| complex closure | <surgery, technique> A sutural repair that may involve multi-layered closure, debridement or advanced tissue repair (plasty). (05 Jan 1998) |
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| health facility closure | The closing of any health facility, e.g., health centres, residential facilities, and hospitals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| simple closure | A single layer closure. (27 Sep 1997) |
| orthodontic space closure | Therapeutic closure of spaces caused by the extraction of teeth, the congenital absence of teeth, or the excessive space between teeth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eye-closure pupil reaction | A constriction of both pupils when an effort is made to close eyelids forcibly held apart. A variant of the pupil response to near vision. Synonym: Galassi's pupillary phenomenon, Gifford's reflex, lid-closure reaction, orbicularis phenomenon, orbicularis pupillary reflex, Piltz sign, Westphal's pupillary reflex, Westphal-Piltz phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eye-closure reflex | General term for reflex closure of eyelids caused by any stimulus. Synonym: eye-closure reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flask closure | In dentistry, the procedure of bringing the two halves or parts of a flask together; trial flask closure's are preliminary closure's made to eliminate excess denture-base material and to ensure that the mold is completely filled; the final flask closure is the last closure of a flask before curing, following trial packing of the mold with denture-base material. (05 Mar 2000) |
| layered closure | <surgery> A sutural closure where the subcutaneous tissue is closed separately using an absorbable suture and the skin is closed in an additional layer. (27 Sep 1997) |
| lid-closure reaction | A constriction of both pupils when an effort is made to close eyelids forcibly held apart. A variant of the pupil response to near vision. Synonym: Galassi's pupillary phenomenon, Gifford's reflex, lid-closure reaction, orbicularis phenomenon, orbicularis pupillary reflex, Piltz sign, Westphal's pupillary reflex, Westphal-Piltz phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absolute glaucoma | The final stage of blindness in glaucoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute glaucoma | <ophthalmology> A sudden blockage of the normal fluid circulation within the eyeball resulting in increased intraocular pressure. Increased pressure within the eyeball can cause damage to the optic nerve and blindness. Symptom include severe eye or facial pain, nausea, vomiting, decreased vision, blurred vision and seeing halos around objects. The eye appears red with a steamy cornea and a fixed (nonreactive) dilated pupil. Treatment is emergent with medications to lower the pressure within the eye. (27 Sep 1997) |
| alpha-chymotrypsin-induced glaucoma | Transient secondary glaucoma following the use of alpha-chymotrypsin in cataract extraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aphakic glaucoma | Glaucoma following cataract removal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsular glaucoma | Glaucoma occurring in association with widespread deposition of cellular organelles on the lens capsule, ocular blood vessels, iris, and ciliary body. See: pseudoexfoliation of lens capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malignant glaucoma | Secondary glaucoma caused by forward displacement of the iris and lens, obliterating the anterior chamber; usually follows a filtering operation for primary glaucoma. (05 Mar 2000) |