. See each of the following separate entries:1. APC…
- Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy See: Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle
- Diabetic eye disease 1. A disease of the small blood vessels of the retina of the eye in people with diabetes. The vessels swell…
- Flow cytometry Analysis of biological material by detection of the light-absorbing or fluorescing properties of cells or…
- Ninth cranial nerve The ninth cranial nerve is the glossopharyngeal nerve. The 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve…
- PGA (polyglandular autoimmune syndrome) A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…
- Splenectomy An operation to remove the spleen
- Chromosome, marker The sex chromosome found twice in normal females and once, along with a Y chromosome, in normal males. The…
- Asp Aspartic acid. See also: Amino acid symbols