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  2. Prism (optics) - Wikipedia

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    Prism spectacles with a single prism perform a relative displacement of the two eyes, thereby correcting eso-, exo, hyper- or hypotropia. In contrast, spectacles with prisms of equal power for both eyes, called yoked prisms (also: conjugate prisms , ambient lenses or performance glasses ) shift the visual field of both eyes to the same extent.

  3. Strabismus - Wikipedia

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    In cases of accommodative esotropia, the eyes turn inward due to the effort of focusing far-sighted eyes, and the treatment of this type of strabismus necessarily involves refractive correction, which is usually done via corrective glasses or contact lenses, and in these cases surgical alignment is considered only if such correction does not ...

  4. Sixth nerve palsy - Wikipedia

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    On near fixation the affected individual may have only a latent deviation and be able to maintain binocularity or have an esotropia of a smaller size. Patients sometimes adopt a face turned towards the side of the affected eye, moving the eye away from the field of action of the affected lateral rectus muscle, with the aim of controlling ...

  5. Talk:Prism correction - Wikipedia

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    Medicine portal; This article is within the scope of WikiProject Medicine, which recommends that medicine-related articles follow the Manual of Style for medicine-related articles and that biomedical information in any article use high-quality medical sources.

  6. Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women - Wikipedia

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    Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (formerly the Clinton Correctional Facility for Women) [1] is a prison facility for women of the state of New Jersey Department of Corrections, located in Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, [2] [3] near Clinton. [4] Its official abbreviation is EMCFW. The facility was named for Edna Mahan (b ...

  7. Corrective lens - Wikipedia

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    A typical application of such a lens is to refocus the correction allowing clear vision at any distance. Unlike with bifocals, near-vision correction is achieved over the entire field of view, in any direction. Switching between distance and near vision is accomplished by re-adjusting the lens, instead of by tilting and/or rotating the head.

  8. List of provincial correctional facilities in Ontario - Wikipedia

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    Treatment centres are specialized facilities treating offenders for sexual misconduct, substance abuse, anger management, and other issues. [ 1 ] Youth correctional facilities in Ontario are also called "secure custody facilities" and hold young people who were between 12 and 17 years of age at the time of offence.

  9. Farsightedness - Wikipedia

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    Far-sightedness without (top) and with lens correction (bottom) Specialty: Ophthalmology, optometry: Symptoms: Near blur, Distance and near blur, Asthenopia [2] Complications: Accommodative dysfunction, binocular dysfunction, amblyopia, strabismus [3] Causes: Axial length of eyeball is too short, lens or cornea is flatter than normal, aphakia ...