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Radial keratotomy: An eye surgery procedure designed to flatten the cornea, reducing its optical power, to correct nearsightedness (myopia). In the procedure, incisions (cuts) are made in the cornea. The procedure is said to be radial because the i...

Radial head subluxation: See: Nursemaid's elbow. Common Misspellings: radial head sublaxation

Syndrome, radial aplasia-thrombocytopenia: See Syndrome, TAR.

Keratotomy, radial: An eye surgery procedure designed to flatten the cornea, reducing its optical power, to correct nearsightedness (myopia). In the procedure, incisions (cuts) are made in the cornea. The procedure is said to be radial because the ...

Duane and radial ray anomaly with deafness: See: Okihiro syndrome.

Radial: A word with diverse meanings in medicine and the biomedical sciences: Pertaining to the radius, the smaller bone in the forearm. The radial artery is so named because of its proximity to the radius. Pertaining to the radius of a circle. ...

Radial head dislocation: See: Nursemaid's elbow.

Dislocation of the radial head: See: Nursemaid's elbow.

Autosomal dominant radial drusen: See: Malattia leventinese.

Radial drusen: See: Malattia leventinese.

Subluxation of the radial head: See: Nursemaid's elbow. Common Misspellings: sublaxation of the radial head