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  2. Esophoria - Wikipedia

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    Esophoria is an eye condition involving inward deviation of the eye, usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance. It is a type of heterophoria. Cause. Causes include: Refractive errors; Divergence insufficiency; Convergence excess; this can be due to nerve, muscle, congenital or mechanical anomalies.

  3. English phonology - Wikipedia

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    English phonology is the system of speech sounds used in spoken English. Like many other languages, English has wide variation in pronunciation, both historically and from dialect to dialect. In general, however, the regional dialects of English share a largely similar (but not identical) phonological system.

  4. American and British English spelling differences - Wikipedia

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    In the US, according to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the British spelling is an also-ran, yet the pronunciation with second-syllable stress is a common variant. In Britain the second syllable is usually stressed.

  5. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation - Wikipedia

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    Pronunciation in Wikipedia should be transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), except in the particular cases noted below. For English pronunciations, broad transcriptions should be used; these are intended to provide a correct

  6. Esotropia - Wikipedia

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    It is the opposite of exotropia and usually involves more severe axis deviation than esophoria. Esotropia is sometimes erroneously called "lazy eye", which describes the condition of amblyopia; a reduction in vision of one or both eyes that is not the result of any pathology of the eye and cannot be resolved by the use of corrective lenses.

  7. Eye strain - Wikipedia

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    Eye strain. Eye strain, also known as asthenopia (from Greek a-sthen-opia, Ancient Greek: ἀσθενωπία, transl. weak-eye-condition ), is a common eye condition that manifests through non-specific symptoms such as fatigue, pain in or around the eyes, blurred vision, headache, and occasional double vision. [1] Symptoms often occur after ...

  8. Epiphora (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Epiphora is an overflow of tears onto the face, other than caused by normal crying. It is a clinical sign or condition that constitutes insufficient tear film drainage from the eyes, in that tears will drain down the face rather than through the nasolacrimal system. [1]

  9. Oxford English Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP). It traces the historical development of the English language, providing a comprehensive resource to scholars and academic researchers, as well as describing usage in its many variations throughout the ...

  10. Daniel Jones (phonetician) - Wikipedia

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    In 1909, Jones wrote the short Pronunciation of English, a book he later radically revised. The resulting work, An Outline of English Phonetics , followed in 1918 and is the first truly comprehensive description of British Received Pronunciation , and the first such description of the standard pronunciation of any language.

  11. Schizophrenia - Wikipedia

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    Signs and symptoms. My Eyes at the Moment of the Apparitions by German artist August Natterer, who had schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by significant alterations in perception, thoughts, mood, and behavior. [34]