| D&N | distance and near [vision] |
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| DV | dependent variable; diagnostic variable; difference in volume; digital vibration; dilute volume; dis... |
| DVIU | direct-vision internal urethrotomy |
| Nv | naked vision |
| PULHEMS | physique, upper extremity, lower extremity, hearing and ears, eyes and vision, mental capacity, emot... |
| tubular forceps | A long slender forceps intended for use through a cannula or other tubular instrument. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tubular gland | A gland composed of one or more tubules ending in a blind extremity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubular glands of the skin | The blind extremity of which is coiled in the form of a ball or glomerulus; collective term for small eccrine and large apocrine sweat glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubular maximum | transport maximum |
| tubular respiration | High-pitched bronchial respiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubular small bowel | <radiology> (toothpaste small bowel) globally featureless small bowel: mucosal folds effaced, graft-vs.-host disease (GvH), Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) (in AIDS), ischemia, Crohn disease, radiation, Strongyloides, milk enteropathy, sprue, corrosive enteritis, lymphoma, amyloidosis, mastocytosis, FUDR toxicity (12 Dec 1998) |
| kidney tubular necrosis, acute | Acute kidney failure resulting from destruction of tubular epithelial cells. It is commonly attributed to exposure to toxic agents or renal ischemia following severe trauma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| achromatic vision | A severe congenital deficiency in colour perception, often associated with nystagmus and reduced visual acuity. Synonym: achromatic vision, monochromasia, monochromasy, monochromatism. Origin: G. A-priv. + chroma, colour, + opsis, vision (05 Mar 2000) |
| binocular vision | Vision with a single image, by both eyes simultaneously. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blue vision | A condition in which all objects appear blue; may temporarily follow cataract extraction. Synonym: blue vision, cyanopia. Origin: cyano-+ G. Opsis, vision (05 Mar 2000) |
| red vision | An abnormality of vision in which all objects appear to be tinged with red. Synonym: red vision. Origin: erythro-+ G. Ops, eye (05 Mar 2000) |
| vision | 1. <ophthalmology> The act or faculty of seeing, sight. 2. <psychiatry> An apparition, a subjective sensation of vision not elicited by actual visual stimuli. 3. Visual acuity, symbol V. Origin: L. Visio (18 Nov 1997) |
| vision, binocular | The blending of separate images seen by each eye into one composite image. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vision disorders | Visual impairment limiting one or more of the basic functions of the eye: visual acuity, dark adaptation, colour vision, or peripheral vision. Visual disability refers to inability of the individual to perform specific visual tasks, such as reading, writing, orientation, or traveling unaided. It is to be differentiated from eye diseases which are restricted to diseases of the eye, the organ and its anatomical parts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vision disparity | The difference between two images on the retina when looking at a visual stimulus. This occurs since the two retinas do not have the same view of the stimulus because of the location of our eyes. Thus the left eye does not get exactly the same view as the right eye. (12 Dec 1998) |