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"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, film/record producer, satirist, and author.
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A Luneta Mágica
A Luneta Mágica (The Magical Glasses) is a 1869 novel written by Brazilian Romantic writer Joaquim Manuel de Macedo.
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Aberrations of the eye
The eye, like any other optical system, suffers from a number of specific optical aberrations.
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Ablation
Ablation is removal of material from the surface of an object by vaporization, chipping, or other erosive processes.
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Accommodation (eye)
Accommodation is the process by which the vertebrate eye changes optical power to maintain a clear image or focus on an object as its distance varies.
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Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine in which thin needles are inserted into the body.
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Aileen Palmer
Aileen Palmer (6 April 1915 – 21 December 1988) was an Australian poet and diarist.
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Alan Wilson (musician)
Alan Christie Wilson (July 4, 1943 – September 3, 1970) was a co-founder, leader, and primary composer for the American blues band Canned Heat.
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Alastair Hetherington
Hector Alastair Hetherington (31 October 1919 – 3 October 1999) was a British journalist, newspaper editor and academic.
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Albert Mooren
Albert Mooren (26 July 1828 in Oedt – 31 December 1899 in Düsseldorf) was a German ophthalmologist.
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Albert Wiggins
Albert Marcus Wiggins Jr. (May 27, 1935 – June 1, 2011) was the first American swimmer to win Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) national championships in three strokes: butterfly, backstroke and freestyle.
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Alcohol myopia
Alcohol myopia is a cognitive-physiological theory on alcohol abuse in which many of alcohol's social and stress-reducing effects, which may underlie its addictive capacity, are explained as a consequence of alcohol's narrowing of perceptual and cognitive functioning.
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Alexander Korda
Sir Alexander Korda (born Sándor László Kellner, 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956), BFI Screenonline.
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Alexander Stewart (archbishop of St Andrews)
Alexander Stewart (c. 1493 – 9 September 1513) was an illegitimate son of King James IV of Scotland by his mistress Marion Boyd.
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All About Faces
All About Faces was a weekly game show which ran from August 30, 1971, to September 1972.
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Alopecia contractures dwarfism mental retardation syndrome
Alopecia contractures dwarfism mental retardation syndrome or (ACD mental retardation syndrome) is a developmental disorder which causes mainly baldness and dwarfism in combination with intellectual disability; skeletal anomalies, caries and nearsightedness are also typical.
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Alphonse Gallegos
Alphonse Gallegos (20 February 1931 – 6 October 1991), O.A.R., was an American Roman Catholic bishop titled the as "Bishop of the barrios"; he served as a bishop in Sacramento.
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Alphonsus Liguori
Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696–1787), sometimes called Alphonsus Maria Liguori, was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian.
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Alvin and the Chipmunks
Alvin and the Chipmunks, originally David Seville and the Chipmunks or simply The Chipmunks, is an American animated music group created by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. for a novelty record in 1958.
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Amaurosis fugax
Amaurosis fugax (Latin fugax meaning fleeting, Greek amaurosis meaning darkening, dark, or obscure) is a painless temporary loss of vision in one or both eyes.
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Amblyopia
Amblyopia, also called lazy eye, is a disorder of sight due to the eye and brain not working well together.
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America's 60 Families
America's 60 Families is a book by American journalist Ferdinand Lundberg published in 1937 by Vanguard Press.
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Aminophenazone
Aminophenazone (or aminopyrine, amidopyrine, Piramidon) is a pyrazolone with analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties but has risk of agranulocytosis.
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An Incident at Krechetovka Station
An Incident at Krechetovka Station (Russian: Случай на станции Кречетовка) is a novella by Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, published in the Soviet literary magazine Novyi Mir (New World) in 1963.
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Anaesthesia for ocular surgery
Ocular surgery may be performed under topical, local or general anesthesia.
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Andrei Chikatilo
Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (Андрей Романович Чикатило, Андрій Романович Чикатило; 16 October 1936 – 14 February 1994) was a Soviet serial killer, nicknamed the Butcher of Rostov, the Red Ripper, and the Rostov Ripper, who committed the sexual assault, murder, and mutilation of at least 52 women and children between 1978 and 1990 in the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR and the Uzbek SSR.
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Andrius Janukonis
Andrius Janukonis (born 1971 in Jonava) is Lithuanian business jurist and entrepreneur.
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Andy Dick
Andrew Roane Dick (born Andrew Thomlinson; December 21, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, musician, and television and film producer.
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Aniseikonia
Aniseikonia is an ocular condition where there is a significant difference in the perceived size of images.
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Annibale Frossi
Annibale Frossi (6 July 1911 – 26 February 1999) was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a midfielder or as a forward.
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Anthony Gaggi
Anthony Frank Gaggi (August 7, 1925 – April 17, 1988) also known as "Antonino" and "Nino", was a capo in the New York Gambino crime family who supervised the infamous DeMeo crew, headed by Roy DeMeo.
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Antiqua–Fraktur dispute
The Antiqua–Fraktur dispute was a typographical dispute in 19th- and early 20th-century Germany.
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Anton Melbye
Daniel Herman Anton Melbye (13 February 1818, Copenhagen – 10 January 1875, Paris) was a Danish painter and photographer who specialized in maritime scenes.
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Anton Zamloch
Anton Zamloch, also known as “Professor Zamloch” and “Zamloch the Great,” was an American magician who toured with his magic act from 1869 through 1912.
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Apl.de.ap
Allan Pineda Lindo (born November 28, 1974), known professionally as apl.de.ap (Pronunciation), is an American-Filipino musician, rapper, singer, and record producer, best known as a member of the Grammy Award-winning hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas.
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Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard (2 January 1886 – 18 May 1959) was an English explorer of Antarctica.
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Arale Norimaki
is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Dr. Slump manga series, created by Akira Toriyama.
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Arik Einstein
Arieh Lieb "Arik" Einstein (אָרִיק אַייְנְשְׁטֵייְן,; 3 January 1939 – 26 November 2013) was an Israeli singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter.
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Arthur von Hippel (physician)
Arthur von Hippel (24 October 1841 – 26 October 1916) was a German ophthalmologist who was a native of Fischhausen, East Prussia.
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Aspheric lens
An aspheric lens or asphere is a lens whose surface profiles are not portions of a sphere or cylinder.
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Astigmatism
Astigmatism is a type of refractive error in which the eye does not focus light evenly on the retina.
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Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde (born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist.
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August Müller (inventor)
August Müller (1864 – 1949), born in Mönchengladbach, was a medical student at the University of Kiel, Germany, and a pioneer in the manufacture of contact lenses.
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Auguste Rodin
François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917), known as Auguste Rodin, was a French sculptor.
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Autorefractor
An autorefractor or automated refractor is a computer-controlled machine used during an eye examination to provide an objective measurement of a person's refractive error and prescription for glasses or contact lenses.
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Avner Offer
Avner Offer (born 1944) is an economic historian who held the Chichele Professorship in Economic history at the University of Oxford, England.
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Ballen i øyet
Ballen i øyet (Ball in the eye) is a 2000 Norwegian comedy film directed by Catrine Telle, starring Laila Goody.
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Beluga whale
The beluga whale or white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean.
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Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell, OBE (born 23 February 1944) is an English author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign.
