| VOR | Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex |
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| AOC | abridged ocular chart; amyloxycarbonyl; anodal opening contraction; area of concern |
| AROA | autosomal recessive ocular albinism |
| ASOD | anterior segmental ocular dysgenesis |
| COACH | cerebellar vermis hypoplasia/aplasia-oligophrenia-congenital ataxia-ocular colobomata-hepatic fibros... |
| extra-ocular muscle disease | <radiology> Graves disease, pseudotumour, lymphoma, metastasis, infection, carotid-cavernous fistula, granulomatous disease (12 Dec 1998) |
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| filar micrometre ocular | <microscopy> A micrometre ocular with crossed lines which can be simultaneously focused in and moved across the field by means of a micrometre screw. The amount of displacement can be read in 0.01 steps on the micrometre drum head. This makes a very delicate measuring device, since calibration of the micrometre scale by means of a stage micrometre gives values for each interval on the drum head which are much less than the resolving power of the highest-aperture objectives. (05 Aug 1998) |
| fixational ocular movement | Rotation of the eyes during voluntary fixation on an object; tremors, flicks, and drifts occur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fixation, ocular | The direction of the gaze so that the visual image of the object falls on the fovea centralis of the retina, the area of the most acute vision. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Frenkel's anterior ocular traumatic syndrome | <syndrome> An obsolete term for traumatic iridoplegia, which consists of mydriasis, hyphema, small iris tears near the pupil, discrete punctate opacities of the lens, and occasionally iridodialysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absolute unit | A unit whose value is constant regardless of place or time and not derived from dependent on gravitation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alexin unit | The smallest amount (highest dilution) of complement that will cause haemolysis of a unit of red blood cells in the presence of a haemolysin unit. Synonym: alexin unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Allen-Doisy unit | The quantity of oestrogen capable of producing in a spayed mouse a characteristic change in the vaginal epithelium, namely, disappearance of leukocytes and appearance of cornified cells, as determined by a vaginal smear; equal approximately to one-half of an estrone unit. Synonym: mouse unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amboceptor unit | haemolysin unit |
| androgen unit | The androgenic activity of 100 ug (0.1 mg) of crystalline androsterone as assayed by the comb growth response in capons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antigen unit | The smallest amount of antigen that, in the presence of specific antiserum, will fix 1 complement unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antitoxin unit | A unit expressing the strength or activity of an antitoxin; in general, determined with reference to a preserved standard preparation of antitoxin. See: L doses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antivenene unit | The amount of antivenum which, injected in the ear vein, will protect 1 g weight of rabbit against a fatal dose of snake venom. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atomic mass unit | <chemistry> One-twelfth the mass of a neutral atom of the most abundant isotope of carbon. (16 Dec 1997) |
| Bethesda unit | A measure of inhibitor activity: the amount of inhibitor that will inactivate 50% or 0.5 unit of a coagulation factor during the incubation period. Origin: Bethesda, MD (05 Mar 2000) |