| DChO | Doctor of Ophthalmic Surgery |
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| DOMS | Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery |
| NOSTA | Naval Ophthalmic Support and Training Activity |
| NOTB | National Ophthalmic Treatment Board |
| OAP | Office of Adolescent Pregnancy; old age pension, old age pensioner; ophthalmic artery pressure; oste... |
| volumetric solution | A solution made by mixing measured volumes of the components. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| chemical solution | See: solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ringer's solution | A solution resembling the blood serum in its salt constituents; it contains 8.6 g of NaCl, 0.3 g of KCl, and 0.33 g of CaCl2 in each 1000 ml of distilled water; used topically for burns and wounds, a salt solution usually used in combination with naturally occurring body substances (e.g., blood serum, tissue extracts) and/or more complex chemically defined nutritive solution's for culturing animal cells. See: Ringer's injection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| molar solution | <chemistry> A solution made up of one mole of a compound in enough water to make a thousand millilitres of thesolution. (09 Oct 1997) |
| molecular dispersed solution | A colloidal solution in which the dispersed phase can be concentrated by centrifugation. Synonym: dispersion colloid, molecular dispersed solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colloidal solution | A dispersoid, emulsoid, or suspensoid. Synonym: colloidal dispersion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weigert's iodine solution | An iodine-potassium iodide mixture used as a reagent to alter crystal and methyl violet so that they are retained by certain bacteria and fungi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Monsel solution | Ferric subsulfate solution used to coagulate superficial bleeding such as that following skin biopsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monsel's solution | <medicine> An aqueous solution of Monsel's salt, having valuable styptic properties. See: Monsel's salt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Hanks' solution | A salt solution usually used in combination with naturally occurring body substances (e.g., blood serum, tissue extracts) and/or more complex chemically defined nutritive solution's for culturing animal cells; two variations contain CaCl2, MgSO4-7H2O, KCl, KH2PO4, NaHCO3, NaCl, Na2HPO4-2H2O, and d-glucose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hartmann's solution | A solution containing NaCl, sodium lactate, CaCl2(dihydrate), and KCl in distilled water; used for the same purposes as Ringer's solution. Synonym: Hartmann's solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hartman's solution | A solution used to desensitise dentin in dental operations; contains thymol, ethyl alcohol, and sulfuric ether. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hayem's solution | <haematology> A blood diluent used prior to counting red blood cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Czapek's solution agar | A culture medium used for the cultivation of fungus species and for identification of Aspergillus and Penicillium species. Synonym: Czapek-Dox medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heat of solution | <chemistry> The enthalpy change associated with dissolving a solute in a solvent. (09 Jan 1998) |