DEFINITIONS

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Accommodation

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The adjustment of the eye for seeing at different distances. Produced by change in shape of the lens, especially the anterior eye.

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Adnexal

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Structures attached to the eye. Ocular adnexa include the: Orbits. Extraocular muscles. Eyelids.

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Anophthalmia

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ABSENCE OF EYE

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Ankyloblepharon

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ADHESIONS OF EYELIDS

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Blepharitis

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INFLAMMATION OF EYELIDS

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Buphthalmos

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ENLARGED GLOBE

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Cataract

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OPACITY OF LENS OR ITS CAPSULE

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Chemosis

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ODEMA OF THE CONJUNCTIVA

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COLOBOMA

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An absence or defect of some ocular tissue, usually resulting from a failure of part of the embryonic cleft and seen as a notch, hole, fissure, or cleft.

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Cyclitis

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INFLAMMATION OF CILIARY BODY

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CORPORA NIGRA

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(a.k.a. granula iridica) irregular oval bodies on dorsal and sometimes on the ventral pupillary edges of the iris in herbivores.

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CYCLODIALYSIS

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Surgical procedure which establishes communication between the anterior chamber and the suprachoroidal space to relieve intra-ocular pressure

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Dacryoadenitis

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INFLAMMATION OF LACRIMAL GLAND

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Dacryocystitis

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INFLAMMATION OF LACRIMAL SAC

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DERMOID

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A congenital mass consisting of skin and its dermal appendages, often affecting the eyelid, conjunctiva, and/or cornea

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DESCMETOCELE

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Protrusion of Descemets membrane at the base of a deep ulcer

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DIOPTER

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Refractive power of lens, equal to the reciprocal of the focal length of the lens, expressed in metres
REFRACTIVE POWER OF LENS IN METERS

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DISTICHIASIS

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Presence of two rows of eyelashes on one lid

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DYSPLASIA

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Disorderly cellular proliferation during embryonic life

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ECTROPION

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Rolling out of eyelid margin.

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ENOPHTHALMOS

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A recession of the eyeball within the orbit

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EPIPHORA

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An overflow of tears

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EXOPHTHALMOS

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A protrusion or prominence of the eyeball

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GLAUCOMA

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Increase in intraocular pressure beyond that compatible with normal ocular physiology and function

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HORDEOLUM

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(Sty) An inflammation of a sebaceous gland (gland of Zeiss) of the eyelid.

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HYPHEMA

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Haemorrhage into the anterior chamber

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HYPOPYON

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nflammatory cells in anterior chamber.

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INTUMESCENT LENS

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Swollen or enlarged lens

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IRIS BOMBE

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Forward bulging of the iris caused by increase of fluid in posterior chamber following a 360-degree posterior synechia

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IRIDODONESIS

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Tremulousness of iris, seen in aphakia or subluxated lens.

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KERATECTOMY

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Excision of part of the cornea

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KERATOCONUS

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Cone shaped deformity of cornea; corneal thinning at corneal apex

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KERATOPLASTY

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Corneal grafting.

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LAGOPHTHALMOS

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Inability to completely close the eyelids.

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LEUKOMA

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A white, opaque corneal opacity

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MICROPHTHALMUS

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An eye which is smaller than normal and imperfectly developed.

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MIOSIS

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Pupillary constriction

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MYDRIASIS

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PUPIL DILATION

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NEBULA

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Slight haziness.

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NYCTALOPIA

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Night blindness.

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NYSTAGMUS

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Rhythmical oscillation of the eyeball, either horizontal, rotary, or vertical

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OPHTHALMOPLEGIA

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Paralysis of one or more muscles of the eye.

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PANNUS

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Newly formed vascular tissue involving the cornea

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PHTHISIS BULBI

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Shrinking of the eyeball following uveitis or other inflammatory disease.

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PTOSIS

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Drooping of upper eyelid

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RETINAL DYSPLASIA

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Abnormal embryonic development of the retinal layers

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STRABISSMUS

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Deviation of the visual axes of the eye

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SICCA

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DRY

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STAPHYLOMA

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Protrusion of cornea or sclera usually produced by softening from inflammation and lined with uveal tissue

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SYMBLEPHARON

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Adhesion of one or both eyelids to the eyeball

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SYNECHIA

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An adhesion of iris to cornea (anterior synechia) or iris to lens (posterior synechia)

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TRICHIASIS

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Abnormal deviation/inversion of the normal eyelashes, causing irritation of the cornea or conjunctiva.

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UVEAL TRACT

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Iris, ciliary body and choroid. The anterior uveal tract refers to the iris and ciliary body. The posterior uveal tract refers to the choroid.

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VITREOUS SYNERESIS

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Vitreous liquefaction

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OD

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OCULUS DEXTRUS RIGHTT EYE

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OS

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OCULUS SINISTER LEFT EYE

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OU

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OCULUS UTERQUE BOTH EYES

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BLEPHAROSPASM

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PAIN IN THE EYE

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HYPEREMIA

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ENGORGEMENT OF VASCULAR BEDS WITH NORMAL OR DECREASED BLOOD FLOW

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GONIODYSGENESIS

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AKA PECTINATE LIGAMENT DYSPLASIA - INHERITED RISK FACTOR FOR PRIMARY CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA IN DOGS

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CYCLOCRYOTHERAPY

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POINT FREEZING SCLERA OVERLYING THE CILIARY BODY - DAMAGES SECRETORY EPITHELIAL STROMAL VESSELS

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ENDOCYCLOPHOTOCOAGULATION

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DAMAGES CILIARY BODY WITH LASER

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CYCLODIATHERMY

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USES HEAT TO DAMAGE CILIARY BODY

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EVISCERATION

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REMOVAL OF ALL INTRAOCULAR CONTENTS BUT PRESERVING THE ORBITAL ADNEXA, MUSCLES AND SCLERAL SHELL

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ENUCLEATION

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REMOVAL OF THE EYE FROM ORBIT - RECOMMENDED FOR INTRA OCULAR NEOPLASIAS - EVERYTHING IS REMOVED TOGETHER