See Also: pars prelaminaris nervi optici(medicine)
pars vagalis nervi accessorii(medicine)
pars intracanaliculus nervi optici(medicine)
pars vestibularis nervi vestibulocochlearis(medicine)
pars orbitalis nervi optici(medicine)
pars intracranialis nervi optici(medicine)
pars spinalis nervi accessorii(medicine)
pars postlaminaris nervi optici(medicine)
pars intralaminaris nervi optici(medicine)
pars intraocularis nervi optici(medicine)

pars prelaminaris nervi optici (medicine) and slough(1) (iou)


pars prelaminaris nervi optici (medicine)


pars prelaminaris nervi optici -->
prelaminar part of optic nerve
<anatomy, nerve> The portion of the optic nerve anterior to the lamina cribrosa of the sclera.

Synonym: pars prelaminaris nervi optici.


slough(1) (iou)



slough noun1. OE.
[Origin unkn. Cf. SLEW noun1.]
a. A piece of soft miry ground, a swamp; esp. a hole in the ground filled with wet mud. OE.
J. Irving The driveway was a slough of mud.
b. Soft mud etc. of which a slough is composed. Long rare or obsolete. ME.
A state of degradation, depression, etc., into which a person sinks. ME.
Slough of Despond: see DESPOND noun.
P. Angadi He cringed into..a slough of self-hate.
A ditch, a drain; a rut. M16-L17.
A slew, a body of stagnant water. Also, a side channel of a river. N. Amer. M17.
Comb.: slough grass N. Amer. any of several coarse grasses of sloughs or watery depressions, esp. species of the genus Muhlenbergia.
sloughy adjective1 of the Nature of slough or soft mud; miry, muddy: LME.