Fuchs epithelial dystrophy

[ fyōōks, fuKHs ]

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n.

A condition that often develops following endothelial dystrophy, beginning with a thin spreading central accumulation of fluid in the central cornea; it occurs predominantly in elderly women.

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Words nearby Fuchs epithelial dystrophy

fub, fubar, fubsy, Fu-chou, Fuchs, Fuchs epithelial dystrophy, fuchsia, fuchsin, fuchsinophil, fuchsite, Fuchu

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The next and last speaker was the class valedictorian, Officer James Fuchs.
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Turns out, the drug may help sufferers of a rare and deadly form of muscular dystrophy.
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For instance, Leah, whose daughter has a rare form of muscular dystrophy, is upset that her ex is getting married.
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A dreadful disease, possibly muscular dystrophy, had shriveled his legs.
Enough With This 'Lost Cause' Nonsense|Justin Green|February 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Take Randi Fuchs, a 22-year-old English major who was accepted to her first-choice college and enrolled there in 2006.
College: When Second Choice Is Best|Sushma Subramanian|May 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST
(a) Epithelial casts contain epithelial cells from the renal tubules.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Any epithelial cell may be so granular from degenerative changes that the nucleus is obscured.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The meshes also contain leukocytes, epithelial cells, and granular dbris.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It begins to form early in the embryo life as an epithelial ingrowth from the throat, and extends from the neck into the chest.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
The fuchsia took its name from Leonard Fuchs, a sixteenth-century botanist, the first German who really studied botany.
Stories That Words Tell Us|Elizabeth O'Neill

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