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disciform

[′dis·kə‚fȯrm]

(biology)

Disk-shaped.

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Disciform massive ganglion in the Henle plexus with perikarya numbered 1 to 20 (hematoxylin-eosin, original magnification X600).

Massive Submucosal Ganglia in Colonic Inertia

Capitula homogamous or heterogamous; discoid, radiate, ligulate, or disciform; receptacle epaleate, less frequently paleate, glabrous to pubescent, alveolate, ciliate, setose to fimbriate; involucre uniseriate to multiseriate.

The subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae)

Capitulescences monocephalous, terminal; capitula sessile to pedunculate, homogamous or heterogamous, discoid, disciform, or radiate; receptacle epaleate; involucre multiseriate, phyllaries acute at the apex or with an apical, showy appendage.

The subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae)

Disciform scarring and macular CNV secondary to POHS is a well-known complication which leads to loss of visual acuity or visual disturbance.

Multiple intravitreal ranibizumab injections for persistant choroidal neovascularization associated with presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome

Gass, "Diseases causing choroidal exudative and hemorrhagic localized (disciform) detachment of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium," in Stereoscopic Atlas of Macular Diseases.

Detection of Silent Type I Choroidal Neovascular Membrane in Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Using En Face Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography

Central herpetic disciform keratitis can mimic FED but the presence of keratic precipitates helps to differentiate the condition.

Managing cataract patients with Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy

Capitulescences monocephalous, on scapes; capitula heterogamous, disciform or radiate; receptacle epaleate; involucre multiseriate.

The subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae)

(46) AMD, extramacular disciform lesions, spontaneous subretinal hemorrhage, polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and various lesions such as arterial macroaneurysm that present with hemorrhage may simulate choroidal melanoma.

Uveal melanoma: current trends in diagnosis and management

Signs of CNV consist of subretinal blood, subretinal fluid, lipid exudation, retinal pigment epithelial detachment, and subretinal fibrosis (disciform scar).

Choroidal neovascular membrane

We excluded those who (1) showed any signs in the fundus consistent with pathologic myopia, such as choroidal neovascularization, macular hemorrhage, Fuchs spot, lacquer cracks, disciform degeneration, or chorioretinal atrophy or (2) required the use of ophthalmic drug treatment.

The relationship between visual field global indices and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in healthy myopes

In addition, there is evidence that most treated eyes develop large fibrosis leading to a disciform scar (Shaikh et al.

Intravitreal bevacizumab for treatment of choroidal neovascularization secondary to angioid streaks