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tantalum (medicine)


tantalum
<chemistry> A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also tantalium.

Origin: NL. So named on account of the perplexity and difficulty encounterd by its discoverer (Ekeberg) in isolating it. See Tantalus.

Source: Websters Dictionary


oculoplethysmography (medicine)


oculoplethysmography
Indirect measurement of the haemodynamic significance of internal carotid artery stenosis or occlusion by demonstration of an ipsilateral delay in the arrival of ocular pressure transmitted from branches of the ophthalmic artery.

Origin: oculo-+ G. Plethymos, increase, + graphe, to write