also known as dry eye, is the drying of eye surfaces including the conjuctiva.
often associated with aging, also can be due to systematic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or to a lack of vitamin A.
What is Xerophthalmia?
100
Also known as colorblindness, the inability to distinguish colors.
What is Monochromatism?
100
A focusing problem that occurs when the lens and cornea do not bend light so that it focuses properly on the retina.
What is refractive disorder?
100
AS
What is Astigmatism?
200
also known as an internal stye, is a localized swelling inside the eyelid resulting from obstruction a sebaceous gland.
What is chalazion?
200
Also known as pinkeye, is an inflammation of the conjuctiva that is usually caused by an infection or allergy?
What is Conjuctivitis?
200
also known as walleye, is strabismus characterized by the outward deviation of one eye relative to the other.
What is Exotropia?
200
Also known as as blind spot, is an abnormal area of absent or depressed vision surrounded by an area of normal vision.
What is Scotoma?
200
MD
What is Macular degeneration?
300
Also known as a stye, is a pus-filled lesion on the eyelid resulting from an infection in a sebaceous gland.
What is hordeolum?
300
A gradually progressive condition in which the macula at the center o the retina is damaged, resulting in the loss of central vision, but not total blindness.
What is Macular Degeneration?
300
The condition of common changes in the eyes that occur with aging.
What is Presbyopia?
300
A condition in which the eye does not focus properly because of uneven curvatures of the cornea.
What is Astigmatism?
300
CAT
What is cataract?
400
The eversion of the edge of an eyelid.
What is Ectropion?
400
a group of diseases characterized by increased intraocular pressure that cause damage to the retinal nerve fibers and the optic nerve.
What is Glaucoma?
400
Also known as crosseyes, is strabismus characterized by an inward deviation of one or both eyes.
What is Esotropia?
400
A dimness of vision or the partial loss of sight, especially in one eye, without detectable disease of the eye.
What is Amblyopia?
400
OU
What is both eyes?
500
Also known simply as ptosis, is drooping of the upper eyelid that is usually due to paralysis.
What is Blepharoptosis?
500
the loss of transparency of the lens that causes a progressive loss of visual clarity.
What is Cataract?
500
Any error of refraction in which images do not focus properly on the retina?
What is Ametropia?
500
Also known as nearsightedness, is a defect in which light rays focus in front of the retina.