| keratic precipitates | Inflammatory cells on the corneal endothelium. Synonym: punctate keratitis, keratitis punctata. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pigmented keratic precipitates | Precipitate's that occur in eyes with brown irides or after prolonged inflammation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mutton-fat keratic precipitates | Coalescent precipitate's forming small plaques that gradually become more translucent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| keratic | Synonym: horny. Origin: G. Keras (kerat-), horn (05 Mar 2000) |
| red precipitate | mercuric oxide, red |
| white mercuric precipitate | Used in ointment for the treatment of skin diseases. Synonym: ammoniated mercuric chloride, white mercuric precipitate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| precipitate | <chemistry> To cause a solid to settle out of a solution. The solid that settles out of a solution. To be deposited out of a solution. (09 Oct 1997) |
| precipitate labour | Very rapid labour ending in delivery of the foetus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sweet precipitate | HgCl;mild mercury chloride; mercury monochloride, protochloride, or subchloride; has been used as an intestinal antiseptic and laxative; replaced by safer agents. Synonym: mercurous chloride, sweet precipitate. Origin: Mediev. L., fr. G. Kalos, beutiful, + melas, black (05 Mar 2000) |
| yellow precipitate | mercuric oxide, yellow |