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| Any flaw during the manufacture(grinding)of a lens interfering with vision | Aberration (abb-er-ray-shun)
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| Increase in the focusing power allowing the eye to see clearer @ diff. locations | Accommodation
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| Ability for the eye to retain an image during eye blinks | After-image phenomenon
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| Defective vision that can't be corrected by glasses or lenses (lazy eye) | Amblyopia (am-blee-OH-pee-uh)
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| One eye nearsighted the other farsighted | Antimetropia (anti-met-TROPE-ee-uh)
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| Absence of a crystalline lens in the eye (after cataract removal) | Aphakia (ay-FAY-key-uh)
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| Eyeglasses using two different powers in each lens | Bifocals
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| A clouding or yellowing of the eye's crystalline lens | Cataract
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| Eyelashes | Cilium (SILLY-um)
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| Inflammation of the conjunctiva (pink eye) | Conjunctivitis
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| Transparent front part of the eye providing focusing power | Cornea
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| Usually expressed as "D" is a unit of measure expressing the power of the perscription | Diopter
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| An eye-muscle disorder, a single object is seen as a pair | Diplopia (Double Vision)
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| A disease with increased pressure within the eyeball | Glaucoma
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| Measurement of visual acuity at the reading distance | Jaeger test
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| Device for measuring the power of prescription for eyeglasses or contacts | Lensometer, Vertometer
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| A headache that usually occurs on one side of the head(visual disturbances follow) | Migraine
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| Able to see close up better than faraway | Myopia (Nearsightedness)
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| Age-related vision defect requiring reading glasses or (diff multifocals)for correction | Presbyopia
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| Blk, circular hole in the iris that regulates the amount of light entering the eye | Pupil
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| Automatic contraction of the pupil when exposed to light and sources | Pupillary Reflex
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| Opaque white of the eye connected to the cornea | Sclera
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| Farsightedness | Hyperopia
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