| HME | Health Media Education; heat and moisture exchanger; heat, massage, and exercise |
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| LOM | left otitis media; limitation of motion; loss of motion |
| LOMSA | left otitis media suppurativa acuta |
| LOMSC, LOMSCh | left otitis media suppurativa chronica |
| MOM | milk of magnesia; mucoid otitis media |
| pigment epithelium of optic retina | pigmented part of retina |
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| coloboma of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A congenital notch in the formation of the optic nerve, appearing as a craterlike excavation at the optic disk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postlaminar part of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The portion of the optic nerve posterior to the lamina cribrosa of the sclera. Synonym: pars postlaminaris nervi optici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prelaminar part of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The portion of the optic nerve anterior to the lamina cribrosa of the sclera. Synonym: pars prelaminaris nervi optici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| principal optic axis | A line passing through the centre of the lens of a refracting system at right angles to its surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| septo-optic dysplasia | <radiology> Blindness, hypopituitarism, hypoplastic optic nerves, optic chiasm rotated 90 degrees, bulbous 3rd ventricle, CT findings: absent septum pellucidum, small optic nerves (12 Dec 1998) |
| neural layer of optic retina | See: retina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neuroma, optic | A benign tumour of the optic nerve. (12 Dec 1998) |
| depression of optic disk | The normally occurring depression or pit in the centre of the optic disc. Synonym: excavatio disci, depression of optic disk, excavatio papillae, physiologic cup, physiologic excavation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| drusen of the optic nerve head | Basophilic, laminated, calcareous acellular masses that resemble crystals within the nerve head, anterior to the lamina cribrosa, that may simulate papilledema and/or cause visual field defects. Synonym: intrapapillary drusen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dural sheath of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The outer sheath around the optic nerve, continuous with the dura mater. Synonym: vagina externa nervi optici, dural sheath of optic nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal sheath of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The innermost sheath around the optic nerve, continuous with the leptomeninges (pia-arachnoid) and including a cerebrospinal fluid-filled intervaginal space, continuous with the subarachnoid space. Synonym: vagina interna nervi optici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intersheath spaces of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The spaces within the internal sheath of the optic nerve, between the arachnoidal and pial layers, filled with cerebrospinal fluid and continuous with the subarachnoid space. Synonym: spatia intervaginalia nervi optici, intersheath spaces of optic nerve, Schwalbe's spaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intervaginal space of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The spaces within the internal sheath of the optic nerve, between the arachnoidal and pial layers, filled with cerebrospinal fluid and continuous with the subarachnoid space. Synonym: spatia intervaginalia nervi optici, intersheath spaces of optic nerve, Schwalbe's spaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intracanicular part of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The part of the optic nerve lying within the optic canal. Synonym: pars intracanaliculus nervi optici. (05 Mar 2000) |