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ASTIGMATIC ACCOMMODATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

An unequal accommodation in different meridians of the eye, ordinarily exclusive of differences in optical effectivity dependent on choice of a reference plane.

OBS

Typically applied to differential changes in curvature of the surfaces of the crystalline lens in different meridians.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Propriété hypothétique du cristallin qui pourrait accommoder inégalement dans les divers méridiens de l'œil grâce à des contractions dissymétriques du muscle ciliaire, la courbure de la surface cristallinienne variant alors d'un méridien à l'autre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos de la visión
DEF

Desigual acomodación en los diferentes meridianos oculares atribuible a una diferente acción del músculo ciliar, lo que ocasionaría una diferencia en la curvatura de los diferentes meridianos del cristalino.

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