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  2. Romberg's test - Wikipedia

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    Romberg's test, Romberg's sign, or the Romberg maneuver is a test used in an exam of neurological function for balance. The exam is based on the premise that a person requires at least two of the three following senses to maintain balance while standing: proprioception (the ability to know one's body position in space)

  3. Yiddish words used in English - Wikipedia

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    קיינ יינ-אָרע; also pronounced: kin ahurrah): lit., "No evil eye!"; German kein: none; Hebrew עין ‎ ayn—eye, הרע ‎ harrah—bad, evil; an apotropaic formula spoken to avert the curse of jealousy after something or someone has been praised; khaloymes (Yid. כאָלעם): dreams, fantasies; used in the sense of "wild dreams ...

  4. Eye-rolling - Wikipedia

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    Eye-rolling is a gesture in which a person briefly turns their eyes upward, often in an arcing motion from one side to the other. In the Anglosphere, it has been identified as a passive-aggressive response to an undesirable situation or person. The gesture is used to disagree or dismiss or express contempt for the targeted person without ...

  5. Red pill and blue pill - Wikipedia

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    It is implied that the blue pill is a sedative that would cause Neo to think that all his most recent experiences were a hallucination, so that he can go back to living in the Matrix's simulated reality. The red pill, on the other hand, serves as a "location device" to locate the subject's body in the real world and to prepare them to be ...

  6. Closed-eye hallucination - Wikipedia

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    Closed-eye hallucinations and closed-eye visualizations ( CEV) are hallucinations that occur when one's eyes are closed or when one is in a darkened room. They should not be confused with phosphenes, perceived light and shapes when pressure is applied to the eye's retina, or some other non-visual external cause stimulates the eye.

  7. Rod cell - Wikipedia

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    Rod cells are photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that can function in lower light better than the other type of visual photoreceptor, cone cells. Rods are usually found concentrated at the outer edges of the retina and are used in peripheral vision. On average, there are approximately 92 million rod cells (vs ~6 million cones) in the ...

  8. Regeneron beats quarterly results on strong demand for ... - AOL

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    The company has been upgrading patients who use its eye treatment, Eylea, to a higher-dose version to beat the impact from cheaper biosimilars available in the market and rival drugs. U.S. sales ...

  9. List of optometric abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Back vertex distance BVP: Back vertex power CD: Centration distance C/D: Cup–disc ratio CF: Count fingers vision – state distance c/o or c.o. Complains of CT: Cover test c/u: Check up CW: Close work Δ: Prism dioptre D: Dioptres DC: Dioptres cylinder DNA: Did not attend DOB: Date of birth DS: Dioptres sphere DV: Distance vision DVD ...