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The ability to estimate weights; the opposite of baragnosis.  

A virus transmitted by mosquito bite that causes rash, fever, joint pain, and stiffness. It is found mostly in Australia and neighboring islands. A unit of area, employed chiefly in chemistry and physics, approximating the size of the nucleus of a uranium atom.  

A maneuver designed to detect subluxation or dislocation of the hip. The examiner adducts and then extends the legs. The examiner keeps his or her fingers over the heads of the femurs. A dysplastic joint will be felt to dislocate as the femur leaves the acetabulum.  

The ingestion of barium sulfate to outline the esophagus, stomach, and small intestines during x-ray or fluoroscopic examination. The exam may be used as an alternative to endoscopy to diagnose reflux, dysphagia, peptic disease, or other upper gastrointestinal conditions. Also called upper G.I. series. A flavored beverage containing barium, a substance that is opaque to…

The relative pressure, density, or concentration of a gas or a solution. Hyperbaric solutions have an increased density relative to a reference substance (e.g., hyperbaric oxygen has a greater oxygen concentration than the air we normally breathe). Hypobaric solutions are less concentrated than a reference solution (e.g., an injected drug can be made hypobaric relative…

Sense of weight or pressure; pressure sense.  

Hairs present on the ears.  

Evaluation of vestibular function by irrigation of the ear canal with either warm or cold water. Normally when warm water is used, rotatory nystagmus toward the irrigated ear is observed; with cold water, the normal response is rotatory nystagmus away from the irrigated ear. If vestibular function is impaired, the response may be absent or…