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adjustment of the eye for various distances (so that the image falls on the retina of the eye)
accommodation
clearness or sharpness of a sensory function
acuity
tissues or structures in the body adjacent to or near a related structure
adnexa
humor
any fluid or semifluid of the body
any small bone, esp. one of the 3 ear bones
ossicle
impairment of hearing caused by old age
presbyacusis
disorder of the labyrinth that leads to progressive loss of hearing
Meniere (complete with vertigo, tinnitus)
anacusis
deafness
chronic, contagious form of conjunctivitis common in the SW USA, leads to blindness
trachoma
"choked disc" (from increased ocular pressure caused by intracranial pressure)
papilledema
night blindness
nyctalopia
visual distortion of objects
metamorphosia
hordeolum
sty
abnormal overflow of tears
epiphora
inward-turning of edge of lower eyelid
entropion
normal vision
emmetropia
ectropion
outward-turning of the edge of the lower eyelid
measurement of refractive error
diopter
movement of the 2 eyes so they are both looking at the object
convergence
small hard tumor on eyelid, similar to sebaceous cyst
chalazion
achromatopsia
color blindness
Author
ercienne
ID
50670
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senses (15)
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Updated
2010-11-20T03:13:36Z
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