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limiting angle (medicine) and gowers' syndrome (medicine)


limiting angle (medicine)


limiting angle -->
critical angle


The angle of incidence at which a ray of light, in passing between two media, changes from refraction to total reflection.

Synonym: limiting angle.


gowers' syndrome (medicine)


Gowers' syndrome
<syndrome> Syndrome consisting of palpitation, chest pain, respiratory difficulties, and disturbances in gastric motility; once attributed to vagal stimulation, now considered psychogenic (anxiety neurosis).

Synonym: vagal attack, vasovagal attack.