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boottopping(medicine)
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functional visual loss (medicine) and boottopping (medicine)


functional visual loss (medicine)


functional visual loss


An apparent loss of visual acuity or visual field with no substantiating physical signs; often due to a natural concern about visual loss combined with suggestibility and a fear of the worst; best treated with reassurance.


boottopping (medicine)


boottopping


1. The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc, have been scraped off.

2. Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.

Source: Websters Dictionary