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pertaining to the eye or sight
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Optic
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Means outside the eyeball
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Extraocular
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AKA ptosis, is drooping of the eyelid
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Blepharoptosis
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AKA pinkeye, inflammation of the conjuctivia that is usually caused by an infection or allergy
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Conjuctivitis
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AKA choked disk, is swelling and inflammation of the optic nerve at the point of enterance
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Papilledema
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AKA double vision, perception of 2 images of a single object
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Diplopia
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AKA night blindness/night vision, condition which person with normal daytime vision cant see at night
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Nyctalopia
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condition of common changes in the eys that occur with aging
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Presbyopia
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AKA cross-eyes, strabismus characterized by the inward deviation of one or both eyes
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Esotropa
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AKA wall-eye, strabismus characterized by the outward deviation of one eye relative to the other
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Exotropia
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