| AWMV | amplitude-weighted mean velocity |
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| BA | Bachelor of Arts; backache; bacterial agglutination; basilar artery; basion; benzyladenine; best amp... |
| CHERSS | continuous high-amplitude EEG rhythmical synchronous slowing |
| HAPC | high-amplitude peristaltic contraction; hospital-acquired penetration contact |
| LAC | La Crosse [virus]; lactase; left atrial circumflex [artery]; left atrial contraction; linguoaxiocerv... |
| positive accommodation | The increased refractivity of the eye that occurs when shifting from the distance to a near object. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Helmholtz theory of accommodation | That the ciliary muscle relaxes for near vision and allows the anterior aspect of the lens to become more convex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| histologic accommodation | The change in shape of cells to meet altered physical conditions, as the flattening of cuboidal cells in cysts as a result of pressure. Synonym: pseudometaplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spasm of accommodation | Excessive contraction of the ciliary muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| negative accommodation | The decrease of accommodation that occurs when shifting from near vision to distance vision. (05 Mar 2000) |