Kazakh-English Electronic Explanatory Dictionary of Ophthalmology Terms
Аchromat
а person who cannot perceive colour or differentiate between any 2 colour samples, except based on luminosity differences.
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Duteranopia
defective color vision, with confusion ofgreens and reds, and retentionof thesensory mechanism for only thehuesof blueandyellow.adj.,adjdeuteranop´ic.
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Dermoid cyst
1. atumor ofdevelopmental origin consisting of afibrous wall lined withstratifiedepitheliumandcontaininghairfollicles,sweatglands,sebaceousglands,nerveelements,andteeth;a teratoma. Whenthesecystsoccurintheovarytheymaypresentnosymptoms,buttheirlongpediclesmaycausetwisting, resulting in acute abdominal pain.2. abenign teratoma oftheovary, …
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Descemet's membrane
The fourth layer of the cornea.
Ophthalmic Dictionary including pronunciation, derivation and definition of the words used in Optometry and Ophthalmology by James J. Lewis, Oph. D. Professor of Optometry in the Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology and Otology, Chicago.
Descemetocoele/keratoсoеlе
A forward bulging of Descemet's membrane due to either trauma or a deep corneal ulcer which has eroded the overlying …
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Diabetic retinopathy/
Retinal manifestations of diabetes mellitus, including microaneurysms and punctate exudates. There are two major forms of diabetic retinopathy, nonproliferative and …
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Diagnosis
1. determination of the nature of a cause of a disease.2. a concise technical description of the cause, nature, or …
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Surgical diathermy (redirected from diathermocoagulation)
The use of high-frequency electromagnetic currents as a form of physical therapy and in surgical procedures. The term diathermy is …
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