| ICCE | Intra-Capsular Cataract Extraction |
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| CAHMR | cataract-hypertrichosis-mental retardation [syndrome] |
| CAMAK | cataract-microcephaly-arthrogryposis-kyphosis [syndrome] |
| CASS | cataract-alopecia-sclerodactyly syndrome; Coronary Artery Surgery Study |
| CAT | California Achievement Test; capillary agglutination test; catalase; cataract; catecholamine; Childr... |
| LBN | Lewis x Brown Norway |
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| Y-BOCS | Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale |
| B | brown |
| Hines-Brown test | A cardiocirculatory challenge conventionally performed by immersing one hand in ice cold water for two or more minutes (as tolerated) to acutely raise the blood pressure, thus imposing resistance to ejection of blood from the left ventricle into the systemic arterial system and consequently acutely increased afterload (afterload = increased left ventricular wall stress). Synonym: Hines-Brown test. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Sudan brown | A brown stain, (C10H7)N==N(C10H6)OH, derived from alpha-naphthylamine and used as a stain for fats. (05 Mar 2000) |
| syndrome, brown's | An ophthalmology (eye) problem. Brown's syndrome presents at birth (congenitally) and is characterised by an inability to elevate the eyeball when also trying to move the eyeball to the outside. (12 Dec 1998) |
| annular cataract | Congenital cataract in which a central white membrane replaces the nucleus. Synonym: disk-shaped cataract, life-belt cataract, umbilicated cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arborescent cataract | An obsolete term for dendritic cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atopic cataract | A cataract associated with atopic dermatitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axial cataract | A lenticular opacity in the visual axis of the lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| black cataract | A cataract in which the lens is hardened and of a dark brown colour. In the 19th century, German black cataract meant gutta severa (q.v.). Synonym: cataracta brunescens, cataracta nigra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blue cataract | Coronary cataract of bluish colour. Synonym: cataracta cerulea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsular cataract | A cataract in which the opacity affects the capsule only. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsulolenticular cataract | A cataract in which both the lens and its capsule are involved. See: membranous cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| galactose cataract | A neonatal cataract associated with intralenticular accumulation of galactose alcohol. See: galactosaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiation cataract | A cataract caused by excessive or prolonged exposure to ultraviolet rays, X-rays, radium, beta rays, gamma rays, heat, or radioactive isotopes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vascular cataract | Congenital cataract in which the degenerated lens is replaced with mesodermal tissue. Synonym: cataracta adiposa, cataracta fibrosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reduplicated cataract | A type of congenital cataract with opacities situated at various levels in the lens. (05 Mar 2000) |