| auditory hyperesthesia | Hyperacusia Abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism. Synonym: auditory hyperesthesia. Origin: hyper-+ G. Akousis, a hearing (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cervical hyperesthesia | The hypersensitivity of teeth in the cervical area due to exposure of the dentin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gustatory hyperesthesia | Abnormal acuteness of the sense of taste. Synonym: gustatory hyperesthesia, oxygeusia. Origin: hyper-+ G. Geusis, taste (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular hyperesthesia | Sensitiveness of the muscles to pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperesthesia | <neurology, physiology> A neurologic symptom where there is an unusual increased or altered sensitivity to sensory stimuli. Origin: Gr. Aisthesis = sensation (11 Jan 1998) |
| hyperesthesia optica | Extreme sensitiveness of the eyes to light. See: photophobia, photosensitivity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| olfactory hyperesthesia | An exaggerated or abnormally acute sense of smell. Synonym: hyperosphresia, hyperosphresis, olfactory hyperesthesia, hyperesthesia olfactoria, oxyosmia, oxyosphresia. Origin: hyper-+ G. Osme, sense of smell (05 Mar 2000) |
| tactile hyperesthesia | Extreme sensitiveness to touch. Synonym: oxyaphia, tactile hyperesthesia. Origin: hyper-+ G. Haphe, touch (05 Mar 2000) |
| axis, optic | <microscopy> The direction, or directions in an anisotropic crystal along which light is not doubly refracted. (05 Aug 1998) |
| ganglionic layer of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The inner layer of multipolar neurons in the retina consisting of the relatively large neurons that give rise to the fibres of the optic nerve. Synonym: stratum ganglionare nervi optici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vascular circle of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A network of branches of the short ciliary arteries on the sclera around the point of entrance of the optic nerve. Synonym: circulus vasculosus nervi optici, circulus arteriosus halleri, circulus zinnii, Haller's circle, Zinn's corona, Zinn's vascular circle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glioma of optic chiasm | A slow-growing tumour, usually an astrocytoma, of the optic chiasm in children. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial root of optic tract | The smaller division of the posterior end of the optic tract that disappears under the medial geniculate body. Synonym: radix medialis tractus optici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Graves' optic neuropathy | Visual dysfunction due to optic nerve compression in Graves' orbitopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pigment epithelium of optic retina | pigmented part of retina |