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Tear film
The liquid layer bathing the cornea and conjunctiva. It creates a perfectly smooth liquid outer layer that polishes the corneal surface, mechanically traps and flushes out foreign bodies and chemicals, contains bacteriostatic substances…
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- Small inducible cytokine A2 See: MPC1
- Aperient Laxative. Used both as a noun (an aperient is a laxative) and adjective (prunes are an aperient fruit). From…
- Sudoriferous gland The sudoriferous (sweat) glands are small tubular structures situated within and under the skin (in the…
- Pneumoconiosis, coal miner's See: Black lung disease
- Litmus A pigment used as a test for acidity and alkalinity. Litmus paper turns red in acid and blue in an alkaline…
- Tunnel vision Loss of peripheral vision with retention of central vision, resulting in a constricted circular tunnel-like…
- Gun stock deformity See: Cubitus varus
- Fiber, elastic See: Elastic fiber
- IgM Immunoglobulin M, a major class of immunoglobulins. IgM includes the antibodies that are usually produced…
- Churg-Strauss syndrome Churg-Strauss syndrome: A disease characterized by inflammation of small arteries and veins in persons with a…
- Color hearing A form of chromesthesia in which hearing a musical tone elicits the perception of a color. In one case, an…