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Eye Terms
Eye Conditions
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Abnormal Head Position
Accommodative Esotropia
Achromatopsia
Adjustable Sutures in Strabismus Surgery
Adult Strabismus
Albinism
Allergic Conjunctivitis
Amblyopia
Anatomy of the Eye
Anesthesia for Adults Having Eye Surgery
Anesthesia for Children Having Eye Surgery
Aniridia
Anisocoria (Definition)
Anisocoria and Horner's Syndrome
Anisometropia
Astigmatism (Definition)
Binocular (Definition)
Blepharitis
Blepharitis (Definition)
Blowout Fracture
Brown Syndrome
Capillary Hemangioma
Cataract
Cellulitis
Chalazion
Coats' Disease
Coloboma
Color Blindness
Conjunctivitis
Contact Lens (Definition)
Convergence Insufficiency
Corneal Abrasions
Cortical Visual Impairment
Cranial Nerve Palsy
Cross Eyed (Definition)
Delayed Visual Maturation
Dermoid Cyst
Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetic Retinopathy
Difference Between an Ophthalmologist, Optometrist and Optician
Dilating Eye Drops
Dissociated Vertical Deviation
Down Syndrome
Duane Syndrome
Endophthalmitis
Enucleation
Esotropia
Excessive Blinking in Children
Exotropia
Eye Muscle Problems in Children and Adults: A Guide to Understanding
Eye Safety
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fourth Nerve (Superior Oblique) Palsy
Glasses Fitting for Children
Glasses for Children
Glaucoma For Children
Headaches in Children
Herpes Eye Disease
Hordeolum (Definition)
Hypertropia (Definition)
Hyphema
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri)
Infantile Esotropia
Intraocular Lens Implant (IOL)
Iritis
Is Your Laser Pointer Dangerous Enough to Cause Eye Injury?
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Lazy Eye (Definition)
Learning Disabilities
Leber Congenital Amaurosis
Leukocoria
Marfan Syndrome
Meibomian Gland Dysfunction and Treatment
Molluscum Contagiosum
Monocular Elevation Deficiency/Double Elevator Palsy
Monofixation Syndrome (MFS)
Myasthenia Gravis
Myopia (Definition)
Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction
Neurofibromatosis
Nystagmus
Ocular Injury
Oculomotor Apraxia
Optic Nerve Atrophy
Optic Nerve Drusen
Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
Optic Nerve Pit
Optic Neuritis
Orthoptist/Orthoptics
Patching Tips for Parents
Pediatric Low Vision
Pediatric Ocular Trauma
Pediatric Ophthalmologist
Persistent Fetal Vasculature (PFV)
Photoscreening
Pink Eye (Definition)
Prisms
Progressive (High) Myopia
Pseudostrabismus
Pterygium
Ptosis
Refractive Errors in Children
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Retinoblastoma
Retinopathy of Prematurity
Retinoscopy
Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Sixth Nerve Palsy
Stickler Syndrome
Strabismus
Strabismus Measurements
Strabismus Surgery
Sturge-Weber Syndrome
Stye (Definition)
Third Nerve Palsy
Thyroid Eye Disorders
Toxoplasmosis
Treatment for Progressive Myopia
Trichiasis
Vision Screening
Vision Therapy
Wall Eyed (Definition)
Williams Syndrome