| relative accommodation | Quantity of accommodation required for single binocular vision for any specified distance, or for any particular degree of convergence. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| positive accommodation | The increased refractivity of the eye that occurs when shifting from the distance to a near object. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Helmholtz theory of accommodation | That the ciliary muscle relaxes for near vision and allows the anterior aspect of the lens to become more convex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| histologic accommodation | The change in shape of cells to meet altered physical conditions, as the flattening of cuboidal cells in cysts as a result of pressure. Synonym: pseudometaplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spasm of accommodation | Excessive contraction of the ciliary muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| negative accommodation | The decrease of accommodation that occurs when shifting from near vision to distance vision. (05 Mar 2000) |