dot (dot) a small spot or speck.
DOT,
Gunn's dots white dots seen about the macula lutea on oblique illumination.
Maurer's dots irregular dots, staining red with Leishman's stain, seen in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium falciparum.
Mittendorf's dot a congenital anomaly manifested as a small gray or white opacity just inferior and nasal to the posterior pole of the lens, representing the remains of the lenticular attachment of the hyaloid artery; it does not affect vision.
Schüffner's dots minute granules observed in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium vivax when stained by certain methods.
Trantas' dots small, white calcareous-looking dots in the limbus of the conjunctiva in vernal conjunctivitis.
dot (d t)n. A tiny round mark made by or as if by a pointed instrument; a spot. |
DOT,
1 abbreviation for Department of Transportation.
2 abbreviation for direct observation therapy.
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