| VDT | vibration disappearance threshold; visual display terminal; visual distortion test |
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| VI | Roman numeral six; vaginal irrigation; variable interval; vastus intermedius; virgo intacta; virulen... |
| ESWL | Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Lithotripsy - Ix for Gall Stone ... |
| BCP | basic calcium phosphate; birth control pill; blue cone pigment; Blue Cross Plan; bromcresol purple |
| CHRPE | congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium |
| pigment epithelium of optic retina | pigmented part of retina |
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| pigment induration of the lung | A condition characterised by firmness of the lungs, and a brown colour associated with haemosiderin-pigmented macrophages in alveoli, consequent upon long-continued congestion due to heart disease. Synonym: pigment induration of the lung. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wear-and-tear pigment | Lipofuscin that accumulates in aging or atrophic cells as a residue of lysosomal digestion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haematogenous pigment | A pigment derived from the haemoglobin of the red blood cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatogenous pigment | Bile pigment derived from the destruction of haemoglobin in the liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| natural pigment | A naturally occurring coloured compound; absorbs light in the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Compare: structural colour. Synonym: biochrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incontinence of pigment | Loss of melanin from the epidermis, and accumulation in melanophages in the upper dermis; seen in several inflammatory diseases of the skin and in incontinentia pigmenti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| formalin pigment | <chemistry> A pigment formed when acid aqueous solutions of formaldehyde act on blood-rich tissues; characterised by rotation of the plane of polarised light, withstanding extraction in aqueous and lipid solvents, being bleached in acids and hydrogen peroxide; not formed when tissue is fixed with formaldehyde buffered to pH levels above 6. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory visual apparatus | 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) |
| Bender Visual Motor Gestalt test | <psychology> A psychological test used by neurologists and clinical psychologists to measure a person's ability to visually copy a set of geometric designs. It consists of nine geometric designs on cards. The subject is asked to redraw them from memory after each one is presented individually. It is useful for measuring visuospatial and visuomotor coordination to detect brain damage. Synonym: Bender Visual Motor Gestalt test. (14 Aug 2000) |
| Broca's visual plane | A plane drawn through the visual axes of each eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| receptor, visual | The layer of rods and cones, the visual cells, of the retina. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pattern recognition, visual | Visually perceived characters, shapes, displays, or designs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| visual | Pertaining to vision or sight. Origin: L. Visualis, from videre = to see (18 Nov 1997) |
| visual acuity | <microscopy> The ability to detect fine details or small distances with the eye. Visual acuity can vary substantially depending on the definition used and method of measurement chosen. Under favourable conditions, the resolution of the human eye or ability to distinguish the twoness of adjoining lines, is about I minute of arc while the threshold delectability, or the detection of misaligned steps in a line (which is also a form of visual acuity), can be as low as a fraction of a second of arc. (05 Aug 1998) |