Medicine
- May 1 – The initial case definition of Chronic fatigue syndrome (the "Holmes definition") is published, displacing the name Chronic Epstein-Barr virus syndrome.
- Patricia Bath patents the Laserphaco Probe, a device "for ablating and removing cataract lenses".
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