| BSS | Bachelor of Sanitary Science; balanced salt solution; Bernard-Soulier syndrome; black silk suture; b... |
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| HAS | Hamilton Anxiety Scale; health advisory service; highest asymptomatic [dose]; hospital administrativ... |
| ACHOO | autosomal dominant compelling helio-ophthalmic outburst [syndrome] |
| COMT | catecholamine O-methyl transferase; certified ophthalmic medical technologist |
| DChO | Doctor of Ophthalmic Surgery |
| ophthalmic solutions | Sterile solutions, essentially free from foreign particles and suitably compounded and dispensed, for instillation into the eye. It does not include solutions for cleaning eyeglasses or contact lens solutions. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| ophthalmic veins | See: inferior ophthalmic vein, superior ophthalmic vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ophthalmic vesicle | In the embryo, one of the paired evaginations from the ventrolateral walls of the forebrain from which the sensory and pigment layers of the retina develop. Synonym: vesicula ophthalmica, ocular vesicle, optic vesicle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetic solution | A vinegar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amaranth solution | A 1% solution of amaranth (trisodium naphthol sulfonic acid), a synthetic vivid red dye, stable in acid and intensified in sodium hydroxide solution; used as a red or pink colourant in liquid pharmaceuticals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aqueous solution | <chemistry> A solution in which water is the dissolving medium or solvent. (09 Jan 1998) |
| barium solution | A liquid containing barium sulfate, which shows up on X-rays. It outlines organs of the body so they can be seen on X-ray film. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Benedict's solution | <chemistry> An aqueous solution of sodium citrate, sodium carbonate, and copper sulfate which changes from its normal blue colour to orange, red, or yellow in the presence of a reducing sugar such as glucose. See: Benedict's test for glucose. (14 Aug 2000) |
| Burow's solution | A preparation of aluminium subacetate and glacial acetic acid, used for its antiseptic and astringent action on the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gallego's differentiating solution | A dilute solution of formaldehyde and acetic acid used in a modified Gram stain to differentiate and enhance the basic fuchsin binding to Gram-negative microorganisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gey's solution | A salt solution usually used in combination with naturally occurring body substances (e.g., blood serum, tissue extracts) and/or more complex chemically defined nutritive solution's for culturing animal cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glucose solution, hypertonic | Solution that is usually 10 percent glucose but may be higher. An isotonic solution of glucose is 5 percent. (12 Dec 1998) |
| volumetric solution | A solution made by mixing measured volumes of the components. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical solution | See: solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ringer's solution | A solution resembling the blood serum in its salt constituents; it contains 8.6 g of NaCl, 0.3 g of KCl, and 0.33 g of CaCl2 in each 1000 ml of distilled water; used topically for burns and wounds, a salt solution usually used in combination with naturally occurring body substances (e.g., blood serum, tissue extracts) and/or more complex chemically defined nutritive solution's for culturing animal cells. See: Ringer's injection. (05 Mar 2000) |