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Berts dagbok
Berts dagbok (Bert's diary), translated as In Ned’s Head, is a diary novel, written by Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson and originally published in 1987, it tells the story of Bert Ljung from 14 January to 4 June during the calendar year he turns 12 during the spring term in the 5th grade at school in Sweden.
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Bifocals
Bifocals are eyeglasses with two distinct optical powers.
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Binoculars
Binoculars or field glasses are two telescopes mounted side-by-side and aligned to point in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes (binocular vision) when viewing distant objects.
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Bird vision
Vision is the most important sense for birds, since good eyesight is essential for safe flight, and this group has a number of adaptations which give visual acuity superior to that of other vertebrate groups; a pigeon has been described as "two eyes with wings".
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Blurred vision
Blurred vision is an ocular symptom.
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Bob Gerard
Frederick Roberts "Bob" Gerard (19 January 1914, Leicester – 26 January 1990, South Croxton, Leicestershire) was a racing driver and businessman from England.
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Brains (Thunderbirds)
Brains is a fictional character introduced in the British mid-1960s Supermarionation television series Thunderbirds, who also appears in the sequel films Thunderbirds Are Go (1966) and Thunderbird 6 (1968) and the 2004 live-action adaptation Thunderbirds.
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Brien Holden Vision Institute
The Brien Holden Vision Institute (BHVI) is an Australian nonprofit non-governmental organization with an international focus on eye care research and vision care delivery.
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British Contact Lens Association
The British Contact Lens Association is an educational and scientific membership organisation formed in 1977.
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Bruch's membrane
Bruch's membrane is the innermost layer of the choroid.
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Burt Bales
Burt Bales (April 20, 1917, Stevensville, Montana – October 26, 1989, San Francisco) was an American jazz stride pianist.
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Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Re-Turn of Tippy Tinkletrousers
Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Re-Turn of Tippy Tinkletrousers is a 2012 American children's novel and the ninth book in the Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey.
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Carl Ferdinand von Arlt
Carl Ferdinand Ritter von Arlt (April 18, 1812 – March 7, 1887) was an Austrian ophthalmologist born in Ober-Graupen, a village near Teplitz (Teplice) in Bohemia.
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Child development stages
Child development stages are the theoretical milestones of child development, some of which are asserted in nativist theories.
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Chinese Ophthalmology
Chinese ophthalmology (Chinese 中医眼科学, pinyin: zhōngyī yǎnkē xué) is part of the Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
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Chris Rogers (cricketer)
Christopher John Llewellyn Rogers (born 31 August 1977) is a former Australian cricketer who played for Australian national team.
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Chris Strait
Christopher Alan (Chris) Strait (born January 14, 1976) is an American comedian and writer.
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Christopher Lambert
Christopher Guy Denis Lambert (born 29 March 1957) is a French-American actor.
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Chuck Muncie
Harry Vance "Chuck" Muncie (March 17, 1953 − May 13, 2013) was an American football running back who played for the New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers in the National Football League (NFL) from 1976 to 1984.
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Clarence (UK TV series)
Clarence is a 1988 BBC situation comedy starring Ronnie Barker and Josephine Tewson, written by Ronnie Barker under the pseudonym "Bob Ferris" as an acknowledgement to Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, creators of Porridge.
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Cleft lip and cleft palate
Cleft lip and cleft palate, also known as orofacial cleft, is a group of conditions that includes cleft lip (CL), cleft palate (CP), and both together (CLP).
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Cleveland Abbe
Cleveland Abbe (December 3, 1838 – October 28, 1916) was an American meteorologist and advocate of time zones.
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Clint Courtney
Clinton Dawdson Courtney (March 16, 1927 – June 16, 1975) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns (-), Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (-) and Kansas City Athletics.
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Cohen syndrome
Cohen syndrome (also known as Pepper syndrome or Cervenka syndrome, named after Michael Cohen, William Pepper and Jaroslav Cervenka, who researched the illness) is a genetic disorder.
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Color blindness
Color blindness, also known as color vision deficiency, is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color.
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Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) is an American non-profit pro-Israel media-monitoring, research and membership organization.
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Communication Problems
"Communication Problems" is the first episode of the second series of BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers and the seventh episode overall.
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Congenital disorder of glycosylation
A congenital disorder of glycosylation (previously called carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome) is one of several rare inborn errors of metabolism in which glycosylation of a variety of tissue proteins and/or lipids is deficient or defective.
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Contact lens
A contact lens, or simply contact, is a thin lens placed directly on the surface of the eye.
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Contrarian investing
Contrarian Investing is an investment strategy that is characterized by purchasing and selling in contrast to the prevailing sentiment of the time.
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Corectopia
Corectopia is the displacement of the eye's pupil from its normal, central position.
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Corneal transplantation
Corneal transplantation, also known as corneal grafting, is a surgical procedure where a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by donated corneal tissue (the graft).
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Cornelia de Lange syndrome
Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a very rare genetic disorder present from birth, but not always diagnosed at birth.
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Corrective lens
A corrective lens is a lens typically worn in front of the eye to improve vision.
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Correlation does not imply causation
In statistics, many statistical tests calculate correlations between variables and when two variables are found to be correlated, it is tempting to assume that this shows that one variable causes the other.
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Cyclospasm
Cyclospasm is the contraction of the ciliary muscle in the eye, in the accommodation of focus for near vision.
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Damekko Dōbutsu
is a manga series by Noriko Kuwata serialized in Manga Life since the November 2001 issue.
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Dan Reinstein
Professor Dan Reinstein, MD MA(Cantab) FRCSC DABO FRCOphth FEBO CertLRS(RCOphth) PGDipCatRefSurg is a specialist ophthalmic surgeon in the UK and is a board-certified registered specialist ophthalmologist in the USA, Canada and the UK, specialising in the field of refractive surgery (vision correction).
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Daniel K Daniel
Daniel Kanayo Daniel is a Nigerian television and film actor, model, voice-over artiste and events compere.
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Dave the Barbarian
Dave the Barbarian is an American animated television series created by Doug Langdale for Disney Channel.
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Davy Jones' Locker
Davy Jones' Locker is an idiom for the bottom of the sea: the state of death among drowned sailors and shipwrecks.
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Delusion of the Fury
Delusion of the Fury is a stage play by the American composer Harry Partch that is based on a Japanese Noh drama.
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Dianetics
Dianetics (from Greek dia, meaning "through", and nous, meaning "mind") is a set of ideas and practices regarding the metaphysical relationship between the mind and body created by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.
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Diffuse lamellar keratitis
Diffuse lamellar keratitis (DLK) is a sterile inflammation of the cornea which may occur after refractive surgery, such as LASIK.
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Dioptre
A dioptre (British spelling) or diopter (American spelling) is a unit of measurement of the optical power of a lens or curved mirror, which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in metres.
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Distal 18q-
Distal 18q- is a genetic condition caused by a deletion of genetic material within one of the two copies of chromosome 18.
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Diving mask
A diving mask (also half mask, dive mask or scuba mask) is an item of diving equipment that allows underwater divers, including, scuba divers, free-divers, and snorkelers to see clearly underwater.
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Doctor Octopus
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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Dog anatomy
Dog anatomy comprises the anatomical studies of the visible parts of the body of a canine.
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Dorzolamide
Dorzolamide (trade name Trusopt) is a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor.
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Douglas Darby
Evelyn Douglas (Doug) Darby MP (24 September 1910 – 22 August 1985) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
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Dragon
A dragon is a large, serpent-like legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures around the world.
