1 The formation of protein clumps in the vitreous gel. 2  These types of eye floaters tend to look like squiggles, cobwebs, tadpoles, or circles. 3  They remain in the vitreous gel permanently, and people tend to ignore them. 4  The bursting of blood vessels in the retina as the shrinking vitreous gel pulls on them.
Definitions: 1. Abbreviation for axis. The definition information for ax is provided by Stedman's. You can search our medical dictionary here.
Thorac/o is the combining form for the chest, which is also known as teh thorax. Leuk/o means white. Pulmon/o means lung. Col/o means colon (large intestine). The combining form meaning spinal cord or bone marrow is ___. myel/o. Myel/o has a dual meaning: bone marrow and spinal cord. Spin/o means spine, thorac/o means chest; lumb/o is the lower, lumbar, spine.