Kazakh-English Electronic Explanatory Dictionary of Ophthalmology Terms
Сentral vision
The faculty of seeing; called also sight.The basic components of vision are the eye itself, the visual center in the …
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Central retinal fovea
A depression in the center of the macula retinae containing only cones and lacking blood vessels.
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Cyanopsia/ chromatopsia
A visual defect in which colored objects appear unnaturally colored and colorless objects appear tinged with color. The chromatopsias are …
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Ciliary muscle
The intrinsic smooth muscle of the ciliary body of eyeball; it consists of circular fibers (fibrae circulares, radial fibers (fibrae …
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Ciliary Body
The middle part of the second tunic,composed of ciliary processes, ciliary veins,ciliary muscles, ciliary nerves and arteries.
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.
Ligament of Zinn. The Ciliary Ligament or circle
Ligament of Zinn. The Ciliary L., or circle (annulus albidus), is the bond of union between the ex-ternal and middle …
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.
Maddox rod and scale
This is not a rod but a series of cylindrical grooves ground usually into a coloured piece of glass and …
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Slit lamp
An apparatus for projecting a narrow flat beam of intense light into the eye. Slit lamp one embodying a diaphragm …
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Punctum of the eye
The lacrimal puncta are small openings on the upper and lower eyelids. They act as drainage ports for tears. While …
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Evisceration
Removal of the inner contents of the eye with the exception of the sclera. It is usually performed when there …
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