RE: Antenopia

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There is a Medtronic per Vera. I hear Medtronic often.

Re: Antenopia

Thank you so much Margaret and . I have a neuro book but was

certain that it would be two separated words so looked it up as such.

Now I have a pacer that he is calling what I think is nitronic? Do you

think he means ELECTRONIC PACEMAKER?

On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 17:13:11 -0400 " Margaret Grant "

writes:

> Aliceanne, I just checked my Neuro words book and did find

> quadrantanopia (all one word). I don't know why I didn't think of

> that first, since there is a hemianopia, why not a quadrantanopia.

> Sorry we took so long, Margaret

>

> >>> Alice A Sawyer 06/18/01 05:09PM >>>

> Margaret and and all: There is a definite sound of " T "

> though. I

> listened again and now it sounds like maybe quadrantinopia?

> I don't know if maybe he is slurring the two words together or as I

> first

> thought they were two separate words?

> Thanks

> Aliceanne

> On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 17:05:03 -0400 " Margaret Grant "

>

> writes:

> > Aliceanne, It finally came to me, that would be hemianopia, which

>

> > means defective vision or blindness in half of the visual field of

>

> > one or both eyes; looseley, scotoma in less than half of the

> visual

> > field of one or both eyes. This is referring to the eyes, but

> this

> > is regarding a CVA and thus it is found in the Neurology word

> book.

> > However, it is also one of those words that, unless you are

> really,

> > really familiar with it, you will not be able to find it. Usually

>

> > when I hear this word the docs pronounce it hemianopsia (which is

> an

> > alternate pronunciation), and most of the time my docs say right

> or

> > left homonymous hemianopsia. Margaret

> >

> > >>> Alice A Sawyer 06/18/01 04:56PM >>>

> > That CVA I just asked about: it is a visual term. Gathered that

> > much!

> > But can't locate it in Stedmans. I don't have an opthal.

> reference.

> >

> > Thanks again

> > Aliceanne

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