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Entropion is a medical condition in which the eyelid (usually the lower lid) folds inward.…

The macula or macula lutea (from Latin macula, "spot" + lutea, "yellow") is an oval-shaped…

Strabismus, also known as squint and heterotropia (and including the two variants cross-eye and walleye),…

Keratoconus is a degenerative disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to…

Glaucoma is a term describing a group of ocular disorders with multi-factorial etiology united by a…

Conjunctivitis (also called pink eye or madras eye in India) is inflammation of the conjunctiva (the outermost layer of the eye and the inner surface of…

Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS), also called keratitis sicca, xerophthalmia or dry eye syndrome (DES) is an…

A blepharospasm (from Greek: blepharo, eyelid, and spasm, an uncontrolled muscle contraction), is any abnormal contraction or twitch of the eyelid. It…

Lagophthalmos is defined as the inability to close the eyelids completely. Blinking covers the eye with a thin…

Ocular oncology is the branch of medicine dealing with tumors relating to the eye and…