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CPEO with myopathy
See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
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- Stress testing, exercise cardiac The exercise cardiac stress testing (ECST) is the most widely used cardiac (heart) screening test. The…
- Watson See: Watson, James
- Peri- Prefix meaning around or about. For example, pericardial is around the heart, and periaortic lymph nodes are…
- Anonymous reporting In public health, anonymous reporting permits the acquisition of certain data such as the proportion of…
- Esotropia Cross-eyed or, in medical terms, convergent or internal strabismus
- Histo spot A small circular punched-out spot in the retina at a site where spores of the fungus histoplasma (histo)…
- Flying, fear of An irrational fear of flying is called aerophobia. Aerophobia also refers to irrational fear of fresh air or…
- Rattlesnake bite A poisonous bite by a member of the pit viper family. All rattlesnakes are venomous and secrete poisonous…
- Pulmonary artery catheter Also called a Swan-Ganz catheter. A light flexible balloon-tipped tube that is introduced into the pulmonary…
- Fetus The unborn offspring from the end of the 8th week after conception (when the major structures have formed)…