| MNS | medial nuclear stratum; Melnick-Needles syndrome; moesin |
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| NA | Avogadro constant or number; nalidixic acid; Narcotics Anonymous; network administrator; neuraminida... |
| N:C | nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio |
| NCA | National Certification Agency; National Council on Aging; National Council on Alcoholism; neurocircu... |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute; noncriterion ischemic [animal]; nuclear contour index; nursing care integ... |
| spindle cataract | A cataract in which the opacity is fusiform, extending from one pole to the other. Synonym: fusiform cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| stationary cataract | A cataract that does not progress. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate cataract | Congenital cataract with lens opacities radiating toward the periphery, with subcapsular and cortical changes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subcapsular cataract | A cataract in which the opacities are concentrated beneath the capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sugar cataract | Any cataract associated with intralenticular accumulation of pentose or hexose alcohols. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sunflower cataract | chalcosis lentis |
| sutural cataract | A congenital type of cataract with opacities along the Y sutures of the foetal lens nucleus; usually does not affect vision. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dendritic cataract | A congenital sutural cataract with complicated branching. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diabetic cataract | A cataract occurring in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. (27 Sep 1997) |
| disk-shaped cataract | Congenital cataract in which a central white membrane replaces the nucleus. Synonym: disk-shaped cataract, life-belt cataract, umbilicated cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| immature cataract | A stage of partial lens opacification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infantile cataract | A cataract affecting a very young child. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infrared cataract | A cataract secondary to absorption of heat by the lens, or by transmission from the adjacent iris. Synonym: furnacemen's cataract, glassworker's cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intumescent cataract | A cataract swollen because of fluid absorption. (05 Mar 2000) |
| overripe cataract | A cataract in which the lens cortex becomes liquid, with the nucleus gravitating within the capsule (Morgagni's cataract). Synonym: overripe cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |