Outer Segment

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
OS
Pronunciation
/ˈaʊtər ˌsɛgˈmɛnt/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. The telescopic clothes hanging rod is composed of an inner segment rod ( 3 ) and an outer segment rod ( 4 ), and the outer segment rod is inserted in the inner segment rod.
  2. Connecting cilium and accessory outer segment are present in both rods and cones.
  3. The expression of VIP exists on photoreceptor - outer segment, inner nuclear layer and inner plexiform layer of retina and choroids, and weak expression exists on ganglion cell and nerve fiber layer.
  4. Conclusions Puerarin could postpone lesion occurrence of retinal outer nuclear layer cell and photoreceptor outer segment.
  5. The membranous disc of outer segment were broken or disappeared in the inferior retina at 2 months after operation.

Other meanings of OS

Open Source Computing
Open Systems Misc
Operating System Academic
Open System Computing
Operating Software Gov
Online Services Computing
Online Service Misc
Occupational Safety Medical
Oxygen Saturation Medical
On Steroids Misc