| BMS | Bachelor of Medical Science; betamethasone; biomedical monitoring system; biomedical science; bleomy... |
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| BuMed | Bureau of Medicine and Surgery |
| CRS | Carroll rating scale for depression; catheter-related sepsis; caudal regression syndrome; cervical s... |
| DMS | delayed match-to-sample; delayed microembolism syndrome; demarcation membrane system; department of ... |
| DOMS | Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery |
| sugar cataract | Any cataract associated with intralenticular accumulation of pentose or hexose alcohols. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| nuclear cataract | A cataract involving the nucleus. Synonym: hard cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sunflower cataract | chalcosis lentis |
| sutural cataract | A congenital type of cataract with opacities along the Y sutures of the foetal lens nucleus; usually does not affect vision. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dendritic cataract | A congenital sutural cataract with complicated branching. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diabetic cataract | A cataract occurring in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. (27 Sep 1997) |
| disk-shaped cataract | Congenital cataract in which a central white membrane replaces the nucleus. Synonym: disk-shaped cataract, life-belt cataract, umbilicated cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| immature cataract | A stage of partial lens opacification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infantile cataract | A cataract affecting a very young child. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infrared cataract | A cataract secondary to absorption of heat by the lens, or by transmission from the adjacent iris. Synonym: furnacemen's cataract, glassworker's cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intumescent cataract | A cataract swollen because of fluid absorption. (05 Mar 2000) |
| overripe cataract | A cataract in which the lens cortex becomes liquid, with the nucleus gravitating within the capsule (Morgagni's cataract). Synonym: overripe cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tetany cataract | A cataract that develops in hypocalcaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electric cataract | A cataract caused by contact with a high-power electric current, or a lightning bolt. Synonym: cataracta electrica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| embryonic cataract | A congenital cataract situated near the anterior Y suture of the foetal lens nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |