See Also: Doerfler-Stewart test(medicine)
Stewart's test(medicine)
Doerfler(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Stewart, R(medicine)
Stewart, James(dictionary)
Stewart (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Stewart, George(medicine)
Stewart, Potter(encyclopedia)

homeorrhesis (medicine) and Doerfler-Stewart test (medicine)


homeorrhesis (medicine)


homeorrhesis


The set of processes by which imbalances and Other defects in ontogeny are corrected before development is completed.

Synonym: ontogenic homeostasis, waddingtonian homeostasis.

Origin: homeo-+ G. Rheos, stream, current


Doerfler-Stewart test (medicine)


Doerfler-Stewart test
Examination of the patient's ability to respond to spondee words in the presence of a masking noise of the saw-tooth type; used especially in differentiating between functional and organic hearing loss.

Synonym: D-S test.