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Dragon Wing
Dragon Wing (1990) is the first novel by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman in their Death Gate Cycle series.
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Eagle eye
The eagle eye is among the strongest in the animal kingdom, with an eyesight estimated at 4 to 8 times stronger than that of the average human.
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Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld
Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld (1 May 1892–5 February 1929) was a German aviation pioneer and initiator of the first transatlantic aeroplane flight from East to West.
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Emmetropia
Emmetropia is the state of vision where a faraway object at infinity is in sharp focus with the eye lens in a neutral or relaxed state.
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Emmy Noether
Amalie Emmy NoetherEmmy is the Rufname, the second of two official given names, intended for daily use.
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Enriqueta Compte y Riqué
Enriqueta Compte y Riqué (31 December 1866 – 18 October 1949) was a Spanish-born Uruguayan teacher.
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Eric Arnott
Eric John Arnott, MA, FRCS, FRCOphth (12 June 1929 – 1 December 2011) was a British ophthalmologist and surgeon who specialized in cataracts, a condition which in many parts of the world still remains the principal cause of blindness.
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Eric C. Anderson
Eric C. Anderson (born 1974) is an American entrepreneur and aerospace engineer.
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Ernst Pflüger
Ernst Pflüger (1 July 1846, in Büren an der Aare – 30 September 1903, in Bern) was a Swiss ophthalmologist.
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Ethosuximide
Ethosuximide, sold under the brand name Zarontin among others, is a medication used to treat absence seizures.
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Eugenics
Eugenics (from Greek εὐγενής eugenes 'well-born' from εὖ eu, 'good, well' and γένος genos, 'race, stock, kin') is a set of beliefs and practices that aims at improving the genetic quality of a human population.
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Exophthalmometer
Exophthalmometer is an instrument used for measuring the degree of forward displacement of the eye in exophthalmos.
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Eye disease
This is a partial list of human eye diseases and disorders.
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Eye examination
An eye examination is a series of tests performed by an ophthalmologist (medical doctor), optometrist, or orthoptist assessing vision and ability to focus on and discern objects, as well as other tests and examinations pertaining to the eyes.
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Eye testing using speckle
Laser speckle can be employed as a method for conducting a very sensitive eye test.
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Eyeglass prescription
An eyeglass prescription is an order written by an eyewear prescriber, such as an optometrist or ophthalmologist, that specifies the value of all parameters the prescriber has deemed necessary to construct and/or dispense corrective lenses appropriate for a patient.
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Eyes exercise
Eyes exercise is a set of massage methods aimed at promoting students’ awareness of eye-protection, improving blood circulation and relaxing muscles in ocular region, relieving asthenopia and preventing myopia.
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Faith Off
"Faith Off" is the eleventh episode of the eleventh season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons.
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Familienbande
Familienbande (German for Family Ties) is a card game designed by Leo Colovini.
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Far point
In visual perception, the far point is the point at which an object must be placed along the optical axis of the eye for its image to be focused on the retina when the eye is not accommodating.
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Far-sightedness
Far-sightedness, also known as hyperopia, is a condition of the eye in which light is focused behind, instead of on, the retina.
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Felipe Aldana
Felipe Aldana (1922–1970) was an Argentine poet.
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Fight Club
Fight Club is a 1999 film based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk.
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Finding Dory
Finding Dory is a 2016 American 3D computer-animated adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
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Floater
Floaters are deposits of various size, shape, consistency, refractive index, and motility within the eye's vitreous humour, which is normally transparent.
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Flynn–Aird syndrome
Flynn–Aird syndrome is a rare, hereditary, neurological disease that is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion.
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Francesco Fiorentino (philosopher)
Francesco Fiorentino (Sambiase, 1 May 1834The historian L. Lo Bianco indicates his birth date as 10th May 1834. – Naples, 22 December 1884) was an Italian philosopher and historiographer.
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Francisco de Quevedo
Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas (14 September 1580 – 8 September 1645) was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era.
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Frank Elgee
Frank Watson Elgee (8 November 1880 in Ormesby, Yorkshire – 7 August 1944 in Alton, Hampshire, England) was a published archaeologist, geologist and naturalist who wrote several books on the North York Moors such as The Moorlands of North-Eastern Yorkshire (1912), The Romans in Cleveland (1923) and Early Man in North East Yorkshire (1930).
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Fuchs spot
The Fuchs spot, or sometimes Gokul-Fuchs' retinal spot, is a degeneration of the macula in case of high myopia.
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G factor (psychometrics)
The g factor (also known as general intelligence, general mental ability or general intelligence factor) is a construct developed in psychometric investigations of cognitive abilities and human intelligence.
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GAPO syndrome
GAPO syndrome is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder that causes severe growth retardation, and has been observed fewer than 30 times before 2011.
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Genetic Studies of Genius
The Genetic Studies of Genius, today known as the Terman Study of the Gifted, is the oldest and longest-running longitudinal study in the field of psychology.
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George H. Covode
George Hay Covode (August 19, 1835 – June 25, 1864) was a Pennsylvania merchant and a colonel of cavalry in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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Giant otter
The giant otter or giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) is a South American carnivorous mammal.
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Glasses
Glasses, also known as eyeglasses or spectacles, are devices consisting of glass or hard plastic lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person's eyes, typically using a bridge over the nose and arms which rest over the ears.
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Gnaeus Pompey Magnus (Rome character)
Gnaeus Pompey Magnus is a character in the HBO/BBC2 original television series Rome, played by Kenneth Cranham.
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Great auk
The great auk (Pinguinus impennis) is a species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century.
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Gwenn-Aël Bolloré
Gwenn-Aël Bolloré (5 September 1925, Ergué-Gabéric – 12 July 2001) was a French soldier, businessman, author, and publisher.
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Hamster
Hamsters are rodents (order Rodentia) belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains about 25 species classified in six or seven genera.
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Hanns Heinz Ewers
Hanns Heinz Ewers (3 November 1871 – 12 June 1943) was a German actor, poet, philosopher, and writer of short stories and novels.
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Harold Lightman
Harold Lightman QC (8 April 1906 in Leeds – 27 September 1998 in London) was an English barrister, who was awarded the unique honour of a dinner at Lincoln's Inn to celebrate his 90th birthday.
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Harry Secombe
Sir Harry Donald Secombe, CBE (8 September 1921 – 11 April 2001) was a Welsh comedian, actor and singer.
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Harry Stopes-Roe
Harry Verdon Stopes-Roe (27 March 1924 – 11 May 2014) was a British philosopher known mainly for his active role in the humanist movement in Britain and around the world.
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Health effects of 3D
The health effects of 3D are the aspects in which the human body is altered after the exposure of three-dimensional (3D) graphics.
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Health effects of sunlight exposure
The ultraviolet radiation in sunlight has both positive and negative health effects, as it is both a principal source of vitamin D3 and a mutagen.
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Heinrich Schenker
Heinrich Schenker (19 June 1868, Wiśniowczyk – 14 January 1935, Vienna) was a music theorist, music critic, teacher, pianist, and composer, best known for his approach to musical analysis, now usually called Schenkerian analysis.
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Heinrich Schiess-Gemuseus
Heinrich Schiess-Gemuseus, name sometimes given as Heinrich Schiess (3 January 1833, in Heiden – 12 September 1914) was a Swiss ophthalmologist.
