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A room in which patients are exposed to either sunlight or artificial sunlight (a blend of visible light and infrared and ultraviolet radiation directed from special lamps). A room or porch exposed to the sun.  

A venereal disease caused by the bacterium Hemophilus ducreyi, resulting in enlargement and ulceration of lymph nodes in the groin.  

A salt of sodium used, with sodium nitrite, to treat cyanide poisoning. It is administered by intravenous injection. A white crystalline substance used externally to remove stains of iodine and intravenously as an antidote for cyanide poisoning. The powdered fixer effectively eradicates unexposed and undeveloped silver bromides, resulting in the clearing of the film through…

A drug with actions and side-effects similar to those of aspirin. It is used mainly to treat rheumatic fever. A white crystalline substance with a disagreeable, even nauseating, taste; used to reduce pain and temperature. A substance employed in the therapy of rheumatism.  

A drug with effects and uses similar to those of paraaminosalicylic acid.  

A rare condition of the eyes in which one eye turns down and inward while the other turns up and outward. It is sometimes seen in disorders of the cerebellum. A condition in which one eyeball is directed upward and outward, the other inward and downward.  

A derivative of the amino acid tryptophan, excreted in the urine and feces. Beta-methyl indole; a malodorous, solid, heterocyclic nitrogen compound found in feces, formed by protein decomposition in the intestines and giving them their odor. A chemical compound present in feces, resulting from the breakdown of protein, and responsible for the distinct smell of…

A genus of flies. S. funicola, the eye fly of India, feeds on the secretions of the tear glands and in landing on or near the eyes contributes to the spread of conjunctivitis.  

The SI unit of electrical conductance, equal to the conductance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of 1 volt between these points causes a current of 1 ampere to flow between them. A unit of conductance derived from SI units. It is the reciprocal of the resistance in ohms.  

A red blood cell in which granules of iron-containing protein (Pappenheimer bodies) can be demonstrated by suitable staining techniques. These granules are normally removed by the spleen and siderocytes are characteristically seen when the spleen is absent. A red blood cell containing iron in a form other than hematin.