| annular staphyloma | A staphyloma extending around the periphery of the cornea. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| anterior staphyloma | A bulging near the anterior pole of the eyeball. Synonym: corneal staphyloma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ciliary staphyloma | Scleral staphyloma occurring in the region of the ciliary body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corneal staphyloma | A bulging near the anterior pole of the eyeball. Synonym: corneal staphyloma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior staphyloma | A bulging near the posterior pole of the eyeball due to degenerative changes in severe myopia. Synonym: Scarpa's staphyloma, sclerochoroiditis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scarpa's staphyloma | A bulging near the posterior pole of the eyeball due to degenerative changes in severe myopia. Synonym: Scarpa's staphyloma, sclerochoroiditis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scleral staphyloma | A staphyloma occurring in the area of exit of the vortex veins. Synonym: scleral staphyloma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| staphyloma | <clinical sign, ophthalmology> A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a staphyloma of the cornea. Origin: L, fr. Gr, fr. A bunch of grapes. (06 Mar 1998) |
| intercalary staphyloma | A scleral staphyloma occurring between the insertion of the ciliary body and the root of the iris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equatorial staphyloma | A staphyloma occurring in the area of exit of the vortex veins. Synonym: scleral staphyloma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uveal staphyloma | Seldom-used term for protrusion of the iris through a rupture of the sclera. (05 Mar 2000) |
| all-trans-retinal | The orange retinaldehyde resulting from the action of light on the rhodopsin of the retina, which converts the 11-cis-retinal component of the rhodopsin to all-trans-retinal plus opsin. Synonym: trans-retinal, visual yellow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blood-retinal barrier | Specialised nonfenestrated tightly-joined endothelial cells that form a transport barrier for certain substances between the retinal capillaries and the retinal tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| central retinal artery occlusion | <ophthalmology> The sudden blockage of the retinal artery with a blood clot that commonly leads to a painless but irreversible blindness in that eye. (12 Jan 1998) |
| central retinal fovea | A depression in the centre of the macula retinae containing only cones and lacking blood vessels. Synonym: fovea centralis retinae, central pit. (05 Mar 2000) |