| compound eye | The eye of arthropods, most highly developed in insects and crustaceans; the eye consists of a group of functionally related visual elements (ommatidia) whose corneal surfaces collectively form a segment of a sphere. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| compound flap | A flap of 2 or more elements incorporating underlying muscle, bone, or cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compound fracture | Fracture in which the skin is perforated and there is an open wound down to the fracture. Synonym: compound fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compound gland | A gland whose larger excretory ducts branch repeatedly into smaller ducts, which ultimately drain secretory units. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compound granule cell | A lipid-laden microglial phagocyte commonly seen at the edge of healing brain infarcts, a result of cellular phagocytosis of lipid from necrotic or degenerating brain cells. Synonym: compound granule cell. Origin: Ger. Gitterzelle, fr. Gitter, lattice, wire-net (05 Mar 2000) |
| compound heterozygote | In medical genetics, the presence of two different mutant alleles at the same loci. Synonym: genetic compound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compound hyperopic astigmatism | Astigmatism in which all meridians are hyperopic but to different degrees. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compound joint | A joint composed of three or more skeletal elements, or in which two anatomically separate joints function as a unit. For example, the telonavicular and calcaneocuboid joints act together as the compound transverse tarsal joint. Synonym: articulatio complexa, articulatio composita, composite joint, compound articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compound lens | An optical system of two or more lenses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compound lipids | Lipids containing N and P atoms in addition to the usual C, H, and O. Compare: homolipids. Synonym: compound lipids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compound myopic astigmatism | Astigmatism in which all meridians are myopic but to different degrees. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compound name | <zoology> One that is formed by the union of two or more basic components, excluding prefixes and suffixes. For example striatoradiatus, novaeguineae, fritzmuelleri, c-album (09 Jan 1998) |
| compound nevus | A nevus in which there are nests of melanocytes in the epidermal-dermal junction and in the dermis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compound odontoma | <tumour> An odontoma in which the odontogenic tissues are organised and resemble anomalous teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compound pregnancy | Development of a uterine pregnancy in addition to a previously existing ectopic pregnancy (usually a lithopedion). (05 Mar 2000) |