- pupillary border
- Pupillenrand m
Fachwörterbuch Medizin Englisch-Deutsch. 2013.
pupillary border
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border — The part of a surface that forms its outer boundary. SEE ALSO: edge, margin, b.. SYN: margo [TA]. alveolar b. 1. the most occlusal edge of the alveolar bone; 2. SYN: alveolar process of … Medical dictionary
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sphincterectomy — 1. Excision of a portion of the pupillary border of the iris. 2. Dissecting away any sphincter muscle. [sphincter + G. ektome, excision] * * * sphinc·ter·ec·to·my .sfiŋk tər ek tə mē n … Medical dictionary
sphincterolysis — An operation for freeing the iris from the cornea in anterior synechia involving only the pupillary border. [sphincter, + G. lysis, loosening] * * * sphinc·ter·ol·y·sis (sfingk″tər olґĭ sis) [sphincter + lysis] the operation of… … Medical dictionary
Koeppe nodules — white to gray nodules observed at the pupillary border in chronic inflammation of the iris, and consisting of accumulations of epithelioid cells and lymphocytes … Medical dictionary
pigment seam — the portion of the pigmented epithelium of the iris which bends forward around the pupillary border … Medical dictionary
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angle — The meeting point of two lines or planes; the figure formed by the junction of two lines or planes; the space bounded on two sides by lines or planes that meet. For angles not listed below, see the descriptive term; e.g., axioincisal, distobuccal … Medical dictionary
