| TBC | thyroxine-binding coagulin; total body calcium; total body clearance; tuberculosis |
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| TBW | total body water; total body weight |
| WBS | Wechsler-Bellevue Scale; whole-blood serum; whole-body scan; Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome; withdrawal... |
| CCFMG | Cooperating Committee on Foreign Medical Graduates |
| CEFMG | Council on Education for Foreign Medical Graduates |
| eye infections, viral | Infections of the eye caused by minute intracellular agents. These infections may lead to severe inflammation in various parts of the eye - conjunctiva, iris, eyelids, etc. Several viruses have been identified as the causative agents. Among these are herpes virus, adenovirus, poxvirus, and myxovirus. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| eye injuries | Damage or trauma inflicted to the eye by external means. The concept includes both surface injuries and intraocular injuries. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eye injuries, penetrating | Deeply perforating or puncturing type intraocular injuries. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eye lens | <physics> The lens nearest the eye in any ocular. (05 Aug 1998) |
| eye manifestations | Ocular disorders attendant upon non-ocular disease or injury. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eye movements | Voluntary or reflex-controlled movements of the eye. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eye ointment | A special ointment for application to the eye that must be free from particles and must be nonirritating to the eye. Synonym: eye ointment, oculentum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eye protective devices | Personal devices for protection of the eyes from impact, flying objects, glare, liquids, or injurious radiation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eye reflex | A red glow reflected from the fundus of the eye when a light is cast upon the retina, as in retinoscopy. Synonym: eye reflex, fundus reflex, pupillary reflex. Synonym: pyramid of light. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eye socket | Generally the orbit, although the true "socket" for the eyeball, into which a prosthetic eye would be inserted, is formed by the fascial sheath of the eyeball. Synonym: orbit. Tooth socket, a socket in the alveolar process of the maxilla or mandible, into which each tooth fits and is attached by means of the periodontal ligament. Synonym: alveolus dentalis, alveolus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eye speculum | An instrument for keeping the eyelids apart during inspection of or operation on the eye. Synonym: blepharostat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| far point of eye | <microscopy> For the normal eye, the far point is at infinity. The rays of light from an infinitely distant point source are parallel and can be focused with the accommodation muscles of the eye entirely relaxed. See: accommodation, near point of the eye. (05 Aug 1998) |
| ferret-eye | <zoology> The spur-winged goose; so called from the red circle around the eyes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fibrous tunic of eye | The outer layer of the eyeball composed of the sclera and cornea. Synonym: tunica fibrosa bulbi, tunica externa oculi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fish eye disease | <disease> An inherited disorder resulting in low HDL cholesterol and corneal opacities; also, low LCAT activity. (05 Mar 2000) |