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Glossary of Eye Terminology and Various Eye Conditions

This list of eye terminology and the various conditions that affect the eye is 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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• Adult Strabismus
• Amblyopia
• Cataract
• Conjunctivitis
• Corneal Abrasions
• Dilating Eye Drops
• Lazy eye (Defined)

• Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Strabismus
• Stye (Defined)
• Vision Screening
• Vision Screening Recommendations

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 & Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

Blowout Fracture

Brown Syndrome

C

Capillary Hemangioma

Cataract

Cellulitis

Cerebral Visual Impairment

Chalazion

Coats' Disease

Coloboma

Color Vision Deficit (Color Blindness)

Conjunctivitis/Pink Eye

Contact Lens (Definition)

Convergence Insufficiency

Corneal Abrasions

Cranial Nerve Palsy

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

Eclipse Viewing Safety

Endophthalmitis

Enucleation

Epiblepharon

Esotropia

Esotropia, Infantile

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 in Children

H

Headaches in Children

Herpes Eye Disease

Hypertropia (Definition)

Hyphema

I

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri)

Iritis

Is Your Laser Pointer Dangerous Enough to Cause Eye Injury?

J

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

K

L

Lazy Eye (Definition)

Laser Vision Correction in Children 

Learning Disabilities

Leber Congenital Amaurosis

Leukocoria

Low Vision

M

Marfan Syndrome

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 Ophthalmologist

Persistent Fetal Vasculature (PFV)

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

Sixth Nerve Palsy

Solar Retinopathy

Stargardt Disease

Stickler Syndrome

Strabismus

Strabismus Measurements

Strabismus Surgery

Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Stye/Hordeolum (Definition)

T

Third Nerve Palsy

Thyroid Eye Disease

Tips for Wearing Glasses with Masks

Toxoplasmosis

Trichiasis

V

Vision Screening

Vision Therapy

W

Williams Syndrome