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TEAR FILM BREAK UP TIME [1 record]

Record 1 2012-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • The Eye
OBS

... the tear film will normally break up in 10 to 30 seconds and show dry spots. Any dry spot that appears in less than 10 seconds is pathological.

Key term(s)
  • tear film break up time

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Oeil
CONT

La pose d'une lentille de contact pré-cornéenne doit être précédée de l'examen, au moyen du test de Schirmer et de l'étude du temps de rupture (B.U.T.) du film lacrymal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Ojo
DEF

Tiempo [que se] mide desde el último parpadeo hasta la aparición de la primera mancha seca.

OBS

Se considera anormal cuando es inferior a 10 segundos. Un déficit de mucina o lípidos también puede originar un tiempo de ruptura precoz.

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