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Acephalocyst
A sterile hydatid cyst.
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Acephalochiria
Congenital absence of the head and hands.
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Acephalocardia
Congenital absence of the head and heart.
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Accumulate
To grow in number or mass.
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Accredited record technician
A person who, as a result of training and experience, is competent to process, maintain in a secure place, compile, and report information in a patient’s medical record. This is done according to rules set by the health care facility to comply with medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and accreditation considerations.
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Accommodative inertia
A rare disorder of accommodation in which the time between the application of an accommodative stimulus and the response of the eye is delayed. The delay is typically more than 0.7 sec.
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Accommodative fatigue
The inability of the eye to sustain accommodation over time. It is usually a result of repeated or sustained visual effort.
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Accommodative excess
Over focusing of the eye. It causes blurry vision when one views distant objects,
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Spasm of accommodation
A spasm of the ciliary muscle, usually the result of excessive strain from overuse; it is common in myopia.
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Relative accommodation
The extent to which accommodation is possible for any specific state of convergence of the eyes.
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