| ALS | acute lateral sclerosis; advanced life support; afferent loop syndrome; amyotrophic lateral sclerosi... |
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| AMS | ablepharon-microstomia syndrome; acute mountain sickness; adenosylmethionine synthetase; aggravated ... |
| ams | amount of a substance |
| ANAS | anastomosis; auditory nerve activating substance |
| AS | acetylstrophanthidin; acidified serum; acoustic schwannoma; acoustic stimulation; active sarcoidosis... |
| ichthyosis sebacea cornea | A type of ichthyosis with vernix caseosa as seen in the newborn. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ectatic marginal degeneration of cornea | 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) |
| elastic layers of cornea | See: anterior limiting layer of cornea, posterior limiting layer of cornea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endothelial dystrophy of cornea | Spontaneous loss of corneal endothelium leading to oedema of the corneal stroma and epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transparent ulcer of the cornea | An obsolete term for an ulcer of the cornea, occurring usually in children, that heals without opacity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transplantation of cornea | corneal transplant |
| fleck dystrophy of cornea | A bilateral occurrence of subtle spots in the corneal stroma; the spots vary in size and shape, and have sharp margins and clear centres; photophobia may occur; autosomal dominant inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| floury cornea | Bilateral speckling of the posterior part of the corneal stroma. Synonym: floury cornea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| limbus of cornea | The margin of the cornea overlapped by the sclera. Synonym: limbus corneae, corneal margin, sclerocorneal junction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| limiting layers of cornea | anterior limiting layer of cornea, posterior limiting layer of cornea |
| alpha substance | A filamentous plasmatic material, beaded with granules, demonstrable by means of vital staining in the immature red blood cells. Synonym: alpha substance, filar mass, filar substance, substantia reticularis, substantia reticulofilamentosa. Synonym: reticular formation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior perforated substance | A region at the base of the brain through which numerous small branches of the anterior and middle cerebral arteries (lenticulostriate arteries) enter the depth of the cerebral hemisphere; it is bordered medially by the optic chasm and anterior half of the optic tract, rostrally and laterally by the lateral olfactory stria; its anteromedial part corresponds to the olfactory tubercle. Synonym: substantia perforata anterior, locus perforatus anticus, olfactory area. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autacoid substance | A substance formed metabolically by one set of cells, which alters the function of other cells. (This term is sometimes used in place of the term hormone.) (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacteriotropic substance | Opsonin or other substance that alters bacterial cells in such a manner that they are more susceptible to phagocytic action. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basophilic substance | The material consisting of granular endoplasmic reticulum and ribosomes that occurs in nerve cell bodies and dendrites. Synonym: basophil substance, basophilic substance, chromophil substance, Nissl bodies, Nissl granules, substantia basophilia, tigroid bodies, tigroid substance. (05 Mar 2000) |