| CMAP | compound muscle (or motor) action potential |
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| cmpd | compound, compounded |
| CNAP | career nurse assistants' programs; compound nerve action potential |
| CO | carbon monoxide; cardiac output; castor oil; casualty officer; centric occlusion; cervical orthosis;... |
| comp | comparative; compensation, compensated; complaint; complete; composition; compound, compounded; comp... |
| lens, compound | <microscopy> A lens composed of two or more separate pieces of glass or other optical maternal. These component pieces or elements may or may not be cemented together. A common form of compound lens is a two-element objective, one element being a converging lens of crown glass and the other a diverging lens of flint glass. The combination of suitable glasses or other optical materials (plastics, minerals) properly ground and polished reduces aberrations normally present in a single lens. (05 Aug 1998) |
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