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Helen Marr Hurd
Helen Marr Hurd (February 2, 1839 – May 4, 1909) was an American teacher and poet with severe myopia.
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Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges Clouzot (–) was a French film director, screenwriter and producer.
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Henriett Seth F.
Henriett Seth F. (Hungarian pseudonym Seth F. Henriett; birth name Fajcsák Henrietta; born 27 October 1980) is a Hungarian autistic savant poet, writer, musician and artist who became world-famous with one book titled Autizmussal önmagamba zárva ("Closed into myself with autism") and her one sentence on many cubes from her book made one monodrama, titled Nemsenkilény, monológ nemmindegyembereknek ("Notanobodycreature"), before the age of 30 worldwide and internally having regard to her childhood autism and heart disorders as mitral valve prolapse, three eye disorders as nearsightedness, astigmatism, strabismus, orthopedic diseases and other physical disorders.
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History of radiation therapy
The history of radiation therapy or radiotherapy can be traced back to experiments made soon after the discovery of x-rays (1895), when it was shown that exposure to radiation produced cutaneous burns.
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History of the telescope
The earliest known telescope appeared in 1608 in the Netherlands when an eyeglass maker named Hans Lippershey tried to obtain a patent on one.
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Homocystinuria
Classical homocystinuria, also known as cystathionine beta synthase deficiency or CBS deficiency, is an inherited disorder of the metabolism of the amino acid methionine due to a deficiency of cystathionine beta synthase.
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Horatio Alger
Horatio Alger Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American writer, best known for his many young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty.
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How to Marry a Millionaire
How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed by Jean Negulesco and written and produced by Nunnally Johnson.
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Howard Hinton (art patron)
Howard Hinton (1867-1948), Australian art patron and benefactor, was born on November 10, 1867 at Croydon in south London, Surrey, England, the second son of Thomas and Mary Hinton.
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Howell torpedo
The Howell Automobile Torpedo was the first self-propelled torpedo produced in quantity by the United States Navy, which referred to it as the Howell Mark I torpedo.
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Hubert Sattler
Hubert Sattler (9 September 1844 – 15 November 1928) was an Austrian-German ophthalmologist born in Salzburg.
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Human eye
The human eye is an organ which reacts to light and pressure.
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Human intelligence
Human intelligence is the intellectual prowess of humans, which is marked by complex cognitive feats and high levels of motivation and self-awareness.
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Human vestigiality
In the context of human evolution, human vestigiality involves those traits (such as organs or behaviors) occurring in humans that have lost all or most of their original function through evolution.
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Hypermobility (joints)
Hypermobility, also known as double-jointedness, describes joints that stretch farther than normal.
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Hyperoxia
Hyperoxia occurs when cells, tissues and organs are exposed to an excess supply of oxygen (O2) or higher than normal partial pressure of oxygen.
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Hypertryptophanemia
Hypertryptophanemia, also called familial hypertryptophanemia, is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that results in a massive buildup of the amino acid tryptophan in the blood, with associated symptoms and tryptophanuria (-uria denotes "in the urine").
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ICD-10 Chapter VII: Diseases of the eye, adnexa
ICD-10 is an international statistical classification used in health care and related industries.
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Ichikawa Raizō VIII
was a Japanese film and kabuki actor.
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If Ever I See You Again (film)
If Ever I See You Again is a 1978 American romantic drama film about a composer who rekindles his relationship with a former girlfriend.
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Ignacio Ramírez
Juan Ignacio Paulino Ramírez Calzada, known as Ignacio Ramírez, (22 June 1818 – 15 June 1879) was a Mexican writer, poet, journalist, lawyer, atheist, and political libertarian from San Miguel de Allende, then called San Miguel el Grande.
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Impact of health on intelligence
Health can affect intelligence in various ways.
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Impromptus (Schubert)
Franz Schubert's Impromptus are a series of eight pieces for solo piano composed in 1827.
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Infinity focus
In optics and photography, infinity focus is the state where a lens or other optical system forms an image of an object an infinite distance away.
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Instrument myopia
Instrument myopia, sometimes called microscope myopia, is a form of myopia that occurs when someone is looking into an optical instrument such as a microscope.
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Intraocular lens
Intraocular lens (IOL) is a lens implanted in the eye as part of a treatment for cataracts or myopia.
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Intrastromal corneal ring segment
An intrastromal corneal ring segment (ICRS) (also known as intrastromal corneal ring, corneal implant or corneal insert) is a small device implanted in the eye to correct vision.
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Inuit
The Inuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, "the people") are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska.
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Iris-fixated intraocular lens
Iris-fixated phakic intraocular lens is an intraocular lens that is implanted surgically into the eye and fixated to the iris to correct myopia (nearsightedness).
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Irreligion in Mexico
Irreligion in Mexico refers to atheism, deism, religious skepticism, secularism, and secular humanism in Mexican society, which was a confessional state after independence from Imperial Spain.
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Isaak Yaglom
Isaak Moiseevich Yaglom (Исаа́к Моисе́евич Ягло́м; 6 March 1921 – 17 April 1988) was a Soviet mathematician and author of popular mathematics books, some with his twin Akiva Yaglom.
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Isle of View
Isle of View is a 1989 fantasy book, the thirteenth book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.
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Isotomidae
Isotomidae is a family of elongate-bodied springtails in the order Entomobryomorpha.
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Jack Kemp
Jack French Kemp (July 13, 1935 – May 2, 2009) was an American politician and a professional gridiron football player.
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Jack Whelan
Jack Whelan is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Brunswick in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
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Jeff Machat
Dr.
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Jeffrey Feinstein
Jeffrey S. Feinstein (born January 29, 1945) is a retired career officer of the United States Air Force.
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Joe Gladwin
Joseph Gladwin (22 January 1906 – 11 March 1987) was an English actor, best known in his roles as myopic Stan Hardman in Nearest and Dearest from 1968–73, and Wally Batty in the world's longest-running sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine (1975, 1976–87).
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John Kipling
John Kipling (17 August 1897 – 27 September 1915) was the only son of the British author Rudyard Kipling.
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John Taylor (bass guitarist)
Nigel John Taylor (born 20 June 1960) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, producer and actor, who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of new wave band Duran Duran.
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Joseph Hasner
Joseph Hasner, Ritter von Artha (13 August 1819 – 2 February 1892) was an Austrian ophthalmologist born in Prague.
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Katy Manning
Catherine Ann "Katy" Manning (born 14 October 1946) is an English actress best known for her part as the companion Jo Grant in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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Keratoconus
Keratoconus (KC) is a disorder of the eye which results in progressive thinning of the cornea.
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Kirsten Flipkens
Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens (born 10 January 1986) is a Belgian tennis player.
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Knobloch syndrome
Knobloch syndrome is a rare genetic disorder presenting severe eyesight problems and often a defect in the skull.
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Kony 2012
Kony 2012 is a short documentary film produced by Invisible Children, Inc. (authors of Invisible Children).
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Koo-Koo the Bird Girl
Minnie Woolsey (1880 – after 1960) billed as Koo-Koo the Bird Girl was an American entertainer predominantly in side shows but also appeared in film.
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Kristin Minter
Kristin Minter (born November 22, 1965) is an American actress.
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Lady Saigō
Lady Saigō (西郷局 or 西郷の局, 1552 – 1 July 1589), also known as Oai, was the first consort and trusted confidante of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the samurai lord who unified Japan at the end of the sixteenth century and then ruled as shōgun.
