Eye Terms & Conditions

Information about Eye Conditions

Eye Terms and Conditions Glossary

Eye terms and conditions are composed and periodically reviewed by pediatric ophthalmologists and certified orthoptists from the Public Information Committee of AAPOS. View our list of conditions handout. For questions or suggestions, please contact us.

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A

Abnormal Head Position

Accommodative Esotropia

Achromatopsia

Adjustable Sutures in Strabismus Surgery

Adult Strabismus

Albinism

Allergic Conjunctivitis

Amblyopia

Anatomy of the Eye

Anesthesia for Adults Having Eye Surgery

Anesthesia for Children Having Eye Surgery

Aniridia

Anisocoria (Definition)

Anisocoria and Horner's Syndrome

Anisometropia 

Astigmatism (Definition)

B

Binocular (Definition)

Blepharitis

Blepharitis (Definition)

Blowout Fracture

Brown Syndrome

C

Capillary Hemangioma

Cataract

Cellulitis

Chalazion

Coats' Disease

Coloboma

Color Vision Deficit (Color Blindness)

Conjunctivitis

Contact Lens (Definition)

Convergence Insufficiency

Corneal Abrasions

Cortical Visual Impairment

Cranial Nerve Palsy

Cross Eyed (Definition)

D

Delayed Visual Maturation

Dermoid Cyst

Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetic Retinopathy

Difference Between an Ophthalmologist, Optometrist and Optician

Dilating Eye Drops

Diplopia

Dissociated Vertical Deviation

Down Syndrome

Duane Syndrome

E

Endophthalmitis

Enucleation

Epiblepharon

Esotropia

Excessive Blinking in Children

Exotropia

Eye Muscle Problems in Children and Adults: A Guide to Understanding

Eye Injury and Safety 

F

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Fourth Nerve (Superior Oblique) Palsy

G

Glasses Fitting for Children

Glasses for Children

Glaucoma For Children

H

Headaches in Children

Herpes Eye Disease

Hordeolum (Definition)
How to Safely View a Solar Eclipse

Hypertropia (Definition)

Hyphema

I

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri)

Infantile Esotropia

Intraocular Lens Implant (IOL)

Iritis

Is Your Laser Pointer Dangerous Enough to Cause Eye Injury?

J

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

K

Keratoconus

L

Lazy Eye (Definition)

Laser Vision Correction in Children 

Learning Disabilities

Leber Congenital Amaurosis

Leukocoria

M

Marfan Syndrome

Meibomian Gland Dysfunction and Treatment

Molluscum Contagiosum

Monocular Elevation Deficiency/Double Elevator Palsy

Monofixation Syndrome (MFS)

Myasthenia Gravis
Myopia and Treatment of Myopia In Children

Myopia (Definition)

N

Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction

Neurofibromatosis

Nystagmus

O

Oculomotor Apraxia

Optic Nerve Atrophy

Optic Nerve Drusen

Optic Nerve Hypoplasia

Optic Nerve Pit

Optic Neuritis

Orthoptist/Orthoptics

P

Patching Tips for Parents

Pediatric Low Vision

Pediatric Ophthalmologist

Persistent Fetal Vasculature (PFV)

Photoscreening

Pink Eye (Definition)

Prisms

Pseudostrabismus

Pterygium

Ptosis

R

Refractive Errors in Children

Retinitis Pigmentosa

Retinoblastoma

Retinopathy of Prematurity

Retinoscopy

Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome

S

Screen Time and Online Learning
Shaken Baby Syndrome

Sixth Nerve Palsy
Solar Retinopathy

Stargardt Disease

Stickler Syndrome

Strabismus

Strabismus Measurements

Strabismus Surgery

Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Stye (Definition)

T

Third Nerve Palsy

Thyroid Eye Disorders

Tips for Wearing Glasses with Masks

Toxoplasmosis

Trichiasis

V

Vision Screening

Vision Therapy

W

Wall Eyed (Definition)

Williams Syndrome