| EMG | electromyogram, electromyography; eye movement gauge; exomphalosmacroglossia-gigantism [syndrome] |
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| EMMA | eye movement measuring apparatus |
| EMR | educable mentally retarded; electromagnetic radiation; electronic medical record; emergency mechanic... |
| EMV | eye, motor, voice [Glasgow coma scale] |
| EOM | NL extraocular eye movements normal |
| SOREMP | sleep onset rapid eye movement period |
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| SEF | supplementary eye field |
| fluorescein eye examination | A special test that allows the examiner to detect cornea abrasions or corneal foreign bodies. An orange dye (fluorescein) is placed into the eye and the eye is illuminated with a cobalt blue light (black light). This serves to highlight any irregularities in the corneal surface. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| lateral angle of eye | The angle formed by the junction of the lateral parts of the upper and lower eyelids. Synonym: angulus oculi lateralis, angulus oculi temporalis, external canthus, lateral canthus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lazy eye | An eye that diverges in gaze. More formally called strabismus. Can be esotropia (cross-eyed) or exotropia (wall-eyed). (12 Dec 1998) |
| lens, eye | <microscopy> The lens in an eyepiece nearest to the eye. (05 Aug 1998) |
| light-adapted eye | An eye that has been exposed to light, with bleaching of rhodopsin (visual purple) and insensitivity to low illumination. Synonym: photopic eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Listing's reduced eye | A representation that simplifies calculations of retinal imagery: radius of anterior refracting surface, 5.1 mm; total length, 20 mm; distance of nodal point to retina, 15 mm. (05 Mar 2000) |