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| Process of clumping together, as of blood cells that are incompatible |
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| Individual hypersensitivity to a substance that is usually harmless |
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| Dullness of vision; reduced or dimness of vision; also called lazy eye |
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| Literally means a lack of red blood cells; reduction in the number of circulating red blood cells, the amount of the hemoglobin, or the volume of packed red cells (hematocrit) |
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| Chest pain that occurs when diseased blood vessels restrict blood flow to the heart; often referred to as angina |
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| X-ray record of the heart and great vessels made visible through the use of a radiopaque contrast medium |
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| Process of recording the heart and vessels after an intravenous injection of a radiopaque contrast medium |
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| X-ray record of the size, shape, and location of the heart and its blood vessels after the introduction of a radiopaque contrast medium |
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| Process of making an X-ray record of blood vessels |
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| Surgical repair of a blood vessel(s) or a nonsurgical technique for treating diseased arteries by temporarily inflating a tiny balloon inside an artery |
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| Condition of the narrowing of a blood vessel |
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| Condition in which the pupils are unequal |
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| Condition in which the erythrocytes are unequal in size and shape |
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| Protein substance produced in the body in response to an invading foreign substance (antigen) |
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| Agent that works against the formation of blood clots |
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| Invading foreign substance that induces the formation of antibodies |
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| Condition in which the crystalline lens is absent |
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| Condition in which there is a lack of rhythm of the heartbeat; also called dysrhythmia |
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| Process of making an X-ray record of the arteries |
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| Condition of hardening of arteries |
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| Inflammation of an artery |
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| Process of making an X-ray record of a joint |
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| Defect in the refractive powers of the eye, due to a misshapen curvature of the cornea and lens, in which a ray of light is not focused on the retina but is spread over an area |
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| Tumor of an artery containing a fatty substance |
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| Condition of the arteries characterized by the buildup of fatty substances (cholesterol deposits and triglycerides) and hardening of the walls |
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| Pertaining to the atrium and the ventricle |
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| automated external defibrillator |
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| Portable automatic device used applied outside the body to restore normal heart rhythm to patients in cardiac arrest |
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| Cell that has an attraction for a base dye; circulating granulocyte (white blood cell) that is essential to the nonspecific immune response to inflammation because of its role in releasing histamine and other chemicals that act on blood vessels |
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| Having two points or cusps; pertaining to the mitral valve |
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| Pertaining to having two foci, as in bifocal glasses |
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| Inflammation of the hair follicles and glands along the edges of the eyelids |
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| Drooping of the upper eyelid(s) |
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| Condition of abnormally slow heartbeat that is less than 60 beats per minute |
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| X-ray record of the bronchial tree made visible through the use of a radiopaque contrast medium |
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| Loss of effective heart function, which results in cessation of functional circulation |
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| Physician who specializes in the study of the heart |
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| Instrument used to measure the action of the heart |
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| Pertaining to the heart and lungs |
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| Pertaining to increasing the tone of the heart; type of medication |
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| Pertaining to the heart and small blood vessels |
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| Procedure used to treat different types of disruptions in the normal heart rhythm (cardiac arrhythmias); an electrical shock is delivered to the heart to restore its rhythm to a normal pattern |
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| X-ray record of the bile ducts made visible through the use of a radiopaque contrast medium |
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| X-ray record of the gallbladder made visible through the use of a radiopaque contrast medium |
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| Inflammation of the vascular coat of the eye |
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| Process of making an X-ray record of an organ in motion |
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| Process of making a motion picture record of successive x-ray images appearing on a fluoroscopic screen |
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| Capable of forming a clot |
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| Process of drawing together as in the narrowing of a vessel |
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| Condition of excess creatine (nitrogenous compound produced by metabolic processes) in the blood |
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| Abnormal condition of the skin and mucous membranes caused by oxygen deficiency in the blood; skin, fingernails, and mucous membranes can appear slightly bluish or grayish |
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| Paralysis of the ciliary muscle |
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| Tumorlike swelling caused by obstruction of the tear duct(s) |
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| Machine that helps restore a normal heart rhythm by delivering an electric shock; also called a cardioverter |
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| Process of using ultrasound to study intracranial structures of the brain to diagnose conditions that cause a shift in the midline structures of the brain |
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| Process of using ultrasound as a diagnostic tool by making a record of the echo produced when sound waves are reflected back through tissues of different density |
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| Device used for recording the electrical impulses of the heart muscle |
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| Device used to record heart sounds |
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| Record of the electrical response of the retina to light stimulation |
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| Condition in which there is an obstruction of a blood vessel by foreign substances or a blood clot; a moving blood clot |
