| SRT | sedimentation rate test; simple reaction time; sinus node recovery time; sitting root test; speech r... |
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| AION | Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy |
| AION | anterior ischemic optic neuropathy |
| AOT | accessory optic tract; Anderson Olsson table; anodal opening tetanus; Association of Occupational Th... |
| BOR | basal optic root; before time of operation; bowels open regularly; branchio-oto-renal [syndrome] |
| simple squamous epithelium | Epithelium composed of a single layer of flattened scalelike cells, such as mesothelium, endothelium, and that in the pulmonary alveoli. Synonym: pavement epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| simple ulcer | A local, not constitutional, ulcer not accompanied by marked pain or inflammation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simple urethritis | Urethritis not resulting from gonococcal, chlamydial, or other specific infectious agents. Synonym: simple urethritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lens, simple | <microscopy> A glass disk ground and polished with a spherical figure on one side and a plano, concave, or convex configuration on the other side. (05 Aug 1998) |
| axis, optic | <microscopy> The direction, or directions in an anisotropic crystal along which light is not doubly refracted. (05 Aug 1998) |
| ganglionic layer of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The inner layer of multipolar neurons in the retina consisting of the relatively large neurons that give rise to the fibres of the optic nerve. Synonym: stratum ganglionare nervi optici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vascular circle of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A network of branches of the short ciliary arteries on the sclera around the point of entrance of the optic nerve. Synonym: circulus vasculosus nervi optici, circulus arteriosus halleri, circulus zinnii, Haller's circle, Zinn's corona, Zinn's vascular circle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glioma of optic chiasm | A slow-growing tumour, usually an astrocytoma, of the optic chiasm in children. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial root of optic tract | The smaller division of the posterior end of the optic tract that disappears under the medial geniculate body. Synonym: radix medialis tractus optici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Graves' optic neuropathy | Visual dysfunction due to optic nerve compression in Graves' orbitopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pigment epithelium of optic retina | pigmented part of retina |
| 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) |