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abrasion - rubbing off of the superficial layer accommodation - adjustment by the eye for seeing different distances, accomplished by changing the shape of the crystalline lens through action of the ciliary muscle acuity - clearness; measured by the smallest object that can seen at a certain distance adnexa oculi - accessory structures of the eye, such as lacrimal apparatus and the eye lids against-the-rule astigmatism - condition in which the steepest corneal meridian is in the horizontal plane. An example of keratometer readings for a patient exhibiting this condition would be: K's 45.00@180/42.00@90 albinism - hereditary loss of pigment in the eye, skin & hair; usually associated with lowered visual acuity, nystagmus & light sensitivity amblyopia - loss of vision with any apparent disease of the eye ametropia - a refractive error in which the eye, when in state of rest, does not focus the image of an object upon the retina; includes hyperopia,myopia and astigmatism aniridia - congenital absence of the iris aniscoria - inequality of the pupils in diameteraniseikonia - a condition in which the ocular image of an object as seen by one eye differs so much in size or shape from the seen by the other eye that the two images cannot be fused into a single impression anomaly - departure from the normal anopthalmia - absence of a true eyeball