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achromatopsia Tweet Definition of achromatopsia Like Definition of achromatopsia on Facebook
noun 
  1. achromatopia
     
adaptation Tweet Definition of adaptation Like Definition of adaptation on Facebook
noun 
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being adapted; adaption; adjustment.
  2. (uncountable) Adjustment to extant conditions: as, adjustment of a sense organ to the intensity or quality of stimulation; modification of some thing or its parts that makes it more fit for existence under the conditions of its current environment
  3. (countable)Something which has been adapted; variation.
     
amblyopia Tweet Definition of amblyopia Like Definition of amblyopia on Facebook
noun 
  1. dimness or blurring of the eyesight due to a fault in transmission of signals to the brain
     
arcus senilis Tweet Definition of arcus senilis Like Definition of arcus senilis on Facebook
noun 
  1. A faint whitish ring around the iris in elderly people; discoloration of the iris with age.
     
asthenopia Tweet Definition of asthenopia Like Definition of asthenopia on Facebook
noun 
  1. An ophthalmological condition that manifests itself through nonspecific symptoms such as fatigue, red eyes, eye strain, pain in or around the eyes, blurred vision, headache and occasional double vision.
     
astigmatic Tweet Definition of astigmatic Like Definition of astigmatic on Facebook
adjective 
  1. suffering from astigmatism
     
astigmatism Tweet Definition of astigmatism Like Definition of astigmatism on Facebook
noun 
  1. (optics) A defect of a lens such that light rays coming from a point do not meet at a focal point so that the image is blurred.
  2. (pathology) A disorder of the vision, usually due to a misshapen cornea, such that light does not focus correctly on the retina causing a blurred image.
     

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