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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Addison's Disease | chronic syndrome resulting from a deficiency in the hormonal secretion of the adrenal cortex |
| Alzheimer's Disease (AD) | disease characterized by early senility, confusion, loss of recognition of persons or familiar surroundings, and restlessness |
| cataract | clouding of the lens of the eye |
| cerebrovascular accident (CVA) | interruption of blood supply to the brain usually resulting in mild to severe hemiplegia (also called stroke, brain attack) |
| concussion | jarring or shaking that results in injury; brain concussions may be caused by slight or severe head injury |
| coronal | vertical field passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior parts |
| detached retina | seperation of the retina from the choroid, or middle coat of the eye, in the back of the eye |
| diabetes millitus (DM) | chronic disease involving a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism caused by underactivity of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas, resulting in insufficient production of insulin |
| fasting blood sugar (FBS) | a blood test to determine the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood after fasting for 8-10 hours |
| fracture (Fx) | broken bone |
| frontal | vertical field passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior parts |
| glaucoma | abnormally increased intraocular pressure within the eye |
| goiter | enlargement of teh thyroid gland |
| Graves' disease | a disorder of the thyroid gland characterized by the presence of hyperthyroidism, goiter, and exophthalmos |
| herniated disk | rupture of the intervertebral disk cartilage allowing the contents to protrude through it and put pressure on the spinal nerve roots |
| macular degeneration | a progressive deterioration of the central portion of the retina resulting in a loss of central vision |
| multiple sclerosis (MS) | degenerative disease characterized by sclerotic patches along the nerves of the CNS where the myelin sheath has been destroyed |
| muscular dystrophy (MD) | group of heredity |
| optomitrist | a health care professional who prescribes corrective lenses and/or eye exercises |
| orthopedics | the study and treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system |
| orthopedist | specialists who studies and treats diseases of the musculoskeletal system |
| otitis media | inflammation of the middle ear |
| paraplegia | paralysis from the waist down caused by damage to the lower level of the spinal cord |
| Parkinson's disease (PD) | chronic disease characterized by the degeneration of nerves in the motor system of the brainstem |
| rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | a chronic systemic disease characterized by inflammatory changes in the connective tissue throughout the body |
| sagittal | vertical field running through the body from front to back, dividing the body into right and left sides |
| seizure | sudden attack with an involuntary series of contractions (also called convulsion) |
| tinnitis | ringing in the ears |
| transverse | horizontal field dividing the body into upper and lower parts |
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