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Lafcadio Hearn
Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (Πατρίκιος Λευκάδιος Χερν; 27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904), known also by the Japanese name, was a writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things.
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Laser blended vision
Laser Blended Vision is a sophisticated laser eye treatment which is used to treat presbyopia (ageing eyes) (progressive loss of the ability to focus on nearby objects) or other age-related eye conditions.
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LASIK
LASIK or Lasik (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis), commonly referred to as laser eye surgery or laser vision correction, is a type of refractive surgery for the correction of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.
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Lattice degeneration
Lattice degeneration is a disease of the human eye wherein the peripheral retina becomes atrophic in a lattice pattern and may develop tears, breaks, or holes, which may further progress to retinal detachment.
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LDL-receptor-related protein-associated protein
Low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-associated protein 1 also known as LRPAP1 or RAP is a chaperone protein which in humans is encoded by the LRPAP1 gene.
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Lens (optics)
A lens is a transmissive optical device that focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction.
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Lenticular lens
A lenticular lens is an array of magnifying lenses, designed so that when viewed from slightly different angles, different images are magnified.
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Leonard Hofstadter
Leonard Leakey Hofstadter, Ph.D., is a fictional character in the CBS television series The Big Bang Theory, in which he is portrayed by actor Johnny Galecki.
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LING VR
LING VR (灵镜) is a brand series founded in 2014 by Beijing VR-TIME Technology Co., Ltd.
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Linus van Pelt
Linus van Pelt is a character in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.
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Liquid crystal
Liquid crystals (LCs) are matter in a state which has properties between those of conventional liquids and those of solid crystals.
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List of characters in mythology novels by Rick Riordan
This is a list of characters that appear in the ''Camp Half-Blood'' chronicles (which consists of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, The Heroes of Olympus series, and The Trials of Apollo series), The Kane Chronicles, and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.
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List of diseases (M)
This is a list of diseases starting with the letter "M".
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List of Greek and Latin roots in English/M
Category:Lists of words.
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List of ICD-9 codes 360–389: diseases of the sense organs
6b.
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List of instruments used in ophthalmology
This is a list of instruments used in ophthalmology.
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List of Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple episodes
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple is an anime series adapted from the manga of the same title by Syun Matsuena.
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List of Marvel Family enemies (H–M)
Through his adventures, Fawcett Comics/DC Comics superhero Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family gained a host of enemies, including the following.
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List of Megatokyo characters
In Megatokyo, the popular webcomic by Fred Gallagher, Japanese names are written in Japanese order, with the family name before the given name.
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List of MeSH codes (C11)
The following is a list of the "C" codes for MeSH.
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List of My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU episodes (season 2)
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO! is a 2015 comedy, slice of life Japanese anime series based on the light novels written by Wataru Watari, and the sequel to the first season, which aired in 2013.
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List of Ned's Newt episodes
This is a list of episodes from Ned's Newt, a Canadian-German animated television series that ran from 1997 to 1999.
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List of physicians
This is a list of famous physicians in history.
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List of Popotan characters
The characters of the Japanese visual novel Popotan were designed by Akio Watanabe under the alias Poyoyon♡Rock, and the characters in the anime adaptation were designed by Rondo Mizukami and based on Akio Watanabe's original concepts for the visual novel.
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List of Raising Hope characters
This is a list of fictional characters in the television series Raising Hope.
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List of School Rumble characters
The School Rumble manga and anime series features a cast of characters designed by Jin Kobayashi.
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List of Scooby-Doo characters
This is a list of Scooby-Doo characters.
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List of The Munsters characters
The following is a list of recurring characters in the CBS sitcom The Munsters and other related projects.
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List of Winx Club characters
This is a list of fictional characters that appear in the Italian animated TV series Winx Club.
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Liz Lemon
Elizabeth Miervaldis Lemon is the main character of the American television series 30 Rock.
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Logology (science of science)
Logology ("the science of science") is the study of all aspects of science and of its practitioners—aspects philosophical, biological, psychological, societal, historical, political, institutional, financial.
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LOXL3
Lysyl oxidase homolog 3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the LOXL3 gene.
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Lumican
Lumican, also known as LUM, is an extracellular matrix protein that, in humans, is encoded by the LUM gene on chromosome 12.
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Mandell Creighton
Mandell Creighton (5 July 1843 – 14 January 1901) was a British historian and a bishop of the Church of England.
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Marfan syndrome
Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a genetic disorder of the connective tissue.
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Maria Callas
Maria Callas, Commendatore OMRI (Μαρία Κάλλας; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was a New York-born Greek soprano, one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century.
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Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg)
Maria Feodorovna (Мария Фёдоровна; née Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg; 25 October 1759 – 5 November 1828) was Empress consort of Russia as the second wife of Tsar Paul I. Born Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg, she was a daughter of Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg and his wife, Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt.
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Marie Stopes
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (15 October 1880 – 2 October 1958) was a British author, palaeobotanist and campaigner for eugenics and women's rights.
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Marius Tscherning
Marius Hans Erik Tscherning (11 December 1854, in Østrup near Odense – 1 September 1939) was a Danish ophthalmologist.
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Marshall syndrome
Marshall syndrome is a genetic disorder of the connective tissue which can cause hearing loss.
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MASS syndrome
MASS syndrome is a medical disorder of the connective tissue similar to Marfan syndrome.
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Matha Ayurveda Eye Hospital
Matha Ayurveda Eye Hospital is an Ayurvedic eye clinic and hospital in Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram), Kerala, India.
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Matteo Messina Denaro
Matteo Messina Denaro (born 26 April 1962), also known as Diabolik, is a Sicilian Mafia boss.
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Metamorphopsia
Metamorphopsia is a type of distorted vision in which a grid of straight lines appears wavy and parts of the grid may appear blank.
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Michael Bentine
Michael Bentine, CBE (born Michael James Bentin; 26 January 1922General Register Office for England and Wales - Birth Register for the March Quarter of 1922, Watford Registration District, Reference 3a 1478, listed as "Michael J. Bentin", mother's maiden name as "Dawkins". – 26 November 1996)General Register Office for England and Wales - Death Register for November 1996, Sutton Registration District, Reference C6B 296, listed as "Michael James Bentine" with a date of birth of 26 January 1922.
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Michael Scheuer
Michael F. Scheuer (born 1952) is a former intelligence officer for the Central Intelligence Agency, American blogger, author, foreign policy critic, and political analyst.
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Milo Yiannopoulos
Milo Yiannopoulos (born Milo Hanrahan; 18 October 1984; also writing under the pen name Milo Andreas Wagner) is a British polemicist, political commentator, public speaker, and writer.
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MIPEP
Mitochondrial intermediate peptidase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MIPEP gene.
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Mister Mind and the Monster Society of Evil
Mister Mind is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain created for Fawcett Comics, and now owned and published by DC Comics.
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Mona Best
Mona "Mo" Best (3 January 1924 – 9 October 1988) was a British music club proprietor, best known as the owner of The Casbah Coffee Club, a club in Liverpool which served as a venue for rock and roll music during the late 1950s and 1960s.
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Mr. Magoo
Mr.
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Multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis
Multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis (MCP) is an idiopathic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology affecting the choroid, retina, and vitreous of the eye that presents asymmetrically, most often in young myopic women with photopsias, enlargement of the physiologic blind spot and decreased vision.
