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A sweat gland of the eyelids; usually found most prominently in the lower lid margin.  

Osteochondritis deformans juvenilis.  

The transformations involved in the breakdown or resynthesis of rhodopsin.  

Any relatively simple laboratory test (such as a fecal occult blood test) that is permitted under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLLA) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to be performed without special laboratory certification, inspection, or proficiency testing.  

A child who is protected by governmental agencies and made ready for adoption after abandonment, abuse, or neglect in his or her home. Also known as a special needs child.  

Exposure of the entire body to vibration as would occur in occupations such as truck and tractor drivers, jackhammer operators, helicopter pilots, and construction workers using various vibration-producing tools. Such exposure may produce diseases of the peripheral nerves, prostatitis, and back disorders.  

The act of gradually removing persons with reversible forms of respiratory failure who are receiving mechanical ventilation from that support. This may be done by alternating full ventilatory support with increasingly long periods of unassisted breathing. The timing and frequency of the weaning periods should be individualized to each patient. Usually by the time the…

Traction exerted by means of weights. A weight attached to a limb applying a pulling force to keep a broken bone aligned while it heals.  

Dermacentor andersoni, an important North American species of tick, which causes tick paralysis and transmits causative organisms of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia.  

A pale thrombus in any site; made up principally of platelets.