| Doyne's honeycomb choroidopathy | An obsolete term for macular drusen. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Doyne, Robert Walter | <person> English ophthalmologist, 1857-1916. See: Doyne's honeycomb choroidopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| honeycomb | 1. A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs. 2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc, perforated with cells like a honeycomb. <anatomy> Honeycomb moth See Reticulum. Origin: AS. Hunigcamb. See Honey, and 1st Comb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| honeycomb lung | <radiology> Mnemonic: honey and SPICE, sarcoid, pneumoconiosis, interstitial fibrosis, collagen-vascular disease, eosinophilic granuloma, ** see also: interstitial lung disease, honeycombing (12 Dec 1998) |
| honeycomb macula | Oedema of the macular region of the retina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| honeycomb pattern | Dense, slightly irregular circular shadows, most common next to the pleura at the lung base, on chest radiographs or CT; caused by chronic interstitial fibrosis of diverse causes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| honeycomb ringworm | 1. <dermatology> A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite. 2. A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement. Synonym: favas and sectila. Origin: L, honeycomb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| areolar choroidopathy | A slowly progressive pigmentary degeneration in young persons; characterised by black foci closely set together and coalescent at the posterior pole and macular region. Synonym: central areolar choroidal atrophy, central areolar choroidal sclerosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| geographic choroidopathy | Bilateral acquired abnormality of retinal pigment epithelium and choroid in which irregular multiple progressive swelling is followed by atrophic scars in linear patterns. Synonym: helicoid choroidopathy, serpiginous choroidopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitreoretinal choroidopathy syndrome | <syndrome> An ocular condition characterised by peripheral pigmentary retinopathy, retinal vascular abnormalities, vitreous opacities, choroidal atrophy, and presenile cataracts; autosomal dominant inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central serous choroidopathy | Detachment of the sensory retina induced by decreased adhesion between cells of the retinal pigment epithelium which permits plasma from the choriocapillaris to enter subretinal space. Synonym: central angiospastic retinopathy, central serous retinopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| guttate choroidopathy | An obsolete term for macular drusen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| choroidopathy | Noninflammatory degeneration of the choroid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| myopic choroidopathy | Chronic degeneration of the sclera and choroid with posterior staphyloma, accompanying high myopia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| helicoid choroidopathy | Bilateral acquired abnormality of retinal pigment epithelium and choroid in which irregular multiple progressive swelling is followed by atrophic scars in linear patterns. Synonym: helicoid choroidopathy, serpiginous choroidopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |