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A widely used intelligence test for children aged 5 to 16. The test is often used by professional testers or licensed psychologists to diagnose learning disabilities. It consists of two scales: one assesses language skills; the other, visual and motor skills.  

A commonly used intelligence test, designed to assess cognitive function in individuals over the age of 16. It consists of seven verbal and seven nonverbal (performance) subsections. Among other cognitive functions, it assesses vocabulary, verbal comprehension, verbal reasoning, short-term memory, arithmetic skills, problem solving, visual perception, logic, and visual-motor coordination.  

A test for unilateral deafness. A vibrating tuning fork held against the midline of the top of the head is perceived as being so located by those with equal hearing ability in the ears; to persons with unilateral conductive-type deafness, the sound will be perceived as being more pronounced on the diseased side; in persons…

Paralysis of the oculomotor nerve on one side with contralateral spastic hemiplegia. It is caused by a lesion of the crus cerebri. A medical condition where there is paralysis of the third cranial nerve on the same side as a brain lesion, along with paralysis of the arm and leg on the opposite side of…

Having a membrane or tissue connecting adjacent structures, as the toes of a duck’s feet.  

Founded on, or depending on the Internet. Said, for example, of certain forms of education and knowledge dissemination.  

A thin tissue or membrane extending across a space.  

The location of tooth erosion as determined by the characteristics of the facets of the teeth.  

To convert a bacterial culture or some other substance into an agent that can be used to injure or kill,  

A means of assessing whether a patient receiving mechanical ventilation is capable of spontaneous, unsupported breathing. A variety of criteria are used. The patient must have (1) objective evidence that the disease requiring mechanical ventilation is improving; (2) a body temperature less than 38.5° C; (3) a hemoglobin level > 8; (4) received no sedative…