Medical terminology pertaining to the eye
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| The process whereby the eyes make adjustments for seeing objects at various distances | show 🗑
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| Dullness of vision | show 🗑
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| A condition in which the pupils are unequal | show 🗑
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| A defect in the refractive powers of the eye in which a ray of light is not focused on the retina but is spread over an area | show 🗑
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| Pertaining to having two foci, as in bifocal glasses | show 🗑
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| Inflammation of the edges of the eyelids | show 🗑
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| A drooping of the upper eyelid(s) | show 🗑
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| An opacity of the crystalline lens or its capsule; most often in adults | show 🗑
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| A small, hard, painless cyst of a meibomian gland | show 🗑
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| Inflammation of the vascular coat of eye | show 🗑
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| Inflammation of the conjunctiva caused by allergy, trauma, chemical injury, bacterial, viral or rickettsial infection | show 🗑
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| The surgical process of transferring the cornea from a donor to a patient | show 🗑
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| A tumor-like swelling caused by obstruction of the tear duct(s) | show 🗑
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| Double vision | show 🗑
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| A record of the electrical response of the retina to light stimulation | show 🗑
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| show | emmetropia
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| show | entropion
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| A process of removing an entire part or mass without rupture, as the eyeball from its orbit | show 🗑
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| A condition in which the eye or eyes turn inward; crosses eyes | show 🗑
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| The turning outward of one or both eyes | show 🗑
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| show | glaucoma
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| show | gonioscope
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| show | hemianopia
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| A defect in vision in which parallel rays come to a focus beyond the retina; farsightedness | show 🗑
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| show | intraocular
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| Surgical excision of a portion of the iris | show 🗑
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| Inflammation of the cornea | show 🗑
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| show | keratoconjuntivitis
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| show | keratoplasty
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| show | hemianopia
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| A defect in vision in which parallel rays come to a focus beyond the retina; farsightedness | show 🗑
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| Surgical excision of a portion of the iris | show 🗑
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| show | iridocyclitis
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| Inflammation of the cornea | show 🗑
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| Inflammation of the cornea and the conjunctiva | show 🗑
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| show | keratoplasty
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| Pertaining to tears | show 🗑
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| An acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation | show 🗑
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| show | macular degeneration
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| show | microlens
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| show | miotic
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| show | mydriatic
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| A defect in vision in which parallel rays come to a focus in front of the retina | show 🗑
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| An involuntary, constant, rhythmic movement of the eyeball | show 🗑
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| Pertaining to the eye | show 🗑
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| One who specializes in the study of the eye | show 🗑
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| The study of the eye | show 🗑
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| An instrument used to examine the interior of the eye | show 🗑
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| show | optic
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| show | optician
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| show | optometrist
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| An instrument used to measure the strength of the muscles of the eye | show 🗑
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| The study and treatment of defective binocular vision resulting from defects in ocular musculature | show 🗑
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| show | phacolysis
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| show | phacosclerosis
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| The process of altering proteins in tissue by the use of light energy such as the laser beam; used in the treatment of retinal bleeding intraocular tumors | show 🗑
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| Unusual intolerance of light | show 🗑
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| show | presbyopia
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| show | pupillary
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| A surgical procedure that may be performed to correct nearsightedness (myopia). | show 🗑
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| Pertaining to the retina | show 🗑
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| Inflammation of the retina | show 🗑
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| A malignant tumor arising from the germ cell of the retina | show 🗑
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| Any disease of the retina | show 🗑
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| A disease of the retinal vessels present in premature infants | show 🗑
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| show | scleritis
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| A cghart for testing visual activity. It is printed with lines of black letters that are graduated in size | show 🗑
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| show | strabismus
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| show | sty
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| Recording of intraocular pressure used in detecting glaucoma | show 🗑
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| show | tonometer
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| show | trichiasis
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| Pertaining to having three foci | show 🗑
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| Pertaining to the second or vascular coat of the eye | show 🗑
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| Inflammation of the uvea | show 🗑
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| An eye condition in which there is dryness of the conjunctiva | show 🗑
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