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34 Cards in this Set
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Accommodation
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Process by which the eyes make adjustments to see objects at various distance
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Amblyopia
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Dullness of vision
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Anisocoria
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Condition in which pupils are unequal
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Aphakia
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Condition in which lens in absent
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Astigmatism
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Defect in the reflective powers of the eye in which ray of light is not focused on the retina
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Bifocal
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Pertaining to having two foci, as in bifocal glasses,
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Blephartitis
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Eyelid inflammation
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Blepharoptosis
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Dropping of the upper eyelid
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Cataract
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Opacity of the lens
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Choroiditis
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inflammation of the vascular coat of the eye
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Conjunctivitis
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inflammation of the conjuctiva (pink eye)
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Cycloplegia
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Paralysis of ciliary muscle
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Diplopia
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Double vision
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Emmetropia
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Normal vision
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Esotropia
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Condition in which the eyes turn inward
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Exotropia
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Turning outward of the eyes
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Glaucoma
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Increase in inraocular pressure
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Hyperopia
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Vision defect in which parallel rays comes to a focus beyond the retina
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Iridocyclitis
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Inflammation of the iris & ciliary & conjuctiva
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Miotoic
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An agent that causes the pupil to contract
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Mydratic
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Agent that causes the pupil to dialate
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Myopia
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Vision defect in which parallel rays comes to a focus in front of the retina
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Nyctalopia
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Condition in which the individual has diffuculty seeing at night
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Nystagmus
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Involuntary, constant, rhythmic movement of the eyeball
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Optic
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Pertaining to the eye
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Photophobia
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Unusual intolerance to light
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Presbyopia
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Vision defect in which parallel rays come to a focus beyond the retina
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Retinitis
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Inflammation of the retina
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Retinoblastoma
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Tumor arising from the germ cell of the retina
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Scleritis
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Inflammation of the sclera (white of the eye)
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Strabismus
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Disorder of they eye in the optic cannot be directed to the same object
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Uyeal
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Pertaining to the second or vascular coat of the eye
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Xenophthalmia
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Inflamed eye condition caused by foreign material
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Xerophthalmia
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Dry eye condition
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