See Also: giant drusen(medicine)
Puget Sound(encyclopedia)
Puget Sound(dictionary)
Puget, Pierre(encyclopedia)
VA Puget Sound Medical Center(health)
Puget Sound Behavioral Health(health)
Drusen(health)
drusen(medicine)
PUGET SOUND REFINERY Credit Union(finance)
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound(health)

Puget Sound (sh) and giant drusen (medicine)


Puget Sound (sh)




Arm of the Pacific Ocean indenting northwestern Washington, U.S. It was explored by the British navigator George Vancouver in 1792 and named by him for Peter Puget, a second lieutenant in his expedition, who probed the main channel.

It has many deepwater harbours, including Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, and Port Townsend, which are shipping ports for the rich farmlands along the river estuaries. It provides a sheltered area for recreational boating and salmon fishing.


giant drusen (medicine)


giant drusen


An obsolete term for a glial hamartoma of the optic nerve head or the peripapillary retina, seen in tuberous sclerosis.