| SMD | senile macular degeneration; spondylometaphyseal dysplasia; submanubrial dullness |
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| CRD | carbohydrate-recognition domain; chronic renal disease; chronic respiratory disease; child restraint... |
| RD | radial deviation; radiology department; rate difference; Raynaud disease; reaction of degeneration; ... |
| SCD | scleroderma; service-connected disability; sickle-cell disease; spinocerebellar degeneration; subacu... |
| CME | cervical mediastinal exploration; continuing medical education; Council on Medical Education; crude ... |
| macular erythema | <paediatrics> Also called baby measles. This is a nonserious but common childhood viral infection that starts with a high fever and swollen lymph glands. After 24 hours, the fever breaks and the child develops a red rash on the neck and trunk. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| macular evasion | Simultaneous projection into consciousness of retinal images so different that fusion is impossible. Synonym: macular evasion. Origin: L., dread of intermingling (05 Mar 2000) |
| macular fasciculus | The collection of fibres in the optic nerve directly connected with the macula lutea. Synonym: fasciculus macularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macular leprosy | A form of tuberculoid leprosy in which the lesions are small, hairless, and dry, and are erythematous in light skin and hypopigmented or copper-coloured in dark skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macular oedema, cystoid | Macular degeneration characterised by oedema and cystic spaces which may lead to a macular depression or hole. (12 Dec 1998) |
| macular retinopathy | Any pathological condition of the macula lutea. Synonym: macular retinopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macular syphilid | Usually the first eruption of syphilis, occurring 6 to 12 weeks after the initial lesion. Synonym: erythematous syphilid, macular syphilid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cystoid macular oedema | Oedema of the posterior pole of the eye secondary to abnormal permeability of capillaries of the central sensory retina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary idiopathic macular atrophy | Atrophoderma in which the skin becomes bag like and wrinkled. Synonym: atrophia maculosa varioliformis cutis, atrophoderma maculatum, macular atrophy, primary idiopathic macular atrophy, primary macular atrophy of skin. Origin: G. Anetos, relaxed, + derma, skin (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary macular atrophy of skin | Atrophoderma in which the skin becomes bag like and wrinkled. Synonym: atrophia maculosa varioliformis cutis, atrophoderma maculatum, macular atrophy, primary idiopathic macular atrophy, primary macular atrophy of skin. Origin: G. Anetos, relaxed, + derma, skin (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior macular arteriole | Origin, central artery of retina; distribution, upper part of macula. Synonym: arteriola macularis superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior macular venule | A small tributary of the central vein of the retina that drains the upper part of the macula. Synonym: venula macularis superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior macular arteriole | Origin, central artery of retina; distribution, inferior part of macula. Synonym: arteriola macularis inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior macular venule | A small tributary of the central vein of the retina that drains the lower part of the macula. Synonym: venula macularis inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adipose degeneration | Abnormal formation of microscopically visible droplets of fat in the cytoplasm of cells, as a result of injury. Synonym: adipose degeneration, steatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |