irritable bowel syndrome. any combination of common disturbances of the bowel, as diarrhea or constipation, occurring with abdominal pain, sometimes accompanied by psychological stress. Abbreviation: IBS. Expand
Definition of wet aging WET AGING: Aging beef that has been vacuum packaged (sometimes referred to as âvacuum agingâ). Temperature and time conditions are the same as for dry aging, but because the product is in a vacuum package, humidity and airflow are not critical. Once the vacuum package is opened, however, any further aging is done under the same conditions as those of dry aging.
Treatment is not generally available. The exudative (neovascular or wet) type is characterized by the growth of a neovascular membrane within or very close to the macula, resulting in distorted and blurred vision. The vision loss from this type of macular degeneration may be only of hand movements.