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| Surgical excision of the inner portion of an artery |
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| Inflammation of the endocardium |
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| Inner lining of the heart |
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| Cell that stains readily with an acid stain; attraction for the rose-colored stain; type of granulocytic white blood cell that destroys parasitic organisms and plays a major role in allergic reactions |
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| Abnormal condition in which there is an increase in red blood cells |
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| Formation of red blood cells |
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| Condition in which the eye or eyes turn inward; also called crossed eyes |
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| Process of examining internal structures by viewing the shadows cast on a fluorescent screen after the x-ray has passed through the body |
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| Instrument used to examine the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye |
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| Granular leukocyte (white blood cell containing granules); a poly morphonuclear white blood cell (includes neutrophils, eosinophils, or basophils) |
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| Benign tumor of a blood vessel |
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| Blood test that separates solids from plasma in the blood by centrifuging the blood sample |
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| Physician who specializes in the study of the blood |
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| Collection of blood that has escaped from a vessel into the surrounding tissues resulting from trauma or incomplete hemostasis after surgery |
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| Blood protein; the iron-containing pigment of red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues |
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| Destruction of red blood cells |
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| Hereditary blood disease characterized by prolonged coagulation and tendency to bleed |
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| Excessive bleeding; bursting forth of blood |
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| Control or stopping of bleeding |
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| Condition of excessive amounts of calcium in the blood |
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| Condition of excessive amounts of sugar in the blood |
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| Condition of excessive amounts of fat in the blood |
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| Excessive amount of fatty substances (lipids) in the blood |
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| Vision defect in which parallel rays come to a focus beyond the retina; also called farsightedness |
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| High blood pressure; a disease of the arteries caused by such pressure |
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| Condition of deficient amounts of sugar in the blood |
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| Deficient amount of oxygen in the blood, cells, and tissues; also known as anoxia and hypoxemia |
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| X-ray record of the uterus and fallopian tubes made visible through the use of a radiopaque contrast medium |
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| Pertaining to within the eye |
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| X-ray record of the kidney and renal pelvis made visible through the use of an injected radiopaque contrast medium |
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| Instrument used to measure the amount of radiation used by x-rays or radioactive substances |
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| Treatment by introducing ions into the body |
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| Instrument used to measure the amount and intensity of x-rays |
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| Surgical excision of a portion of the iris |
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| Inflammation of the iris and ciliary body |
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| Condition in which there is a lack of blood supply to a part caused by constriction or obstruction of a blood vessel |
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| Inflammation of the cornea |
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| Surgical repair of the cornea |
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| Separation of white blood cells from the blood, which are then transfused back into the patient |
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| Disease of the blood characterized by overproduction of leukocytes, can be malignant, acute, or chronic |
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| Lack of white blood cells |
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| Inflammation of the lymph glands |
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| Incision into a lymph gland |
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| X-ray record of the lymph vessels made visible with radiopaque contrast medium |
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| Process of making an X-ray record of the lymph vessels |
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| Study of the lymphatic vessels |
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| Control or stopping of the flow of lymph |
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| Abnormally large erythrocyte |
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| Process of obtaining pictures of the breast with x-rays |
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| Condition of narrowing of the mitral valve (bicuspid valve) |
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| Condition that occurs when the leaflets of the mitral valve (bicuspid valve) between the left atrium and left ventricle bulge into the atrium and permit backflow of blood into the atrium |
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| Largest leukocyte, which has one nucleus |
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| Condition of excessive amounts of mononuclear leukocytes in the blood |
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| X-ray record of the spinal cord made visible with a radiopaque contrast medium |
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| Pertaining to the heart muscle |
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| Inflammation of the heart muscle |
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| Leukocyte that stains with neutral dyes |
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| Condition in which the individual has difficulty seeing at night; also known as night blindness |
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| Posterior inner part of the eye as seen with an ophthalmoscope |
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| Physician who specializes in the study of the eye |
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| Instrument used to examine the interior of the eye |
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| Instrument used to measure the strength of the muscles of the eye |
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| Instrument used to record an electrical wave visually on a fluorescent screen of a cathode-ray tube |
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| Colorless, odorless, tasteless gas essential in the respiration of animals |
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| Lack of the cellular elements of the blood |
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| Pertaining to the pericardium, the sac surrounding the heart |
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| Inflammation of the pericardium |
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| Surgical destruction and removal of the crystalline lens in the treatment of cataract |
