Kazakh-English Electronic Explanatory Dictionary of Ophthalmology Terms
Contact Lenses
Lenses that are placed on the corneal surface or sclera. They have either anoptical, therapeutic or cosmetic purpose.
Ophthalmic Dictionary including pronunciation, derivation and definition of the words used in Optometry and Ophthalmology by James J. Lewis, Oph. D. Professor of Optometry in the Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology and Otology, Chicago.
An eye contusion / black eye
a condition where the soft tissues surrounding the eye become bruised and swollen
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Myopic conus
A cone. A crescentic patch of a trophic choroid tissue near the optic papilla in myopia.A cone. A crescentic patch …
Ophthalmic Dictionary including pronunciation, derivation and definition of the words used in Optometry and Ophthalmology by James J. Lewis, Oph. D. Professor of Optometry in the Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology and Otology, Chicago.
Conjunctiva
The mucous membrane of the eye. It covers the anterior sur- face of the eye, passing backward about onehalf inch, …
Ophthalmic Dictionary including pronunciation, derivation and definition of the words used in Optometry and Ophthalmology by James J. Lewis, Oph. D. Professor of Optometry in the Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology and Otology, Chicago.
Conjunctivitis
Inflammationof the conjunctiva.
Ophthalmic Dictionary including pronunciation, derivation and definition of the words used in Optometry and Ophthalmology by James J. Lewis, Oph. D. Professor of Optometry in the Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology and Otology, Chicago.
Conjunctival sac
the space bound by the conjunctival membrane between the palpebral and bulbar conjunctiva, into which the lacrimal fluid is secreted; …
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Conjunctival fornix
Conjunctival fornix the space formed by the junction of the bulbar and palpebral portions of the conjunctiva, that of the …
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Strabismus
That condition inwhich the eyes are not parallel for distantvision. The visual axis of one eye only is di- rected …
Ophthalmic Dictionary including pronunciation, derivation and definition of the words used in Optometry and Ophthalmology by James J. Lewis, Oph. D. Professor of Optometry in the Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology and Otology, Chicago.
Pterygium (ter-yg'-i-um). (Gr. pteryx = wing.)
A thickening or growth of the conjunctiva,having the appearance of a fly's wing, usuallyon the nasal side of the eye, …
Ophthalmic Dictionary including pronunciation, derivation and definition of the words used in Optometry and Ophthalmology by James J. Lewis, Oph. D. Professor of Optometry in the Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology and Otology, Chicago.