| PBC | peripheral blood cell; point of basal convergence; pre-bed care; primary biliary cirrhosis; progesti... |
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| PcB | near point of convergence to the intercentral base line [punctum convergens basalis] |
| ACU | acquired cold urticaria; acute care unit; agar colony-forming unit; ambulatory care unit |
| BU | base of prism up; Bethesda unit; blood urea; Bodansky unit; bromouracil; burn unit |
| CICU | cardiac intensive care unit; cardiovascular inpatient care unit; coronary intensive care unit |
| ocular hypertelorism | <clinical sign, ophthalmology> Extreme width between the eyes, mental retardation may be associated. (13 Nov 1997) |
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| 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) |
| ocular muscles | The voluntary muscles which control eye movement (27 Sep 1997) |
| ocular myiasis | Invasion of the conjunctival sac or eyeball by larvae of flies, e.g., Hypoderma bovis, H. Lineata, Sarcophaga, or Gasterophilus intestinalis. Synonym: ophthalmomyiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ocular myopathy | A specific type of slowly worsening weakness of the ocular muscles, usually associated with a pigmentary retinopathy. See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome, oculopharyngeal dystrophy. Synonym: ocular myopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ocular nystagmus | The pendular or, rarely, jerky nystagmus seen in severely reduced vision. Synonym: amaurotic nystagmus. (05 Mar 2000) |