| PCC | Pasteur Culture Collection; percutaneous cecostomy; pheochromocytoma; phosphate carrier compound; pl... |
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| PP | diphosphate group; emphysema [pink puffers]; near point of accommodation [Lat. punctum proximum]; pa... |
| HAN | heroin-associated nephropathy; hyperplastic alveolar nodule |
| HLN | hilar lymph node; hyperplastic liver nodules |
| CPH | Certificate in Public Health; chronic paroxysmal hemicrania; chronic persistent hepatitis; chronic p... |
| vitreous cell | A cell occurring in the peripheral part of the vitreous body that may be responsible for production of hyaluronic acid and possibly of collagen. Synonym: hyalocyte. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vitreous chamber of eye | The large space between the lens and the retina; it is filled with the vitreous body. Synonym: camera vitrea bulbi, vitreous camera, vitreous chamber of eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitreous detachment | Separation of the peripheral vitreous humor from the retina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitreous haemorrhage | Haemorrhage into the vitreous body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vitreous hernia | Prolapse of the vitreous humor into the anterior chamber; may follow removal or displacement of the lens from the lenticular space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitreous humor | <ophthalmology> The gel-like substance that fills the eyeball between the lens and the retina. (11 Nov 1997) |
| vitreous lamella | The transparent, nearly structureless inner layer of the choroid in contact with the pigmented layer of the retina. Synonym: basal lamina of choroid, basal layer of choroid, Bruch's membrane, Henle's membrane, lamina vitrea, vitreous lamella, vitreous membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitreous membrane | A condensation of fine collagen fibres in places in the cortex of the vitreous body; formerly thought to form a membrane or capsule at its periphery. Synonym: lamina basalis choroideae. See: posterior limiting layer of cornea (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitreous table | The inner table of one of the cranial bones; it is more compact and harder than the outer table. Synonym: lamina internal ossium cranii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central canal of the vitreous | A minute canal running through the vitreous from the discus nervi optici to the lens, containing in foetal life a prolongation of the central artery of the retina, the hyaloid artery. See: vitreous, hyaloid artery. Synonym: canalis hyaloideus, central canal of the vitreous, Cloquet's canal, Stilling's canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coloboma of vitreous | A congenital indentation of the vitreous body by mesoderm; associated with severe myopia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary vitreous | Avascular vitreous formed around the primary vitreous. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stroma of vitreous | The delicate framework of the vitreous body embedded in or enclosing the vitrous humor. Synonym: stroma vitreum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tertiary vitreous | Vitreous fibrils derived from the neuroepithelium of the ciliary body and forming the ciliary zonule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute primary haemorrhagic meningoencephalitis | A disease characterised by acute onset of fever, followed by convulsions, delirium, and coma, and associated with perivascular demyelination and haemorrhagic foci in the central nervous system. Synonym: acute primary haemorrhagic meningoencephalitis, Strumpell's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |