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Ophthalmopathy
Ophthalmopathy Eye disease. There are several disorders that can affect vision in people with diabetes; the most severe is diabetic retinopathy.
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Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
Affect
This word is used to described observable behavior that represents the expression of a subjectively experienced feeling state (emotion). Common examples of affect are sadness, fear, joy, and anger. The normal range of expressed affect varies considerably between different cultures and even within the same culture. Types of affect include: euthymic, irritable, constricted; blunted; flat; inappropriate, and labile.
Vision
The sense of sight.
Diabetes
A condition in which blood glucose is not well controlled. Type I diabetics make no insulin, whereas type 2 diabetics are characterized by the overproduction of insulin, but the inability of the target cells to respond to the insulin.
Diabetic
Pertaining to Diabetes. Patient suffering from this condition.
Retinopathy
Degeneration of the retina.
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Ophthaine
Ophthaine is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): proparacaine hydrochloride.
Ophthalmologist
A physician (MD) who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of eye problems and diseases. The ophthalmologist works with the use of glasses, contact lenses, eye medication and surgery.
Ophthalmology
The branch of medicine that pertains to the eye and its diseases.
Ophthalmology Surgical Center
The Ophthalmology Surgical Center is a hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
Ophthetic
Ophthetic is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): proparacaine hydrochloride.
Ophthochlor
Ophthochlor is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): chloramphenicol.
Ophthocort
Ophthocort is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): chloramphenicol; hydrocortisone acetate; polymyxin b sulfate.
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Outpatient clinic
A general medical clinic focused.
O.M.D.
Oriental Medical Doctor. ("D.O.M." stands for "Doctor of Oriental Medicine.")
Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy)
Approach to therapy whose centerpiece is megavitamin therapy. Orthomolecular medicine encompasses hair analysis, orthomolecular nutrition (a form of megavitamin therapy), and orthomolecular psychiatry. Linus Carl Pauling, Ph.D. (1901-1994), coined the word "orthomolecular." The prefix "ortho-" means "straight," and the implicit meaning of "orthomolecular" is "to straighten (correct) concentrations of specific molecules." The primary principle of orthomolecular medicine is that nutrition is the foremost consideration in diagnosis and treatment. Its purported focus is "normalizing" the "balance" of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and "similar" substances in the body.
Osteopuncture
Form of acupuncture named by Ronald M. Lawrence, M.D. In osteopuncture, the needle penetrates the periosteum (the membrane that covers bones) and is usually electrified. The acupuncture points of osteopuncture do not correlate with "meridian points."
OBOB mouse
(Obese-obese mouse) A variety of mouse that tends to be fat, and diabetic. A model for research on NIDDM.
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Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT)
A test to see if a person has diabetes.
Off Pump Heart Surgery
Off pump heart surgery, usually off pump coronary artery bypass, is heart surgery done without the use of the cardiopulmonary bypass machine.
Open Heart Surgery
Any of a number of invasive cardiac (heart) surgical procedures.
Organ Preservation
Between procurement from a donor and transplant, organs require special methods of preservation. The length of time that organs and tissues can be kept outside the body vary, depending on the organ, the preservation fluid and the temperature.
Oxidation
A process in which free radicals released during metabolism damage cells and the DNA that control cell growth. Oxidation can accelerate the process of atherosclerosis by damaging particles of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, making them more potent as a plaque builder.
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