- posterior vitreous detachment
- posterior vitreous detachment n vitreous detachment
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posterior vitreous detachment
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Posterior vitreous detachment — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Schematic diagram of the human eye. DiseasesDB = 31271 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = A posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) is a condition of the eye… … Wikipedia
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desprendimiento posterior de vítreo — Eng. Posterior vitreous detachment Estado en que el cortex del vítreo está separado de la membrana limitante interna de la retina neurosensorial en la parte posterior de la base del vítreo. Enfermedad de Kitahara. Desprendimiento del vítreo… … Diccionario de oftalmología
desprendimiento del vítreo posterior — Eng. Posterior vitreous detachment Ver desprendimiento posterior de vítreo … Diccionario de oftalmología
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Optic disc pit — An optic disc pit is a congenital excavation (or regional depression) of the optic nerve head resulting from a malformation during development of the eye. Optic pits are important because they are associated with posterior vitreous detachments… … Wikipedia
detached retina — Separation of most layers of the retina of the eye from the choroid, the pigmented middle layer of the eyeball. With age, small tears can develop in the retina, and the vitreous humour inside the eyeball leaks through, separating the retina from… … Universalium
