| SOREM | Sleep Onset Rapid Eye Movement |
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| A/C | albumin/coagulin [ratio]; anterior chamber of eye; assist control [ventilation] |
| BES | balanced electrolyte solution; Baltimore Eye Study |
| BEV | baboon endogenous virus; beam's eye view |
| CAGE | cut down, annoyed by criticism, guilty about drinking, eye-opener drinks (a test for alcoholism) |
| shagreen patch | An oval-shaped nevoid plaque, skin-coloured or occasionally pigmented, smooth or crinkled, appearing on the trunk or lower back in early childhood; sometimes seen with other signs of tuberous sclerosis. Synonym: shagreen patch. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| inside out patch | A variant of the patch clamp technique, in which a disc of plasma membrane covers the tip of the electrode, with the inner face of the plasma membrane facing outward, to the bath. (18 Nov 1997) |
| opaline patch | A mucous patch of silver-gray appearance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| outside out patch | A variant of patch clamp technique, in which a disc of plasma membrane covers the tip of the electrode, with the outer face of the plasma membrane facing outward, to the bath. (18 Nov 1997) |
| accessory organs of the eye | The eyelids, with lashes and eyebrows, lacrimal apparatus, conjunctival sac, and extrinsic muscles of the eyeball. Synonym: organa oculi accessoria, accessory organs, accessory visual apparatus, adnexa oculi, appendages of eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accommodation of eye | The increase in thickness and convexity of the eye's lens in order to focus the image of an external object upon the retina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amaurotic cat's eye | A yellow reflex from the pupil in cases of retinoblastoma or pseudoglioma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior chamber of eye | The space between the cornea anteriorly and the iris/pupil posteriorly, filled with a watery fluid (aqueous humor) and communicating through the pupil with the posterior chamber. Synonym: camera anterior bulbi, camera oculi anterior, camera oculi major. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior eye segment | That part of the eyeball anterior to the lens. (12 Dec 1998) |
| antibiotic eye drops | <pharmacology> A medication that is pH balanced to allow placement into the eye for the purpose of killing bacteria. Examples include: Bleph-10, Chloromycetin, Cortisporin-Ophthalmic, Gantrisin, Genoptic, Gentacidin, Garamycin, Gantrisin, Ilotycin, Sodium Sulamyd and Sulphair. (27 Sep 1997) |
| aphakic eye | The eye from which the lens is absent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| appendages of eye | The eyelids, with lashes and eyebrows, lacrimal apparatus, conjunctival sac, and extrinsic muscles of the eyeball. Synonym: organa oculi accessoria, accessory organs, accessory visual apparatus, adnexa oculi, appendages of eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artificial eye | A curved disk of opaque glass or plastic, containing an imitation iris and pupil in the centre, inserted beneath the eyelids and supported by the orbital contents after evisceration or enucleation; it may be ready-made (stock) or custom-made. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bird's-eye | <botany> A plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (Primula farinosa), and species of Veronica, Geranium, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| black eye | Ecchymosis of the lids and their surroundings. (05 Mar 2000) |