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  2. Astigmatism - Wikipedia

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    The effect of this will be that when a vertical beam of light in the distance travels towards the eye, the "minus" cylinder (which is placed with its axis lying horizontally – meaning in line with the patient's horizontal meridian relative to the excessively steep vertical meridian) will cause this vertical beam of light to slightly "diverge ...

  3. Graves' ophthalmopathy - Wikipedia

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    Graves' ophthalmopathy, also known as thyroid eye disease ( TED ), is an autoimmune inflammatory disorder of the orbit and periorbital tissues, characterized by upper eyelid retraction, lid lag, swelling, redness ( erythema ), conjunctivitis, and bulging eyes ( exophthalmos ). [1] It occurs most commonly in individuals with Graves' disease, [2 ...

  4. Apple of my eye - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of bava is disputed. Some sources claim "bava" comes from an unused root meaning to hollow out or something hollowed (as in a gate). This would lend to the understanding of the pupil of the eye being hollowed as in a gate. It may mean "apple"; if so, the phrase used in Zechariah 2:8 literally refers to the "apple of the eye".

  5. Nystagmus - Wikipedia

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    Fast-phase horizontal eye movement vision Fast-phase vertical eye movement vision. Nystagmus is highly noticeable but rarely recognized. Nystagmus can be clinically investigated by using a number of non-invasive standard tests. The simplest one is the caloric reflex test, in which one ear canal is irrigated with warm or cold water or air.

  6. Trompe-l'œil - Wikipedia

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    For the mural by Maria Bettina Cogliatti, see Trompe-l'œil (mural). Trompe-l'œil ( French for 'deceive the eye'; trɒmpˈlɔɪtromp-LOY; French: [tʁɔ̃p lœj] ⓘ) is an artistic term for the highly realistic optical illusion of three-dimensional space and objects on a two-dimensional surface.

  7. Eye for an eye - Wikipedia

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    Eye for an eye. " An eye for an eye " ( Biblical Hebrew: עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן, ʿayīn taḥaṯ ʿayīn) [a] is a commandment found in the Book of Exodus 21:23–27 expressing the principle of reciprocal justice measure for measure. The earliest known use of the principle appears in the Code of Hammurabi, which predates the ...

  8. Eye of Ra - Wikipedia

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    The Eye of Ra can be equated with the disk of the sun, with the cobras coiled around the disk, and with the white and red crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. The Eye of Ra or Eye of Re, usually depicted as sun disk or right wedjat-eye (paired with the Eye of Horus, left wedjat -eye), is an entity in ancient Egyptian mythology that functions as an ...

  9. Eye color - Wikipedia

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    Eye color. Eye color is a polygenic phenotypic trait determined by two factors: the pigmentation of the eye 's iris [1] [2] and the frequency-dependence of the scattering of light by the turbid medium in the stroma of the iris. [3] : 9. In humans, the pigmentation of the iris varies from light brown to black, depending on the concentration of ...