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Murder of Reet Jurvetson
Reet Silvia Jurvetson was a 19-year-old Canadian-American woman who was murdered in California in November 1969.
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Myodisc
A myodisc or myopic disk is a corrective lens with a steep concave curvature that is fitted on the posterior surface of a carrier lens, or a high power single-vision lens specially ordered with slab-off the edge, creating a central prescription disc.
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Myopia (disambiguation)
Myopia is a refractive defect of the eye.
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Myopia Hunt Club
Myopia Hunt Club is a foxhunting and private country club in the northeastern United States, located in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, northeast of Boston.
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Myopic crescent
A myopic crescent is a moon-shaped feature that can develop at the temporal (lateral) border of disc (it rarely occurs at the nasal border) of myopic eyes.
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Nasya
Nasya is a kind of Panchakarma treatment for body cleansing a used in Ayurvedic medicine.
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Nature deficit disorder
Nature deficit disorder is a phrase coined by Richard Louv in his 2005 book Last Child in the Woods meaning that human beings, especially children, are spending less time outdoors resulting in a wide range of behavioral problems.
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Ned Lyons
Edward "Ned" Lyons was a New York City gangster in the 19th century.
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Neuroscience and intelligence
Neuroscience and intelligence refers to the various neurological factors that are partly responsible for the variation of intelligence within a species or between different species.
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Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia
Nicholas Romanovich Romanov, Prince of Russia (Николай Романович Романов; 26 September 1922 – 15 September 2014) was a claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov and president of the Romanov Family Association.
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Nightlight
A nightlight is a small light fixture, usually electrical, placed for comfort or convenience in dark areas or areas that may become dark at certain times, such as at night or in an emergency.
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Noises Off (film)
Noises Off is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
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Norman–Roberts syndrome
Lissencephaly 2, more commonly called Norman–Roberts syndrome, is a rare form of microlissencephaly caused by a mutation in the RELN gene.
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Nyctalopia
Nyctalopia, also called night-blindness, is a condition making it difficult or impossible to see in relatively low light.
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Nyctalopin
Nyctalopin is a protein located on the surface of photoreceptor-to-ON bipolar cell synapse in the retina.
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Ocular dominance
Ocular dominance, sometimes called eye preference or eyedness, is the tendency to prefer visual input from one eye to the other.
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Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine and surgery (both methods are used) that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eyeball and orbit.
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Optical power
Optical power (also referred to as dioptric power, refractive power, focusing power, or convergence power) is the degree to which a lens, mirror, or other optical system converges or diverges light.
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Optics
Optics is the branch of physics which involves the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it.
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Optics and vision
Visual perception is the ability to interpret information and surroundings from visible light reaching the eye.
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Optometry
Optometry is a health care profession which involves examining the eyes and applicable visual systems for defects or abnormalities as well as the medical diagnosis and management of eye disease.
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Ornithine aminotransferase deficiency
Ornithine aminotransferase deficiency (also known as gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina) is an inborn error of ornithine metabolism, caused by decreased activity of the enzyme ornithine aminotransferase.
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Orthokeratology
Orthokeratology (also referred to as Ortho-K, Overnight Vision Correction, Corneal Refractive Therapy and CRT), refers to the creation of gas permeable contact lenses that temporarily reshape the cornea to reduce refractive errors such as myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism.
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Oxygen toxicity
Oxygen toxicity is a condition resulting from the harmful effects of breathing molecular oxygen at increased partial pressures.
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Paul Foucher
Paul-Henri Foucher (21 April 1810 – 24 January 1875) was a French playwright, theatre and music critic, political journalist, and novelist.
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Peccary
A peccary (also javelina or skunk pig) is a medium-sized hoofed mammal of the family Tayassuidae (New World pigs) in the suborder Suina along with the Old World pigs, Suidae.
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Pediatric ophthalmology
Pediatric ophthalmology is a sub-speciality of ophthalmology concerned with eye diseases, visual development, and vision care in children.
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Penguin
Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds.
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Peter Hersh
Peter S. Hersh is an American ophthalmologist and specialist in LASIK eye surgery, keratoconus, and diseases of the cornea.
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Phakic intraocular lens
A phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) is a special kind of intraocular lens that is implanted surgically into the eye to correct myopia (nearsightedness).
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Physiology of underwater diving
Physiology of underwater diving is the physiological influences of the underwater environment on the physiology of air-breathing animals, and the adaptations to operating underwater, both during breath-hold dives and while breathing at ambient pressure from a suitable breathing gas supply.
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Picture This (film)
Picture This is a 2008 romantic comedy film released on July 13, 2008 on television by ABC Family, branded as an ABC Family Original Movie, and on July 22, 2008 on DVD.
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Pierre Daniel Huet
Pierre Daniel Huet (Huetius; 8 February 1630 – 26 January 1721) was a French churchman and scholar, editor of the Delphin Classics, founder of the Academie du Physique in Caen (1662-1672) and Bishop of Soissons from 1685 to 1689 and afterwards of Avranches.
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Pigment dispersion syndrome
Pigment dispersion syndrome (PDS) is an affliction of the eye that can lead to a form of glaucoma known as pigmentary glaucoma.
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Pinhole glasses
Pinhole glasses, also known as stenopeic glasses, are eyeglasses with a series of pinhole-sized perforations filling an opaque sheet of plastic in place of each lens.
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Pinhole occluder
A pinhole occluder is an opaque disk with one or more small holes through it, used by ophthalmologists, orthoptists and optometrists to test visual acuity.
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Pinniped
Pinnipeds, commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic marine mammals.
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Pirenzepine
Pirenzepine (Gastrozepin), an M1 selective antagonist, is used in the treatment of peptic ulcers, as it reduces gastric acid secretion and reduces muscle spasm.
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Pitt–Hopkins syndrome
Pitt–Hopkins syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by developmental delay, epilepsy, distinctive facial features, and possible intermittent hyperventilation followed by apnea.
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Post-LASIK ectasia
Post-LASIK ectasia is a condition similar to keratoconus where the cornea starts to bulge forwards at a variable time after LASIK, PRK, or SMILE corneal laser eye surgery.
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Posterior vitreous detachment
A posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) is a condition of the eye in which the vitreous membrane separates from the retina.
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Presbyopia
Presbyopia is a condition associated with the aging of the eye that results in progressively worsening ability to focus clearly on close objects.
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PreTeena
PreTeena, sometimes spelled Preteena, was a daily American comic strip written and drawn by Allison Barrows and syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate from April 23, 2001 through May 18, 2008.
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PrimPol
PrimPol is a protein encoded by the PRIMPOL gene in humans.
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Projection clock
A projection clock (also called ceiling clock) is an analog or digital clock equipped with a projector that creates an enlarged image of the clock face on any suitable projection screen, most often the ceiling.
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Pseudomyopia
Pseudomyopia refers to an intermittent and temporary shift in refractive error of the eye towards myopia, in which the focusing of light in front of the retina is due to a transient spasm of the ciliary muscle causing an increase in the refractive power of the eye.
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Qigong
Qigong, qi gong, chi kung, or chi gung is a holistic system of coordinated body posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used in the belief that it promotes health, spirituality, and martial arts training.
