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Audiometry
The measurement of hearing.
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- OBS 1. Organic brain syndrome.2. Obstetricians, in the plural
- Amazia A condition wherein the breast tissue is absent, but the nipple is present. Amazia typically is a result of…
- WBC Commonly used abbreviation for a white blood cell. WBC also stands for the white blood cell count which is…
- Parainfluenza A disease due to an acute respiratory infection caused by a parainfluenza virus. Parinfluenza occurs usually…
- Blood sugar Blood glucose. See also: High blood sugar; Low blood sugar
- Sympathetic ophthalmia An autoimmune eye disease in which a penetrating injury to one eye produces inflammation in the uninjured…
- Cyst of the ovary, follicular A fluid-filled sac in the ovary, the most common type of ovarian cyst. It results from the growth of a…
- Phenomenon, Babinski A neurologic reflex that constitutes an important medical examination based upon what the big toe does when…
- Scoliosis Scoliosis: Sideways (lateral) curving of the spine (the backbone). The degree of scoliosis may range from…
- Hemihyperhidrosis Hyperhidrosis (excess sweating) confined to one side of the body. Hemihyperhidrosis may occur after a stroke
- Monaural Relating to one ear. Hearing aids may be monaural (for one ear) or binaural (for both ears). From monos…