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| Condition of hardening of the crystalline lens |
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| Engulfing and eating of particulate substances such as bacteria, protozoa, cells and cell debris, dust particles, and colloids by phagocytes (leukocytes or macrophages) |
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| Incision of a vein with a needle to withdraw blood for analysis |
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| X-ray record of images seen during fluoroscopic examination |
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| Unusual intolerance of light |
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| Person who specializes in the science of physics |
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| Removal of blood from the body and centrifuging it to separate the plasma from the blood and reinfusing the cellular elements back into the patient |
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| Condition of too many red blood cells |
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| Vision defect in which parallel rays come to a focus beyond the retina; occurs normally with aging; also known as farsightedness |
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| Chemical substance that interacts with calcium salts to produce thrombin |
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| Process by which radiant energy is propagated through space or matter |
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| Characterized by emitting radiant energy |
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| Inflammation of the skin caused by exposure to x-rays or radioactive substances |
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| Picture produced on a sensitized film or plate by rays; also called X-ray record |
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| Person skilled in making x-ray records |
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| Process of making an X-ray record |
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| Physician who specializes in radiology |
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| Study of x-rays, radioactive substances, radioactive isotopes, and ionizing radiation |
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| Property of permitting the passage of radiant energy |
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| Property of obstructing the passage of radiant energy |
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| Process of viewing and examining the inner structures of the body through the process of x-rays |
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| Treatment of disease by the use of x-rays, radium, and other radioactive substances |
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| Red blood cell containing a network of granules; last immature stage of a red blood cell |
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| Separation of the retina from the choroid layer of the eye that can be caused by trauma or can occur spontaneously |
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| Inflammation of the retina |
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| Malignant tumor arising from the germ cell of the retina |
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| Any disease of the retina |
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| Virus, such as HIV, that contains a unique enzyme called reverse transcriptase that allows it to replicate within new host cells |
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| Study of roentgen rays for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes |
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| Inflammation of the sclera |
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| Valves of the aorta and pulmonary artery |
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| Condition in which pathogenic bacteria are present in the blood |
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| Bacterial culture of blood serum |
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| Process of making an X-ray record of the salivary ducts and glands |
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| Lack of iron in the blood |
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| Pertaining to the sinus venosus and the atrium |
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| Record produced by ultrasonography |
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| Instrument used to measure the arterial blood pressure |
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| Enlargement of the spleen |
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| Device made of expandable, metal mesh placed (by using a balloon catheter) at the site of a narrowing artery, then expanded and left in place to keep the artery open |
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| Instrument used to listen to the sounds of the heart, lungs, and other internal organs |
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| Abnormally fast heartbeat that is over 100 beats per minute |
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| Hereditary anemia occurring in populations in areas bordering the Mediterranian Sea and in Southeast Asia |
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| Process of recording heat patterns of the body's surface; useful in the detection of breast cancer |
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| Surgical excision of a blood clot |
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| Clotting cell; a blood platelet |
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| Formation, development, or existence of a blood clot (thrombus) within the vascular system, such as venous thrombosis (thrombophlebitis), on the wall of a vein, accompanied by inflammation and obstructed blood flow |
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| Process of cutting across and producing images of single tissue planes |
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| Recording of intraocular pressure used in detecting glaucoma |
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| Instrument used to measure intraocular pressure |
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| Surgical excision of the tonsil |
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| Having three points; pertaining to the tricuspid valve |
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| Pertaining to having three foci |
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| Pertaining to a compound consisting of three molecules of fatty acids |
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| Pertaining to sounds beyond 20,000 cycles/sec |
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| Process of using ultrasound to produce a record of ultrasonic echoes as they strike tissues of different densities |
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| Pertaining to the second or vascular coat of the eye |
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| Inflammation of the uvea (consists of the, iris, ciliary body, and choroid, and forms the pigmented layer) |
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| valve replacement surgery |
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| Surgical replacement of a diseased heart valve with an artificial one |
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| Surgical repair of a valve, especially of a cardiac valve |
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| Drawing together, as in the narrowing of a blood vessel |
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| Nerve or agent that causes dilation of blood vessels |
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| Contraction of a blood vessel |
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| To pierce a vein with a needle for the removal of blood for analysis |
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| Process of making X-ray record of veins |
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| Pertaining to a ventricle |
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| Eye condition in which the conjunctiva is dry |
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