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Saccadic movement
See: Saccade
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- Amnesic aphasia See Anomia.
- Silver bullet Or magic bullet. 1. The perfect drug to cure a disease with no danger of side effects. The term magic bullet…
- BIA Bioelectric impedance analysis
- Gross anatomy The study of the form of structures that can be seen with the naked eye, as opposed to microscopic anatomy…
- Surgery, plastic The field of surgery concerned with reducing scarring or disfigurement that may occur as a result of…
- Assay An assay is an analysis done to determine: > >The presence of a substance and the amount of that substance…
- Footling presentation There are single-footling or double-footling presentations depending upon whether the presenting part of the…
- Pediatric cystitis Bladder infection in a child. See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Brachytherapy, coronary artery A slow heart rate, usually defined as less than 60 beats per minute. The word bradycardia is logically…
- Esophagitis Esophagitis: Inflammation of the esophagus. The esophagus is that soft tube-like portion of the digestive…
- Peter Mansfield See: Mansfield, Peter