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| A PROCESS IN WHICH THE LENS CONTINUALLY CHANGES SHAPE TO MAINTAIN THE FOCUS OF AN IMAGE ON THE RETINA. |
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| A TEMPORARY TRACTION SUTURE PLACED THROUGH THE SCLERA AND USED TO PULL THE GLOBE LATERALLY FOR EXPOSURE OF THE POSTEROLATERAL SURFACE. |
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| CLOUDING OF THE EYE, CAUSED BY A DISEASE IN WHICH THE CRYSTALLINE LENS OF THE EYE, ITS CAPSULE, OR BOTH BECOME OPAQUE. |
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| DEVICE PLACED IN THE SOCKET AFTER ENUCLEATION OR EVISCERATION TO FILL THE ORBITAL SPACE. |
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| A TECHNIQUE IN WHICH A COLD PROBE IS USED TO FREEZE TISSUE, SUCH AS THE SCLERA, CILIARY BODY, OR RETINAL LAYERS, AFTER DETACHMENT. |
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| LOW-POWERED CAUTERY USED TO MARK THE SCLERA OVER AN AREA OF RETINAL DETACHMENT. |
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| SURGICAL REMOVAL OF TH GLOBE AND ACCESSORY ATTACHMENTS. |
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| SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE CONTENTS OF THE EYEBALL WITH THE SCLERA LEFT INTACT. |
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| REMOVAL OF THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THE ORBIT. |
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| THE POINT WHERE LIGHT RAYS CONVERGE AFTER PASSING THROUGH A LENS. |
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| A GROUP OF DISEASES CHARACTERIZED BY ELEVATION OF THE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE. SUSTAINED PRESSURE ON THE OPTIC NERVE AND OTHER STRUCTURES MAY RESULT IN ISCHEMIA AND BLNDNESS. |
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| SURGERY IN WHICH THE EYE MUSCLE IS MOVED BACK TO RELEASE THE GLOBE. |
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| SURGICAL SHORTENING OF AN EYE MUSCLE TO PULL THE GLOBE INTO THE CORRECT POSITION. |
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| A PROCESS WHEREBY HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES ARE USED TO EMULSIFY TISSUE, SUCH AS A CATARACT. |
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| A TRIANGULAR MEMBRANE THAT ARISES FROM THE MEDIAL CANTHUS; THE TISSUE MAY EXTEND OVER THE CORNEA, CAUSING BLINDNESS. |
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| A PHENOMENON OF PHYSICS IN WHICH LIGHT RAYS ARE BENT AS THEY PASS THROUGH A TRANSPARANT MEDIUM THAT IS DENSER THAN AIR. |
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| A FLAT-TIP SUTURE NEEDLE COMMONLY USED IN OPTHALMIC SURGERY. |
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| INABILITY TO COORDINATE THE EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE, WHICH PREVENTS BINOCULAR VISION. |
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| SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF THE TRABECULA TO IMPROVE THE OUTFLOW OF AQUENOUS HUMOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA. |
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