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Medical diagnostic instruments and tests used in hospitals, reference labs and blood banks to diagnose diseases such as cancer, diabetes, infectious diseases, and genetic conditions.

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Diagnostic instruments & tests

Ventricular fibrillation

Anatomy; Allergies and allergens

An erratic, disorganised firing of impulses from the ventricles. The ventricles quiver and are unable to contract or pump blood to the body. This is a medical emergency that must be treated with ...

Dissect

Medical; Diagnostic instruments & tests

To cut apart the tissues of a dead body or a dead animal in order to study them is called as dissection.

Myopia

Medical; Diagnostic instruments & tests

A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it; nearsightedness.

Astigmatism

Medical; Diagnostic instruments & tests

An error of refraction in the eye so that rays of light in different meridians cannot be brought to a focus together on the retina.

Hyperopia

Medical; Diagnostic instruments & tests

The condition of the eye where incoming rays of light reach the retina before they converge into a focused image.

Atypical antibody test

Medical; Diagnostic instruments & tests

Test for autoimmune hemolytic anemia,also known as direct antiglobulin test, and the indirect Coombs test.

Febricula

Medical; Diagnostic instruments & tests

A fever of low intensity or short duration, usually ranging between 37.3 and 37.8 degrees Celsius.

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