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Radial keratotomy
Radial keratotomy (RK) is a refractive surgical procedure to correct myopia (nearsightedness) that was developed in 1974, by Svyatoslav Fyodorov, a Russian ophthalmologist.
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Randy Blythe manslaughter case
The Randy Blythe manslaughter case was a court case in the Czech Republic, stemming from a 2010 Lamb of God concert in Prague, wherein 19-year-old fan Daniel Nosek sustained head injuries leading to a coma and subsequent death.
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Rangaswamy Srinivasan
Rangaswamy Srinivasan (born February 28, 1929, Madras, India) is a physical chemist and inventor with a 30-year career at IBM Research.
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Reduced eye
The reduced eye is an idealized model of the optics of the human eye.
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Refractive error
Refractive error, also known as refraction error, is a problem with focusing light accurately onto the retina due to the shape of the eye.
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Refractive surgery
Refractive eye surgery is any eye surgery used to improve the refractive state of the eye and decrease or eliminate dependency on glasses or contact lenses.
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Retinal detachment
Retinal detachment is a disorder of the eye in which the retina separates from the layer underneath.
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Retinopathy of prematurity
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), also called retrolental fibroplasia (RLF) and Terry syndrome, is a disease of the eye affecting prematurely born babies generally having received intensive neonatal care, in which oxygen therapy is used on them due to the premature development of their lungs.
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Retinoscopy
Retinoscopy (Ret) is a technique to obtain an objective measurement of the refractive error of a patient's eyes.
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Richard Scrimger
Richard Scrimger is a Canadian writer who has published fourteen books since 1996.
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Robert Berdella
Robert Andrew Berdella Jr. (January 31, 1949October 8, 1992) was an American serial killer, known as The Kansas City Butcher and The Collector, who kidnapped, raped, tortured, and murdered at least six men between 1984 and 1987 in Kansas City, Missouri after having forced his victims to endure periods of up to six weeks of captivity.
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Robert Hayden
Robert Hayden (4 August 1913 – 25 February 1980) was an American poet, essayist, and educator.
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Rohit Varma
Rohit Varma is an Indian-American ophthalmologist and professor of ophthalmology and preventive medicine.
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Ronald Wingate
Sir Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate, 2nd Baronet, (30 September 1889 – 31 August 1978) was a British colonial administrator, soldier and author.
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Saethre–Chotzen syndrome
Saethre–Chotzen syndrome (SCS), also known as acrocephalosyndactyly type III, is a rare congenital disorder associated with craniosynostosis (premature closure of one or more of the sutures between the bones of the skull).
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Sailors' superstitions
Sailors' superstitions have been superstitions particular to sailors or mariners, and which traditionally have been common around the world.
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Salamander
Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by a lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults.
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Schlitzie
Schlitzie (alternatively spelled Schlitze or Shlitze; (September 10, 1901 – September 24, 1971), possibly born Simon Metz and legally Schlitze Surtees, was an American sideshow performer, best known for his role in the 1932 movie Freaks. His lifelong career on the outdoor entertainment circuit as a major sideshow attraction with Barnum & Bailey, among others, made him a popular cultural icon.
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Scleral reinforcement surgery
Scleral reinforcement is a surgical procedure used to reduce or stop further macular damage caused by high myopia, which can be degenerative.
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SCO2
SCO2 cytochrome c oxidase assembly (also known as SCO2 homolog, mitochondrial and SCO cytochrome oxidase deficient homolog 2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SCO2 gene.
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Scott Rozelle
Scott Douglas Rozelle (p, born 1955) is an American development economist currently serving as a researcher at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and one of the co-directors of the Rural Education Action Program (REAP) at Stanford University.
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Scuba diving
Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving where the diver uses a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba) which is completely independent of surface supply, to breathe underwater.
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Shagging (baseball)
In baseball, shagging is the act of catching fly balls in the outfield outside the context of an actual baseball game.
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Shikō Munakata
was a woodblock printmaker active in Shōwa period Japan.
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Shinobu Ishihara
Shinobu Ishihara (石原 忍, Ishihara Shinobu, Tokyo, September 25, 1879 - Izu Peninsula, January 3, 1963) was a Japanese ophthalmologist who created the Ishihara color test to detect colour blindness.
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Singapore National Eye Centre
The Singapore National Eye Centre (Abbreviation: SNEC) commenced operations in 1990.
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Six Men Getting Sick (Six Times)
Six Men Getting Sick (Six Times) (sometimes known as Six Figures Getting Sick) is a 1967 experimental animated short film, directed by David Lynch.
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Skunks as pets
Although capable of living indoors with humans similarly to cats or dogs, pet skunks are relatively rare, partly due to restrictive laws and the complexity of their care.
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Sleeping Ute (song)
"Sleeping Ute" is a song by American indie rock band Grizzly Bear, and the first single from the band's fourth studio album, Shields (2012).
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Slit lamp
The slit lamp is an instrument consisting of a high-intensity light source that can be focused to shine a thin sheet of light into the eye.
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SLITRK6
SLIT and NTRK-like protein 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLITRK6 gene.
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Small incision lenticule extraction
Small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE), originally called Femtosecond lenticule extraction (FLEx), is a form of laser based refractive eye surgery developed by Carl Zeiss Meditec used to correct myopia, and astigmatism.
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Smith–Magenis syndrome
Smith–Magenis Syndrome (SMS) has features including intellectual disability, facial abnormalities, difficulty sleeping, and numerous behavioral problems such as self-harm.
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Snellen chart
A Snellen chart is an eye chart that can be used to measure visual acuity.
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Son Bonds
Abraham John Bond Jr., known as Son Bonds (March 16, 1909 – August 31, 1947), was an American country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.
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Spastic ataxia-corneal dystrophy syndrome
Spastic ataxia-corneal dystrophy syndrome (also known as Bedouin spastic ataxia syndrome) is an autosomally resessive disease.
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Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, Strudwick type
Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, Strudwick type is an inherited disorder of bone growth that results in dwarfism, characteristic skeletal abnormalities, and problems with vision.
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Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (abbreviated to SED more often than SDC) is a rare disorder of bone growth that results in dwarfism, characteristic skeletal abnormalities, and occasionally problems with vision and hearing.
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Spondyloperipheral dysplasia
Spondyloperipheral dysplasia is an autosomal dominant disorder of bone growth.
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Sport Goofy in Soccermania
Sport Goofy in Soccermania is an animated television special produced by The Walt Disney Company.
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Staphyloma
A staphyloma is an abnormal protrusion of the uveal tissue through a weak point in the eyeball.
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Stefan Bobrowski
Stefan Bobrowski (17 January 1840Sometimes given as 1841. – 12 April 1863) was a Polish politician and activist for Polish independence.
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Stickler syndrome
Stickler syndrome (hereditary progressive arthro-ophthalmodystrophy) is a group of genetic disorders affecting connective tissue, specifically collagen.
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Stimulus modality
Stimulus modality, also called sensory modality, is one aspect of a stimulus or what we perceive after a stimulus.
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Strong Guy
Strong Guy is the alias of Guido Carosella, a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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Subjective refraction
Subjective Refraction is an attempt to determine, by trial and error using the patient’s cooperation, the combination of lenses that will provide the best corrected visual acuity (BCVA).
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Sujit Mukherjee
Sujit Mukherjee (21 August 1930 – 14 January 2003) was an Indian writer, translator, literary critic, publisher, teacher and cricketer.
