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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
1) Paralysis of one or more of the ocular muscles due to disorders of the eye muscles, neuromuscular junction, supporting soft tissue, tendons, or innervation to the muscles.
2) Paralysis of some or all of the muscles of the eye.
Industry:Health care
1) Partial or complete opacity on or in the lens or capsule of one or both eyes, impairing vision or causing blindness. The many kinds of cataract are classified by their morphology (size, shape, location) or etiology (cause and time of occurrence). (Dorland, 27th ed)
2) A clouding of the lens of the eye or its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light.
Industry:Health care
1) Pathologist is a doctor specialized in medical diagnosis based on the macroscopic and microscopic study of structural changes of tissues and organs caused by the disease.
2) A doctor who identifies diseases by studying cells and tissues under a microscope.
Industry:Health care
1) Pathologist is a doctor specialized in medical diagnosis based on the macroscopic and microscopic study of structural changes of tissues and organs caused by the disease.
2) A doctor who identifies diseases by studying cells and tissues under a microscope.
Industry:Health care
1) Perception of three-dimensionality.
2) Proper visual recognition of depth or the relative distances to different objects in space.
3) The ability to judge the distance of objects and the spatial relationship of objects at different distances.
Industry:Health care
1) Period or step in a process, activity, or development: as one of the distinguishable periods of growth and development of a plant or animal (the larval stage of an insect).
2) A period or phase in the course of a disease (the rash stage of Lyme disease -- R. H. Boyle); also: the degree of involvement or severity of a disease (advanced stage II or III disease, more than 10 positive lymph nodes found after axillary dissection-- M. S. Anscher et al).
3) One of two or more operations performed at different times but constituting a single procedure (a two-stage thoracoplasty). d: Any of the four degrees indicating depth of general anesthesia.
4) The small platform of a microscope on which an object is placed for examination.
Industry:Health care
1) Peripheral receptors for pain. Nociceptors include receptors which are sensitive to painful mechanical stimuli, extreme heat or cold, and chemical stimuli. All nociceptors are free nerve endings.
2) Receptor for pain caused by damage to body tissue.
3) A free nerve ending that is a receptor for painful stimuli.
Industry:Health care
1) Permanent dilation of preexisting blood vessels (capillaries, arterioles, venules) creating small focal red lesions, most commonly in the skin or mucous membranes.
2) The permanent enlargement of blood vessels, causing redness in the skin or mucous membranes.
Industry:Health care
1) Permanent dilation of preexisting blood vessels (capillaries, arterioles, venules) creating small focal red lesions, most commonly in the skin or mucous membranes.
2) The permanent enlargement of blood vessels, causing redness in the skin or mucous membranes.
Industry:Health care
1) Persistent abnormal dilatation of the bronchi.
2) A chronic inflammatory or degenerative condition of one or more bronchi or bronchioles marked by dilatation and loss of elasticity of the walls.
Industry:Health care
