| ACL | Achievement Check List; acromegaloid features, cutis verticis gyrata, corneal leukoma [syndrome]; an... |
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| CO | carbon monoxide; cardiac output; castor oil; casualty officer; centric occlusion; cervical orthosis;... |
| CRP | chronic relapsing pancreatitis; corneal-retinal potential; coronary rehabilitation program; C-reacti... |
| CT | calcitonin; calf testis; cardiac tamponade; cardiothoracic [ratio]; carotid tracing; carpal tunnel; ... |
| HIPO | hemihypertrophy, intestinal web, preauricular skin tag, and congenital corneal opacity [syndrome]; H... |
| 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) |
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| familial pseudoinflammatory macular degeneration | Macular degeneration that occurs during the fifth decade of life, with sudden development of a central scotoma in one eye followed rapidly by a similar lesion in the opposite eye; autosomal dominant inheritance. Synonym: Sorsby's macular degeneration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marginal corneal degeneration | Bilateral opacification and vascularization of the periphery of the cornea, progressing to formation of a gutter and ectasia. Synonym: ectatic marginal degeneration of cornea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recurrent corneal erosion | Repeated vesiculation followed by exfoliation of the corneal epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corneal | The cornea is an outwardly convex transparent membrane forming part of the anterior (front) portion of the eye. It is situated directly in front of the pupil an merges back to the sclera (white of the eye) and the outer margin of the iris. (27 Sep 1997) |
| corneal astigmatism | Astigmatism due to a defect in the curvature of the corneal surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corneal corpuscles | Connective tissue cells found between the laminae of fibrous tissue in the cornea. Synonym: Toynbee's corpuscles, Virchow's cells, Virchow's corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corneal diseases | Diseases of the cornea. (12 Dec 1998) |
| corneal dystrophies, hereditary | Bilateral hereditary disorders of the cornea, usually autosomal dominant, which may be present at birth but more frequently develop during adolescence and progress slowly throughout life. Central macular dystrophy is transmitted as an autosomal recessive defect. (12 Dec 1998) |
| corneal ectasia | A bulging forward of the cornea. Synonym: corneal ectasia, keratectasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corneal endothelial polymorphism | A greater than normal variation in the shape of the cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corneal facet | A corneal depression following loss of stroma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corneal graft | corneal transplant |
| corneal layer of epidermis | The outer layer of the epidermis, consisting of several layers of flat keratinised non-nucleated cells. Synonym: corneal layer of epidermis, horny layer of epidermis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corneal lens | Contact lens of plastic without scleral portions. (05 Mar 2000) |