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Sungazing
Sungazing is the act of looking directly into the sun.
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Surgical incision
In surgery, a surgical incision is a cut made through the skin and soft tissue to facilitate an operation or procedure.
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Svyatoslav Fyodorov
Svyatoslav Nikolayevich Fyodorov (born August 8, 1927 – June 2, 2000) was a Russian ophthalmologist, politician, professor, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Taisen Deshimaru
was a Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist teacher, who founded the Association Zen Internationale.
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Takamisakari Seiken
Takamisakari Seiken (born May 12, 1976 as Seiken Katō) is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
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Tanya Savicheva
Tatyana Nikolayevna Savicheva (Татья́на Никола́евна Са́вичева), commonly referred to as Tanya Savicheva (23 January 1930 – 1 July 1944) was a Russian child diarist who endured the Siege of Leningrad during World War II.
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Tetrasomy X
Tetrasomy X (also called XXXX syndrome, quadruple X, or 48,XXXX) is an extremely rare chromosomal disorder caused by the presence of four X chromosomes instead of two X chromosomes.
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The Bookworm (painting)
The Bookworm (Der Bücherwurm) is an 1857 oil-on-canvas painting by the German painter and poet Carl Spitzweg.
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The Casbah Coffee Club
The Casbah Coffee Club was a rock and roll music venue in the West Derby area of Liverpool, England, that operated from 1959 to 1962.
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The Glo Friends
The Glo Friends is a television series based on the Glo Friends toyline, originally aired in 1986 as a segment of My Little Pony 'n Friends, that only lasted one season (26 segments were made in total).
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The Good Doctor (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)
"The Good Doctor" is a first season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
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The Great Escape (film)
The Great Escape is a 1963 American World War II epic film based on an escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from a German POW camp, starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough, filmed in Panavision.
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The Hand of Chaos
The Hand of Chaos is the fifth book in The Death Gate Cycle series written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
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The Inner Eye
The Inner Eye is a 1972 short documentary film made by Satyajit Ray on Benode Behari Mukherjee, a blind artist and a teacher from Visva-Bharati University, a university founded by Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan.
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The Lobster
The Lobster is a 2015 absurdist dystopian black comedy film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, co-produced by Ceci Dempsy, Ed Guiney, and Lee Magiday, and co-written by Efthimis Filippou.
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The New Worst Witch
The New Worst Witch is a British CITV television series about a group of young witches at a Witch Academy.
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The Politics of Reality
The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory is a 1983 collection of feminist essays by philosopher Marilyn Frye.
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The Simpsons (season 11)
The Simpsons eleventh season originally aired between September 1999 and May 2000, beginning on Sunday, September 26, 1999, with "Beyond Blunderdome".
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Thomas Bryan Martin
Thomas Bryan Martin (1731–1798) was an 18th-century English American land agent, justice, legislator, and planter in the colony (and later U.S. state) of Virginia and in present-day West Virginia.
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Timeline of medicine and medical technology
Timeline of the history of medicine and medical technology.
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Tom Clancy
Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War.
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Topiramate
Topiramate (brand name Topamax) is an anticonvulsant (antiepilepsy) drug.
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Tsutomu Sato (ophthalmologist)
Tsutomu Sato (1902 - June 9, 1960) was a Japanese ophthalmologist who performed an early version of the radial keratotomy and was the first professor at the Research Institute of Ophthalmology at Juntendo University School of Medicine.
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Tysiąc v Poland
Tysiąc v. Poland (Application no. 5410/03) was a case decided by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in 2007.
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Underwater vision
Underwater, things are less visible because of lower levels of natural illumination caused by rapid attenuation of light with distance passed through the water.
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United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine
The United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) is the United States Air Force (USAF) organization focused on education, research, and worldwide operational consultation in aerospace and operational medicine.
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Velma Dinkley
Velma Dinkley is a fictional character in the Scooby-Doo franchise.
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Vision therapy
Vision therapy (also known as vision training, or VT) is used to improve vision skills such as eye movement control, eye coordination, contrast sensitivity, and perception.
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Visual acuity
Visual acuity (VA) commonly refers to the clarity of vision.
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Visual impairment
Visual impairment, also known as vision impairment or vision loss, is a decreased ability to see to a degree that causes problems not fixable by usual means, such as glasses.
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Visual looming syndrome
Visual looming syndrome is a problem with visual perception that causes people to inaccurately think that a stationary object is moving towards them, and might poke their eyes.
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Visual system
The visual system is the part of the central nervous system which gives organisms the ability to process visual detail, as well as enabling the formation of several non-image photo response functions.
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Vitreous body
The vitreous body is the clear gel that fills the space between the lens and the retina of the eyeball of humans and other vertebrates.
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Walter Hadlee
Walter Arnold Hadlee, CBE (4 June 1915 – 29 September 2006) was a New Zealand cricketer and Test match captain.
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Weill–Marchesani syndrome
Weill–Marchesani syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by short stature; an unusually short, broad head (brachycephaly) and other facial abnormalities; hand defects, including unusually short fingers (brachydactyly); and distinctive eye (ocular) abnormalities.
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Weissenbacher–Zweymüller syndrome
Weissenbacher–Zweymuller syndrome (WZS), also called Pierre-Robin syndrome with fetal chondrodysplasia, is an autosomal recessive congenital disorder, linked to mutations (955 gly -> glu) in the COL11A2 gene (located on chromosomal position 6p21.3), which codes for the α2 strand of collagen type XI.
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What's New, Scooby-Doo?
What's New, Scooby-Doo? is an American animated mystery comedy series produced by Warner Bros. Animation for The WB television network; it is the ninth incarnation of the Scooby-Doo franchise that began with Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and the first of such since the previous incarnation, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, ended in 1991.
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When Magoo Flew
When Magoo Flew is a 1954 animated short produced by UPA for Columbia Pictures.
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William Burges
William Burges (2 December 1827 – 20 April 1881) was an English architect and designer.
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Winifred Hector
Winifred Emily Hector (21 December 1909 — 14 September 2002) was an English nurse and textbook author.
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Workrave
Workrave is a free software application intended to prevent computer users from developing or aggravating occupational diseases such as carpal tunnel syndrome, repetitive strain injuries, or myopia.
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Works based on Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds, a British science-fiction puppet television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, has inspired various adaptations, parodies and imitations since it was first broadcast in 1965.
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X-linked congenital stationary night blindness
X-linked congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) is a rare X-linked non-progressive retinal disorder.
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Zebra in the Kitchen
Zebra in the Kitchen is a 1965 American children's film produced and directed by Ivan Tors and starring Jay North in his first leading feature film role.
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ZNF644
Zing finger protein 644 (ZNF644) also known as zinc finger motif enhancer-binding protein 2 (Zep-2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ZNF644 gene.
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13 posterunek
13 posterunek (literally translated as Police Station No. 13) is a Polish sitcom series directed and scripted by Maciej Ślesicki, starring Cezary Pazura and Marek Perepeczko.
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1451
Year 1451 (MCDLI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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18p-
18p- is a genetic condition caused by a deletion of all or part of the short arm (the p arm) of chromosome 18.
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1985 Wales v Scotland football match
On 10 September 1985, the Welsh and Scottish national teams played each other during the qualifying stages of the 1986 FIFA World Cup at Ninian Park, the home of Cardiff City.
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1998 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-sightedness
