| REM | 1) Rapid Eye Movement; 급속 안구 운동 2) Radiation Equivalent to Man |
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| SOREM | Sleep Onset Rapid Eye Movement |
| A/C | albumin/coagulin [ratio]; anterior chamber of eye; assist control [ventilation] |
| BES | balanced electrolyte solution; Baltimore Eye Study |
| BEV | baboon endogenous virus; beam's eye view |
| pigment epithelium of eye | Epithelium in the retina, ciliary body, and iris containing pigment granules. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| pineal eye | A non-image-forming, photoreceptive eye in or near the median line in certain crustacea and lower vertebrates; homologue of pineal gland in higher forms. Synonym: epiphysial eye, parietal eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| watery eye | 1. <medicine> The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek. 2. The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas. Origin: L, fr. Gr, fr. To bring to or upon; + to bring. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| web eye | <medicine> See Web. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) Previous: Weber's syndrome, Weber's test for hearing, Weber's triangle, Weber, WilhelmNext: web eye, webfoot, webform, web of fingers/toes, webster, websteriteweb eye pterygium |
| moon-eye | 1. A eye affected by the moon; also, a disease in the eye of a horse. 2. <zoology> Any species of American fresh water fishes of the genus Hyodon, especially. H. Tergisus of the Great Lakes and adjacent waters. The cisco. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| white-eye | <zoology> Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. Coerulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Synonym: bush creeper, and white-eyed tit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| compound eye | The eye of arthropods, most highly developed in insects and crustaceans; the eye consists of a group of functionally related visual elements (ommatidia) whose corneal surfaces collectively form a segment of a sphere. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica semilunaris of eye | The semilunar fold formed by the palpebral conjunctiva at the medial angle of the eye, a fold of the conjunctival mucous membrane found in many animals; normally partially hidden in the medial canthus of the eye when at rest, it may be extended to cover part or all of the cornea in a winking-like action to clean the cornea, as in birds. Synonym: membrana nictitans, nictitating membrane, palpebra III, palpebra tertia, third eyelid. Synonym: plica lunata, plica semilunaris of eye, semilunar conjunctival fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior chamber of eye | The ringlike space, filled with aqueous humor, between the iris/pupil anteriorly and the lens and ciliary body posteriorly. Synonym: camera posterior bulbi, camera oculi minor, camera oculi posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cross-eye | Alternative spelling for crossed eyes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cyclopian eye | A congenital defect in which the two orbits merge to form a single cavity containing one eye, its origin evidenced by fusion of the right and left optic primordia, and in which the nose is absent; usually combined with cyclencephaly. Synonym: cyclopea, synophthalmia, synophthalmus. Origin: G. Kyklops, fr. Kyklos, circle, + ops, eye (05 Mar 2000) |
| hare's eye | lagophthalmos |
| harlequin eye | <radiology> Neurofibromatosis, dysplastic greater wing of sphenoid, plagiocephaly, focal calvarial expansion, subdural bleed, brain tumour (12 Dec 1998) |
| schematic eye | The representation of the optical system of an ideal normal eye in which are listed the curvatures and indices of refraction of the refracting elements and their intervening distances. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scotopic eye | An eye that has been in darkness or semidarkness and has undergone regeneration of rhodopsin (visual purple), which renders it more sensitive to reduced illumination. Synonym: scotopic eye. (05 Mar 2000) |