Terms

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Dysphasia

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Partial or complete impairment of the ability to communicate

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Acalculia

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A form of aphasia characterized by the inability to perform mathematical calculations

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Agraphia

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Impairment or loss of the ability to write

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Apraxia

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Loss of the ability to perform activities

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Astereognosis

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The inability to determine the form of an object by touch

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Inattention

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Decreased screening and regard to stimuli in a given sense.

Eg Visual inattention - Decreased visual screening and regard to visual stimuli

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Aphasia

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Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language

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Dysphagia

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Difficulty in swallowing or inability to swallow

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Aphagia

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Loss of the ability to swallow

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Odynophagia

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Severe pain on swallowing

Question 11

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Lanugo hair

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Very fine, soft, and usually unpigmented, downy hair as can be found on the body of a fetus or newborn baby.
Can be seen with malnutrition

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Atresia

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Absence or abnormal narrowing of an opening or passage in the body

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Imperforate anus

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A congenital defect of the anus; there is partial or complete obstruction of the anal opening

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Chemosis

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Chemosis is oedema of the conjunctiva

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Blepharitis

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Inflammation of the eyelid

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Keratitis

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Inflammation of the cornea

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Epiphoria

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Excessive watering of the eye

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Blepharospasm

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Involuntary tight closure of the eyelids

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Cycloplegia

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Paralysis of the ciliary muscle of the eye, resulting in a loss of accommodation

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Hypopyon

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Inflammation of cells in the anterior chamber of eye.

Leukocytic exudate (pus) seen in the anterior chamber, usually accompanied by redness of the conjunctiva and the underlying episclera.

Sign of anterior uveitis or iritis

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Uvea

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Consists of the:

• Iris
• Ciliary body
• Choroid

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Esotropia

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Synonym: esodeviation

Convergent squint

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Retinoblastoma

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A rare malignant tumour of the retina, affecting young children.

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Paresis

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A condition of muscular weakness caused by nerve damage or disease; partial paralysis.

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# Medical Terms Strabismus

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Aka squint Any ocular misalignment

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# Medical Terms Exotropia

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Divergent squint

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# Medical Terms Amblyopia

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Poor vision in one eye which may be reversible with glasses and/or patching and/or correctly aligning the eye/s

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# Medical Terms Aphthous Ulcers

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A blister on the mucous membranes of the lips or mouth (canker sores) or gastrointestinal tract

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# Medical Terms Angular stomatitis

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Inflammation at the corners of the mouth, associated with a wrinkled or fissured epithelium that does not involve the mucosa.

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# Medical Terms Meconium

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Dark green mucilaginous material in the intestine of the full-term fetus

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# Medical Terms Meconium ileus

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Ileus - Intestinal obstruction ... Meconium - ... in the newborn due to blocking of the bowel with thick meconium.

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# Medical Terms Azoospermia

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Lack of live spermatozoa in the semen Classified as obstructive or nonobstructive depending on whether cause is blockage of the tubules or ducts.

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# Medical Terms Micrognathia

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Abnormal smallness of the jaws, especially of the mandible.

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# Medical Terms Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy

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Expansion of the distal ends or entire shafts of the long bones, which is sometimes associated with erosion of the articular cartilages, thickening and villous proliferation of the synovial membranes, and often with finger clubbing.

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# Medical Terms Tremulous

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Pertaining to tremors, or involuntary muscular contractions.

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# Medical Terms Coloboma

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1. an absence or defect of tissue. 2. a defect of ocular tissue, due to failure of part of the fetal fissure to close; it may affect the choroid, ciliary body, eyelid, iris, lens, optic nerve, or retina.

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# Medical Terms Choanal atresia

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Atresia due to congenital failure of one or both choanae to open owing to the failure of the bucconasal membrane to involute. It results in nasal obstruction and, if bilateral, can endanger neonates because they are obligatory nasal breathers.

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# Medical Terms Involute

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Decrease normally, in size and functional activity, an organ whose role in the body economy is temporary or confined to certain periods of life. Involute should be distinguished from atrophy, which means to waste away from abnormal causes.

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# Medical Terms Inspissation

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1. The act of thickening or condensing, as by evaporation or absorption of fluid. 2. An increased viscosity or diminished fluidity.

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# Medical Terms Hollenhorst plaque

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A cholesterol embolus that is seen in a blood vessel of the retina.

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# Medical Terms Amaurosis fugax

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From Greek “amaurosis" meaning dark and Latin “fugax” meaning fleeting

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# Medical Terms Cicatricial

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A scar left by the formation of new connective tissue over a healing sore or wound

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# Medical Terms Emmetropia

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The normal refractive condition of the eye in which there is clear focus of light on the retina

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# Medical Terms Myopia

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Short-sighted | Parallel rays are focused in front of the retina

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# Medical Terms Hyperopia

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Far-sighted | Rays from close objests are focused behind the retina. Can lead to all rays focused behind the retina