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Electrophysiologic retinal testing
Testing done to diagnose specific disorders of the retina, including inherited retinal diseases, the effects of toxic drug exposure on the retina, and the presence of foreign bodies within the eye. The most commonly performed…
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- Chloral hydrate A prescription sedative/hypnotic drug developed in the 19th century. The drug acts rapidly and induces sleep…
- Aperient Laxative. Used both as a noun (an aperient is a laxative) and adjective (prunes are an aperient fruit). From…
- Yeast vaginitis Yeast vaginitis: Infection of the vagina by a fungus known as Candida, characteristically causing itching…
- ALPS Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome
- Glial cell A supportive cell in the central nervous system -- the brain and spinal cord. Glial cells do not conduct…
- Positional cloning Cloning a gene based simply on knowing its position in the genome without any idea of the function of that…
- Tuberculosis, MDR Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. See: Tuberculosis, antibiotic-resistant
- Rickettsiosis, North Asian tick-borne One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted…
- Curable Amenable to a cure, capable of being cured, to being healed and made well. Most skin cancers, fortunately…
- Physiologic stress test Stress test: Although there can be a diversity of physiologic stress tests, this refers here to a physiologic…
- Elastase inhibitor See: Antielastase