| AOC | abridged ocular chart; amyloxycarbonyl; anodal opening contraction; area of concern |
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| AROA | autosomal recessive ocular albinism |
| ASOD | anterior segmental ocular dysgenesis |
| COACH | cerebellar vermis hypoplasia/aplasia-oligophrenia-congenital ataxia-ocular colobomata-hepatic fibros... |
| COD | cause of death; cerebro-ocular dysplasia; chemical oxygen demand; codeine; condition on discharge |
| ocular cup | The double-walled cup formed by the invagination of the embryonic optic vesicle; its inner component becomes the sensory layer of the retina, its outer layer, the pigment layer. Synonym: caliculus ophthalmicus, ocular cup. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ocular dysmetria | Abnormality of ocular movements in which the eyes overshoot on attempting to fixate an object. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ocular flutter | A spontaneous, brief, intermittent, horizontal oscillation of the eyes occurring during fixation; it often coexists with ocular dysmetria in cerebellar syndromes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ocular humor | One of the two humor's of the eye: aqueous and vitreous. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ocular hypertelorism | <clinical sign, ophthalmology> Extreme width between the eyes, mental retardation may be associated. (13 Nov 1997) |
| ocular hypertension | A condition in which the intraocular pressure is elevated above normal and which may lead to glaucoma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ocular hypotension | Abnormally low intraocular pressure often related to chronic inflammation (uveitis). (12 Dec 1998) |
| ocular larva migrans | Visceral larva migrans involving the eyes, primarily of older children; clinical symptoms include decreased visual acuity and strabismus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ocular lens | <physics> The lens nearest the eye in any ocular. (05 Aug 1998) |
| ocular lymphomatosis | See: avian lymphomatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ocular micrometer | A glass disk that fits in a microscope eyepiece and that has a ruled scale; when calibrated with a slide micrometer, direct measurements of a microscopic object can be made. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ocular migraine | Vasospastic infarction of tissue in or about the eye during an otherwise typical migraine; a form of complicated migraine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ocular motility disorders | Disorders of eye movement resulting from malfunction of the sensory-motor mechanism of the eye which leads to faulty alignment of the eyes and/or visual impairment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ocular motor | Relating to or causing movements of the eyeball. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ocular motor apraxia | A congenital inability to initiate horizontal saccades. Children with this condition often use head thrusts to move their eyes to the left and right. (05 Mar 2000) |