| ocular refraction |
the refraction of light produced by the mediums of the normal eye and resulting in the focusing of images upon the retina.
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| oculocardiac reflex |
a slowing of the rhythm of the heart following compression of the eyes. A slowing of from 5 to 13 beats per minute is normal; one of from 13 to 50 or more is exaggerated; one of from 1 to 5 is diminished. If ocular compression produces acceleration of the heart, the reflex is called inverted. Called also Aschner's r. or phenomenon.
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| oculogyric crisis |
a crisis occurring in epidemic encephalitis, postencephalitic parkinsonism, or secondary to use of antipsychotic agents; the eyeballs become fixed in one position, typically upwardly rotated, for minutes or hours.
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| ocular bobbing |
a jerky downward deviation of the eyes with slow return to the middle position, seen in comatose patients and thought to be due to a pontine lesion.
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| ocular crisis |
a sudden attack of intense pain in the eyes, with lacrimation, photophobia, etc.
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