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Macular
Pertaining to the macula. A macula is a small spot. A macula on the skin is a small flat spot while the macula in the eye is a small spot where vision is keenest in the retina. NTER> The macula of the retina, the light-sensitive layer of…
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- Prader-Willi syndrome Prader-Willi syndrome: A syndrome characterized by severe hypotonia (floppiness), poor suck and feeding…
- Hem-onc Short for Hematology-oncology
- Islet cell tumor See: Islet cell cancer
- Wind chill See: Round window.
- Enterocolitis, Crohn See: Crohn disease
- Rapid strep test Rapid strep test: A diagnostic test commonly used to demonstrate whether streptococcus bacteria ('strep') are…
- Spinal Tap Also known as a lumbar puncture or 'LP', a spinal tap is a procedure whereby spinal fluid is removed from the…
- Membranous glomerulonephritis See: Membranous nephropathy
- Oligomenorrhea A reduction in number of menstrual periods and/or amount of menstrual flow.
- Long-term memory A system for permanently storing, managing, and retrieving information for later use. Items of information…
- Chinese restaurant syndrome A syndrome first described in 1968 in people who had eaten Chinese food on which MSG (monosodium glutamate)…