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Electro-oculography (health) and saracen (medicine)


Electro-oculography (health)


EOG. A type of electrophysiologic retinal testing done to measure the difference in the electrical potential between the front and back of the eye in response to dark and light.





saracen (medicine)


saracen


Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders.

<botany> Saracen's consound, a kind of ragewort (Senecio Saracenicus), anciently used to heal wounds.

Origin: l. Saracenus perhaps fr. Ar. Sharqi, pl. Sharqiin, Oriental Eastern, fr. Sharaga to rise, said of the sun: cf. F. Sarrasin. Cf. Sarcenet, Sarrasin, Sirocco.

Source: Websters Dictionary