| RMUI | relief medication unit index |
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| SRD | service-related disability; Society for the Relief of Distress; Society for the Right to Die; sodium... |
| UNDRO | United Nations Disaster Relief Organization |
| WMR | work metabolic rate; World Medical Relief |
| CCE | carboline carboxylic acid ester; chamois contagious ecthyma; clear-cell endothelioma; clubbing, cyan... |
| knock-out drops | A popular name for chloral alcoholate given with criminal intent to produce unconsciousness rapidly; it is formed by adding chloral hydrate to beer or some stronger alcoholic liquor. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| conjugate deviation of the eyes | Rotation of the eyes equally and simultaneously in the same direction, as occurs normally, a condition in which both eyes are turned to the same side as a result of either paralysis or muscular spasm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjugate movement of eyes | Rotation of the two eyes in the same direction. See: version. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crossed eyes | <clinical sign> A deviation of the eye which the patient cannot overcome. The visual axes assume a position relative to each other different from that required by the physiological conditions. The various forms of strabismus are spoken of as tropias, their direction being indicated by the appropriate prefix, as cyclo tropia, esotropia, exotropia, hypertropia and hypotropia. Also called cast, heterotropia, manifest deviation and squint. Origin: Gr. Strabismos = a squinting (18 Nov 1997) |
| spectacle eyes | A condition in rats caused by pantothenic acid deficiency, and possibly lack of inositol as well, in which a hairless ring of inflamed skin surrounds the eye's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nine-eyes | <zoology> The lamprey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| disconjugate movement of eyes | Rotation of the two eyes in opposite directions, as in convergence or divergence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eyes, cataracts | Clouding of the lens portion of the eye. Cataracts will affect most people if they live long enough. Symptoms include double or blurred vision and sensitivity to light and glare. Cataracts can be diagnosed when the doctor examines the eyes with a viewing instrument. The ideal treatment for cataracts is surgical implantation of a new lens. Sunglasses can help to prevent cataracts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eyes, glaucoma | Disease (there is more than one type) characterised by increased pressure within the eye. Glaucoma can lead to blindness. Glaucoma is five times more likely to occur in Blacks than in Whites. Early detection of glaucoma is essential to the preservation of vision. Glaucoma can be treated with medications, laser or traditional surgery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adenocarcinoma, clear cell | An adenocarcinoma characterised by the presence of varying combinations of clear and hobnail-shaped tumour cells. There are three predominant patterns described as tubulocystic, solid, and papillary. These tumours, usually located in the female reproductive organs, have been seen more frequently in young women since 1970 as a result of the association with intrauterine exposure to diethylstilbestrol. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anterior clear space | On lateral chest radiographs, the region dorsal to the sternum and ventral to the ascending aorta. Synonym: anterior clear space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clear cell | A cell in which the cytoplasm appears empty with the light microscope, as occurs in certain secretory cells of eccrine sweat glands and in the parathyroid glands when the glycogen is unstained, any cell, particularly a neoplastic one, containing abundant glycogen or other material that is not stained by haematoxylin or eosin, so that the cell cytoplasm is very pale in routinely stained sections. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clear cell acanthoma | A sharply demarcated benign epidermal lesion of a leg or arm with acanthosis and accumulation of glycogen in keratinocytes having pale staining cytoplasm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clear cell adenocarcinoma | <tumour> A histologic type of renal adenocarcinoma. A histologic type of adenocarcinoma occurring chiefly in the male and female genitourinary tracts which is characterised by distinctive hobnail cell growth of neoplastic cells in sheets, papillae, and coalescing glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clear cell carcinoma of kidney | <radiology> Hypernephroma, renal cell carcinoma, arises from proximal collecting tubule, 10% bilateral adenocarcinoma types: papillary, alveolar, onchocytoma vascularity, 85% hypervascular (require pre-op embolization), 10% hypovascular (usually papillary type), 5% avascular associated with: tuberous sclerosis, von Hippel-Lindau syndrome see also: staging (12 Dec 1998) |