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Wada test

Pronunciation: wah-dah
unilateral internal carotid injection of amobarbital to determine the laterality of speech; injection on the dominant side causes transient aphasia or mutism; used prior to surgical treatment of epilepsy.


 

 

 

 

 

 



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