See Also: Gastrostomy(health)
gastrostomy(medicine)
gastrostomy(dictionary)
gastrostomy tube insertion(medicine)
Endoscopic gastrostomy, percutaneous (PEG)(health)
Gastrostomy, percutaneous endoscopic (PEG)(health)
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Best's disease (health) and gastrostomy (iou)


Best's disease (health)


Also called Vitelliform macular dystrophy. Causes atrophy of the RPE and photoreceptors in the macula. Late in the disease there is a loss of visual acuity to legal blindness and a blind spot in central vision. No treatment is available.





gastrostomy (iou)



gastrostomy noun. M19.
[from GASTRO- + -STOMY.]
A surgical operation involving the opening of the stomach for the introduction of Food.