Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.IOP
pressure exerted by the fluids inside the eyeball; regulated by resistance to the outward flow of aqueous humor; "glaucoma can result from increased intraocular pressure"
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State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Blindness.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Inflammation of the conjunctiva.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Quality of bbeing farsighted.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Alt. of Hypermetropy
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.A condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Hypermetropia.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.pressure exerted by the fluids inside the eyeball; regulated by resistance to the outward flow of aqueous humor; "glaucoma can result…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Inflammation of the cornea.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.eye disease caused by degeneration of the cells of the macula lutea and results in blurred vision; can cause blindness
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before they rea…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.See Myopic, and Myopia.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Words connected by meaning
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glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor; "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, exerted, fluids, inside, eyeball.glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor; "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, exerted, fluids, inside, eyeball.the pressure of the circulating blood on the arteries; "arterial pressure is the product of cardiac output and vascular resistance"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, exerted, fluids, inside, eyeball.the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the he…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, exerted, fluids, inside, eyeball.The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, exerted, fluids, inside, eyeball.glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces gradual loss of peripheral vision; "open-angle glaucoma is the most comm…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, exerted, fluids, inside, eyeball.glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor; "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, exerted, fluids, inside, eyeball.The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, exerted, fluids, inside, eyeball.The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, exerted, fluids, inside, eyeball.Ill humor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, exerted, fluids, inside, eyeball.The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to have cried out "Eureka! eureka!" (I have found it! I have found it!), upon su…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, exerted, fluids, inside, eyeball.The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body with the hand,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, exerted, fluids, inside, eyeball.Relating to the pressure exerted by earth or similar substance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pressure, exerted, fluids, inside, eyeball.Explore Academic Dictionary
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