Anterior Capsule Opacification
Glossary
|Expression |Abbreviation |Description |
|Accommodation |- |The ability of the eye to automatically change focus. |
|Anterior Capsule Opacification |ACO |The anterior side of the lens becomes opaque. |
|Anterior Chamber |AC |The area behind the cornea, in front of the iris and |
| | |the lens, filled with fluid called aqueous humour. |
|Atomic Force Microscopy |AFM |3D imagery utilising the attractive and repulsive |
| | |forces of two bodies in close contact. |
|Aphakia |- |Condition of the eye when the natural lens has been |
| | |removed. |
|Aqueous Humour |- |Clear fluid in the eye which provides nutrients. |
|Balanced Salt Solution |BSS |Liquid the sample prostheses arrived in. |
|Bioactive |- |A substance that can be acted on by a living tissue. |
|Biocompatible |- |The definition of a substance that can be used as a |
| | |system or part of a system that treats or replaces any|
| | |function, organs or tissues in the body. |
|Blood Aqueous Barrier |BAB |The anatomical mechanism that prevents exchange of |
| | |materials between the chambers of the eye and the |
| | |blood. |
|Capsular bag |- |Sack positioned behind the iris that contains the |
| | |natural lens. |
|Cataract |- |Name given to the natural lens when it becomes cloudy,|
| | |impairing vision. |
|Ciliary muscles |- |Muscles in the eye responsible for accommodation. |
|Cornea |- |Clear part of the eye covering the iris and pupil. |
|Cystoid Macular Odema |CMO |A swelling in the eye caused by disease, injury and |
| | |sometimes eye surgery. |
|Differential Scanning Calorimetry |DSC |Thermal Analysis. |
|Diopter |D |Unit that measures the refractive power of a lens. |
|Dysphotopsias |- |Unwanted images. |
|Epithelioid cells |- |Activated macrophages. |
|Equilibrium Water Content |EWC |The amount of water a material houses as a fraction of|
| | |its dehydrated state. |
|Extracellular Matrix |ECM |Any material produced by cells and secreted into the |
| | |surrounding medium. |
|Fibroblast cells |- |Resident cell of connective tissue, mesodermally |
| | |derived, that secretes fibrillar procollagen, |
| | |fibronectin and collagenase. |
|Fibronectin |- |Glycoprotein of high molecular weight that occurs in |
| | |insoluble fibrillar form in extracellular matrix of |
| | |tissues and is soluble in plasma. |
|Food and Drug Administration |FDA |A United States government body who oversees medical |
| | |devices including IOLs. |
|Fourier Transform Infrared |FTIR |An analytical technique used to identify materials by |
| | |measuring their infrared light wavelengths and |
| | |identifying their molecular components and structures.|
|Giant Foreign Body Cells |- |Masses produced by the fusion of many cells. |
|Glucose |- |The chief source of energy for living organisms. |
|Haptic |- |Means by which the optic portion of the lens is held |
| | |in position. |
|Hydrophilic |- |To have an affinity for water. |
|Hydrophobic |- |Lacking affinity for water. |
|Implanted |- |Surgically placed inside the body. |
|Intraocular Lens |IOL |Artificial lens that an ophthalmic surgeon places in a|
| | |patient’s eye after removing the eye’s natural lens. |
|Iris |- |Coloured part of the eye that is a diaphragm opening |
| | |and closing to allow in more or less light. |
|Lens |- |Nearly spherical shaped body in the eye which focuses |
| | |light rays onto the retina. |
|Lens Epithelial Cell |LEC |Cells that make up the capsular bag. |
|Multifocal |- |Type of lens design which includes more that one focal|
| | |area. |
|Neodium:YAG |Nd:YAG |Laser treatment for treatment of opacification. |
|Ophthalmic Surgeon |- |An eye doctor who also carries out eye surgery. |
|Perspex |- |Trade name for acrylic resin. |
|Polymethylmethacrylate |PMMA |The original hard lens material. |
|Posterior Capsule Opacification |PCO |One of the many varieties of cell's that form |
| | |epithelium, which covers the internal and external |
| | |surfaces of the body. |
|Posterior Chamber |PC |Part of the eye behind the iris. |
|Protein |- |Naturally present in tears, deposits on foreign |
| | |surfaces. |
|Pupil |- |Round dark centre of the eye. |
|Retina |- |Layer at the back of the eye that has millions of |
| | |light sensitive nerve cells connecting to the brain |
| | |via the optic nerve. |
|Scanning Electron Microscopy |SEM |Imagery gained by firing electrons at a conductive |
| | |sample surface. |
|Swell Factor |- |The amount a material expands after immersion in a |
| | |fluid. |
|Ultraviolet |UV |Harmful solar rays occurring at a wavelength 40. |
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